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Crackdown: Saudi Arabia arrests nearly 22,000 residency, border, and labour law violators in one week | World News

[ad_1] Saudi security authorities arrested a total of 21,997 illegal residents/Representative Image Saudi security authorities arrested a total of 21,997 illegal residents and law violators between August 7 and August 13, 2025, in a series of joint inspections conducted nationwide as per Saudi Gazette. The Ministry of Interior’s targeted enforcement operations, carried out in coordination […]

Mass crackdown in Saudi Arabia: Arrests over 22,000 in one week for residency and labour violations | World News

[ad_1] Between 24–30 July 2025, Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Interior detained 22,147 individuals/Representative Image TL;DR: Between July 24–30, 2025, authorities detained 22,147 violators in a nationwide sweep. Arrests included illegal residents, border crossers, and labour law violators, with 11,000 already deported. The government warned of severe penalties including prison, fines, and asset seizure for anyone […]

UK’s former Labour chief starting new left-wing party

[ad_1] Jeremy Corbyn (Pic credit: Getty Images) London: Former British Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn said Thursday he is forming a new left-leaning political party to advocate “mass redistribution of wealth and power” and take on his former colleagues at the ballot box.The new formation has a website – yourparty.uk – but does not yet […]

Qatar’s labour reforms: Progress or missed promises for migrant workers? | World News

[ad_1] Qatar introduced sweeping labour reforms post-2020, including the removal of the Kafala system and minimum wage laws, but enforcement and worker protections remain areas of concern in 2025/Image: Shutterstock TL;DR: Since abolishing the Kafala system in August 2020, Qatar has implemented sweeping labour reforms: nearly 350,000 workers switched jobs without NOC, a non-discriminatory minimum […]

UK renationalises first train operator under Labour reforms

[ad_1] Representative Image (AI-generated) A private train operator servicing parts of southern England, including London, on Sunday became the first to be returned to public ownership under a government plan to renationalise Britain’s much-maligned railways.All UK rail operators are due to be renationalised within the next two years in a key policy launched by Prime […]

Labour U-Turn: How UK PM Keir Starmer went hard right on immigration | World News

[ad_1] For the better part of a decade, the UK’s Labour Party had perfected the art of losing.Despite Brexit chaos, five Tory prime ministers, Boris Johnson’s Downing Street circus, Liz Truss’s lettuce-inflicted collapse, a pandemic, and a brutal cost-of-living crisis, Labour remained stuck in opposition—haunted by its own ideological baggage and public mistrust.Voters flirted with […]

South African party launches legal challenge to new labour equity laws

[ad_1] Workers advertise their skills looking for work outside a hardware store in a Johannesburg suburb (Image: AP) JOHANNESBURG: South Africa’s second biggest political party launched a legal challenge Tuesday against a new labour law aimed at boosting the hiring of Black people and other groups in some industries, arguing it is unconstitutional, discriminatory and […]

China claims labour day travel surge, but Netizens raise doubts over economic reality

[ad_1] Representative AI image (Credit: Meta AI) Tourism in China saw a notable rise with increased consumer spending during the five-day Labour Day holiday; however, Chinese social media users questioned these statistics, citing various economic issues and declining exports, according to Radio Free Asia (RFA), quoted by ANI.According to China’s ministry of transport data, daily […]

Australia: Reduction in net migration to continue; minimum salary to rise for skilled visas and international students may see visa fee hike

[ad_1] Teresa Liu, Nicole Kirkwood and Mike Wall The Indian diaspora is the second largest migrant community in Australia, second to the UK. The ‘land down under’ continues to be an attractive destination for outbound Indians. With the re-election of the Labour party, in a landslide victory in the recently concluded elections, Australia will continue […]

UK Labour MP Tulip Siddiq refutes claims, says no knowledge of any warrant

[ad_1] LONDON: UK Labour MP Tulip Siddiq has denied knowledge of any arrest warrant against her in Bangladesh and refuted allegations of acquiring a any plot during the tenure of her aunt and former PM Hasina.Siddiq’s lawyers issued a statement that said, “Ms Siddiq knows nothing about a hearing in Dhaka relating to her and […]