According to arabnews.com, the Border Guard rescued two United Arab Emirates (UAE) citizens who lost their way deep in the Rub Al-Khali (Empty Quarter) desert recently. The two were reported missing on Wednesday evening. “The Border Guard office in Batha received a call for help at 9:15 p.m. on Wednesday about the missing two. Another UAE citizen came to the office and told us that the two traveled to the desert in a Lexus car. They were heading for a desert location called Umm Qurun,” spokesman of the guard Col. Khaled Al-Arqub said in a press statement. Read article
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Arabnews.com reports that forty-eight pilgrims were injured in a road accident on the busy Makkah-Madinah Highway on Saturday. The bus, carrying Umrah pilgrims from Pakistan, was heading toward Madinah when it met with an accident near the Jamoom flyover. The Makkah health directorate declared a state of emergency and alerted all hospitals in the holy […]
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According to the Washington Post, three German aid workers have been missing in Syria for 45 days were likely kidnapped, their employer said Saturday. Gruenhelme e.V. said Bernd Blechschmidt, Ziad Nouri and Simon S., whose last name wasn’t provided, were taken by unknown persons from the town of Harem in Idlib district on May 14. […]
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The USA Today reports that a young American in Egypt was killed Friday in Alexandria while photographing clashes between opponents and supporters of President Mohammed Morsi. State Department spokeswoman Marie Harf identified the victim as Andrew Pochter. Kenyon College in Gambier, Ohio, says in a statement on its website that Pochter was a 21-year-old student […]
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According to Arabtimesonline.com, an Asian expatriate was arrested in possession of 191 bottles of locally brewed liquor in Wafra area. According to a security source, a patrol officer noticed an Asian expatriate selling locally brewed liquor to the laborers of the construction project in Wafra area. He arrested the suspect and referred him with the […]
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Gulftoday.ae reports that a Chinese man, QL, 43, died on Thursday morning after he drowned while he was fishing in Al Khor area of Umm Al Quwain, a notified restricted area. A senior police officer said that as soon as the operations room received a tip-off about the incident, police patrols, rescue vehicles and ambulances […]
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According to gulf-daily-news.com, hundreds of people stormed the Bangladesh Embassy yesterday, damaging property in protest over delayed paperwork. Police were forced to fire tear gas to disperse the chaotic crowd that broke the main gate of the diplomatic mission during the stampede. Many Bangladeshis and Bahrainis were waiting in line for more than eight hours […]
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Yahoo News reports that unidentified attackers stabbed at least five Syrian passengers on a bus in the Lebanese capital on Monday, security sources said, in what appeared to be another incident of violence linked to the civil war in neighboring Syria. It was unclear who the attackers or the victims were, but Lebanon is becoming […]
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According to gulfnews.com, an attempt to smuggle a European woman into Saudi Arabia has been foiled by local customs officers. The woman whose nationality was not revealed did not have a passport and was hiding under a large carpet and a small wooden table on the Pajero floor mats, Dhaifallah Bin Bader Al Otaibi, the […]
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Naharnet.com reported that, The U.S. Department of State reiterated on Tuesday to its citizens the travel warning advisory to Lebanon over safety and security concerns. “In light of recent escalating sectarian clashes within Lebanon and spillover violence from Syria… We urge all U.S. citizens to avoid all travel to Lebanon because of safety and security […]
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