Bahrain has stopped issuing new work permits temporarily to those from 'red list' countries.
Making the announcement, the country's Labour Market Regulatory Authority said the decision will only apply to those outside the kingdom and will not impact work permit renewals.
The country suspended travellers from India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Nepal and Vietnam indefinitely in response to the rising number of COVID-19 infections and deaths.
Students and teachers march in France on biggest day of high school protests
Students, teachers and parents marched in cites across France on Tuesday and protesters blockaded hundreds of schools, in the biggest day of action in a wave of demonstrations demanding the government tackle understaffed and dilapidated classrooms.
'Ghost particle' hunter Francis Halzen wins 2026 Nobel Physics Prize
Belgian-American particle physicist Francis Halzen won the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physics for ground-breaking work creating an observatory to detect some of the universe's most elusive particles, high-energy neutrinos, and how they are created.
Saudi Arabia says 2 airports targeted as fighting with Yemen's Houthis escalates
Saudi Arabia's airports in Jazan and Najran were targeted in two attacks on Monday evening, injuring three people and causing limited damage, the Saudi aviation authority said, as hostilities between the kingdom and Houthis escalated.
Indian opposition marches in protest seeking resignation of election chief
Dozens of Indian opposition lawmakers began a march on Tuesday seeking the resignation of the election chief over a controversial revision of voter lists, as hundreds of security personnel kept vigil in the heart of the Indian capital and barricades were thrown up.
Cornell students stage rally in support of 'Jane Doe'
Cornell University students have staged a mass rally on Monday, voicing solidarity with a classmate whose gang-abuse allegations have ignited a national uproar and demanding that the Ivy League school take firmer action against sexual abuse on campus.
Two individuals have been arrested in Dubai for posing as employees of official and international entities and defrauding several residents in a phone scam that totalled AED 11.8 million.
The UAE has strongly condemned an aerial attack on two World Food Programme-contracted trucks carrying food supplies between Dilling and Kadugli in Sudan's South Kordofan State.
UAE President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan has discussed enhancing cooperation in key sectors during a call with Jordanian King Abdullah II bin Al-Hussein on Tuesday.
