Middle East
Riyadh Flash Floods Claim 15 Lives
By Md Al-SulamiÂ
JEDDAH, Nov 19 – At least 15 people have died and eight others are reported missing in flash floods caused by heavy...
Palestinians Decide to Internationalize Arafat Probe
RAMALLAH, Nov 13 — The findings of Swiss scientists probing Yasser Arafat’s death, which shows high level of a radioactive substance in the former Palestinian...
Thousands of Overstaying Expats Stage Sit-ins to Get Deported
MORE THAN 20,000 DETAINED IN FIRST TWO DAYS OF CRACKDOWN
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By Irfan Mohammed
JEDDAH, Nov 12 — Thousands of undocumented expatriates are desperately seeking to get...
UN Asks Qatar to Improve the Lot of Migrant Workers
DOHA, Nov 10 — A top UN official on Sunday urged Qatar to improve conditions for foreign laborers, as the Gulf emirate builds a...
Raids Disrupt Saudi Market, Farm supplies
By Rob L. Wagner
JEDDAH, Nov 7 – The Kingdom’s commercial districts and farm areas have taken a beating as businesses continued to struggle to...