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Malaysian man marries 11 yr old Thai girl
KUALA LUMPUR: The marriage of a Malaysia man with a 11-year-old Thai girl in the Muslim majority country has sparked outrage with one activist yesterday labeling the groom a "child predator". Malaysian Muslims below the age of 16 are allowed to marry if they obtain the permission of a religious court. But the country's women and families ministry said there was no record of religious authorities approving the union, which took place last month...
GONESSE: This picture taken yesterday in Gonesse, north of Paris shows a French helicopter Alouette II abandoned by French armed robber Redoine Faid after his escape from prison in Reau. - AFP
Notorious gangster flees French jail by helicopter
Spectacular jailbreak as Faid escapes in commando-style operation GONESSE: This picture taken yesterday in Gonesse, north of Paris shows a French helicopter Alouette II abandoned by French armed robber Redoine Faid after his escape from prison in Reau. - AFP REAU: A notorious gangster who said his life of crime was inspired by films such as "Scarface" pulled off a brazen jailbreak yesterday, fleeing a prison near Paris aboard a hijacked...
MOSCOW: Portugal’s forward Cristiano Ronaldo (R) arrives at the Zhukovsky airport, about 40 km southeast of Moscow, yesterday, as Portugal’s team departs following their loss the previous day to Uruguay in their Russia 2018 World Cup round of 16 football match. — AFP
Ronaldo tight-lipped on future after World Cup KO
European champions could look to the future with confidence. MOSCOW: Portugal’s forward Cristiano Ronaldo (R) arrives at the Zhukovsky airport, about 40 km southeast of Moscow, yesterday, as Portugal’s team departs following their loss the previous day to Uruguay in their Russia 2018 World Cup round of 16 football match. — AFP SOCHI: Cristiano Ronaldo saw his World Cup dreams slip away once again on Saturday but gave no hint as to...
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Swedish law recognizes sex without consent as rape
Govt to allocate 120 m krona to combat sexual abuse STOCKHOLM: A tough new law that recognizes sex without explicit consent as rape came into effect in Sweden yesterday, after the country was rocked by the #MeToo movement denouncing sexual harassment and assault. The law stipulates that a person has committed rape if they have been part of a sexual act in which the other person has not participated "freely". Rape had previously been defined as a...
Ambulances wait to take the bodies of eleven members of a family who were found dead in their house in Burari, in New Delhi, India, July 1, 2018. REUTERS
11 killed in India's capital, police probe link to gang war
Ambulances wait to take the bodies of eleven members of a family who were found dead in their house in Burari, in New Delhi, India, July 1, 2018. REUTERS MUMBAI: Eleven members of a family were found dead in India's capital yesterday, most of them hanging from the ceiling of their home, blindfolded and hands tied behind the back, in a part of the city that was the scene of a gang war just two weeks ago. The victims included four men and seven...
KIRKUK, Iraq: Members of the Iraqi Counter-Terrorism Service (CTS) arrive at the scene of an attack outside warehouses where ballots from the May 12 parliamentary vote were stored in the northern multi-ethnic city of Kirkuk yesterday. —AFP
Suicide bombing wounds 19 at Iraq ballot warehouse
KIRKUK, Iraq: Members of the Iraqi Counter-Terrorism Service (CTS) arrive at the scene of an attack outside warehouses where ballots from the May 12 parliamentary vote were stored in the northern multi-ethnic city of Kirkuk yesterday. —AFP KIRKUK, Iraq: A suicide bombing yesterday targeting a warehouse in Kirkuk where ballot boxes from Iraq's May elections were stored wounded 19 people, days before a vote recount, a security source said....
MASNAA: Syrian refugees board a minibus evacuating them from Lebanon at the Masnaa crossing on the Lebanon-Syria border yesterday, on their way back to Damascus. —AFP
More Syrians leave Lebanon for home
MASNAA: Syrian refugees board a minibus evacuating them from Lebanon at the Masnaa crossing on the Lebanon-Syria border yesterday, on their way back to Damascus. —AFP MASNAA, Lebanon: Several dozen Syrian refugees left Lebanon for neighboring Syria yesterday as part of returns coordinated between both countries, an AFP reporter and authorities said. A total of 42 Syrians returned voluntarily from Lebanon through the Masnaa crossing to areas...
COMMERCE CITY: In this file photo school teachers and administrators participate in an Airsoft mock active shooter drill during a three day firearms course sponsored by FASTER Colorado at Flatrock Training Center in Commerce City, Colorado. —AFP
US teachers quietly train to carry guns into school
Colorado law prevents from carrying weapons onto school grounds COMMERCE CITY: In this file photo school teachers and administrators participate in an Airsoft mock active shooter drill during a three day firearms course sponsored by FASTER Colorado at Flatrock Training Center in Commerce City, Colorado. —AFP COMMERCE CITY, United States: When Donald Trump proposed arming teachers to deter school shooters, the overwhelming response from...
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Plastic bans leave manufacturers clutching at straws
Europe takes the lead with biodegradable plastics This photo shows employees of the Ryo Won Footwear Factory working on a production line making shoes in Pyongyang. US President Donald Trump dangled the carrot of foreign investment in front of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at their nuclear summit, but analysts say few will want to put money into one of the highest-risk business environments in the world. —AFP PARIS: For decades, plastic...
POPLAR BLUFF: Mid Continent Nail Corporation’s George Skarich, Vice President of Sales (R) and Chris Pratt, CFO, talk to reporters in a production plant that has been closed because customers have stopped placing orders in favor of cheaper imports of nails. — AFP
US workers fear steel tariffs could be nail in the coffin
They have had to raise prices to pay for more expensive steel POPLAR BLUFF: Mid Continent Nail Corporation’s George Skarich, Vice President of Sales (R) and Chris Pratt, CFO, talk to reporters in a production plant that has been closed because customers have stopped placing orders in favor of cheaper imports of nails. — AFP POPLAR BLUFF: The mood is tense at a nail factory in rural Missouri, where workers fear that steel tariffs imposed by...
Baby Vitaly and family
Baby with rare condition given new chance at life in London hospital
Baby Vitaly and family KUWAIT: A Russian baby, Vitaly, has been given a new lease of life after being treated for an extremely rare condition called Prune Belly Syndrome at Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children in London (GOSH). Vitaly suffers from an extremely rare condition called Prune Belly Syndrome and has been in and out of hospital since birth. Vitaly's parents first knew something was wrong at a routine ultrasound in Russia at 13...
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Kim Kardashian West 'fires' make-up artist Joyce Bonelli
Kim Kardashian West Kim Kardashian West has reportedly "fired" her long-time make-up artist Joyce Bonelli. The 'Keeping Up With the Kardashians' star and her relatives - including her mother Kris Jenner, sisters Kourtney and Khloe Kardashian and half-sisters Kendall and Kylie Jenner - hired the cosmetics guru before they were thrusted into the limelight back in 2007 and have worked with her for shoots and their family E! reality TV ever since....
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PARIS: Health Minister Dr Ahmad Al-Awadhi (right) signs an agreement with a leading French medical institution. — KUNA
Kuwait signs landmark health deals with top French hospitals
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WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump displays the GENIUS Act (Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for US Stablecoins Act) after signing it in the White House in Washington, DC, on July 18, 2025. — AFP
Trump signs stablecoin law