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| Official: One-fifth of firms fail to meet Nitaqat quotas |
| Source : Saudi Gazette |
| Date : 2013-05-22 |
| Twenty percent of private sector companies in Saudi Arabia are not meeting quotas for the employment of nationals, despite a program aimed at boosting recruitment that launched two years ago,... |
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| US storm alert for Bahrainis |
| Source : Gulf Daily News |
| Date : 2013-05-22 |
| Bahraini citizens living in tornado-affected Oklahoma have been urged to exercise caution by the Foreign Ministry.... |
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| Despite court order, Saudi in Iraq faces the gallows |
| Source : Saudi Gazette |
| Date : 2013-05-22 |
| A Saudi prisoner in Iraq was twice taken to the execution area despite a court order to postpone his execution for two months, Al-Yaum newspaper reported on Tuesday.... |
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| Culture Minister attends session |
| Source : Gulf Daily News |
| Date : 2013-05-22 |
| Culture Minister Shaikha Mai bint Mohammed Al Khalifa appeared in parliament yesterday for the first time since she faced off with Islamic MPs, who she accused of undermining tourism in... |
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| MPs vote to ban pork in Bahrain |
| Source : Gulf Daily News |
| Date : 2013-05-22 |
| Bahrain's MPs have voted to ban pork as part of new amendments to the law, some of which have Islamist overtones.... |
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| Law must not be discriminatory |
| Source : Kuwait Times |
| Date : 2013-05-22 |
| The strict measures being undertaken by the Interior Ministry against anyone who violated the traffic laws are now the talk of the town in the media, at the seminars, in... |
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| Team to battle new virus |
| Source : Gulf Daily News |
| Date : 2013-05-22 |
| Bahrain has set up a special taskforce to help prevent cases of a deadly Sars-like virus that has killed 16 people in neighbouring Saudi Arabia and infected more than 30... |
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| Real investment is
in young minds: CP |
| Source : Khaleej Times |
| Date : 2013-05-22 |
| General Shaikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, has said the UAE, under the wise leadership of... |
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| 700pc rise in use of painkillers |
| Source : Gulf Daily News |
| Date : 2013-05-22 |
| There has been a staggering increase of up to 700 per cent in the use of prescription painkillers in some areas of Bahrain since the beginning of 2011, sources told... |
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| Sedition: Defence
dismisses charges |
| Source : Khaleej Times |
| Date : 2013-05-22 |
| The months-long trial of 94 people accused of sedition and trying to overthrow the UAE government will come to close on July 2, when the verdict is due to be... |
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| Reports on quality of Bahrain's education approved |
| Source : Gulf Daily News |
| Date : 2013-05-22 |
| His Royal Highness Prime Minister Prince Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa yesterday issued an edict approving reports issued by the National Authority for Qualifications and Quality Assurance for Education and... |
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| UAE slams Philippine move to contact firms directly |
| Source : Khaleej Times |
| Date : 2013-05-22 |
| The UAE foreign minister has accused the Philippine Embassy of violating international conventions for directly contacting companies that supply Filipino labour to the country.... |
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| Iran bars two top figures from vote |
| Source : Arab News |
| Date : 2013-05-22 |
| Iranian news websites have boosted speculation that election overseers have barred two prominent but divisive figures from next month's presidential ballot.... |
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| Saudi Arabia, Turkey boost ties |
| Source : Arab News |
| Date : 2013-05-22 |
| Saudi Arabia and Turkey signed on Tuesday key industrial and defense pacts.... |
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| Ten more arrested in Iranian espionage case |
| Source : Arab News |
| Date : 2013-05-22 |
| An official spokesman from the Saudi government has confirmed the arrest of 10 people involved in an Iranian espionage cell who were allegedly associated with the same spy network that... |
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| Kerry in Muscat to help ink $ 2.1 bn defense deal |
| Source : Arab News |
| Date : 2013-05-22 |
| US Secretary of State John Kerry arrived in Oman yesterday aiming to help finalize an estimated $ 2.1 billion deal to supply a US-made air-defense system to the... |
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| Violence in Iraq stokes fears of sectarian war |
| Source : Khaleej Times |
| Date : 2013-05-22 |
| Several bomb blasts killed at least 12 people in Iraq on Tuesday, police said, a day after more than 70 died in attacks, stoking fears of all-out sectarian war.... |
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| Friends of Syria to press for peace talks |
| Source : Khaleej Times |
| Date : 2013-05-22 |
| Countries supporting the Syrian uprising against President Bashar Al Assad meet on Wednesday in Amman to discuss ways to end the bloody conflict, mainly a US-Russian proposal for peace talks.... |
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| South Yemen seeks independence |
| Source : The Peninsula |
| Date : 2013-05-22 |
| Thousands of protesters gather in Yemen's main southern city of Aden yesterday to call for independence for the south 23 years after it united with the north.... |
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| Workshop debates emerging threats to national security |
| Source : Kuwait Times |
| Date : 2013-05-22 |
| The Security Strategic Studies Institute of the National Security College at the Education and Training Sector of the Ministry of Interior is holding a three-day workshop titled 'National Security of... |
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