Israel has for the last 15 years illegally seized hundreds of millions of dollars meant for Palestinian services, an Israeli newspaper has said. The money was collected in the West Bank and channeled into Israel’s state coffers even though international law prohibits an occupying power from appropriating the fruit of economic activity in an...
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Kuwait’s labour and social affairs minister said that charitable work was under close and constant scrutiny to ensure full compliance with the law. “We have competent authorities within the ministry that are strictly monitoring all charitable and benevolent work,” Mohammad Al Afassi said. “We pay special attention to charity action and donations in order...
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Women expatriates on independent work visas can now sponsor their husbands and children, Qatari media reported on Wednesday. “The new sponsorship law allows women workers to sponsor their families. Earlier, only female expatriate working for Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC) and the Ministry of Education were allowed to sponsor their families,” a senior labour official...
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Bahrain’s parliament has ignored a plea by the Palestinian ambassador to go ahead with a match scheduled for May 28 in Palestine and called for its cancellation. “We do not want the national team to travel to play the game and have their passports stamped by the Israelis,” the lower chamber said. “That would...
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One quarter of the Bahrainis who attend sessions to quit smoking succeed in their endeavours, a health official has said. “Out of the 840 people who enlisted to kick the habit, only 25% have been successful,” Dr Kadhim Al Halwachi, the head of the anti-smoking awareness committee, said. Society should assume a greater...
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The impact of Arab media on Arab families will be under the spotlight at a conference to be held next month in Doha. The Doha International Institute for Family Studies and Development (DIIFSD) said that the conference on “Arab Media and the Family” on May 2-3 will look at the role of media in...
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