Bahrain has barred the National Democratic Institute (NDI) Gulf resident director from entering the country, local reports have said. No official statement was made about the reason for not allowing Staci Haag to enter Bahrain, but Al Watan daily said that the decision was made after the Washington-based institute had incurred the wrath of...
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Bahrain’s education ministry on Wednesday said that it would take stringent action against 20 students implicated in a large scale brawl. The fight broke out after two students had a verbal argument in front of East Riffa Boys’ Secondary School, but quickly degenerated into a massive brawl inside the school, the ministry said in...
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Kuwait will in the next ten days deport thousands of foreigners, mainly Egyptians, after the authorities discovered that they were registered with bogus companies. “These expatriates have no legal status and their stay here is illegal since their companies do not exist,” sources told Al Dar daily. “The ministries of labour and interior are...
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Qatar has launched a two-week population census that will allow the country to have a peek into its future. The census, under the supervision of the Qatar Statistics Authority (QSA) on Tuesday night, will be the largest conducted in the country. In a move, over 3,000 field surveyors were at the airport, port and...
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A Doha conference on supporting health education in Gaza has recommended a series of action to enable besieged medical students to have access to information and training. Recommendations included online libraries within Gaza’s colleges, effective distance learning programmes, scholarship funds for students and teachers, and continuous co-ordination and integration among medical, nursing and allied...
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Qatar has pledged to boost its crackdown on smokers who continue to light up in non-smoking areas amid reports that their number is on the rise despite stiff fines. “A total of 354 violators have been fined QR 85,900 since the Supreme Council of Health (SCH) launched the anti-smoking campaign on March 18,” Shaikha...
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Qatar’s Emir Shaikh Hamad Bin Khalifa Al Thani has postponed a visit to Germany scheduled for April 18-20 because of the shutting down of European airports. No new date for the visit was given by Qatar News Agency (QNA). However, the official news agency said that the Emir had given instructions to offer assistance...
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Kuwait’s Amir Shaikh Sabah Al Ahmad Al Sabah will on Sunday embark on a European three-leg tour that will take him to Italy, the Vatican and Germany. The visits aim to boost cooperation in the domains of policy, economy, media and culture, tackling matters of mutual interest, in addition to presenting Kuwait’s issue to...
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The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on Monday said that she believed there was an “encouraging level of governmental activity to improve human rights” in the six Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) States, mainly in the areas of economic and social rights, children’s rights and human trafficking. However, there was also...
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Kuwait’s social affairs and labour minister said that his ministry would not be intimidated by the onslaughts on the labour market reforms, pledging to continue them. “The ministry has set up a system to help regularise the presence of thousands of foreigners in Kuwait and seek to eliminate forgeries, trafficking and abuses,” Mohammad Al...
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