Middle East

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UAE: Indian man jailed for molesting 5-year-old boy in Dubai

6:28 pm September 14, 2019

Dubai: A 33-year-old Indian man in the UAE has been sentenced to six months in prison and will be deported for sexually abusing a five-year-old boy in a shared villa here, a media report said on Saturday. The unidentified Indian electrician had hugged the boy from behind and touched him inappropriately in Bur Dubai in […]

UAE: Indian man stabs wife to death in Dubai

12:28 pm September 11, 2019

Dubai: An Indian man in UAE allegedly stabbed his wife to death after a heated argument, according to a media report. The 43-year-old man, identified as U.C, killed his wife C. Vidhya Chandran, 39, after a heated argument in a car park in Al Quoz here on Monday, the Khaleej Times reported. The Dubai-based couple’s […]

Japan PM Abe to meet Iran’s Rouhani in New York

8:36 pm August 28, 2019

Yokohama: Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe plans to meet Iranian President Hassan Rouhani in New York next month as Tokyo continues to seek a leading role in attempts to defuse rising tension in the Middle East. Japan’s foreign ministry said Wednesday the meeting was arranged during Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif’s visit to Tokyo […]

Israel bombed Iraq weapons depot: report

8:45 pm August 23, 2019

Washington: Israel has carried out at least one strike against a weapons depot in Iraq, The New York Times reported Thursday. There have been a series of blasts in Iraq over the past month at training camps and arms depots used by the Hashed al-Shaabi paramilitary forces, which are mainly composed of pro-Iranian militias. Israel […]

‘Reform’: Saudi Arabia eases travel restrictions on women

4:20 am August 21, 2019

Riyadh: Saudi Arabia on Tuesday began implementing a landmark reform allowing women over the age of 21 to receive passports and travel abroad without permission from a male “guardian”, authorities said. The reform, announced earlier this month, weakens the restrictive guardianship system that has long been a symbol of repression against women. “The passport department […]