Kuwait introduces Freelance work permit for expats / Image: file Kuwait is set to introduce a new freelance residency permit allowing expatriates to work independently without needing a traditional employer sponsor. This move aims to curb visa trading and tighten labour market regulations. The scheme, expected to roll out within the next two months, will…
Oman’s New Tiered Expat Work Permit Fees: Incentives for Omanisation Compliance The Sultanate of Oman is shaking up how companies hire foreign workers by introducing a tiered fee structure for expatriate work permits that directly ties costs to compliance with national employment targets known as Omanisation. The move, announced this week by the Ministry of…
Ramadan 1447 AH commenced on Wednesday, February 18, 2026, following verified crescent moon sightings across the Middle East, including the UAE, Saudi Arabia, and Qatar. Dubai residents began their fast at dawn, with Imsak at 5:24 AM and Fajr at 5:34 AM. Evening prayers and community gatherings will mark the spiritual observance throughout the month….
Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan‘s family has claimed that he is enduring “unimaginable mistreatment” in prison and demanded better health facilities for him.This comes after Khan recently told a visiting lawyer that he lost about 85 per cent of vision in the right eye due to alleged lack of health services.‘Under the vengeful instructions…
Foreign secretary Vikram Misri (File photo) DHAKA: Indian foreign secretary Vikram Misri on Tuesday held a courtesy meeting with Bangladesh’s leader of opposition and chief of the country’s largest Islamist party Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI), Shafiqur Rahman.India has had a troubled past with Pakistan-leaning Jamaat-e-Islami which sided with Islamabad during the 1971 War of Liberation. The BNP-Jamaat…
“I’ll give the deal”: Rakai shares Deion Sanders college football comment after NFL Pro Bowl celebrity game reaction (Image via Getty) Deion Sanders did not stay quiet after streamer Rakai shared a bold story online. The Colorado Buffaloes head coach was part of the NFL Pro Bowl weekend on February 15, where he coached a…
Stephen Schwarzman, the co-founder and chief executive of global investment firm Blackstone, is preparing to transfer most of his estimated $48 billion personal fortune into a philanthropic foundation, according to documents reviewed by the Wall Street Journal. If implemented, the plan would significantly expand the Stephen A. Schwarzman Foundation and could place it among the…
A viral social media post claiming Dallas is being turned into “Dallaspuram” has stirred a row over immigration and H1B visas after old festival footage resurfaced online.The post, shared by X user @CyberGreen09 shows a lively Ganesh Chaturthi procession in a Dallas area suburb. People dressed in traditional Indian attire can be seen playing dhol…
Psychrobacter SC65A.3 is a 5,000-year-old cold-adapted bacterium resistant to multiple modern antibiotics/ AI Illustration A team of Romanian researchers has identified a bacterium preserved for roughly 5,000 years inside an underground ice deposit that can already withstand multiple modern antibiotics. The organism, recovered from Scărișoara Ice Cave in north-west Romania, survived frozen conditions for millennia…
Disney Jr probably expected giggles and glitter when it introduced a new pint-sized superhero on Hey AJ! — but happened something unexpected. Episode 8 of the animated series unveiled “Captain Durag,” a caped crusader meant to celebrate Black culture but now accused by critics of leaning into stereotypes. What was designed as playful representation has…