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  • Work starts on creation of new Dubai island Work starts on creation of new Dubai island

    Work began on Monday on the development of a man-made island in Dubai, 500 metres directly opposite the Jumeirah Beach Residence complex. To be known as Bluewaters Island, the new development will house five star hotels and resorts, al fresco dining and entertainment zones, and residential apartments and villas. The focal point of the island city, which will cost $1.6 billion, will be a 688 ...

  • Indian mission in Jeddah working to fix passport problem

    The Indian consulate in Jeddah is using diplomatic channels to make passport authorities in Saudi Arabia accept newly-designed Indian passports, which they are refusing saying they were not officially informed about the change. According to Consul General Pranav Ganesh, the consulate is aware of the "unexpected problem", the Arab News reported Tuesday. "The matter has been taken up with the ...

  • Three Syrian refugees die in Jordan

    Three Syrian refugees, including a 10-year-old boy, have died in Jordan, the country's official Petra news agency said Monday. Two Syrians died from injuries they sustained while fleeing the civil war in their country, while the young boy died of an illness at the Al-Zaatari refugee camp. Three other refugees who were shot while crossing over to Jordan last week have been admitted to Al-Mafraq ...

  • Khurshid to undertake two-day visit of Saudi Arabia from May 25

    External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid will undertake a two-day visit of Saudi Arabia on May 25 and 26, at the invitation of Saudi Arabian Foreign Minister Prince Saud Al-Faisal. A government release said on Monday that this would be Khurshid 's first bilateral visit to Saudi Arabia and to the region as India's External Affairs Minister, and added that he will hold discussions with his ...

  • Saudi Arabia beheads Syrian drug trafficker

    A convicted Syrian drug trafficker has been beheaded in Saudi Arabia, the Saudi interior ministry said in a statement Monday. Mohammed Yousuf Ezzeddine was executed in Qurayat city in the north of the country, the state-run SPA news agency reported. Another convicted Syrian, Mohammed Khalaf, was executed in the kingdom May 6. Saudi Arabia has executed around 40 people since the beginning of ...

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  • Saudis not accepting newly-designed Indian passport

    Passport authorities in Saudi Arabia are refusing to accept new passports issued by Indian missions in that country and submitted by Indian expatriates for updating. The Saudis have refused to transfer data from old passports to the new ones, saying they were officially not informed about the new design of the Indian passports, the Arab News reported Monday. While the old passport had its ...

  • UAE ratifies prisoner exchange deal with India

    United Arab Emirates (UAE) President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan has ratified a deal that allows the transfer of prisoners between his country and India. The decree endorses an agreement on the transfer of sentenced prisoners signed by the two sides in November 2011, The National daily reported Monday. "The agreement comes from the desire of the UAE government and the government of the ...

  • Indians among 170 illegal expats held in UAE

    Many Indians are among 170 expatriates rounded up by police in Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for breaking residency laws. Of the 170 arrested, 100 were working illegally as street vendors, 53 violated the law by entering the country illegally, and 17 were found working for employers other than their legal sponsors, local media reported Monday. The campaign was carried out by ...

  • Films with Arab themes hold sway at Cannes

    Now that the first few days of catwalk bling and celebrity razzle-dazzle have died down, the Cannes film festival has returned to what it does best: showcasing strong, socially engaged cinema with a global ...

  • Fatah Scolds Arab Teens for Soccer Game with Jews

    JERUSALEM, Israel -- Fatah, the party of Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas, threatened Arab teenagers for participating in a soccer game with Jewish Israelis. "Every now and then, some organizations who call themselves Palestinian come up with activities of normalization with the occupation," the Palestinian Authority's ...

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