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21 Syrian beggars to be deported
KUWAIT: Farwaniya police arrested 21 Syrian beggars in Rai. The detainees were sent to the proper authorities for further action in preparation for their deportation out of the country. Police patrols noticed several beggars disturbing people and shop owners near the markets area in Rai. Back up patrols were called in and the 21 were rounded up and taken to Andalus police station, according to the police report.Death sentence upheldThe Appeals...
Etihad pilot dies onboard
DUBAI: An Etihad Airways pilot passed away onboard a flight from Abu Dhabi to the Dutch capital Amsterdam, the airline said yesterday. "The pilot was incapacitated shortly after takeoff and a safety call was made before the aircraft was safely diverted to Kuwait International Airport," a statement by the company noted. "Upon landing in Kuwait, a medical team tended to the ailing pilot but he was pronounced dead shortly after," the statement...
Qatar and FIFA urged to protect migrant workers
DUBAI: World Cup 2022 host Qatar must urgently introduce laws to protect the lives of up to 800,000 migrant construction laborers working in scorching temperatures, Human Rights Watch said yesterday. The New York-based organization also called on the Gulf state to investigate workers' deaths and make those findings public. "The Qatari authorities' failure to put in place the most basic protection from the heat, their decision to ignore...
End to women's driving ban to save Saudis billions of dollars
RIYADH: A Saudi woman disembarks from a car outside a mall in the Saudi capital Riyadh yesterday. - AFPRIYADH: Saudi Arabia's decision to end a driving ban for women is likely to save families billions of dollars, boost industries from car sales to insurance, and reassure investors that the kingdom's push to diversify its economy beyond oil is on track. It should also encourage more women into the workforce and raise productivity in the economy,...
UAE tax to double energy drink and tobacco prices
DUBAI: Tobacco and energy drink prices are set to double in the United Arab Emirates, which is imposing steep excise taxes to help ease a budget shortfall caused by low oil prices. Khaled Al-Bustani, Director General of the newly established UAE Federal Tax Authority, said yesterday that the 100-percent tax would be introduced from October 1. Prices of other types of soft drinks will increase by 50 percent, Bustani told a press conference.He...
Iranians swarm streets to mourn beheaded soldier
BEIRUT: Thousands of people took to the streets of Tehran yesterday to bury a soldier whose beheading by Islamic State has come to symbolize the righteousness of Iran's military involvement in Syria. In what has become an iconic image on Iranian media, 25-year-old Revolutionary Guard Mohsen Hojaji is shown looking calmly into camera after his capture as he is led away by an insurgent with blood on his face, holding a knife. The photograph was...
Massive 'yes' vote in Kurd referendum
92.73 percent of voters backing statehood IRBIL: A Kurdish flag hangs in the Irbil International Airport, in Iraq. — AFPARBIL: Iraq's Kurds announced a massive "yes" vote for independence yesterday following a referendum that has incensed Baghdad and sparked international concern. Official results showed 92.73 percent of voters backing statehood in Monday's non-binding referendum, which Iraq's central government rejected as illegal. Turnout was...
EU unveil plans to take 50,000 refugees from Africa, Mideast
BRUSSELS: The EU unveiled plans yesterday to take at least 50,000 refugees directly from Africa, the Middle East and Turkey to discourage migrant boats from making the risky Mediterranean crossing. The proposal involves admitting refugees to European Union countries over the next two years under the bloc's resettlement program, which was introduced during the migration crisis that hit the continent in 2015."We need to open real alternatives to...
Malaysian gets dressing down for wearing shorts
KUALA LUMPUR: A Malaysian man has been reprimanded by Islamic authorities for "indecent dressing" after he was caught wearing shorts in public on the way to a football match, officials and reports said yesterday. The case in Kelantan, a state ruled by an influential Islamist party, sparked widespread anger, and is the latest example of what critics describe as creeping conservatism in the mostly Muslim country.Wan Khairul Hayyee Wali had stopped...
Nepal names 3-year-old as new ‘living goddess’
KATHMANDU: A three-year-old girl has been named the new Kumari of Nepal's capital Kathmandu after her predecessor retired when she reached puberty, continuing an ancient tradition that sees young girls worshipped as "living goddesses". Trishna Shakya will be anointed as the new Kumari in a ceremony on Thursday, when she will be taken from her family home to live in a palace in Kathmandu's ancient Durbar Square where she will be cared for by...
Russian women seek daughters who joined IS
MOSCOW: Women from the majority-Muslim regions in the Caucasus, who have lost touch with their daughters who left to join the Islamic State militant group, gather by photographs of their relatives seen on a bed at a hotel room. — AFPMOSCOW: Three years ago, Petimat Atagayeva's daughter Zalina secretly left Russia for Syria, taking her 10-month-old baby boy with her, to join the Islamic State group. Since then, her mother has led an agonizing...
Slaughtered Hindus a testament to brutality of Myanmar conflict
MAUNGDAW: Hindu people cry near the dead bodies of their family members in Yebawkya village. — AFPYE BAW KYA: Myanmar authorities displayed yesterday the bodies of Hindu villagers they say were killed by Muslim insurgents, victims of a surge of violence in someone else's fight now playing their part in a propaganda war. Authorities found 45 Hindu villagers in mass graves in the north of Rakhine state this week, and the news has dominated...
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