Non-Muslim expats living in Saudi Arabia have been reminded not break the strict rules on eating or drinking during Ramadan, or face deportation. According to local media reports, the Saudi ministry of interior issued a press statement when the holy month began last week urging expats “to respect the sentiments of Muslims by not eating, drinking and smoking in public places, including roads and workplaces” during fasting hours. Read article
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Wealthy tourists from the Persian Gulf are paying to marry under-age Egyptian girls just for the summer, according to a report. These temporary marriages are not legally binding and end when the men return to their homes in Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Kuwait. The tourists pay a ‘dowry’ to poor families through […]
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Pastor Michel Louis was one of two people kidnapped while traveling through Egypt on Friday during a church mission trip. Pastor Louis is the founder of the Free Pentecostal Church of God in Mattapan. His son, Reverend Jean J. M. Louis tells FOX 25 that his father was on a mission trip to Israel with […]
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Morocco’s state news agency reports that two bus crashes in separate locations in this North African country have claimed 27 lives, including those of a German and a Dutch tourist. The Tuesday report said a bus flipped over on the highway the evening before as it traveled between the Atlantic coast tourist destinations of Essaouira […]
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Here’s an extreme twist on the typical learning vacation: A “summer camp” in Israel is teaching day-trippers how to kill terrorists. “Gush Etzion has become a hot destination in recent months for tourists seeking an Israeli experience like no other: The opportunity to pretend-shoot a terror operative. Residents of the nearby settlements, who run the […]
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The Briton was caught, along with a Syrian man, trying to sell 20 grammes of marijuana to a local police officer for 1,500 dirhams, Abu Dhabi criminal court was told. , Neither of the men has been named, but they were aged 21 and 19 respectively.The men’s mothers were in court, according to local newspaper […]
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Rebecca Blake, 29, and Conor McRedmond were arrested and held for five days accused of having sex outside marriage and being drunk in a public place which are both criminal offences in the Islamic state. It is believed Miss Blake, a recruitment consultant, met Mr McRedmond at an all-you-can-drink event at the The Irish Village […]
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DUBAI: A tourist who forged a passport to fraudulently acquire a credit card was today sentenced to a year in jail. However, the Dubai Criminal Court cleared the 33-year-old Briton AA of using the card to buy two Rolex watches worth a total of Dh137,150 and jewellery worth Dh40,250.
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Afghan security forces have ended a 12-hour attack by Taliban militants on a hotel outside Kabul, in which at least 20 people died, officials say. Insurgents attacked the Spozhmai Hotel in the Lake Qargha area on Thursday night, taking many hostages. Kabul’s police chief said 15 civilians, including hotel guests, died. All five insurgents were […]
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As summer holidays are nearing and people are making travel plans, the Arab Times received calls from some expatriates expressing concern over what they called a “trolley mafia” operating in the airport. When the Arab Times probed deeper, more people seemed to share this view. Past the immigration checkpoint in the airport, travelers use trolleys […]
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