AFP reports that a German engineer working for the Swiss-based ABB group and his driver were wounded on Thursday when unidentified gunmen fired on their car in eastern Libya, a security official said. The vehicle carrying four ABB Energy engineers — three Germans and a Czech — had been travelling between Ajdabiya and Zwitinah, where they were working on a power station control system. Read article
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BBC News reports that shops belonging to Asians were targeted in a protest in the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo over the arrest of Congolese students in India. One Indian national was reportedly injured in the riots and is being treated in hospital. The demonstrators were angered by the arrest on Saturday of […]
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According to a novinite.com reports, a well-known Bulgarian TV journalist, Elena Yoncheva, who is known for her footage from the hottest spots across the globe, has been injured while reporting on protests in Istanbul. A teargas grenade, fired by the police, has truck her in the leg, causing a torn ligament and blood vessels tear. […]
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According to adnkronos.com, At least ten migrants drowned in the southern Mediterranean late on Sunday when their boat got into difficulty and a Tunisian fishing boat allegedly refused to rescue them. Survivors described how they jumped into the sea and tried to cling onto a tuna fishing cage when their eight-metre motorized dinghy broke down […]
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As reported by xinhua.net, six Chinese students have been attacked in France’s wine-producing southwest region of Bordeaux. French interior ministry has condemned the act as an act of xenophobia. A female student was seriously hurt in the face by a glass bottle which was thrown at her. Two of the three attackers have been detained […]
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As reported by Timesofoman.com, an Indian expatriate, who was missing since Monday morning, is undergoing treatment at the Khoula Hospital for accident-related complications. A hospital employee recognized the accident victim, Kannan Velan, as the missing expatriate, after Times of Oman reported the case yesterday. Read Article
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Capitalfm.co.ke reports that at least 10 people were wounded in two separate attacks in Kenya, police said on Sunday, including a blast at a church in Mombasa and a grenade hurled in a crowd in Nairobi. In the port city of Mombasa, attackers on a motorbike threw a homemade bomb into a church service, wounding […]
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As covered by gulfnews.com, “Two expatriates were killed in lightning strikes on Monday as thundershowers lashed vast areas of the Sultanate in a continuing wet weather spell that is entering a record-breaking second week. One of the deaths occurred in the oilfield region of Fahud near Ibri in Dhahirah governorate, while the other was reported […]
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According to emirates247.com, “The Sri Lanka Foreign Employment Bureau (SLFEB), with police assistance, has arrested a Sri Lankan expatriate living in Saudi Arabia, for beating fellow nationals seeking work in the Gulf kingdom as housemaids, shortly after his arrival home on annual vacation, the ‘Colombo Gazette’ reported on Sunday. When the amateur footage of the […]
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As covered by middle-east-online.com, “A Qatari court has sentenced a Muslim barber from an unknown Asian country to 40 lashes over consuming alcohol in the Gulf state, a local daily reported on Monday. The man was arrested following a complaint by another who accused him of harassing his domestic worker by throwing at her a […]
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