Kuwait is to require foreigners working in the private sector to obtain their employer's permission before leaving the country, authorities...

Saudi Arabia is prepared to host the 2034 FIFA World Cup with 64 teams. This is if FIFA decides to expand the tournament. Prince Abdulaziz ...

In Kuwait, a devastating fire that killed 49 migrant workers has revealed severe housing issues for low-income workers. Authorities respond...

Saudi Arabia is investigating reports of poor conditions for migrant workers at Amazon warehouses in the country. The investigation was ini...

The comment by Hassan al-Thawadi, the secretary-general of Qatar's Supreme Committee for Delivery and Legacy, appeared to come off the cuff...

"Several human rights watchdogs have reported slave-like conditions of work in Qatar recently, since the award of the hostship of FIFA Worl...

Amid volatility in oil prices, many of the region's countries have been seeking to diversify their economies away from dependence on fossil...

The plans, which will take effect in March 2021, include foreign workers' right to leave the country without employers' permission, Abdulla...

The kafala system, which has been in place for seven decades in Saudi, generally binds a migrant worker to one employer. Rights groups crit...

Most cases are 'clear' cases in which, as per the local norms, it takes around three weeks to send mortal remains even if the documents are...

Singh arrived here today to assess the situation and finalise modalities to bring back the stranded Indian workers who even do not have mon...

The root problem is the Qatari Kafala sponsorship system, which enables employers to exercise significant control over the lives of migrant...

As Indian migrants to the Gulf states are harassed, the Indian government is stuck choosing between worker rights protection and the need f...

Nepalese foreign employment promotion board said that 157 of its workers in Qatar had died between January and mid-November this year.

Qatar is a monarchy, a deeply conservative country, which, reportedly, supported various rebel groups during the Arab Spring movement. Qata...

The new system would help efforts to fight visa trafficking by preventing job providers from issuing work permits they can sell to workers.

The report was also critical of provision that made it mandatory for female emigrants from India to have completed matriculation or be of 3...