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Kuwait City: A parliamentary panel in Kuwait on Sunday approved draft legislation calling for the scrapping of government plans to raise petrol and...

DUBAI: Dubai police have summoned a Russian model who posed for a video while dangling from a skyscraper to sign a pledge not...

ABU DHABI: US President Donald Trump’s defense secretary arrived in the United Arab Emirates on Saturday for talks with one of Washington’s closest...

RIYADH: A Saudi train derailed near the eastern city of Dammam on Friday, injuring 18 people, after flooding from heavy rains caused the...

RIYADH: The Saudi Arabian Interior Ministry says authorities have arrested 18 suspects belonging to the Islamic State (IS) group, including bomb makers. Maj...

DUBAI: Saudi Arabia has broken up four Islamic State cells suspected of providing shelter to wanted militants and recruiting fighters, the Interior Ministry...

Kuwait City: Iranian President Hassan Rowhani yesterday visited Kuwait as part of a lightning two-nation tour aimed at mending ties with Gulf neighbours...

Abu Dhabi: The United Arab Emirates' ambassador to Afghanistan has died of wounds sustained in a January 10 bombing in Kandahar that also...

Dubai: Demonstrators clashed with police in the Bahraini capital and neighbouring Shiite villages on Tuesday, the sixth anniversary of anti-government protests that were...

Dubai: Compliance with a global supply cut deal by Opec and non-Opec oil producers has been high in January and that level of...

DUBAI: Bahrain said  yesterday its forces had killed three men and captured seven during a gun battle at sea as they tried to...

DUBAI: Bahrain said on Thursday it had foiled an attempt by "terrorist fugitives" wanted in connection with a January prison break to flee...

New York: On behalf of the Arab group of states, Kuwait renewed demand for a permanent seat for the group at the UN...

A man tried to set himself alight with gasoline beside the Kaaba, inside the Holy city of Makkah late on Monday but was...

Gujarat-born Firoz Merchant, chairman of Dubai’s Pure Gold Group, parted a chunk of his wealth for a rare cause: So far he has...

Kuwait City: Kuwait's information and youth minister submitted his resignation Monday, two days before he was scheduled to face a confidence vote over...

Muscat:  Rahila Al Riyami, Oman's former member of Majlis Al Shura and State Council, passed away on Sunday, reported Times of Oman. Rahila...

DUBAI: Kuwait has denied a media report which said it had imposed a travel ban on citizens from several Muslim-majority countries, a story...