The United Arab Emirates will offer Russian visitors visas on arrival in the country in a bid to boost tourism and trade, state news agency WAM reported on Sunday. Prime Minister and ruler of Dubai Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum has approved a cabinet decree recommending Russians be...

Etihad Airways' parent company says its chief executive is leaving following a multi-year buying spree that saw the Mideast carrier snap up stakes in airlines from Europe to Australia. The Abu Dhabi-based airline gave no reason Tuesday for James Hogan's departure. A search is ongoing for a...

A Qatari Foreign Ministry official said Thursday that Doha had been invited to talks on the Syria conflict that are to take place in the Kazakh capital Astana later this month. "An official invitation was received," the official, who declined to be named, told Reuters. Qatar is a backer...

Oman said it received 10 inmates from the US detention centre at Guantanamo Bay Monday, as outgoing President Barack Obama looks to reduce the number of prisoners there before leaving office. Neither the sultanate's foreign ministry nor the US defence official who confirmed the transfer...