Construction workers stage rare protest in Dubai over payHundreds of foreign construction workers staged a rare public protest outside the opulent Dubai Mall on Tuesday in a pay dispute with their company, witnesses said. Dubai authorities deployed riot police to Sheikh Mohammed bin Ras More… |
Egypt rushes 500 policemen to Gaza borderEgypt sent around 500 riot police to its border with the Gaza Strip on Sunday, fearing that supporters of the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas will try to storm the frontier, security officials said. The officials said Hamas, which rules t More… |