Middle East

The Saudi Air Defence Force on Monday evening intercepted a ballistic missile fired by the Iran-backed Houthi militias from Emran governorate, Yemen, towards Saudi territories. The official spokesman for the Coalition to Restore Legitimacy in Yemen, Col. Turki Al Malki, explained that the missile was heading towards Najran and was deliberately launched to target civilian and populated areas. UAE

Gaza City, Aug, 6: A Palestinian shot by Israeli forces on the Gaza border four months ago has died, the health ministry in the coastal enclave has said. Ahmed al-Ayeda, 17, was shot on March 30 -- the first day of months of protests and clashes along the border -- the ministry said in a statement late on Sunday. He had been in critical condition since being shot east of Bureij in the central Gaza

Riyadh, Aug 6: Saudi Arabia on Sunday recalled its ambassador in Canada and froze all new trade and investment deals with the country after the Canadian foreign ministry called on Riyadh to free jailed civil rights activists. Besides this, Saudi Arabia has also withdrawn its envoy to Ottawa. "Canada and all other nations need to know that they can't claim to be more concerned than the Kingdom over

Islamabad, Aug 5: Islamabad wants to play a constructive and positive role between Iran and Saudi Arabia, this was conveyed by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan to Tehran’s envoy Mehdi Honardoost on Saturday. The Iranian ambassador called on the PTI supremo at his Bani Gala residence to congratulate him on his election win, a press release issued by the party said. There has been a

Dubai, Aug 5: An Asian woman who had been staying illegally in the UAE for 29 years because of her undocumented birth was very happy when she finally got an outpass without paying the accumulated fines as part of the amnesty. Of the 2,464 people who applied for amnesty on the second day in Dubai on Thursday, this 29-year-old woman came with her 10-year-old son seeking amnesty at Al Aweer centre

Riyadh, Aug 4: The Saudi-led coalition on Friday accused the Houthi militia of carrying out an attack on a hospital and fish market in Yemen that killed dozens of people. Coalition spokesman Col. Turki Al-Maliki said the Iran-backed group targeted the sites in the port of Hodeidah on Thursday with mortar shells in what he described as a “terrorist attack.” Initial reports said more than 20 people

New Delhi, Aug 3: A Jet Airways flight from Riyadh to Mumbai departed the runway, following an aborted take-off at the Riyadh Airport in the wee hours of Friday. Taking to Twitter, Jet Airways confirmed that all passengers travelling in the flight 9W 523 have been safely evacuated. "All 142 passengers and seven crew members who aboard the B737-800 aircraft have been safely evacuated with no

Jeddah, Aug 1: Camel owners in Saudi Arabia have been fined for performing cosmetic surgery on their animals to make them look more beautiful. The owners were punished after subjecting the camels to improper lip augmentation and “injecting them with harmful substances to change their form,” the Saudi Press Agency. The Ministry of Environment, Water and Agriculture issued fines to five people from

Dubai, Aug 1: With the construction and opening of a number of mega-projects across the UAE, expectations are running high that the Emirates will continue to be a top tourist destination well beyond 2020. From the recently opened Dubai Opera, Warner Bros. World and Louvre Abu Dhabi to the upcoming completion of Dubai Creek Tower and Dubai Square, the Emirates is taking the lead in global tourism

Dubai, Jul 30: Hundreds of relatives of Yemeni and Sudanese soldiers killed in the war in Yemen are to be hosted in Saudi Arabia to perform the Hajj pilgrimage, Saudi press agency reported. The announcement was made on Monday by King Salman, who said that 1,500 relatives would be traveling to the Kingdom to perform the Islamic pilgrimage in Islam’s holiest city. The Minister of Islamic Affairs