Rahami arrest: New Yorkers got 'WANTED' alert on cellphones

In a first, authorities in the United States used a cellphone alert to ask millions of New Yorkers to help nab a 28-year-old naturalised American citizen of Afghan descent wanted for the weekend......

US cabbie gets 7.5 yrs in prison for aiding Kashmiri

A Pakistani-American cab driver in Chicago, who gave money to Al Qaeda operative Illyas Kashmiri for terror attacks in India, has been sentenced to seven and a half years in prison on charges of......

Doctors discuss healers' hurdles at AAPI conference

J-1 visa, Green Card backlog issues permeate AAPI conference. Aziz Haniffa reports Senators and representatives from both sides of the aisle were on hand at a legislative conference on Capitol Hill......

Arrested American was trying to flee US

A Pakistani-origin US national has been arrested while trying to board a flight to flee the country after a failed terror plot to explode a car bomb in the heart of New York's busy Times Square,......

Want to work during Dubai trip? Get probationary permit

Visitors to Dubai who wish to work during their visit visa period have been advised to buy a probationary work permit first, a news report has said, quoting a senior official.Counsellor Ali Humaid......

Changing job in UAE? No need to cancel family visa

Expatriates changing their jobs in United Arab Emirates will no longer be required to cancel visas of the family members under their sponsorship. However, they have to deposit a bank guarantee of......

Emirates starts online tourist visa service

Dubai-based Emirates Airline has started an online tourist visa service for its passengers, a move that could attract more tourists, including from India, who are not automatically granted visas on......

Dubai to launch M-visa service soon

Visitors to Dubai will soon be able to collect their visas by e-mail or mobile phone as the authorities here have announced a partnership with a low cost airline to activate the "hassle free"......

Nationality, a confused issue

Triple jumper Yamile Aldama came fourth at the Sydney Olympics for her native Cuba.In Athens she will be competing as a Sudanese, an extraordinary leap of allegiance which breaks no rules but......