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What is Bahrainization? The Kingdom’s drive to localise jobs across multiple sectors | World News

Bahrainization has evolved into a structured national workforce strategy, backed by legal enforcement/Image: Shutterstock TL;DR: Bahrainization is Bahrain’s official workforce nationalization policy aimed at increasing Bahraini employment in the public and private sectors. It sets sector-specific ratios requiring companies to hire Bahraini nationals or face restrictions on government contracts and foreign worker permits. Employers benefit […]

Can you drive in UAE with GCC licence? Eligibility and exchange rules explained | World News

GCC nationals can drive in the UAE with their home licences as visitors but must exchange them upon gaining residency/ Representative Image TL;DR GCC nationals can drive in the UAE using their home country licence while visiting. Once a GCC national becomes a UAE resident, they must exchange their licence. License exchange is done via […]

UAE now allows visitors from 52 nations to drive with their home country licenses: See if you are eligible | World News

License exchange in the UAE requires a valid residence visa, passing a medical exam, and submitting legal translation of documents/ representative Image 52 nationalities can now drive in the UAE using their home licenses while visiting. Residents from those countries can exchange their license for a UAE one. No driving tests required; conditions apply based […]

Ukraine: Discrimination and hope drive LGBTQ+ soldiers

LGBTQ (AI- generated image) “I’ve been open about my sexual orientation all my life,” says Roman Abrashyn, a 25-year-old homosexual drone pilot in the Ukrainian army. After coming out at the age of 15, he was supported by friends, his parents and two brothers, one of whom now serves in the same unit.Abrashyn enlisted in […]

‘Naked political provocation’: China slams US over spy recruitment videos; mocks CIA’s drive as ‘absurd’ and ‘amateurish’

This is an AI-generated image, used for representational purposes only. Beijing has sharply criticised the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) for what it called an “absurd” and “clumsy” attempt to recruit Chinese citizens through social media videos. In a statement posted Wednesday on its official WeChat account, China’s ministry of state security (MSS) called the […]

Over 200,000 Afghans forced to leave Pakistan amid intensified deportation drive; Iran ramps up expulsions too

Representative image (Picture credit: ANI) More than 200,000 Afghans have left Pakistan since April as Islamabad ramped up its deportation campaign targeting undocumented migrants, with Iran also increasing expulsions, raising concerns over Afghanistan’s capacity to manage the influx.According to Pakistan’s ministry of interior, over 135,000 Afghans left the country in April, followed by 67,000 in […]

Haiti slams ‘xenophobic’ deportation drive by Dominican Republic

Representative Image (AI-generated) Haiti accused the Dominican Republic on Thursday of committing xenophobic acts and violating the rights of Haitian migrants, especially pregnant and nursing women, amid its growing deportation drive.The government of Dominican President Luis Abinader has stepped up deportations in recent months to Haiti, despite the nation’s mounting insecurity from gang violence.Nearly 20,000 […]

US solar tariffs could drive Asia transition boom | World News

Presentative Photo (Photo:AP) BANGKOK: Massive planned US duties on solar panels made in Southeast Asia could be a chance for the region to ramp up its own long-stalled energy transition, experts say.Earlier this month, Washington announced plans for hefty duties on solar panels made in Cambodia, Vietnam, Thailand and Malaysia.The levies follow an investigation, launched […]