A Filipino domestic helper has been awarded damages by a Hong Kong court after being sacked for having cancer.
The 38-year-old and her former employer reached a settlement of HKD 30,000 (AED 14,050) in court on Monday.
According to reports, she was diagnosed with stage 3 cervical cancer in January and was terminated the following month with her illness cited as the reason.
A fundraising campaign to help with her treatment has already raised HKD 900,000 (AED 421,500).
7 killed as 6.3 magnitude earthquake hits northern Afghanistan
A 6.3-magnitude earthquake has struck near the northern Afghan city of Mazar-e Sharif early on Monday, killing at least seven people and injuring about 150, provincial authorities said on Monday.
Hamas hands over three more hostage bodies
Hamas has handed over bodies of three hostages on Sunday, even as the group traded blame with Israel for violations of the truce that has mostly halted two years of war.
Israeli strike kills one in Gaza as sides trade blame for truce violations
An Israeli airstrike killed a Palestinian man in the Gaza Strip on Sunday, health authorities said, as Israel and Hamas traded blame for daily violations of a fragile truce that has largely halted two years of war.
UK police say mass stabbing on train not terrorist incident, two arrested
British police said on Sunday that a knife attack on a train which put 11 people in hospital was not a terrorist incident, adding that two men - both British nationals - had been arrested.
Weather authorities have forecasted unstable weather conditions in the UAE from November 3 to November 7, with a chance of light to moderate rainfall in some areas as the season transitions from autumn to winter.
UAE President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan held collaborative talks with Doug Burgum, Secretary of the US Department of the Interior and Chairman of the National Energy Dominance Council following an MoU agreement on boosting AI and energy sectors between the two nations.
In line with the directives of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Global Initiatives (MBRGI) has announced the resumption of food aid deliveries worth AED43 million to the Gaza Strip,
