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Kuwait suspends all work, entry visas for Filipinos
Kuwait has suspended all types of work and entry visas for Filipinos after the Philippines reportedly violated a bilateral labor agreement with the ... Gulf -
American actor Gooding Jr. could owe millions after ignoring rape lawsuit
Actor Cuba Gooding Jr. could be on the hook for millions of dollars in damages after failing to respond to a lawsuit that accused him of raping a ... Entertainment -
Black and white Instagram selfie challenge sheds light on femicide in Turkey
Women have taken to posting a photo of themselves with a black and white filter on Instagram, but few realized the now global trend initially sought ... Features -
Coronavirus: Refugee women face heightened risk of violence, UNHCR says
Displaced women and girls are facing a heightened risk of gender-based violence during the coronavirus crisis, the UN Refugee Agency said Monday.For ... Coronavirus -
Police free nearly 150 from school in northern Nigeria
Police said on Saturday they had freed nearly 150 students from a purported school in northern Nigeria that claimed it was teaching the Koran but had ... World News -
Hundreds more freed from torture in third Nigerian ‘school’ raid in a month
Police freed about 500 men and boys from an Islamic school in northern Nigeria on Wednesday where some had been chained to walls, molested and beaten, ... World News -
Nigerian president vows crackdown on abusive Islamic schools after second raid
Nigeria’s president on Tuesday ordered a crackdown on abuse at Islamic schools, after a second police raid in less than a month revealed men and ... World News -
Riyadh police arrest man who repeatedly hit his infant in a viral video
A man filmed repeatedly hitting his infant daughter in Saudi Arabia has been arrested after the footage went viral on social media. Police in Riyadh ... Gulf -
Five US abuse victims sue Vatican to release names of predator priests
Five US men who say they were sexually abused as minors by Roman Catholic priests filed a federal lawsuit in Minnesota on Tuesday against the Vatican, ... World News -
Shocking story of a Yazidi girl: Sold and raped in Baghdad
The Iraqi Observatory for Victims of Human Trafficking on Wednesday revealed the details of a Yazidi girl who was sold and raped in Baghdad after she ... Features -
WATCH: Iranian boy tells horrific story of why a Tehran officer cut his ear
Tehran municipality officers cut off a child’s ear because they found him looking in trash for anything to sell and make a living, Iranian media ... Middle East -
WATCH: A domestic helper beaten brutally by her sponsor
Bahraini Amer al-Amer, deputy prosecutor in Muharraq Governorate said an investigation had been opened into a video circulating online showing a ... Variety -
Philippines to mandate a $10,000 insurance deposit for domestic workers in Kuwait
Following rocky relations between the Philippines and Kuwait due to the murder and abuse of a Filipina maid earlier this year, a new mandate by the ... Gulf -
Myanmar judge to rule next week on dropping Reuters journalists’ case
A Myanmar judge said Wednesday he would decide next week on whether to throw out a case against two Reuters journalists who were arrested while ... Print -
VIDEO: Horrifying moment son aggressively hits his elderly mother
Viewer discretion is advised. A shocking and disturbing video has surfaced on social media platforms showing a young man hitting his elderly mother ... Variety -
Torture of elderly Indian housemaid in Kuwait being investigated
Kuwait has recently pledged to tackle increasingly reported cases of violence against housemaids in the country. The matter has been prioritized ... Gulf -
VIDEO: Lebanese family sues Michigan nursing home over abuse caught on video
The family of an elderly Lebanese man is suing a Michigan nursing home, alleging a hidden camera captured footage of the abuse and some caretakers ... Digital -
Government pay P5,000 in cash gifts to repatriated Filipinos from Kuwait
The Philippines has said that repatriated overseas Filipino workers from Kuwait will receive he will receive $95 (P5,000) in financial assistance and ... Gulf -
Ex-USA Gymnastics doctor gets up to 125 more years in prison for abuse
Former USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar was sentenced to an additional 40 to 125 years in prison on Monday for molesting young female gymnasts, ... Sports -
Duterte says may ban sending Filipinos to work in Kuwait
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte is considering banning workers being sent to Kuwait because of abuses he said were being inflicted on Filipino ... Gulf -
Twitter toughens guidelines on harassment
Twitter has toughened its stance on online sexual harassment and abuse, laying out stronger penalties for misconduct on the social media platform in ... Digital -
Egyptian family speaks out after son was accused of beating mother to death
Zeinab as-Sayyid Mahfouz, the elderly Egyptian woman who was reportedly beaten to death by her own son to please his wife, actually died of a brain ... Variety -
VIDEO: Ethiopian domestic worker tries to commit suicide in Lebanon
An Ethiopian domestic worker in Lebanon tried and failed to commit suicide on Sunday as seen in a video published by “Wen el Dawle” page ... Variety -
Twitter lets users mute notifications from unknown accounts
Twitter Inc, in its latest step to curb abusive behavior on its platform, rolled out new features on Monday to help users disable notifications from ... Digital -
80-year-old Egyptian woman thrown out by her son to ‘keep his wife happy’
The Egyptian government has issued an order for an 80-year-old woman to be taken into care after her son had abandoned her to allegedly “keep ... Variety -
Victim of domestic violence shares video of moment she was brutally beaten
British police published a video a few days ago that documented a case of extreme physical violence against a women in Birmingham. The horrific video ... Features -
Modern slavery: The truth behind Lebanon’s domestic help abuse
Lebanon currently employs approximately 250,000 domestic helpers from some of the poorest countries in the world Features -
Watch: Saudi man beats up petrol station worker
A video of a young man beating a worker at a petrol station in Saudi Arabia went viral on social media on Saturday Variety -
Saudi campaign urges women to report domestic violence
An abuse hotline offered by the Ministry of Social Affairs and run by trained Saudi women operates 24/7 Variety -
Playboy boss Hefner targeted in new suit against Cosby
The suit contends Hefner knew or should have known that Cosby had drugged and sexually abused women and enabled his behavior Variety