Saudi women do not have to wear long robes. An authority of the Saudi clergy, sheikh Abdullah al-Mutlaq said in his television program that the long robe or 'abaya' is not obligatory for pious women.
Again Paige Spiranac has to explain: no, she is not a golfer because of her deep neckline or beautiful looks. While the 24-year-old sportswoman struggles with her image, the golf world in Dubai tries to shut her up.
The Houthi rebels in Yemen have again fired a rocket on Saudi Arabia. The Saudis intercepted the projectile, an army spokesman said.
The Burj Khalifa in Dubai is the highest building in the world at 828 meters. But that does not take long. Project developers have concrete plans ready for a building that will look down on it. That new living giant could soon accommodate no fewer than 470,000 residents. That is 120,000 more than for example living in the municipality of Utrecht.
Iran has banned English lessons in primary schools after Islamic leaders warned against a Western 'cultural invasion.'
The Houthi rebels have brought down a Saudi warplane in Yemen. Both Saudi and Yemeni media reported Sunday that the plane was shot over the province of Saada, which borders Saudi Arabia.
The party of Ali Abdullah Saleh, former president of Yemen, has appointed a successor. On Sunday, the party announced that Sadeq Amin Abou Rass was following the party leader who had been killed last month. Abou Rass was formerly minister of agriculture.
A police officer shot a policeman in Iran, the police reported Monday. It would be the first dead among the security forces during the already-day turmoil in the country. The incident happened in the city of Najafabad.
A Zimbabwean family has been camping for months at a Bangkok airport. The travelers refuse to return to their homeland, but also do not enter Europe. The Thai immigration service informed the BBC that airport staff has taken care of the family.
A woman who made a selfie in Dubai for a joke threatens to go into the cell for years.
Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe has a house arrest. Possibly, the African dictator is currently in his peperdure palace in Borrowdale district of Harare.
Uber is working with NASA's NASA aerospace organization to get grounded cars. Together they want to set up a kind of flight control. It must ensure that the cars are safe through cities.
Banks in Saudi Arabia have blocked more than 1,200 bank accounts from individuals and businesses under government burden. This happened in the context of the major anti-corruption campaign launched by Saudi authorities.
The police in the stone-rich Dubai has bought a spectacular new toy. Agents will soon air the air on an electric police plane that would not be missed in a Star Wars movie.
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Thailand has filed an international arrest warrant with Interpol for former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra. This was condemned by the Thai Supreme Court last week to five years in prison.
By an air strike at a checkpoint at the Yemeni capital Sanaa, seven people were killed on Wednesday. Five citizens in a taxi arrived and two armed men from the checkpoint, so witnessed.
Former Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra has fled to Dubai. Leading members of her party report that they arrived safely in the emirate last week via Cambodia and Singapore.
By air attack on the capital of Sanaa of Yemen on Friday, 12 people were killed, including six children, reported rescuers.
Certainly thirty people were killed by an air attack north of the Yemeni capital Sanaa. According to Houthi insurgents, a hotel was hit. News Channel Al Jazeera reports dozens of dead and injured in the Arhab district.
Iran can terminate its nuclear agreement with world powers 'within a few hours' if the United States continues to impose new sanctions. That said Iranian President Hassan Rohani on Tuesday for the state television.
A small 2000 cruise gangers stood out for ten days during their pepper trip.
In a skyscraper in Dubai, a big fire broke out on Thursday night. It is a 79-storey apartment complex, once the highest residential area in the world.
Turkish President Erdogan started Sunday on his two-day trip along some Arab countries, hoping to establish peace. He arrived in Saudi Arabia on Sunday afternoon where he met King Salman.
The Middle East sets aside for a tough confrontation between a series of Arab countries and Qatar, which refuses to comply with a series of stringent requirements. The ultimatum for this is today.
King Salman bin Abdulaziz of Saudi Arabia ordered the resignation of an overthousiastic columnist at a newspaper in that country. The 81-year-old frost was not served to be compared to the writer of the article with Allah.
The demands made by four Arab countries to Qatar are, according to the country, 'not reasonable and not enforceable.' That said a spokesman for the government on Friday, who announced that the list is being reviewed and a formal response follows.
Qatar has to close the al-Jazeera media-based media organization. Also, the treacherous oil state must put its diplomatic relations with Iran in a lower pit and close a Turkish air force base in the country. That demands four Arab countries on Friday, Qatar, which they have engaged in the biggest conflict in the Gulf region for years.
Project Scorpio, a long time a work name, is called Xbox One X and appears November 7th worldwide for € 499. It's the fastest game computer ever made.
Kuwait attempts to mediate in the diplomatic conflict between Qatar and other Arab countries. The emir of Kuwait called with Shakim Tamim bin Hama al-Thani of Qatar, who postponed a planned speech to the people.
