Kuwait – Page 5 – Asia Times

Sondos Al Qattan, a social media celebrity and make-up artist in Kuwait, sparked outrage online after saying maids should not be given rest days. Photo: Wikimedia Commons/Instagram@sondos_aq

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Kuwait celebrity says maids should not have days off

by Asia Times staff July 18, 2018February 18, 2020

Kuwait. Photo: Wikimedia Commons

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Filipina domestic workers go unpaid for years in Kuwait

by Asia Times staff July 12, 2018February 18, 2020

Kuwait, where many Filipinos have resumed working. Photo: Wikimedia Commons

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Maid allegedly beaten by employer with baseball bat

by Asia Times staff June 27, 2018February 18, 2020

Doha, Qatar. Photo: Wikimedia Commons

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25 prisoners granted royal pardon to mark the end of Ramadan

by Asia Times staff June 25, 2018February 18, 2020

Kuwait. Photo: iStock

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Egyptian held by Kuwait police for attempted rape of Filipina

by Asia Times staff June 20, 2018February 18, 2020

The Pentagon. Photo: Flickr Commons

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How the last superpower was unchained

by Tom Engelhardt June 17, 2018

Newly appointed Jordanian Prime Minister Omar al-Razzaz meets with union leaders in Amman, on June 7, 2018. Photo: AFP/Ahmad Gharabli

Bahrain, Egypt, European Union, Iran, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Middle East, Turkey, World

Jordan walks a tightrope between rival powers

by Jonathan Gorvett June 17, 2018February 18, 2020

Qatar on a map with a red pin. Photo: iStock

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Defiant Qatar determined to proceed with S-400 deal

by Nicos Panayiotides June 6, 2018

Jakarta, the capital of Indonesia. Photo: Wikimedia Commons

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Indonesia akan kembali ijinkan PRT ke Timur Tengah

by Asia Times staff June 1, 2018

Jakarta, the capital of Indonesia. Photo: Wikimedia Commons

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Indonesia to allow maids to work in Middle East again

by Asia Times staff June 1, 2018February 18, 2020

Filipino domestic worker Vivian Perez was beaten by her employer's brother in Kuwait. Photo: Facebook

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Maid beaten up after arguing with boss’s brother in Kuwait

by Asia Times staff May 30, 2018February 18, 2020

Kuwait. Photo: iStock

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Over 200 distressed Filipinos to return home from Kuwait

by Asia Times staff May 25, 2018February 18, 2020

President Rodrigo Duterte ordered the total lifting of the ban on Filipinos working in Kuwait. Photo: Wikimedia Commons, Presidential Office

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Duterte scraps partial ban on workers going to Kuwait

by Asia Times staff May 17, 2018February 18, 2020

The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration. Photo: Google Maps

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Manila lifts deployment ban on skilled workers to Kuwait

by Asia Times staff May 16, 2018February 18, 2020

Filipinos are set to return to Kuwait. Photo: iStock

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More than 20,000 Filipino workers to leave for Kuwait

by Asia Times staff May 15, 2018February 18, 2020

The Philippines and Kuwait signed a pact on the Employment of Domestic Workers on May 11. Photo: Philippine government

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Manila signs pact on workers, partly lifts ban on Kuwait

by Asia Times staff May 14, 2018February 18, 2020

Lebanon. Photo: iStock

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Murder suspects will not be extradited to Kuwait

by Asia Times staff May 11, 2018February 18, 2020

Kuwait. Photo: Wikimedia Commons

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Filipino drivers freed in Kuwait, officials to sign deal on workers

by Asia Times staff May 10, 2018February 18, 2020

Kuwait has banned citizens from a number of countries from being issued visas. Photo: iStock

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Filipino nurse in Kuwait dares not go home for visit

by Asia Times staff May 3, 2018February 18, 2020

US President Donald Trump uses a machine to attempt to crush a newly designed 'Made in America' pharmaceutical glass bottle alongside Corning Chairman and CEO Wendell Weeks (R) during a Made in America Week event in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, DC, July 20, 2017. Photo: AFP/Saul Loeb

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‘Big Pharma’ backs Trump’s Asia trade squeeze

by Alan Boyd May 3, 2018February 18, 2020

The Department of Foreign Affairs in Manila. Photo: Google Maps

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Kuwait, Manila seek to solve dispute over maids

by Asia Times staff May 2, 2018February 18, 2020

Florian Villondo, a domestic worker in Kuwait, fell into a coma after initially being being diagnosed with influenza. Photos: Facebook, Angelyn Cortes

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Confusing diagnoses after maid falls into coma in Kuwait

by Asia Times staff May 2, 2018February 18, 2020

A Rohingya refugee woman at the Kutupalong refugee camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. Photo: Reuters/Mohammad Ponir Hossain

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Dhaka banks on UN Security Council to help send the Rohingya ‘home’

by Faisal Mahmud May 1, 2018February 18, 2020

Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei meets with Russian president Vladimir Putin in Tehran on November 1, 2017. Photo: AFP/Iranian Supreme Leader's website

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Eurasia torn between war and peace

by Pepe Escobar May 1, 2018February 18, 2020

President Rodrigo Duterte urged Filipinos to return home as the deployment ban of workers to Kuwait becomes permanent. Photo: Wikimedia Commons, Presidential Communications Operations Office

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Filipinos told to leave Kuwait as embargo becomes permanent

by Asia Times staff April 30, 2018February 18, 2020

Relatives of Filipina worker Joanna Demafelis, whose body was found inside a freezer in Kuwait, hold banners as they wait for the arrival of Joanna's body from Manila at Iloilo International Airport in Iloilo province, central Philippines, on February 17, 2018. Photo: AFP

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Philippines-Kuwait spar over worker ‘rescue’ missions

by Jason Castaneda April 27, 2018February 18, 2020

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the State of Kuwait. Photo: Kuwaiti government

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Kuwait orders Philippine ambassador to leave in a week

by Asia Times staff April 26, 2018February 18, 2020

The Department of Foreign Affairs in Manila. Photo: Google Maps

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Philippine govt apologizes to Kuwait over maid rescues

by Asia Times staff April 25, 2018February 18, 2020

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The sad history behind the Syria crisis

by Alexander Casella April 25, 2018

Kuwait International Airport. Photo: Wikimedia Commons, dgca.gov.kw

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Two Filipinos arrested for helping maids run away

by Asia Times staff April 23, 2018February 18, 2020