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"Might Be Worse": Iran Executed Over 800 People In 2025, Says UN
More than 800 people have been executed in Iran since the start of the year, the UN said Friday, decrying "a systematic pattern of using the death penalty as a tool of state intimidation".
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Iran Says It Arrested 21,000 'Suspects' During 12-Day War With Israel
Iranian police arrested as many as 21,000 "suspects" during the country's 12day war with Israel in June, a law enforcement spokesperson said on Tuesday, according to state media.
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76 Migrants Dead, Dozens Missing After Boat Sinks Off Yemen
At least 76 people have been killed and dozens are missing after a boat carrying mostly Ethiopian migrants sank off Yemen, in the latest tragedy on the perilous sea route, officials told AFP on Monday.
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Migrant Workers Face Evictions As Dubai Cracks Down On Shared Crowded Apartments
Lights flicker, doors hang off their hinges and holes in the walls expose pipes in the apartment building where Hesham, an Egyptian migrant worker, lives in Dubai, an emirate better known for its flashy skyscrapers and penthouses.
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At Least 68 Killed In US Strikes At Migrant Detention Centre: Report
The US military has hammered the Iran-backed Huthis with near-daily strikes since March 15 in an operation dubbed "Rough Rider," seeking to end the threat they pose to vessels in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden.
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Stranded In Lebanon, Sierra Leone Women Shelter From War In Warehouse
Scores of migrants from Sierra Leone travel to Lebanon every year for work, intending to support families back home.
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UP, Bihar Replace Kerala As Top Supplier Of Blue-Collar Workforce To Gulf Nations: Report
According to the report, there has been a 50 percent increase in the migration of blue-collar workers from India to the GCC in the first seven months of 2023.
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1.1 Million People Came To Germany From Ukraine In 2022
Some 1.1 million people arrived in Germany from Ukraine in 2022, exceeding the influx of migrants from the Middle East around 2015, Germany's federal statistical office said on Thursday.
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Gang Members, Middle Easterners Among Migrants Marching Towards US: Trump
Members of the ultra-violent MS-13 gang and people from the Middle East are among a caravan of thousands of mostly Honduran migrants bound for the United States, President Donald Trump said Monday.
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Indians In Middle East Face Harsh Sentences For Popping Banned Painkiller
Migrant workers in Gulf states, often find themselves in a cycle of poverty and pain - they put in long hours in the searing heat and then pop painkillers to keep going and ensure their wages are not docked.
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Cooling Vests Aim To Help Migrant Workers Weather The Gulf's Heat
In the United Arab Emirates and some other sweltering parts of the Middle East, summer temperatures can hit 45 degrees Celsius, with brutal humidity making conditions feel even hotter.
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Tamil Nadu Fishermen Buy Into Middle East Dream - With Horrific Results
For six months Tamil Nadu fisherman S. George lived in fear on a boat, thinking he would never see his wife and children again.
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NATO's Chief To Meet With Obama In Washington In April: White House
President Barack Obama will meet with NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg at the White House on April 4 and discuss the fight against ISIS and the migrant crisis originating in the Middle East, the White House said on Friday.
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Indian Worker Posted Video About Saudi Arabia. Then Things Got Worse.
Abdul Sattar Makandar is a 35-year-old father of four from India. A little less than two years ago, he was recruited to work in Saudi Arabia as a driver, joining the enormous number of South Asian migrants who head to the Middle East's Gulf states for employment.
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Anti-Islam Movement PEGIDA Stages Protests Against Refugees Across Europe
Germany's anti-Islam PEGIDA movement staged rallies in several cities across Europe on Saturday to protest against the arrival of hundreds of thousands of migrants from the Middle East and Africa.
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"Might Be Worse": Iran Executed Over 800 People In 2025, Says UN
More than 800 people have been executed in Iran since the start of the year, the UN said Friday, decrying "a systematic pattern of using the death penalty as a tool of state intimidation".
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Iran Says It Arrested 21,000 'Suspects' During 12-Day War With Israel
Iranian police arrested as many as 21,000 "suspects" during the country's 12day war with Israel in June, a law enforcement spokesperson said on Tuesday, according to state media.
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76 Migrants Dead, Dozens Missing After Boat Sinks Off Yemen
At least 76 people have been killed and dozens are missing after a boat carrying mostly Ethiopian migrants sank off Yemen, in the latest tragedy on the perilous sea route, officials told AFP on Monday.
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Migrant Workers Face Evictions As Dubai Cracks Down On Shared Crowded Apartments
Lights flicker, doors hang off their hinges and holes in the walls expose pipes in the apartment building where Hesham, an Egyptian migrant worker, lives in Dubai, an emirate better known for its flashy skyscrapers and penthouses.
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At Least 68 Killed In US Strikes At Migrant Detention Centre: Report
The US military has hammered the Iran-backed Huthis with near-daily strikes since March 15 in an operation dubbed "Rough Rider," seeking to end the threat they pose to vessels in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden.
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Stranded In Lebanon, Sierra Leone Women Shelter From War In Warehouse
Scores of migrants from Sierra Leone travel to Lebanon every year for work, intending to support families back home.
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UP, Bihar Replace Kerala As Top Supplier Of Blue-Collar Workforce To Gulf Nations: Report
According to the report, there has been a 50 percent increase in the migration of blue-collar workers from India to the GCC in the first seven months of 2023.
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1.1 Million People Came To Germany From Ukraine In 2022
Some 1.1 million people arrived in Germany from Ukraine in 2022, exceeding the influx of migrants from the Middle East around 2015, Germany's federal statistical office said on Thursday.
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Gang Members, Middle Easterners Among Migrants Marching Towards US: Trump
Members of the ultra-violent MS-13 gang and people from the Middle East are among a caravan of thousands of mostly Honduran migrants bound for the United States, President Donald Trump said Monday.
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Indians In Middle East Face Harsh Sentences For Popping Banned Painkiller
Migrant workers in Gulf states, often find themselves in a cycle of poverty and pain - they put in long hours in the searing heat and then pop painkillers to keep going and ensure their wages are not docked.
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Cooling Vests Aim To Help Migrant Workers Weather The Gulf's Heat
In the United Arab Emirates and some other sweltering parts of the Middle East, summer temperatures can hit 45 degrees Celsius, with brutal humidity making conditions feel even hotter.
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Tamil Nadu Fishermen Buy Into Middle East Dream - With Horrific Results
For six months Tamil Nadu fisherman S. George lived in fear on a boat, thinking he would never see his wife and children again.
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NATO's Chief To Meet With Obama In Washington In April: White House
President Barack Obama will meet with NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg at the White House on April 4 and discuss the fight against ISIS and the migrant crisis originating in the Middle East, the White House said on Friday.
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Indian Worker Posted Video About Saudi Arabia. Then Things Got Worse.
Abdul Sattar Makandar is a 35-year-old father of four from India. A little less than two years ago, he was recruited to work in Saudi Arabia as a driver, joining the enormous number of South Asian migrants who head to the Middle East's Gulf states for employment.
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Anti-Islam Movement PEGIDA Stages Protests Against Refugees Across Europe
Germany's anti-Islam PEGIDA movement staged rallies in several cities across Europe on Saturday to protest against the arrival of hundreds of thousands of migrants from the Middle East and Africa.
