New Delhi: In yet another “airlift”, India will operate special flights for its citizens to return from blockade-hit Qatar. According to aviation ministry official, Air India Express will operate special flights between Kerala and Doha from June 25 to July 8. The airline will use 186-seater Boeing 737. Jet AirwaysContinue Reading
Saudi Arabia: The country is well known to be one of the world’s most gender-segregated nations, where women live under the supervision of a male guardian, cannot drive, and must wear head-to-toe black garments in public. Women need approval from a man to travel, study and get some health treatments.Continue Reading
In the absence of any government in Yemen, India says it is reaching out to other regional countries like Saudi Arabia and local Yemeni authorities to reach Indian Catholic priest Father Tom Uzhunnalil, held captive by Islamists in Yemen since early 2016. After a new video of Father Tom surfaced,Continue Reading
Saudi Arabia has executed a member of the royal family for murder in a rare case involving one of the thousands of members of the House of Saud. Prince Turki bin Saud al-Kabir was put to death in the capital, Riyadh, for shooting dead Adel al-Mahemid, a Saudi, during aContinue Reading
In a humanitarian crisis, over 10,000 Indian workers in Saudi Arabia are facing severe food shortage due to financial hardship after losing their jobs and the government has ordered its mission in the Gulf nation to provide food to them besides other assistance. External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj appealed toContinue Reading
Another sorrowful tale of a woman from Tamil Nadu who went to work as a maid in Saudi Arabia has come to light. Dhakshayini, a mother of two children aged eight and five and separated from her husband, left the confines of her mother’s home in Tondiarpet to work asContinue Reading
The ultraconservative society has already banned women driversContinue Reading
They were jailed for illegal use of telephoneContinue Reading
Riyad: A teacher in southern Saudi Arabia opened fire on colleagues on Thursday, killing at least six people and wounding two, state television reported. The brief reports on the state television channel’s website and Twitter account did not elaborate or offer a reason for the shooting at an education departmentContinue Reading
Tehran: Saudi Arabia will pay “a high price” for executing prominent Shia cleric Nimr al-Nimr on Saturday, Iran’s foreign ministry said. Ministry spokesman Hossein Jaber Ansari strongly condemned the execution, which came after his Shia country repeatedly asked its Sunni-ruled rival to pardon the cleric, The Times of India reported.Continue Reading