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Latest updates on GCC travel and tourism with enhanced tourist destinations and entry of visitors into the GCC with updates in the aviation sector.
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UAE-bound Flight Returns to Indian Airport Due to Technical Issue
Etihad Airways on Monday said that its Bangalore-Abu Dhabi flight returned to the Indian airport due to a technical issue…
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Dubai-UK: Drunk Man Gets 18 Month-Jail for Groping Air Hostess, Threatening Violence
A passenger on a flight from Dubai to Manchester has been arrested for molesting cabin crew and behaving aggressively. Mohammed…
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UAE: Citizens Advised To Postpone Travel to 2 Destinations Due to Virus
The UAE’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MoFAICUAE) has posted a travel advisory for citizens and has recommended…
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As You Grieve, Your Brain Redraws Its Neural Map
In recent decades, neuroscience has revealed fascinating information about our relationships and what happens in our brains when we grieve for a…
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Bahrain: Gulf Air Celebrates Launch of Newest Destination, Goa
Gulf Air celebrated the launch of its newest destination on its network Goa at Bahrain International Airport (BIA). The ceremony…
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UAE: United Airlines Launches Nonstop Service Between New York and Dubai
United Airlines has launched a nonstop daily service between its New York/Newark hub and Dubai International (DXB). The new service…
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UAE: Etihad Slashes Price of Flights to India, Philippines and UK in Pre-summer Sale
Etihad Airways has announced another flash sale on international air fares. Return flights to destinations including London, Manila and Paris are…
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IndiGo Turns Hours Long Bahrain-Mangaluru Flight Into Two-day Harrowing Journey
On any given day, it takes just a few hours for a flight from Bahrain to land in Mangaluru, India.…
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How To Read Deleted WhatsApp Texts Sent by You or Others
One of WhatsApp’s most popular features of the app is that it lets you delete messages at the touch of…
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Is Your WiFi Router in the Wrong Place? Here’s Where It Should Go
With a movie night planned and popcorn at hand, nothing is more frustrating than a buffering film at the height…
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Do You Know the Real Meaning Behind These Emojis?
Emoji etiquette can be a minefield, with Gen Z-ers finding the seemingly innocuous thumbs up ‘passive aggressive’, while using the…
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Bahrain: Stagnant Air Traffic Reported During Ramadan
Despite the usual high travel demand in the lead-up to Ramadan, travel agents have reported stagnant traffic this year. According…
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GCC Countries To Be First Beneficiaries of UK e-visit Permit
The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries will be the first to benefit from a new electronic programme for travellers to…
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Air India to No Longer Operate Budget Flights From UAE to Mumbai
Air India’s budget airline will stop operating flights between UAE and peak-demand destinations such as Mumbai and Delhi, in a…
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Kuwait: Jazeera Airways Launches Flights to 3 New European Cities
Jazeera Airways, Kuwait’s leading low cost carrier is gearing up for the 2023 summer season with three new European destinations…
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Air Pollution has Caused More Than Six Million Deaths Annually
Air pollution is the greatest environmental health hazard to humankind, leading to over six million deaths a year and an…
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Scientists Discover Remains of a Glacier Near the Martian Equator
Astronomers have discovered the remains of a glacier near the Martian equator, indicating that a form of water still exists…
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UAE’s Emirates Airline Fined for ‘Misleading’ Business Class Advertising
The UAE’s Emirates Airline has been fined by a New Zealand court for “misleading” advertising of its business class flight.…
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ChatGPT Creator OpenAI Debuts New GPT-4 AI System
OpenAI is unveiling GPT-4, the successor to an artificial intelligence tool that spawned viral services ChatGPT and the Dall-E image-creation…
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UAE: Pilot Sets New Global Record by Landing Plane on Burj Al Arab Helipad
In a first, Lukasz Czepiela, an airline pilot successfully completed a bullseye landing of a plane on Dubai’s Burj Al…
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