GUlF STATES SET TO INTRODUCE VAT
Dubai: Hard hit by a drop in oil income, energy-rich Gulf States will next year introduce value-added tax to a region long known for being tax-free. Some have hailed introducing VAT as the start of “exciting, dramatic”
change in the region, but the measure is also expected to push prices up for all residents including citizens and low-income workers.
MOSSAD NO PART IN KURDISH REFERENDUM
Jerusalem: In an apparent dig at Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan who claimed Israel’s spy agency Mossad had a hand in the Kurdish referendum for independence, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said whenever “uncomfortable” such leaders see a “Mossad” hand.
YEMEN REBElS ClAIM DRONE SHOT DOWN
Sanaa: Yemen’s Huthi rebels, who are locked in a deadly war with the Saudi-supported Government, on Sunday said they had downed a drone on the northern outskirts of the country’s capital.
CHINA OPENS HIGHWAY ClOSE TO ARUNACHAl
Beijing: China on Sunday opened a 409-km new expressway costing about USD 5.8 billion linking Tibet’s provincial capital lhasa with Nyingchi, which is close to Arunachal Pradesh border.
SAUDI UNIVERSITY TO OPEN DRIVING SCHOOl
Riyadh: A university in Saudi Arabia has said it will open a driving school for women, in a first for the ultra-conservative country after a ban on women driving was lifted.