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Qatar sets new minimum wage, lifts restriction on changing jobs

Qatar on Sunday set a basic monthly minimum wage of 1,000 Qatari riyals ($274.6) and scrapped a rule requiring employers to consent to employees changing jobs. The announcement is the latest in a series of labour reforms by the Gulf...

Death toll from Beirut port blast rises to 190

The death toll from this month’s Beirut port blast has...

Israel hopes for signing deal with UAE by mid-September

Israel hopes to hold a signing ceremony in Washington for...

Afghan president names council for peace deal with Taliban

Afghanistan's president has appointed a council for national reconciliation, which...

Corona epicentre shifts to South Asia as India sets global record with rise in cases

India on Sunday reported the biggest single-day jump in coronavirus...

Restaurant collapse in China’s Shanxi kills 29

Twenty-nine people were killed and seven seriously injured when a...

Road to peace between China, India blocked: SCMP

India and China continue to build roads in the remote...

160 dead as flash floods hit Afghanistan

Rescuers in Afghanistan continued to search amidst mud and rubble...

Restaurant collapse kills 17 in China

Seventeen people were killed in China's Shanxi Province after a...

Wuhan schools to reopen on Tuesday

Wuhan, Ground Zero for the COVID-19 pandemic and the Chinese...

Party election to choose PM Abe's successor around Sept 15: Kyodo

Japan’s ruling party will pick Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s successor...

Afghanistan flash floods kill 160

Rescuers in Afghanistan continued to search amidst mud and rubble...

India can expect about 4,92,380 total deaths by December 1: US study

Even as India is poised for the next round of...

Four Chinese COVID-19 vaccines undergoing phase-3 clinical trials

Four Chinese COVID-19 vaccine candidates have started international phase-3 clinical...

Ample monsoon rains push India's summer crop plantings to record

Plentiful monsoon rains spurred Indian farmers to plant summer crops...

Eight die in southern Philippine shootout

At least eight people were killed in an alleged shootout...

Indians flocking to astrologers to fight corona

In his golden-hued office, decked out with peacock feathers and...

China warns Norway against granting Nobel Peace Prize to Hong Kong democracy activists

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, on a rare visit to...

New Zealand mosque shooter sentenced to life without parole

The white supremacist who slaughtered 51 worshippers at two New...

Japanese PM Abe resigns over worsening health

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Japan’s longest-serving premier, announced his resignation...

Indian FM sees Ladakh situation as “most serious” since 1962

The stand-off with China in eastern Ladakh is "the most...

UN chief urges India to quickly move to clean solar power

India should commit to carbon neutrality by ending fossil fuel...

Japan PM Abe set to resign, citing worsening health

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is set to resign, public...

Iran relents on IAEA inspections at two sites, ending standoff

Iran said on Wednesday it was ending a months-long standoff...

Qatar sets new minimum wage, lifts restriction on changing jobs

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