The Bahraini fisherman at the centre of a bitter standoff between Manama and Doha has been released from prison, his lawyer has said. However, Adel Al Taweel, 37, will remain at a hotel in Doha until the Qatari authorities decide on his fate later this month. Al Taweel was shot last month as he...
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Kuwait is preparing an answer to the US report on trafficking to explain its position and highlight the advances it has achieved, social affairs and labour sources have said. “Kuwait has clarified its stance on human rights and its commitment to international rights agreements and covenants, and will highlight them in a report to...
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Bahrain’s public ministry has urged parents to be more vigilant after a ten-year-old boy drowned on Tuesday as he was swimming with his two brothers, 12 and eight. The civil defence said that they received a phone call just after noon informing them about the incident in Arad, a village on the island of...
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Qatar is drafting a law on the safe management of the country’s fast accumulating stock of hazardous electronic waste (e-waste). The law, the first of its kind in the region, is expected to be issued within three months and will include specific directives to dealers in electronic goods and stipulations for customers on how...
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