Middle East

Mumbai, Mar 18: Jet Airways has grounded its operations at Abu Dhabi Airport from Monday for an indefinite period, citing operational reasons. Abu Dhabi is one of the two international hubs of Jet Airways. Dutch capital Amsterdam is the European gateway for the airline for its operations to Europe and beyond. "Jet Airways has cancelled all their flights from Abu Dhabi with immediate effect from

Ramallah, Mar 17: The attacks occurred near the Ariel junction southwest of Nablus, and the Israeli regime said they were believed to have been carried out by a Palestinian. “One Israeli is dead,” Israeli army spokesman Lieutenant Colonel Jonathan Conricus said, adding that the assailant “appears to be Palestinian.” Israeli media earlier reported that an assailant stabbed a regime soldier and

Dubai, Mar 15: When Dubai resident Heba Adeeb woke up on Friday morning, she thought another deadly earthquake has struck Christchurch, New Zealand. She was stirred by hundreds of messages in her WhatsApp inbox but it was a more jolting news as her father was one of those shot by the lone gunman who attacked two mosques and left almost 50 people killed and scores more injured. Still shocked by the

Beirut, Mar 14: Russian air strikes killed at least 13 civilians, including six children, Wednesday in Idlib province, in the first such raids since a September truce deal, a monitor said. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said around 60 people were also wounded in the air strikes that struck several areas in the northwestern province, which is Syria's last major rebel bastion

Cairo, Mar 13: The United Arab Emirates’ General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) banned the operation of all Boeing 737 MAX models in UAE airspace, Emirates News Agency (WAM) said on Tuesday. GCAA added in a statement that the ban was a precautionary measure following the Ethiopian Airways crash. GCAA will “continue monitoring and re-assessing the situation as more information is obtained about

Palestine, Mar 12: Israeli settlers have sealed a mosque in the Old City of the occupied Jerusalem al-Quds, a month after a United Nations report revealed that violence and vandalism committed by Israelis against Palestinians and their property have increased since the beginning of this year. According to a report by the Palestinian Ma’an news agency on Monday, Israeli settlers spread an adhesive

Dubai, Mar 11: Saudi Arabia plans to cut its crude oil exports in April to below 7 million barrels per day (bpd), while keeping its output "well below" 10 million bpd, a Saudi official said on Monday, as the kingdom seeks to drain a supply glut and support oil prices. State-owned Saudi Aramco's oil allocations for April are 635,000 bpd below customers' nominations -- requests made by refiners and

Riyadh, Mar 10: The Saudi Civil Defence intercepted a Houthi drone heading towards a populated area in Abha, the Saudi Civil Defence announced Friday. Five civilians, including a woman were injured after fragments from the wrecked drone fell into the ground, injuring four Saudi nationals, including a woman, and an Indian resident, according to the Civil Defence Spokesman, Colonel Mohamed Al Asmi

Dubai, Mar 10: Saudi Arabia's cabinet has approved electronic visas for foreign visitors to attend sporting events and concerts, local media reported, as the world's top oil exporter tries to diversify its economy and open up its society. The country has previously restricted visas to resident workers, business travellers, and Muslim pilgrims who are given special visas to travel to holy sites.

Mar 7: Jet Airways, the Indian airline part-owned by Abu Dhabi-based Etihad Airways, on Thursday cancelled some of its flights from Dubai to Delhi and Mumbai, due to large-scale grounding of its aircrafts. Three Jet flights departing Dubai – two to Delhi and one to Mumbai – are among the flights cancelled. Jet Airways’ official spokesperson told Arabian Business that while some of these