China prepares for first private sector rocket launch

China's government-run space agency has long tried to make a mark in the launch market for small satellites. But it has been unable to make any sort o...

Emirates Group confirmed bonuses to the Staff

Emirates Group confirmed on Wednesday that it is giving away bonuses to its thousands of employees.The news came following the announcement that the a...

Suicide bombers and gunmen launched attacks on two Kabul police stations

Suicide bombers and gunmen launched apparently coordinated attacks on two Kabul police stations on Wednesday, with officials saying at least one of th...

Indian girl bags Dh545,000 Google job

Indian girl, Madhumita Sharma, joined Google's Switzerland office on Monday as technical solution engineer with the annual package of Rs1 crore (Dh545...

5.5-magnitude earthquake hits Pakistan

An earthquake measuring 5.5 on the Richter scale hit the Pakistan capital and parts of the northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and east Punjab provinces on Wednesday, the Met said.The epicentre of the qua...

Walmart Is Purchasing Flipkart, Says SoftBank CEO: Report

US-based Walmart is purchasing Flipkart, news agency Reuters cited Masayoshi Son, CEO of Japan-based SoftBank, as saying. The deal, likely to value Fl...

Saudi Arabia intercepts two Houthi missiles

Saudi Arabia's air defences intercepted two ballistic missiles on Wednesday, state television saidColonel Turki Al Malki, the official spokesman for t...

Iran to remain in nuclear deal without US: Hassan Rouhani

Tehran: Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani said on Tuesday that Tehran will remain in the nuclear deal with other signatories of the deal without the US....

Facebook confirms major management overhaul

San Francisco: Facebook on Tuesday confirmed an unprecedented management team shakeup in the aftermath of a major data privacy scandal that has rocked...

Google pitches artificial intelligence to help unplug

Mountain View: Google has unveiled an artificial intelligence tool capable of handling routine tasks — such as making restaurant bookings — as a way t...

Taliban captures 2nd district compound in Afghanistan

Kabul: An Afghanistan lawmaker says Taliban fighters have captured a second remote district compound in two days.Mohammad Hashim, a member of parliame...

China launches new satellite to monitor air pollution

BEIJING: China today successfully launched a hyperspectral imaging satellite for comprehensive observation of the atmosphere, including air pollution ...

Saudi Arabia ‘committed to oil market stability’

Saudi's Prince Alwaleed in move to buy New York's Plaza Hotel

Ashkenazy Acquisition and Saudi Prince Alwaleed bin Talal’s Kingdom Holding Co. have exercised a right of first refusal to match a $600 million offer ...

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres urges remaining parties to abide by Iran deal

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said in a statement that he was deeply concerned regarding withdrawal of US from the deal and urged ...

US President announces US withdrawal from 2015 nuclear deal with Iran

President Donald Trump announced US withdrawal from the 2015 landmark nuclear deal with Iran. After the announcement, Trump signed fresh set of sancti...

Inquiry against Nawaz Sharif for allegedly laundering billions of dollars to India.

The heat on refuses to subside with the country's main anti-corruption wing on Tuesday reportedly ordering an inquiry against him for allegedly launde...

Saudi women to start driving from June 24

Saudi women will be allowed to start driving in the kingdom from June 24, the General Department of Traffic Director General Mohammed Bassami said on ...

Dubai Municipality has banned shisha or smoking in Ramadan tents throughout Dubai.

Dubai Municipality has banned shisha or smoking in Ramadan tents throughout Dubai.The ban is in place during the Iftar period from the moment the cann...

Trump congratulates Putin on fourth term

Washington: US President Donald Trump has congratulated his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on being sworn in for a fourth term, saying he looks fo...

Young Saudis get behind Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's reform drive, mostly

Saudi Arabia's crown prince is seen as a strong leader who will take the country in the "right direction" and young Saudis are — for the most part — t...

EXCLUSIVE: Saudi Arabia invites prequalification for major IWPP

Client is planning to issue tender documents for Jubail 3 IWPP in August

Over 74 per cent H-1B visas given to Indians in last 2 years: US

Washington: In 2016 technology professionals from India accounted for 74.2 per cent of the total number of H-1B visas issued by the US and the next ye...

Slopes of Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano offer affordable piece of paradise, risks

PAHOA, Hawaii: As lava crawled down Leilani Road in a hissing, popping mass, Cheryl Griffith stood in its path and placed a plant in a crack in the gr...

Indian American professor gets USD 1.6m grant to protect kidneys from obesity

An Indian-American professor of Pharmacology, Tahir Hussain, at the University of Houston, has received a grant of 1(point)6 million dollars from the ...

Syrian rebels,civilians evacuating last stronghold in country's center

Syrian rebel militants, their relatives and other civilians have begun to leave the country's last major rebel stronghold. Hundreds of fighters a...

Saudi king orders that whistleblowers be shielded from backlash

Saudi Arabia’s King Salman has ordered that whistleblowers who report corruption in the kingdom be protected, according to local media reports. Accord...

US to send high-level delegation for opening of American embassy in Jerusalem on May 14

US to send a a high-level delegation including President Donald Trump's daughter Ivanka and son-in-law Jared Kushner for the opening of the American e...

Mike Pence urges Organization of American States to suspend Venezuela's membership in 35-nation group

U S Vice President Mike Pence today urged the Organization of American States (OAS) to suspend Venezuela's membership in the 35-nation group. In a spe...

Putin sworn in for fourth term as Russia president

Moscow: Vladimir Putin was sworn in as Russia's president for a fourth term yesterday, extending his almost two-decade rule by another six years at a ...