Kuwait expels Philippines ambassador amid dispute
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Kuwait's state-run news agency says the Philippines ambassador has one week to leave Kuwait amid a dispute between the two countries.
KUNA also reported Wednesday that the Gulf Arab nation was recalling its own ambassador from Manila.
Philippines Ambassador Renato Villa had made a public apology Tuesday over comments he made about his embassy helping abused housemaids in the country.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Kuwait police arrested two Filipinos earlier this week over helping maids flee their employers.
The Philippines banned workers from coming to Kuwait over abuse complaints after a dead Filipina was found in a freezer in an abandoned Kuwait City apartment in February.