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GCC labor ministers have agreed to implement a skill assessment and certification project on expatriate workers in coordination with major manpower exporting countries such as India, Pakistan and the Philippines. The UAE and Kuwait have implemented the system on an experimental basis on construction and service workers recruited by the private sector while other GCC countries would apply it gradually ... Read More »

Egypt is a trans-continental country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and southwest corner of Asia, making it an Afro-Asiatic country via a land bridge formed by the Sinai Peninsula. Most of Egypt’s territory of 1,010,000 sq. km lies within the Nile Valley of North Africa, but it is also considered a Mediterranean country as it is bordered by the ... Read More »

NEW DELHI: Leading gold buyer India has announced it has eased controls on imports of the yellow metal after its current account deficit narrowed sharply. India, the world’s second-biggest gold buyer after China, imposed the import restrictions last year to avert a trade deficit crisis that pushed the rupee to record lows.   A jewelry shop owner shows a piece ... Read More »

LONDON: The news in the markets is dramatic: Crude oil prices dropped below $70 per barrel.  This continues a dramatic price decline for a commodity that in late June cost more than $100 per barrel. The shift has markedly lowered US gas prices (which are now well below $3 per gallon) and thus, may be beefing up the US economy ... Read More »

LONDON: Up to 13,000 people in Britain are victims of trafficking, sexual exploitation or other forms of modern slavery, a government report said Saturday, putting the figure at four times the previous estimate. The Home Office figures — the first official estimate of the scale of the problem in Britain — included women and girls forced into prostitution or sexually ... Read More »

JERUSALEM: An umpire and former captain of Israel’s national cricket team died on Saturday after being hit in the jaw by a ball, the country’s cricket association said. His death comes just two days after Australian batsman Phillip Hughes died of a severe head injury after being hit by a bouncer in a New South Wales match in Sydney.   ... Read More »

ANKARA: Turkey denied on Saturday that militants from the Islamic State have launched an attack on the border town of Kobani from its territory, an official statement said. The statement from the Turkish prime minister’s office said that “it is known that the terrorist group has been attacking too many places simultaneously in Kobani and also to Mursitpinar border gate ... Read More »

CAIRO: Arab foreign ministers met on Saturday to agree a draft resolution setting a deadline for the creation of a Palestinian state and to agree on a date to present it to the United Nations Security Council for a vote. In October, the Palestinians informally shared a draft resolution with Arab states and some council members, calling for an end ... Read More »

DHAKA — Mushfiqur Rahim and Mahmudullah each struck a fifty to set up a 21-run win for Bangladesh over Zimbabwe in the fourth One-Day International here Friday. Rahim made a fluent 77 while Mahmudullah remained unbeaten on his career best 82 as the duo helped Bangladesh recover from 32-4 to post a commendable 256-8.   Mahmudullah Shakib Al Hasan, Jubair Hossain ... Read More »

Racha Adib     IF you’ve tried to diet over and over again but somehow always seem to fail, maybe it’s high time you tweak your weight loss strategy. Sometimes, dieting just isn’t for you and the added pressure of sticking to a particular diet could be the main reason you’re failing.   Start thinking of weight management as an ... Read More »

The latest diet fad among fitness freaks and celebs is the green juice, or as they call it ‘salad in a cup’. These juices claim to be a solution for all your nutrition needs and help you to consume even those vegetables that you don’t necessarily like.  “When you think of healthy beverages, water immediately comes to your mind. However, ... Read More »

MUMBAI: Bollywood actress Sonakshi Sinha has dismissed rumors of an alleged argument with actor Salman Khan at his sister Arpita’s reception which “left her in tears,” reported NDTV. Sonakshi, who had fallen out with Salman some time back, reportedly tried to mend fences with her mentor at his sister’s reception, but was spotted in tears after a loud argument with ... Read More »

MOSCOW: A flotilla of Russian warships led by a large submarine hunting ship entered the English Channel on Friday in what naval officials said were preparations for a regular series of exercises. Russia’s Northern Fleet said in a statement released to the RIA Novosti government news agency that its four vessels were led by the Severomorsk destroyer and the Alexander ... Read More »

CAIRO: An Egyptian court has dismissed criminal charges against former president Hosni Mubarak in connection with the killing of protesters in the 2011 uprising that ended his nearly three-decade reign. Mubarak, 86, was also acquitted of corruption charges that he faced along with his sons Alaa and Gamal. Mubarak was convicted and sentenced to life in prison in 2012, but ... Read More »

GUWAHATI, India: India’s home minister hit out at Pakistan on Saturday, accusing its state agencies of using terror to try to destabilize India, and rejecting Pakistan’s assertion that non-state actors are involved in terrorism. “Pakistan is continuously engaged in destabilizing India, but says non-state actors are behind the acts of terror. I want to ask Pakistan if its Inter-Services Intelligence ... Read More »