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Foreign workers from Bangladesh wait at an airport carpark turned into an immigration depot in Sepang September 20, 2007. REUTERS/Bazuki Muhammad
Bangladesh eyes deal with Malaysia to protect migrant workers from abuse
SEPANG: Foreign workers from Bangladesh wait at an airport car park. - Reuters DHAKA: Cutting recruitment fees for Bangladeshi migrants who move to Malaysia for work under a new deal could curb human trafficking, according to officials, yet activists said Bangladesh's migration system must be revamped in order to protect workers. Malaysia last week said it was considering a zero-cost recruitment agreement with Bangladesh - having banned its...
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Philippine volcano shows signs of calming, but danger remains
MANILA: An elderly woman is helped by a relative at an evacuation centre for families displaced by the eruption of the Taal volcano, at the Dona Tiburcia Carpio Malvar elementary school in Tanauan yesterday. - AFP MANILA: A Philippine volcano that has been spewing ash for days appeared to be calming down yesterday, but seismologists said the danger of an eruption remained high and authorities warned evacuees not to return to their homes. Some...
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HRW details 'rights abuses' in Kuwait
KUWAIT: Human Rights Watch charged Kuwaiti authorities of using legislations to restrict free speech and stifle political dissent, while also failing to provide adequate protection to migrant workers despite recent reforms. On the other hand, the report praised Kuwait for allowing Human Rights Watch access to the country "unlike many of its Gulf neighbors", noting that Kuwait engaged in dialogue with the organization on a range of human rights...
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Municipal workers jailed, fined
KUWAIT: The criminal court yesterday sentenced a senior Kuwaiti municipal official and a Syrian to seven years in prison with labor and fined them KD 740 million. It also ordered them to repay KD 370 million on charges of embezzling public funds by forging licenses of private companies operating in three sites in Subbiya and Salmi. Case papers indicate the Municipality discovered these sites were illegally used by private companies to extract...
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Man hacked to death
KUWAIT: A 28-year-old Kuwaiti used a cleaver to kill his friend at a desert camp in Mina Abdullah. Security sources said the suspect then turned himself in at Mina Abdullah police station with the murder weapon in his hand and the victim's blood all over his clothes. The suspect was hysterical at the station and kept repeating that he would kill the victim over and over again if he came back to life. "The suspect was probably under the effect...
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Jabriya clinics segregated
KUWAIT: In a bid to facilitate healthcare services provided to Kuwaitis, Health Minister Sheikh Dr Basel Al-Sabah issued a ministerial directive assigning Mahmoud Hajji Haidar polyclinic in Jabriya for Kuwaiti patients only and allocating the Jabriya polyclinic in block 7 for non-Kuwaitis. This decision will be effective as of Jan 19. - Meshaal Al-Enezi
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Lebanon banks vandalized in 'savage' protests
BEIRUT: Lebanese anti-government protesters try to break the window of a bank in the capital late Tuesday. - AFP BEIRUT: Public anger against cash-strapped banks has boiled over in crisis-hit Lebanon, where demonstrators armed with metal rods, fire extinguishers and rocks attacked branches overnight in protest at controls that have trapped the savings of ordinary depositors. The Red Cross said yesterday that at least 37 people were injured in a...
A picture taken on January 13, 2020, during a press tour organised by the US-led coalition fighting the remnants of the Islamic State group, shows US army drones at the Ain al-Asad airbase in the western Iraqi province of Anbar. - Iran last week launched a wave of missiles at the sprawling Ain al-Asad airbase in western Iraq and a base in Arbil, capital of Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region, both hosting US and other foreign troops, in an operation it dubbed a response to the killing of Qasem Soleimani, the head of the Guards' Quds Force, in a January 3 US drone strike near Baghdad's airport. (Photo by Ayman Henna / AFP)
As Iranian missiles battered Iraq base, US lost eyes in sky
AIN AL-ASAD AIR BASE, Iraq: A picture taken on Jan 13, 2020 during a press tour shows US army drones at this airbase in the western Iraqi province of Anbar. - AFP IRAQ: Moments after volleys of Iranian missiles began to batter Iraq's Ain al-Asad airbase, US soldiers at the desert facility lost contact with their ultra-powerful - and expensive - eyes in the sky. At the time the attack was launched at 1:35 am on Jan 8, the US army was flying...
Jordanian King Abdullah II delivers a speech at the European Parliament on January 15, 2020 in Strasbourg, eastern France. (Photo by Frederick FLORIN / AFP)
US-Iran war would bring 'untold chaos', warns Jordan's king
STRASBOURG, France: Jordanian King Abdullah II delivers a speech at the European Parliament yesterday. - AFP STRASBOURG, France: A war between the US and Iran would wreak "untold chaos" on the world, Jordan's King Abdullah II warned yesterday, in a speech to European lawmakers on the tensions boiling across the Middle East. Although Washington and Tehran are currently in a standoff after tit-for-tat military actions over the past two weeks, the...
A woman poses for a picture in front of a lit sign in Dubai on January 15, 2020. (Photo by Giuseppe CACACE / AFP)
UAE tourist visa scam traps Indians in abusive jobs
DUBAI: A woman poses for a picture in front of a lit sign yesterday. – AFP MUMBAI: Exploitative employers in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) are increasingly using tourist visas to hire Indians in a scam that leaves migrants open to labor abuse, police and activists said. Indian migrants on visit visas - quicker and cheaper to obtain than work permits - are wary of reporting exploitation on the job for fear of revealing their illegal status,...
MILWAUKEE, WI - JANUARY 14: Julius Randle #30 of the New York Knicks shoots the ball against the Milwaukee Bucks on January 14, 2020 at the Fiserv Forum Center in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this Photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2020 NBAE Gary Dineen/NBAE via Getty Images/AFP.
Giannis, Bucks crush Knicks for third time
MILWAUKEE: Julius Randle #30 of the New York Knicks shoots the ball against the Milwaukee Bucks at the Fiserv Forum Center in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. - AFP MILWAUKEE: Giannis Antetokounmpo scored 37 points in just 21 minutes Tuesday night for the host Milwaukee Bucks, who concluded their season-long dominance of the New York Knicks by cruising to a 128-102 victory. The Bucks swept the three-game season series from the Knicks and never trailed in...
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Philippines slaps total ban on new workers bound to Kuwait
Silvestre Bello III By Ben Garcia and A SalehKUWAIT: Based on the results of an autopsy conducted on the remains of Filipina maid Jeanelyn Villavende in Manila, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) together with the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) decided to impose a total ban yesterday on the deployment of newly-hired workers to Kuwait, including domestic helpers and skilled and unskilled laborers. This is due to...
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KUWAIT: Young girls participate in Girl Up Kuwait's first conference which focused on the role of women in Kuwaiti society and politics.
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Air Force carries out aeromedical evacuation exercise
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KUWAIT CITY: Jassim Al-Awadhi waits at a bus stop as a bus approaches in this file photo.
Disorganized bus network behind lacking transit system
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VIENTIANE, Laos: China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi (left) speaks during the 25th ASEAN Plus Three Foreign Ministers' Meeting at the 57th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Vientiane on July 27, 2024. – AFP
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