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 incident was screened on several television channels, the man was shown assaulting Sri Lankan maids in a room in a ‘safe house’ in Saudi Arabia” Read Article
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According to en.ammonnews.net, “The media center at the Public Security Department announced on Thursday that police search teams had located a Peruvian tourist who went missing in Petra on April 17 . The center said the tourist was located in the capital Amman and he is in good condition. The Peruvian tourist told police that […]
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According to foxnews.com, “Clashes erupted Wednesday between the Iraqi army and armed Sunni tribesmen who sealed off two central Iraqi towns, leaving 38 dead, just a day after a bloody incident involving soldiers and protesters set off fighting that killed 56 people. Other violence Wednesday killed 13. The unrest is heightening Sunni-Shiite tensions and raising […]
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According to washingtonpost.com, “The Taliban took 11 civilians prisoner, including eight Turks and a Russian, after their cargo helicopter made an emergency landing in eastern Afghanistan, officials said Monday, in the first large scale capture of foreigners there in nearly six years. Security forces dispatched to the remote area retreated after engaging in firefights with […]
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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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As reported by kuwaittimes.net, “Due to various reasons, some people are driving without a license. Such drivers, if they are expats, will be deported. The new head of the traffic department of the Ministry of Interior, Major General Abdulfatah Al-Ali, recently announced some rules that will be strictly enforced.Drivers who violate those rules and break […]
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According to thenational.ae, “Two men who kidnapped and raped a woman after her drink was spiked at a Dubai nightclub had their ten-year jail terms upheld by the Appeals Court today. The woman, from the UK, became disoriented after drinking at the Rock Bottom Cafe in the Regent Palace Hotel in Bur Dubai on July […]
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As reported by Albawaba.com tens of thousands have taken to the streets across Bahrain to protest Sunday’s Formula One Grand Prix amid one of the worst government crackdowns on dissidents to hit the tiny island since the start of an uprising more than two years ago. Riot police fired tear gas, birdshot and stun grenades […]
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As covered by cotonou.usembassy.gov, “The Department of State warns U.S. citizens to defer all non- essential travel to Pakistan. This Travel Warning replaces the Travel Warning dated September 19, 2012, to remind U.S. citizens of ongoing security concerns in Pakistan…The presence of several foreign and indigenous terrorist groups poses a potential danger to U.S. citizens […]
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According to Timeturk.com “The tragic incident took place in touristic Konyaalti district of Antalya province in southern Turkey at about 10pm on Monday night. Ms Irina Pyzhova (45) ended her own life after she jumped off from the seventh floor of a hotel where she had checked in. The Russian woman died on the scene, […]
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