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Eight Hong Kong activists arrested over security law protest

08 Dec 2020

Gulf Today Report Hong Kong police on Tuesday arrested eight pro-democracy activists including three former lawmakers over their role in an unauthorised protest last summer, the latest in a broad...

Peru repeals farm law after days of road blockades

05 Dec 2020

Gulf Today Report Peru’s Congress on Friday repealed a farming law that had triggered days of roadblocks and other protests by striking workers as the protesters erupted with joy and...

VIDEO: Thousands attend Pakistani firebrand cleric's funeral despite COVID-19 curbs

21 Nov 2020

Gulf Today Report Tens of thousands of mourners attended the funeral of the firebrand cleric and chief of the Tehrik-e-Labaik Pakistan (TLP) in the eastern city of Lahore on...

Pakistan firebrand cleric and TLP chief Khadim Rizvi passes away in Lahore city

20 Nov 2020

Tariq Butt, Correspondent Tehrik-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) chief Allama Khadim Hussain Rizvi has died in Lahore at the age of 54, his political party confirmed. The cause...

Cohabitation and alcohol consumption in the UAE: What the law has to say

16 Nov 2020

Syed Shayaan Bakht and Faisal Siddiqui, Staff Reporters In a significant move, the UAE has announced a widespread revamp of personal and criminal laws in the first week of...

Pakistan imposes fines for not wearing masks, bans indoor weddings

08 Nov 2020

Tariq Butt, Correspondent Indoor weddings have been banned in Pakistan in the latest restrictions imposed by the National Command and Operations Centre (NCOC) amid spike in COVID-19...

VIDEO: Bank manager in Pakistan shot dead by security guard for alleged blasphemy

05 Nov 2020

Tariq Butt, Correspondent A Pakistani bank manager was shot dead by its security guard allegedly over blasphemy allegations in Khushab city of Punjab province, police and relatives...

Saudi Arabia plans to improve migrant labourers freedom

04 Nov 2020

Gulf Today Report Saudi Arabia has announced new reforms that will eliminate some key restrictions and improve a seven-decade-old sponsorship system known as “kafala.” It will ease foreign workers’ contractual...

Thousands continue protests against Indonesia’s new jobs law

02 Nov 2020

Thousands of workers in Indonesia on Monday continued their protests against the country’s new jobs law that critics say will erode labor rights and weaken environmental protections. The Confederation of...

Polish police detain 15 people after protests over abortion ruling

23 Oct 2020

Polish police detained 15 people after protests in Warsaw late on Thursday against a near-total ban on abortion, a police spokesman said on Friday. Poland's Constitutional Tribunal ruled on Thursday...

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