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Highway-side eatery in UAE feeds hungry one meal at a time
Middle East

Highway-side eatery in UAE feeds hungry one meal at a time

SHARJAH, United Arab Emirates (AP) — At a highway-side restaurant in the industrial outskirts of Dubai, workers methodically assemble packaged…
Saudi ‘kafala’ labor reforms leave devil in the detail
Middle East

Saudi ‘kafala’ labor reforms leave devil in the detail

The Saudi sponsor system for guest workers has been described as “modern slavery.” Now, new laws promise to end its…
Kuwait cautions about deteriorating relations with Egypt due to ‘abusive practices’
Egypt

Kuwait cautions about deteriorating relations with Egypt due to ‘abusive practices’

The Kuwaiti embassy in Cairo issued a statement on Friday calling on Egyptian authorities to take necessary measures to deter…
2 Mideast countries, world’s top virus rates per population
Middle East

2 Mideast countries, world’s top virus rates per population

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The small, neighboring sheikhdoms of Bahrain and Qatar have the world’s highest per capita…
UAE’s migrant workers fret over future in coronavirus economy
Middle East

UAE’s migrant workers fret over future in coronavirus economy

DUBAI (Reuters) — When Kapil left his Nepali village for an airport job packing cargo in the United Arab Emirates,…
Unemployed Filipina feeds other jobless migrants in Dubai
Middle East

Unemployed Filipina feeds other jobless migrants in Dubai

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Feby Dela Peña saw her fellow Filipinos standing in line outside her building in…
Shooting at smuggling warehouse in Libya kills 30 migrants
Middle East

Shooting at smuggling warehouse in Libya kills 30 migrants

CAIRO (AP) — The family of a slain Libyan human trafficker attacked a group of migrants in a town that…
Foreigners on the frontlines of pandemic in Arab Gulf states
Middle East

Foreigners on the frontlines of pandemic in Arab Gulf states

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — As she was treated for COVID-19 in a hospital isolation ward in Kuwait City,…
Kuwait police disperse ‘riot’ by Egyptians stranded by virus
Middle East

Kuwait police disperse ‘riot’ by Egyptians stranded by virus

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Police in Kuwait dispersed what they described as a riot by stranded Egyptians unable…
Virus traps, sickens foreign laborers in Gulf Arab states
Middle East

Virus traps, sickens foreign laborers in Gulf Arab states

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Long a lifeline for families back home, migrant workers in oil-rich Gulf Arab states…
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