Al Qasba - Sharjah’s premiere leisure, tourism and family destination -will today host the last performances of its musical version of ‘Cinderella,’ the famous fairy tale originally written by the 17th century French poet Charles Perrault and now one of the most popular tales of...
Al Majaz Waterfront, Sharjah’s premier family tourist and leisure destination, celebrated Eid Al Adha with a dazzling display of fireworks. Amid joyous festivities, people gathered to watch skies over Khalid Lagoon illuminated by a symphony of captivating lights, shapes and sounds, which were ...
Apple Inc unveiled an iPhone 7 with high-resolution cameras and no headphone jack at its annual launch event Wednesday, though the biggest surprise was the debut of a three-decade-old Nintendo game franchise, Super Mario Bros, on the smartphone.
While shares of Apple barely budged,...
Makkah Development Authority has divided the hi-tech Jamarat Bridge in Mina into six levels to ensure smooth flow of pilgrims for the stoning-the-devil ritual without stampedes and other accidents.
“The move aims at distributing the hundreds of thousands of pilgrims at various levels of...
It was a busy day for pilgrims who reassembled in Mina on Monday after spending the night in Muzdalifah. They stoned Jamarat Al-Aqaba (the big Satan), slaughtered sacrificial animals, shaved hairs, and got out of the state of ihram.
A large number of them headed toward the Grand Mosque for Tawaf ...
Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman has said that serving the Two Holy Mosques is the greatest blessing.
In a tweet on the day of Eid on Monday, he said: “Eid Al-Adha is the culmination of our pride in serving pilgrims, and also serving the Two Holy Mosques which are our greatest...
Makkah Gov. Prince Khaled Al-Faisal has described the movement of pilgrims from Mina to Arafat during the current Haj season as unprecedented.
Speaking on Saudi TV Channel 1, Prince Khaled said the Kingdom is providing quality services to Haj and Umrah pilgrims, “which has stirred the envy ...
Saudi Arabian Airlines (Saudia) has intensified its efforts through its two offices in Makkah to serve the guests of God in their arrivals and departures. The airline has an office near the Grand Mosque and a head office in Ashuhada district.
Saudia has enough manpower at its two offices to...
Britain is set to miss its 2020 European renewable energy targets, a parliamentary committee report said on Friday, setting a poor example for less wealthy countries as the world tries to rein in global warming.
Britain has a target to meet 15 percent of its energy needs from renewable...
Hytera, a world leading solution provider of Professional Mobile Radio communications, was awarded two projects by the Ministry of the Presidency of Dominican Republic. In order to establish a nationwide emergency response network for National Emergency Care System and Security 9-1-1 (Sistema...