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Houthis damage Madinah power station serving Prophet's Mosque

Madinah, Oct. 2 -- A Houthi drone attack damaged a power distribution station in Madinah that supplies electricity to the Prophet's Mosque, Saudi Arabia's Saudi-led coalition in Yemen said on Thursday... Read More


Netanyahu warns of 'heavy price' if flydubai attack was ordered

Tel Aviv, Oct. 2 -- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday, October 2, warned that those behind the flydubai cockpit attack would pay a "very heavy price" if investigators establish that ... Read More


UAE adviser calls Indian flydubai pilot Smit Machchhar a 'hero'

Abu Dhabi, Oct. 2 -- UAE Presidential Diplomatic Adviser Anwar Gargash has praised Indian flydubai pilot Captain Smit Machchhar for his actions during the cockpit incident on a Dubai-Tel Aviv flight. ... Read More


Kuwait-based Indian expat educationist passes away

Kuwait City, Oct. 2 -- Kuwait-based Indian expat education leader and Bhavans Middle East founder NK Ramachandran Menon passed away in Kerala on Wednesday, September 30. He was 78. His last rites wer... Read More


Two Indians serving life in UAE after job scam by travel agent

Bengaluru, Oct. 2 -- Two Indian men from Karnataka are serving life imprisonment in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) after being convicted in a narcotics case, following claims that a travel agent decei... Read More


Hyderabad man dies in Sudan, family says repatriation delayed

Hyderabad, Oct. 2 -- The family of a 60-year-old Hyderabad man who died in Sudan on Wednesday, September 23, is seeking the intervention of the Minister of External Affairs (MEA) of India to bring his... Read More


Houthi missile debris damages buildings, vehicles in Saudi

Riyadh, Oct. 2 -- Saudi Arabia's Civil Defence on Thursday, October 1, reported limited material damage in Khamis Mushait after debris from an intercepted ballistic missile fell in residential areas. ... Read More


Saudi Arabia denies suicide bomber report at Makkah Grand Mosque

Makkah, Oct. 2 -- Saudi authorities on Friday, October 2, denied reports of a suicide bomber at the Grand Mosque in Makkah, saying a man was arrested for harassing passersby and causing panic. Taking... Read More


Modi, Trump hail Indian flydubai pilot Smit Machchhar as 'hero'

Hyderabad, Oct. 1 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Donald Trump have praised Indian flydubai pilot Captain Smit Machchhar after he was allegedly stabbed by his co-pilot during a Dubai-... Read More


UAE orders probe into flydubai cockpit altercation, motives

Hyderabad, Oct. 1 -- UAE Attorney General Dr Hamad Saif Al Shamsi on Thursday, October 1, ordered a team from the Public Prosecution to investigate the incident, which led to the flight being diverted... Read More