Philippines

Couple sentenced to death in Filipina maid's murder

Lebanese man and Syrian wife sentenced in absentia for killing Joanna Demafelis, who had gone missing in September 2016.

Kuwait court sentences couple to death in Filipina maid's murder

Kuwait

Are Sudanese passports the Bidoons' solution?

Protesters on social media say the Bidoons are 'not for sale'.

Are Sudanese passports the Bidoons' solution?

Christianity

Father Emmanuel and the Christians of Kuwait

Father Emmanuel and the Christians of Kuwait

Inside Story

Can Donald Trump end the Gulf crisis?

The US president is soon to meet leaders who imposed the blockade on Qatar nearly nine months ago.

Can Donald Trump end the Gulf crisis?
24:50

Lebanon

Suspect in killing of Filipina maid interrogated in Lebanon

Lebanese citizen Nader Essam Assaf handed over to Lebanon after his arrest in Syria, Lebanese authorities say.

Suspect in killing of Filipina maid interrogated in Lebanon
02:33

Philippines

Lebanon 'arrests suspect' in Filipina maid murder

Nader Essam Assaf and his wife accused of killing Joanna Demafelis, who had gone missing in September 2016.

Lebanon 'detains suspect' in Joanna Demafelis' murder in Kuwait
02:33

Mohammed bin Salman

Saudi authority to invest $64bn in entertainment

Saudi authority to invest $64bn in entertainment

Opinion

Abuse of foreign domestic workers must end now

Joanna Demafelis' death in Kuwait highlights the urgent need for better protections for foreign domestic workers.

Teresita Cruz del Rosario

by Teresita Cruz del Rosario

Teresita Cruz del Rosario

Middle East

Kuwait: Death of Filipina maid highlights abuse of workers

The body of a Filipina maid found in a freezer in Kuwait last week has highlighted the mistreatment of some domestic workers in the Gulf.

Kuwait: Death of Filipina maid highlights abuse of workers
02:33

Philippines

Body of Filipina maid killed in Kuwait comes home

Joanna Demafelis went to Kuwait four years ago to work as a maid. She came home in a coffin, received by her distraught family.

Body of Filipina maid killed in Kuwait comes home
02:14

Qatar

Qatari royal hospitalised in Kuwait after UAE ordeal

Sheikh Abdullah's health deteriorated due to pressure from the UAE authorities, according to his family.

Qatari Sheikh Abdullah hospitalised in Kuwait

Qatar

Kuwait emir warns over prolonged Qatar-GCC crisis

Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad Al Sabah warned of greater regional instability if the dispute between Doha and the other Arab countries is not settled.

Kuwait emir warns over prolonged Qatar-GCC crisis
02:39

GCC

Kuwait emir: GCC row temporary, however long it takes

As Gulf standoff enters its eighth month, Sheikh Sabah warns 'deteriorating circumstances' pose a 'challenge to all'.

Kuwait's emir urges GCC nations to settle differences

Qatar

Gulf Cup: Qatar eliminated defending the tournament

Gulf Cup: Qatar eliminated defending the tournament Defending Gulf Cup champions, Qatar, have been knocked out of this year's tournament in the group stage. That's despite a draw with Bahrain. Al Jazeera’s Peter Stemmet reports.

Gulf Cup: Qatar eliminated defending the tournament
01:31

Opinion

The GCC's arms race and the Iranian 'threat'

GCC countries have spent billions of dollars on US arms. Will that guarantee their security?

Khalid Al-Jaber

by Khalid Al-Jaber
- Giorgio Cafiero

Khalid Al-Jaber