People & Culture
Bahrain – MPs seek to hit expats with school fees of...
Bahrain MPs will this week debate a bill that seeks to reduce the availability of free education to Bahrainis and GCC citizens only.If approved,...
Health
Live Well Challenge
Our new Travel & Lifestyle editor Christine Warren-White gets to grips with Living Well…Working for the past four years with a celebrity chef, and...
Health
When Is Lazy Food Healthy Food?
For those of us living our lives at 100 miles per hour, with never a moment to think, it often seems like eating healthily...
GCC Countries
Bahrain: Bahraini’s/GCC citizens to get FREE cosmetic surgery and liposuction, say...
Cosmetic surgery, liposuction, operations, dental treatment and maternity care are part of the 17 services which will be provided to Bahrainis, GCC citizens, those...
GCC Countries
Bahrain: Expats excluded from comprehensive health scheme
Cosmetic surgery, liposuction, operations, dental treatment and maternity care are part of the 17 services which will be provided to Bahrainis, GCC citizens, those...
Expats
Ban on Filipinos going to work in Kuwait stays as talks...
MANILA, Philippines (AP) - A ban on sending Filipinos to work in Kuwait will continue indefinitely after the nations failed to conclude a migrant...
GCC Countries
Dubai Will DNA Test 3 Million Residents – including expats –...
Controversial plans to genetically test everyone living in Dubai have raised fears that the privacy of three million people could be used to discriminate.
In...
GCC Countries
Indian actress’ death in Dubai highlights delays in repatriating deceased migrant...
MUMBAI(Thomson Reuters Foundation) - The death of Indian actress Sridevi in Dubai has highlighted a rarely-discussed issue affecting the families of deceased migrant workers...
UAE
Dubai: Plans to DNA test 3 MILLION people, including expats, raises...
Controversial plans to genetically test everyone living in Dubai have raised fears that the privacy of three million people could be used to discriminate.
In...
GCC Countries
Dubai shuts down 107 salons for poor hygiene
Dubai: Dirty scissors and unsterilized combs are just a few of the offences found in some hair salons across Dubai.But now, in a bid...