Middle East

Tel Aviv, Sept 2: Saudi Arabia has agreed to allow flights between Israel and United Arab Emirates to pass through its airspace.

Dubai, Sep 1: Budget carrier Flydubai on Tuesday announced that passengers booking for travel between September 1 and November 30, 2020 will automatically receive free global cover for Covid-19.

Dubai, Aug 31: Three people were killed and several others were injured on Monday in two separate explosions in the United Arab Emirates’ capital Abu Dhabi and its tourism hub Dubai, the police and local media said.

Abu Dhabi, Aug 31: All places of worship for non-Muslims will be reopened from Monday at 30 per cent capacity, local authorities said on Sunday.

Abu Dhabi, Aug 31: The first Phase lll trials of an inactivated vaccine for Covid-19 in the United Arab Emirates are among the largest in the world in volunteer recruitment having reached 31,000 vaccinated volunteers from more than 120 nationalities in only six weeks.

Riyadh, Aug 30: King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST) is working on launching a safe national platform that allows users to communicate and work together in a secure virtual environment, to exchange files and conduct text and voice conversations within the institution, as it is an alternative to commercial products currently available such as the popular WhatsApp application.

Dubai, Aug 29: The ruler of the United Arab Emirates issued Saturday a decree formally ending the country's boycott of Israel amid a US-brokered deal to normalise relations between the two countries.

Dubai, Aug 29: Mosques and places of worship in industrial areas as well as labour accommodations in the UAE will reopen for worshippers, authorities announced late on Friday night.

Tel Aviv, Aug 25: A group of Israeli teenagers volunteering at an archaeological dig have unearthed hundreds of gold coins that were stashed away in a clay vessel for more than a millennium.

Ankara, Aug 21: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has announced the discovery of a large natural gas reserves off the Black Sea coast, days after he promised a good news that would usher in a for the energy dependent country.