India on Thursday reiterated that the final status issues should be resolved through direct negotiations between Israel and Palestine, Anadolu reports. Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Anurag Srivastava said:...

An Indian fraudster has managed to escape the UAE with $1.6 million (six million dirhams) having conned scores of businessmen, taking advantage of India’s ‘Vande Bharat Mission’ repatriation flights...

A proposed law by Kuwaiti MPs has been submitted which seeks to address a long-standing demographic imbalance between expat workers and Kuwaiti nationals. If approved, it could lead to...

An Indian court has ordered to freeze the assets of billionaire, B.R. Shetty, who earlier fled the UAE with his wife, considering those funds as personal guarantees of debt...

India has contributed $2 million in aid to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) working for the welfare of Palestinian refugees in support of its core programmes and services....

Three Indian nationals based in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have been sacked or suspended for “Islamophobic” posts on social media as violence carried out by Hindu supremacist against...

The Indian Embassy in the UAE has said that 203,660 Indians have registered online to return home during the coronavirus pandemic, local media reported on Sunday. Last Wednesday, Indian...

Kuwait has appealed to the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) to tackle growing anti-Muslim sentiment in India. In a statement issued yesterday, General Secretariat of the Kuwait Council of...

Princess Hend Al-Qassimi of the UAE has spoken out against Islamophobic social media posts by an Indian expat working in the Emirates. “The ruling family is friends with Indians,...

Militant Hindus spreading hatred and committing crimes against Muslims should be expelled from the Gulf, a Saudi Arabian scholar has said, amid a growing number of hate crimes by...

The Kuwaiti Ministry of Foreign Affairs yesterday called on the embassies of Egypt and India to repatriate their citizens who were in the country illegally to limit the spread...

Saudi Arabia indefinitely extended a curfew due to the coronavirus on Sunday amid a surge of new infections, and the United Arab Emirates warned of possible action against countries...

India has dropped Saudi Arabia from an investigation into the dumping of chemical products into the Indian market but will continue its probe into the UAE, Kuwait and Oman....

The Philippines and India have refused to receive 340 of their nationals who were convicted of violations and were instructed to be expelled from Kuwait. The two countries insist on obtaining...

The Middle East region, battered by wars and adjoining humanitarian crises that have left millions of people stateless, hungry and diseased, is in urgent need for peace, security, and...

It was only a matter of time before the anti-Muslim sentiment in India turned violent. A country that has historically prided itself on  its diversity and tolerance, and for...

Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammad Bin Salman has accepted a proposal by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to hold the G20 Summit online next week, eight months before it...

An Indian migrant who was mistaken for a Chinese man was brutally assaulted by two Israelis in an apparent racist attack related to the coronavirus outbreak. The attack, reportedly...

Saudi Arabia suspended on Thursday the travel of citizens and residents outside the country temporarily to several states that have been witnessing the spread of the coronavirus. The Saudi...

The reconfiguration of Eurasia is currently reflected in projects such as the Eurasian Economic Union, led by Russia, or the Chinese megaproject the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI).

The UN decision to seek India’s assistance in resolving the Palestine-Israel conflict is not only inexplicable, but also shows an incredible lack of judgement. Injecting some new blood into...

Condemning the recent communal violence in Delhi, Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Thursday urged India to “stop the massacre of Muslims”, Anadolu Agency reports. Riots in northeast Delhi after clashes...

Iran yesterday cancelled Friday prayers across all the country’s cities this week amid the country’s growing coronavirus outbreak. The move came after the Iranian National Committee on Combatting Coronavirus recently announced...

Concerns have raised in Kuwait about due to a number of people arriving from Egypt, which prompted members in the Kuwaiti parliament to demand “an immediate halt to flights...

The United Nations is seeking to inject some new blood into the peace process between Israel and Palestine, which many say has been dealt a fatal blow by US...

Saudi Arabia yesterday announced launching a new electronic system to enable Umrah pilgrims, which have been cancelled as a result of the coronavirus, to get refunds . In an...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan yesterday hit out against “massacres” committed against Muslims in India after riots in New Delhi left at least 33 dead. “India right now has...

Homosexuality is illegal in the Emirates which is home to around 10 million people including nearly 4 million South Asian migrants

Qatar is not willing to renegotiate prices under its long-term liquefied natural gas (LNG) contracts with India, Qatari energy minister, Saad Sherida Al-Kaabi, announced yesterday. Reuters quoted Al-Kabbi at...

We are approaching that time of year when people of many faiths and none come together in unity to mark Holocaust Memorial Day, which serves as a stark reminder...

Exploitative employers in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) are increasingly using tourist visas to hire Indians in a scam that leaves migrants open to labour abuse, police and activists...

According to Amit Shah, the national President of India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), “Infiltrators are like termites in the soil of Bengal. The BJP Government will...