Snoring wife drives husband to divorce

Sana - A 40-year-old Yemeni citizen, identified as Yassin, divorced his wife because of her snorting, the ‘Al Rai’ newspaper has reported.

The husband said that his wife used to eat many nuts and chocolates till she now weighs more than 80kg, up from her original 50kg, the paper reported.

He added that she refused to undergo any diet or weight- loss programme.

However, the final straw for the man was her snoring at night, which he attributed to her weight.

The report quotes the man as saying: “We have three children, but she does not care about that.

"I tried to persuade her to get treatment for snoring, but she has refused.”

Husband blames smartphone for domestic abuse

Kuwait City - A Kuwaiti wife was a victim of home violence when her husband assaulted her after she refused to give him her mobile phone to check who she had called.

According to a report in ‘Al Rai’ newspaper, the husband  entered the house and found his wife talking on the phone.

Furious, the husband asked for the phone and when she refused, he lost control and beat his wife till she bled.

The wife went to the Al Jahra’a police station and filed a case against her husband.

The husband in his police statement, alleged that smart phones have become the scourge of men because women spend most of their time talking or playing with phones.

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