Middle East Experience

Saudia ranked top in GACA’s July 2025 index with fewest complaints, while Riyadh’s King Khalid airport led globally with 100 per cent resolution rate
Source: Arabian Business
Full Article: Saudi airports and airlines ranked: Saudia and Riyadh’s King Khalid top GACA index

An Israeli strike flattened a high-rise in Gaza City on Saturday -- the second in as many days -- after the military warned people to flee south to a "humanitarian zone" ahead of a planned offensive against the urban hub.Israel has been warning for weeks of a new assault on the territory's largest city, without issuing a timeline.It has stepped up air strikes and ground operations on the city's outskirts, sparking fears it could worsen already dire conditions.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: Israel flattens high-rise as it tells Gaza City residents to flee

CAIRO (Reuters) -Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty said on Saturday that describing the displacement of Palestinians as voluntary is "nonsense".Israel earlier called on Gaza City residents to leave for the south, as its forces advance deeper into the enclave’s largest urban area. (Reporting by Ahmed Tolba and Jaidaa Taha; Editing by Jan Harvey)
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: Egypt says describing displacement of Palestinians as voluntary is 'nonsense'

From record Dubai real estate sales to new UAE tax rules, Oman’s Golden Residency and Saudi retail growth—this week’s must-read headlines
Source: Arabian Business
Full Article: New UAE tax rules; Dubai real estate record; 100 best places to work; Oman launches Golden Visa – 10 things you missed this week

(Reuters) -The Israel-Premier Tech cycling team have removed their full name from riders' jerseys for the rest of the Vuelta a Espana after pro-Palestinian protesters disrupted the finish on stage 11.Wednesday's stage ended without a winner after organisers decided to take the time at three kilometres before the line as police struggled to contain hundreds of Palestinian flag-waving protesters in Bilbao.The Israel-Premier Tech team were also stopped on the road by a group of protesters holding Palestinian flags during last week's team time trial in Figueres.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: Cycling-Israel Premier team take name off kit after pro-Palestinian protests disrupt Vuelta

In the remote mountain village of Tarasin in Sudan's western Darfur, three successive landslides struck without warning last week."The people lost everything," Francesco Lanino, operations director at Save the Children, told AFP via Zoom from Port Sudan after a team from the charity arrived in the devastated village in Sudan's Jebel Marra region.Torrential rains had saturated the mountains above and when the hillside finally gave way, it collapsed in seconds -- burying homes, livestock and entire families under a tide of mud.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: 'Tears and pain' after deadly Sudan landslide

Dubai Police’s 901 call centre handled over 540,000 inquiries in H1 2025, providing traffic, criminal, certificate, and community services
Source: Arabian Business
Full Article: Dubai Police 901 call centre handles over 540,000 inquiries in first half of 2025

UAE to broadcast Sunday’s total lunar eclipse live, showing the Moon’s dramatic colour shift from yellow to deep red between 9.31pm and 10.53pm
Source: Arabian Business
Full Article: UAE total lunar eclipse 2025 to light up skies on Sunday night — here’s how to watch live

By Vitalii Yalahuzian and Yann TessierLONDON (Reuters) -British police arrested dozens more people on Saturday under anti-terrorism laws for demonstrating in support of Palestine Action, a pro-Palestinian group banned by the government as a terrorist organisation.Britain banned Palestine Action under anti-terrorism legislation in July after some of its members broke into a Royal Air Force base and damaged military planes. The group accuses Britain's government of complicity in what it says are Israeli war crimes in Gaza.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: UK police arrest dozens at latest protest for banned Palestine Action

"Still, there were those who knew our country of origin. How would they react to us this year?"
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: Should Israelis think twice before visiting Europe? - opinion