By Zakiya Afzani Qatar Crisis |Blockade deepens Restrictions on Qatar will continue after the nation rejected the ultimatum made by the international community, Saudi Arabia told Al-Sahawat Times in Cairo, Egypt. The foreign ministers of four Arab countries, meeting in Cairo, said they regretted Qatar’s “negative” response to their list…
By Zakiya Afzani Qatar Crisis | After the deadline The latest deadline set by Gulf Arab states for Qatar to abide by a list of 13 demands is due to expire at midnight on Tonight. Qatar has already submitted its response to Kuwaiti mediators and its foreign minister has…
By Zakiya Afzani Gulf News |Qatar Crisis spreads On May 23, Qatar woke up to news of a hack attributing false statements to the emir of Qatar. The fake news was aired on several UAE and Saudi-owned networks in the Gulf. This sparked a series of diplomatic breakdowns between the GCC countries….
By Zakiya Afzani Qatar Crisis | Emergency hotline set up to help mixed families avoid humanitarian crisis President Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan on Sunday instructed the authorities concerned to take into consideration the humanitarian circumstances of Emirati-Qatari joint families an official source announced. Saudi Arabia and Bahrain also…
By Rashid Al Saud Qatar left isolated as crisis deepens Egypt is just one of the latest countries to close it’s airspace to Qatari planes in a growing diplomatic row, with Saudi Arabia and Bahrain expected to do the same today. Several countries have cut ties with Qatar, accusing it…
By Mustafa Abdullah Al-Said Travel | Tourist burned to death in Hotel shower The family of a tourist who died after being scalded in an Edinburgh hotel shower has received an apology and financial compensation from the owners. Kalyani Uthaman, 59, from India had been on holiday in Scotland…
By Zakiya Afzani United Airlines pays out to beaten paying passenger they dragged off their flight The Kentucky doctor dragged off a United Airlines flight from Chicago earlier this month has received a financial settlement from the airline. Lawyers for Dr David Dao, 69, say a condition of the…
By Qais Ahmed Ten attraction you won’t find anywhere else on Earth other than in Dubai, UAE Al-Sahwat Times | Global News from Oman and UAE This story is available on: APPLE NEWS | GOOGLE NEWS | AL-SAHAWAT TIMES Talk to a journalist: Email: NewsDesk@alsahawat.com Web: alsahawat.com Twitter: @alsahawat_times Q.Ahmed@alsahawat.com
By Zakiya Afzani Australia become even more right wing in scrapping the skilled worker visa Australia will introduce much much stricter visa requirements for skilled workers from overseas, the government said. The 457 visa programme is used mainly to hire foreign workers in the restaurant, IT and medical industries…
By James Nadel James Nadel possesses a Masters in international journalism as well as an undergraduate in photojournalism. James has worked as a professional Sports writer and photojournalist in: Argentina, UK, Oman, UAE, Iran, Japan and Spain since 2009. Oman Air announces golf bags will now be able to fly…
