Bahrain's interior ministry said on Monday that a number of female detainees, who are being held because of visa violations, had contracted COVID-19. ( read original story ...)
Qatar charges airport officials over invasive searches after baby found
Prosecutors have also launched proceedings to arrest child’s mother, who left country ... ( read original story ...)
Qatar airport police officers charged over invasive searches of women
Qatar's public prosecutor has filed criminal charges against an unspecified number of police officers working at Qatar's Hamad airport after women said they were invasively searched there last month. ( read original story ...)
Qatar ‘identifies parents of baby abandoned at Doha airport’
Qatar says it has identified the parents of a baby who was abandoned last month in a bin at Doha's airport. A woman from "an Asian country" fled abroad after dumping the infant, public prosecutors ... ( read original story ...)
Qatar: Police face 3-year sentences over invasive searches
Prosecutors in Qatar say that the airport police officers who ordered forced vaginal examinations of female passengers after an abandoned newborn was discovered in a trash can face possible three-year ... ( read original story ...)
Qatar ‘identifies parents of baby found at airport’
Qatar says it has identified the parents of a baby who was abandoned last month in a bin at Doha's airport. A woman from "an Asian country" fled abroad after dumping the infant, public prosecutors ... ( read original story ...)
Qatar Says Identified Parents Of Dumped Baby In Airport Scandal
Qatar said Monday it had identified the parents of a baby girl dumped at its airport, an incident that prompted officials to order departing female passengers to undergo invasive examinations, ... ( read original story ...)
Qatar leads most Gulf markets higher; Egypt falls
Most stock markets in the Middle East ended higher on Sunday, with Qatar's index leading the gains on a rise in financial shares, while Egypt closed lower. ( read original story ...)
Armenia and Azerbaijan: Conflict in Nagorno Karabakh continues to erode regional security
A flare-up between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region raised concerns over the security and stability of the Caucasus for more than a month. A Russian-brokered deal ... ( read original story ...)
Mongolia fears economic damage as country faces up to its first local transmissions of coronavirus
Anxieties are mounting that Mongolia’s economy is set to pay a heavy price now that the country is dealing with community transmissions of the ... ( read original story ...)