The story of these women is emblematic of the fate of hundreds of Indian women who are trafficked to Oman and other Gulf countries in the garb of a job as a domestic worker.
President Emmanuel Macron on Monday staunchly defended his widely unpopular pension reform but said he regretted that no consensus had been found on the change. Macron signed the legislation early Saturday, just hours after its banner change to hike the retirement age from 62 to 64 had been validated by the constitutional court, prompting accusations he was smuggling the law through in the dead of night.