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All residents should always carry their Residence Permit ID Cards or proof of residence and should produce it whenever asked by authorities concerned, said Brig Nasser Mohamed Eisa al-Sayed, director, Search and Follow-Up Department. Those who violate the rule will be fined up to QR10,000. Brig al-Sayed also said that the Ministry of Interior can transfer the sponsorship of expatriates,...

The Qatari government has quietly tightened the rules on how expats obtain driving licences, requiring some of them take lessons or a driving test, according to a report in Doha News. Western expats are finding it harder to get a licence in Qatar since the new rules took effect last month, it said. In particular, UK, European and Australian residents...

KARACHI: Pakistan`s ambassador in Kuwait on Wednesday said that Kuwait hasn’t placed any visa ban on Pakistani nationals. Ghulam Dastagir said that news on social media about the ban baseless, further adding that same news had sprung up in 2011. Earlier, a newspaper claimed that Kuwait has banned nationals from Syria, Iraq, Iran, Pakistan and Afghanistan. It claimed that the ban...

Dubai: A road map to achieve women empowerment and gender equality will be in discussion at a high-level UN meet beginning in Dubai from Monday. Meeting for the first time in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, the UN Secretary-General’s High-Level Panel (HLP) on Women’s Economic Empowerment will play a key role in drawing up future strategy. Organised by...

Dubai: ‘No health insurance, no visa’ rule has now been implemented as Dubai residents are unable to renew their residence visas without the mandatory health insurance coverage, Gulf News has learnt. An information office at the General Directorate of Residency and Foreign Affairs confirmed that since the beginning of December, they were advising every person who came to them with...

With the Emir HH Sheikh Tamim Al Thani set to travel to Pakistan in a few days’ time for a hunting trip, a shocking news has just come to light. As many as 16 members of the entourage of the Emir HH Sheikh Tamim have been arrested by the Balochistan Levies (a paramilitary force) in Quetta city of Pakistan,...

The Qatar Meteorology Department (QMD) expects the temperature to drop to 11C in Doha as another windy and chilly day is expected in the country on Friday. According to QMD, strong winds are likely across Qatar along with low visibility and dusty conditions. In the offshore areas too, strong winds and high seas are likely. The weather report forecasts northwesterly winds to...

Just recently, a Filipina was among those who were hung in Kuwait for allegedly killing his employer’s daughter but she’s not the only one who recently died in the country. A netizen who goes by the handle Angela Mark shares on Facebook some photos of her aunt’s dead body which was only wrapped in blankets and placed inside a box...

MUSCAT // Hundreds of residents in northern Oman have been stranded in their homes with the highest snowfall in a decade blocking roads and cutting off power. Farmers in the mountainous villages said the sub zero temperatures have ruined thousands of rials worth of fruit crops. Jebel Shams, Oman’s highest mountain, and adjoining towns such as Saiq, Wadi Ghool, Al Khitaym...

Gulf Cooperation Council countries on Thursday called for an international conference to be held on reconstructing Yemen once "stability and security" return to the country. The announcement was made on the final day of the GCC’s 36th summit, held in Riyadh. The six-state bloc also reiterated support for a political solution to Yemen’s conflict and said it would seek to...

ABU DHABI // Ways to strengthen relations between the UAE and Qatar were discussed in the capital on Thursday. Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces, and Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, the emir of Qatar, met in Abu Dhabi to exchange views on regional and international developments. The Crown...

Bribe is deemed one of the serious offences in Qatar, accepting and offering bribe is punishable under Qatar law, parties involved in bribes are fined and jailed. The act of taking or receiving something with the intention of influencing the recipient in some way favorable to the party providing the bribe. Bribery is typically considered illegal and can be punishable by...

Transfer to other employer  An employer can grant a written permission to his employees to work with another employer for a period of six months, renewable for a similar period. Part time job are now allowed Employees can take up part time job with another employer, with a written approval from his original employer, the Ministry of Interior said yesterday. Staying out of...

A Nepalese expat has been sentenced to 3 years of rigorous imprisonment for indulging in the trade of illicit narcotic drugs in Qatar by a Criminal Court here in Doha According to local Arabic daily Arrayah, the honourable court also imposed a fine of QR200, 000 on the defendant for the heinous crime. The expat was convicted in light of the...