Middle East Travel News

Israeli airline Arkia to operate flights between Tel Aviv and Yerevan from June YEREVAN, May 24.

JEDDAH: Saudi Arabia on Saturday assured India that its decision to deport foreign workers, following implementation of its nitaqat law , will only impact illegal blue-collar workers saying that the kingdom's actions will only encourage legally employed people to work in the country.

Fifty thousand Yemenite Jews were secretly airlifted to the new state of Israel in 1949-1950 in order to escape anti-Jewish pogroms that were erupting across the Arab world.

Family drinks parties and an elaborate breakfast spread help to make Matthew Teller feel at home in the bustling capital B&Bs are a Middle Eastern rarity.

An Israeli security expert says Syrian hackers tried to break into the computers of the water system of the city of Haifa.

Sir Edward Garnier will travel to the Middle East next week to learn about the diplomatic situation in the region.

BEIRUT: Short-lived hopes for a summer tourism rebound have evaporated as fierce clashes in Lebanon's second-biggest city and soaring tensions dealt fresh blows to weakened economy.

Malaysia has been named, along with Turkey and the United Arab Emirates , as one of the preferred destinations for Muslim travellers, according to a survey.

Futurists who have been predicting "exponential growth" in mankind's technological development might just give a "we told you so" shrug on hearing the news that the world's next tallest building will only take six or seven months to construct.

DOHA: The tourist inflow into Egypt has been growing with Qataris ranking third among Arab tourist arrivals in the country, after visitors from Saudi Arabia and Kuwait.

Georges Moustaki, the Egyptian-born French singer-songwriter who provided the lyrics for Edith Piaf's international 1958 hit Milord, has died at his home on the French Riviera, aged 79.

The ICAO has had its headquarters in Montreal since 1947 and currently employs 534 people.

There is no doubt that throughout Oman, there are many talented children. Let's Read, an organisation that promotes reading, recently held its seventh annual writing competition and the results show just how gifted young people are.

It's a long way to go for a game of charades. William Hague is in Israel today to support US secretary of state John Kerry's bid to re-start Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations.

On 23 March this year, the Versaille Court of Appeal in France delivered a very significant judgment in a case brought by the Association France-Palestine Solidarit and joined by the Palestine Liberation Organisation , against French companies Societ Alstom and Veolia Transport .

Desperate husbands. In spite of evolving lifestyles mentalities are stuck as Qatari men still expect their better half to be a better housewife.

The following was written by Lenny David of Efrat, formerly of AIPAC, who created the website for a Picture a Day after realizing the extent of the Library of Congress archive of pictures - and the "Cigarbox Collection": Dr.

Looking at the gorgeous beach landscape above, you might think you were looking at Hawaii or New Zealand .

The Rev. Thomas Farrow, pastor of First Baptist Church, 900 College St., Clinton, is among a group of 37 visiting the Holy Land.

DOHA: Remote and sparsely populated areas of the country will soon have large commercial complexes so that people don't have to travel long distances to access commodities and services of daily need.