8 ex-servicemen of India face death penalty in Qatar
8 ex-Indian Navy personnel arrested in Qatar on charges of spying for Israel may be sentenced to death if convicted. According to the Express Tribune, the fear of death penalty for these officials has been expressed by an Indian newspaper in its report. The Qatari authorities detained him on August 30, 2022.
According to the report, the next hearing of the case against these Indian spies is being held on May 3. Apart from these Indians, 2 Qatari citizens have also been arrested on charges of spying for Israel. In this regard, the Indian Ministry of External Affairs says that they are in contact with the Qatari authorities on the issue of the arrest of former officials and are providing legal assistance to the arrested officials through consular access.
Saudi Arabia: became the fifth country in the world in terms of military expenditure
Saudi Arabia's military spending reached a record level of seventy-five billion dollars, a sixteen percent increase in defense spending in Saudi Arabia was recorded during one year. According to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute's report on global military spending in 2022, Saudi Arabia ranks fifth in the world in terms of the increase in military spending. This figure is 16 percent higher than a year earlier, when it ranked eighth in global military spending. With a 704 percent increase, Saudi Arabia spent more on defense than any other country except Ukraine. Spend more of your GDP. It should be noted that the three countries that spend the most on defense in the world are USA, China and Russia. The entire Middle East region will spend $184 billion on defense in 2022. In comparison, Israel's defense spending will drop 4.2 percent to $23.4 billion as it makes cuts to balance its budget. Overall, global military spending increased by 3.4 percent and reached an all-time high of $22.2 billion (2.2 trillion). According to the sources, expenditure on civil defense and existing military activities, including ex-servicemen's perks and benefits, demobilization, disposal of weapons and involvement of the army in non-military activities, etc., are not included in this report.
72-hour extension of ceasefire in Sudan
The Sudanese army has announced a further 72-hour extension of the ceasefire on Thursday night. Implementation of the extension will be envisaged as soon as the current period ends.
According to Sabak News, the spokesperson of the Sudanese armed forces said in a statement on Facebook that the ceasefire period is being further extended on the proposal of Saudi Arabia and the United States to calm the situation and extend the ceasefire. , the basis of the extension is to provide an appropriate environment and conditions for the evacuation of persons of various nationalities residing in Sudan, taking into account the humanitarian aspects. The spokesman of the Sudanese army further said that 'the armed forces hope that the rebels (paramilitary groups) will not commit any kind of violation while complying with the ceasefire requirements this time, as happened in the previous period. The military bases and institutions of our forces were bombed, which threatened the lives and property of the citizens as well.
Attempted to target ship off Yemen coast: British military
The British military's Maritime Trade Operations have said that an attempt has been made to target a ship off the coast of Yemen. According to the Associated Press news agency, the statement issued on Friday did not elaborate on the attack. The British military's Maritime Trade Operations organization, which supports merchant ships in the Middle East, said the incident took place in the eastern region near Yemen's border with Oman. The organization said the unidentified ship was fired upon in the Gulf of Aden and chased by three boats. Further details of the incident, which occurred in Yemen's Nishtun region, were not immediately available.
The Gulf of Aden is considered an important passageway for commercial ships and recent incidents have been blamed on the Iran-backed Houthi rebels. The Gulf Passage was also once considered dangerous due to attacks by Somali pirates. The Nishtun area is controlled by coalition forces led by Saudi Arabia to support the internationally recognized government of Yemen. Ships have been targeted in this area in the past as well. In December 2020, a cargo ship was mysteriously targeted off the coast of Nishtun.
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Emirati court's decision in favor of the employee
The Ras Al Khaimah Civil Court has ordered a Gulf woman to pay Dh11,200 to her Asian maid for wrongful dismissal. According to Emirates Illum, the civil court, while ruling against the Gulf woman, has also ordered her to provide salary, allowance and provident fund to the fired employee. Apart from this, court costs have also been ordered to be paid. The Asian maid had said in her claim that she was employed on a salary of 1200 dirhams per month but was not paid her dues.
The court ruled in favor of the employee and awarded the Gulf woman 13,400 dirhams as annual leave allowance, end of service, travel ticket, wrongful termination allowance and court costs.
The Gulf woman rejected the court decision and filed an appeal against it. The woman's claim said that the procedure followed by the employee to file the case was illegal and she should have taken the matter to the Labor Court. Dismissing the appeal, the Civil Court upheld the original court's decision in favor of the maid, with a minor change, and ordered the woman to pay 11,000 dirhams to the maid.
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