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About 400 migrants held offshore for more than month disembark after threatening to kidnap crew of chartered boat where they were being held Military boat patrols Malta's port of Valletta (AFP/file photo) By  MEE and agencies Malta reluctantly allowed 425 migrants held offshore for more than a month to disembark on Sunday after a group of them threatened to kidnap the crew of...

  Doha - Al-Raya:  The Ministry of Administrative Development, Labor, and Social Affairs has announced the suspension of the service of certifying employment contracts for companies across government service complexes. The ministry said, in a tweet through its official account on the social networking site «Twitter», that the service can be requested through the ministry’s website.

Posted on June 7, 2020By Alexander Cornwell and Aziz El Yaakoubi FILE PHOTO: Outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in London Sign up for our COVID-19 newsletter to stay up-to-date on the latest coronavirus news throughout New York City DUBAI (Reuters) – Gulf carriers Emirates and Etihad Airways are extending the period of reduced pay for their staff until September as they try to preserve...

Posted on June 7, 2020By Metro US Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe shakes hands with China's President Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing Share Post: Sign up for our COVID-19 newsletter to stay up-to-date on the latest coronavirus news throughout New York City TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan has decided not to join the United States, Britain, and others in issuing a statement...

Fate of Arab prisoners detained by Kurdish forces between 2014 and 2017 has been a source of tension between the Iraqi government and Kurdish authorities for years Iraqi Turkmen flags hang next to the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan flags above banners for candidates ahead of parliamentary polls in 2018 in Kirkuk (AFP) By  Dana Taib Menmy in Sulaymaniyah A move by the Patriotic Union of...

'I think it's powerful when you have the head of government taking a knee,' Minister Ahmed Hussen says John Paul Tasker · CBC News · Prime Minister Justin Trudeau took a knee for eight minutes and 46 seconds of silence, the length of time that a Minneapolis police officer knelt on George Floyd's neck before his death, at an anti-racism protest on Parliament Hill...

Left-wing protesters rally in Tel Aviv against plan to annex parts of Jordan Valley and settlements in the West Bank. 2 hours ago Several thousand Israelis demonstrated on Saturday in Tel Aviv against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's plan to annex the Jordan Valley and illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank. The de facto annexation of occupied Palestinian land has prompted the Palestinian Authority...

* Service can be availed online * Ministry recently introduced Digital Authentication System for a Multilingual Employment Contract The Ministry of Administrative Development, Labour and Social Affairs (MADLSA) on Saturday stressed that it has stopped the employer contract authentication service for companies at Government Services Complexes. Addressing "visitors and employers" in a post on Twitter, the MADLSA advised that they can request...

*Qatar remains ready to discuss a long-term solution to the Gulf crisis: FM HE the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Mohamed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani has affirmed that Qatar is still ready to reach a long-term solution to the Gulf crisis, in a manner that does not infringe on the sovereignty of Qatar and does not violate...

Doha The Pravasi Co-ordination Committee, a Kerala based expatriates’ collective, has urged the Indian embassy to take the necessary steps for providing an adequate number of repatriation flights to help Indian expatriates in need go home. “The present number of flights is inadequate to meet the needs of Indian expatriates. More flights should be allocated through the Vande Bharat Mission,” the...

Opened in May 2019, the Doha Metro has been one of Qatar's biggest success stories since the blockade began three years ago. Qatar Rail’s prompt and decisive reaction to the blockade helped the company successfully mitigate its impact and overcome challenges. The challenges that Qatar Rail faced in 2017 served only as a catalyst for adaptability and change. Accordingly, a task...

Arabs for Black Lives urges community to do its part against racism New initiative endorsed by Arab artists, academics and organisers calls for eradicating anti-Blackness within Arab communities 'We must collectively work to eradicate anti-Blackness and racism from anywhere it persists within the community,' group says (MEE/Ali Harb) By  Ali Harb in Washington Published date: 5 June 2020 22:34 UTC | Last update: 18 sec ago Arab Americans have launched an...

EXCLUSIVE: Saudi Arabia to execute three prominent moderate scholars after Ramadan The treatment of Salman al-Odah, Awad al-Qarni and Ali al-Omari, all facing charges of 'terrorism', has been condemned by rights groups Salman al-Odah, Awad al-Qarni and Ali al-Omari are all set to be executed after Ramadan (Twitter) By  David Hearst Three prominent moderate Saudi Sunni scholars held on multiple charges of “terrorism” will be sentenced...

Yemenis do not need a fundraising conference. They need the war to end Abdulaziz Kilani 5 June 2020 10:57 UTC | Last update: 39 sec ago As the spread of coronavirus exacerbates Yemen's crisis, Western governments must take a firm stance with Saudi Arabia to end the fighting A Yemeni youth wearing a protective mask sells fruit at a street market in Taiz on 1 June...