Kuwait became the first Gulf country to set a standardized minimum wage for domestic workers on Thursday. The decision comes as part of wider efforts to regulate the domestic worker industry, though domestic workers remain excluded from the labour law.

Kuwait passes stiffer penalties for salary delay, visa trade.

Body of Indian maid tortured in Saudi returned home: Asima Khatoon, 34, died in Saudi Arabia on May 2 from injuries allegedly inflicted by her employer.