Bahrain’s government is to install high-tech security cameras in streets and vital locations. The cameras will help preserve security and protect public and private property, the government said at its weekly session on Sunday. “Prime Minister Shaikh Khalifa Bin Salman Al Khalifa has instructed the interior minister to launch the first phase of the...
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Five women presenters at Al Jazeera satellite channel have resigned over conflicts with management over “delicate issue”, including their looks and dresses. Jumana Nammour (Lebanon), Luna Al Shibl (Syria), Lina Zahreddine (Lebanon), Jullinar Mousa (Lebanon) and Nawfar Afli (Tunisia) were among a group of eight women working for the Doha-based pan-Arab channel who had...
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Two Bahrainis have been sentenced to five years each for plotting to attack foreign interests in the country. The two men were found guilty of planning in 2007 and 2008 to “carry out acts of terror” against the interests of a foreign country in Bahrain and of smuggling two weapons, a pistol and ammunitions...
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Kuwait is apparently set for a fresh clash between lawmakers and the government after an opposition MP on Sunday filed to quiz the prime minister over failure to tackle environment pollution. “This is mainly a humanitarian quizzing. I have tried all ways to resolve the pollution issue, but to no avail,” Khalid Al Tahous,...
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Lawyers and sociologists in Kuwait have called for rewriting the divorce laws after official figures indicated that 42 per cent of marriages ended in separations in 2009. “There are many reasons for the alarming increase in divorce rates, but the Kuwaiti law is also to blame,” lawyers said. “Under the law, a divorcee gets...
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Expatriates leaving Kuwait will have to submit evidence that they have settled their traffic fines before they are allowed to go home, a senior official has said amid statements that the country recorded 996,436 traffic violations in the first three months of 2010. “We will next month adopt a new discharge system to collect...
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Civil society organisations could play a major role in promoting peace by acting as mediators in negotiations or initiating peace moves, Qatar National Human Rights Committee (NHRC) chairman has said amid conference calls for better relations between NGOs and governments in the Arab world. “Peaceful settlement of conflicts had become one of the most...
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