Iranian Consulate in Basra set on fire
Protesters set fire to the Iranian Consulate in Basra on Friday, after a week of violent protests during which at least nine people were killed.The bu...
Apple Inc. bans Alex Jones app for ‘objectionable content’
Apple Inc. said on Friday that it had banned from its App Store the Infowars app belonging to popular US conspiracy theorist Alex Jones after finding ...
UAE app to provide Friday sermons in English and Urdu
An initiative to translate the content of Friday sermons in UAE mosques into multiple languages will be available from The General Authority of Islami...
600 Utah students stay home as officials warn of norovirus outbreak
More than 600 students in Utah stayed home from school on Thursday over concerns about a potential norovirus outbreak.Health officials had warned on W...
Top Oracle Software Executive to Take Extended Leave
Thomas Kurian, a top Oracle Corp. ORCL +0.20% executive leading efforts to expanding its cloud-computing business, said he is taking “extended time of...
Deadly Ebola outbreak in eastern Congo reaches city of 1.4 million
Congo health officials say that a case of Ebola has been discovered in Butembo, a city of 1.4 million people in the country's northeast.Jessica Ilunga...
Dubai unveils plans for $2 billion tech-driven mega mall
Plans for a sprawling "high-tech-meets-retail" metropolis have been unveiled in Dubai. The mega mall will be the largest leasable retail space in the ...
Iran’s Currency Crashes. Shortages and Fears Rise.
Iran’s rial fell to a record low on Wednesday, part of a staggering drop in the currency’s value since the United States pulled out of the nuclear dea...
American pilot dies, Saudi trainee injured in chopper crash in Riyadh
An American pilot working with Saudi Arabia's National Guard was killed and his Saudi student trainee injured when their helicopter crashed in Riyadh ...
Traffic violators get six months to settle fines
The directorate general of traffic (Muroor) has given traffic violators with unsettled fines either to pay them within six months or be ready to face ...
Qatar first Gulf nation to grant permanent residency to expats
DOHA: In a landmark development, Qatar becomes the first GCC state to allow some of its long-time expatriates to become permanent residents.Amir H H S...
UN chief Antonio Guterres welcomes Kim's commitment to denuclearize Korean Peninsula
United Nations: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has welcomed the commitment made by North Korean leader Kim Jong-un to realize the denuclearizat...
Four including gunman killed in US shooting
WASHINGTON: A gunman opened fire at a building in Cincinnati, in the US state of Ohio, killing three persons and injuring five others, officials said ...
Hurricane Florence path track LIVE updates: Bermuda set for MAJOR strike next week
At 5am AST (10amBST) on Thursday, Florence was located 1170 miles (1885 km) east-southeast of Bermuda. The Category 3 hurricane is packing maximu...
250 passengers held as 12 fall sick on flights landing at Philadelphia Airport
A total of 250 passengers, along with America Airlines crew members, are being assessed by medics after landing at the US airport.The precautionary mo...
Fiji earthquake: Pacific islands ROCKED by HUGE 7.8 magnitude earthquake
A HUGE earthquake has struck off the coast of Fiji. The powerful 7.8 magnitude tremor hit 66 miles east of the Fijian capital of Suva at 4.39pm BST (3...
France, Germany, Canada, US back Britain over Salisbury poisoning
United States, France, Germany and Canada today backed Britain's assessment that two suspects accused of poisoning a Russian ex-spy and his daughter i...
7.8 magnitude earthquake hits Fiji
A major 7.8 magnitude quake struck off the Fiji coast, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) said, but no tsunami threat was issued. The epi...
Mass grave with 166 skulls found in Mexico
More than 100 human skulls have been found in a mass grave in the Mexican state of Veracruz.The 166 skulls are believed to have been buried at least t...
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un says he wants denuclearisation of Korean peninsula before US President Donald Trump's 1st term in office
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has said that he wants the de-nuclearisation of Korean peninsula before the end of US President Donald Trump's first t...
Burt Reynolds: Hollywood star dies, 82
"Well, so far, so good. I know I'm old, but I feel young. And there's one thing they can never take away: Nobody had more fun than I did."Up until his...
Cranberries singer O'Riordan died by drowning
he Cranberries front woman Dolores O'Riordan died by drowning due to alcohol intoxication, an inquest at Westminster Coroner's Court has heard.The sin...
BBC presenter Rachael Bland dies aged 40
BBC presenter Rachael Bland has died at the age of 40, almost two years after being diagnosed with breast cancer.Her family confirmed she died peacefu...
Biggest mergers and acquisitions of all time
In one of its biggest foreign investments, Walmart Inc. has acquired an initial 77 percent stake in Indian e-commerce company Flipkart. The deal is va...
Islamic State to lose all Syria territory by 2019: French army chief
The Islamic State group will have been driven from all the territory it once controlled as a self-declared "caliphate" before the end of the year, Fre...
Facebook and Twitter come under US pressure to make rules clearer
San Francisco/Washington: The more US lawmakers learn about how Facebook Inc. and Twitter Inc. work, the more they want to know.In the latest congress...
Huawei unveils major update to Android OS
Huawei Consumer Business Group (CBG) has announced EMUI 9.0, the next major update to the Android-based operating system (OS) from Huawei at IFA 2018,...
Saudi Arabia will require 8,800 pilots by 2024, says expert
Saudi Arabia will require 8,800 pilots and 11,700 technicians by 2024, according to an official from the National Aviation Academy.Speaking at the Meb...
World's ultra-rich population jumps 12.9pc
The world’s ultra high net worth (UHNW) population – individuals with a net worth of $30 million or more – rose by 12.9 per cent to 255,810 in 2017, a...
Bahrain ranked best expat destination worldwide
Bahrain leads the list of the best destinations for expatriates for the second year thanks to great results for working abroad and the ease of settlin...
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