GCC countries employ close to 20 million foreign workers, who are subject to vastly different conditions and wags compared to the nationals.

Abu Dhabi, UAE-- Some 5,000 new jobs have been opened up in the healthcare facilities by the Department of Health, Abu Dhabi under its "Tawteen" program for UAE nationals. All healthcare facilities in Abu Dhabi will provide the jobs for UAE nationals by the end of 2025. DoH called on...

A boat carrying Saudi citizens and other nationals rescued from battle-scarred Sudan arrived in Jeddah, Saudi state television said, in the first announced evacuation of civilians since fighting began. "The first evacuation vessel from Sudan has arrived, carrying 50 (Saudi) citizens and a number of nationals from friendly countries," the...

France's foreign minister has held a rare face-to-face meeting with her Iranian counterpart in China, urging Tehran to release French nationals "arbitrarily detained" in Iran, the foreign ministry said. Catherine Colonna, traveling with French President Emmanuel Macron on his state visit to China, met Hossein Amir-Abdollahian in Beijing.

ABU DHABI, UAE - The General Pension and Social Security Authority (GPSSA) said that the registration of insured individuals in the private sector with the authority is the first step towards receiving benefits as part of GPSSA’s social insurance system. This is in addition to benefits provided by the NAFIS...

UAE Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratization has launched the Customer First Forum, comprising virtual sessions on a weekly basis on queries of employers and employees in the private sector and citizens seeking jobs.

Bahrain will permit nationals of the Gulf Cooperation Council to enter into the kingdom with just an identity card or a passport, according to the Bahraini Nationality, Passports and Residence Affairs (NPRA). A statement carried by Bahrain News Agency (BNA) said the move follows the decision of GCC countries to...

GCC nationals are expected to pour in investments in the UK real estate market in spite of global inflation, supply-chain disruption, and hiked interest rates.

Israel's Foreign Minister Yair Lapid on Monday urged citizens in Turkey to leave "as soon as possible" over threats that Iranian operatives are actively planning attacks on Israelis in Istanbul. The stark warning comes amid the latest surge in tensions between bitter rivals Iran and Israel, with Tehran blaming the...

The Central Bank of UAE has approved the creation of 5,000 new jobs by the end of 2026 for Emirati nationals as part of the Emiratization of managerial positions in the banking and insurance sectors. The jobs will be created in coordination with the Emirates Institute for Banking and Financial...

ADX’s market liquidity jumps five-fold in 2021 amid IPO boom, as traded values on the exchange increased 407 percent from AED 145 billion ($39.47 billion) in 2020 to AED 739 billion in 2021, driven by higher levels of domestic and international investment. Local investors accounted for 70 percent of the...

Lebanon said Monday it had busted at least 17 suspected Israeli spy networks, in one of the largest nationwide crackdowns in recent years. Interior minister Bassam Mawlawi informed cabinet that security forces had "clamped down on 17 spy networks working for Israel," acting information minister Abbas Halabi said after the meeting....

Kuwait is to limit the number of visas it issues for Lebanese nationals as a diplomatic row festers between Beirut and Gulf states, a security source in the emirate said Wednesday.

Around 60,000 Saudi nationals were added to the kingdom's private-sector labor force under the Saudization program during the third quarter of 2021, the National Labor Observatory (NLO) has said. The percentage of Saudis in the private sector increased to 23.59 percent, up by 0.96 percent compared to the previous quarter....