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Child molester deported

KUWAIT: An Egyptian man in his 60s was deported after he was caught molesting children in a Farwaniya mall. Security guards at the mall suspected the man who used to lure children who were away from their parents, and took them to corners and toilets. When they reviewed CCTV tapes, they found out that he sexually molested them. Security men handed a CD containing the footage to police who arrested the suspect and he later confessed to committing...

KUWAIT: Drugs found with three people arrested for smuggling

Trio arrested with mixture of drugs

KUWAIT: Drugs found with three people arrested for smugglingKUWAIT: Coast Guard officers foiled an attempt to smuggle drugs by sea. A group of people agreed with an Egyptian man outside Kuwait to smuggle drugs into the country, so police followed this lead and eventually arrested three people; two Egyptians and one Kuwaiti. They found on them 47 kilograms of a substance suspected to be hashish, as well as one kilogram of heroin and 9,000...

This picture taken and released yesterday shows the test-fire of the intercontinental ballistic missile Hwasong-14 at an undisclosed location in North Korea.

North Korea tests first ICBM

Trump fumes - Russia, China urge military freeze This picture taken and released yesterday shows the test-fire of the intercontinental ballistic missile Hwasong-14 at an undisclosed location in North Korea.MOSCOW: North Korea’s declaration that it had successfully tested its first intercontinental ballistic missile able to reach the US mainland triggered a joint Chinese-Russian appeal for a military freeze to lower the tension between Pyongyang...

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Saudi policeman killed by explosive device

RIYADH: A Saudi policeman was killed yesterday and three others injured by an explosive device in a flashpoint Shiite-dominated city, the interior ministry said. The policemen were on patrol in the early morning in the Qatif area in Saudi Arabia's Eastern Province when the device blew up, the ministry said, calling the incident a "terrorist" attack. HH the Amir of Kuwait Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah sent a cable of condolences to Saudi...

TEL AVIV: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (right) greets his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi during an official ceremony at Ben-Gurion International airport yesterday. - AFP

First Israel visit by Indian PM

TEL AVIV: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (right) greets his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi during an official ceremony at Ben-Gurion International airport yesterday. - AFPJERUSALEM: Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Israel yesterday for what he called a "groundbreaking" first ever visit by an Indian premier, with growing ties between the two countries including billions of dollars in defense deals. Israeli Prime Minister...

MORIGOAN: Indian villagers travel by boat through floodwaters in Balimukh Ashigarh village in Morigoan district, in India northeastern state of Assam yesterday. Floods have affected 350,000 people living across 13 districts in Assam as the annual monsoon rains continue to cross the Indian sub-continent. —AFP

Indian traffickers find new ways to smuggle girls

MORIGOAN: Indian villagers travel by boat through floodwaters in Balimukh Ashigarh village in Morigoan district, in India northeastern state of Assam yesterday. Floods have affected 350,000 people living across 13 districts in Assam as the annual monsoon rains continue to cross the Indian sub-continent. —AFPMUMBAI: Young girls from India's remote northeast are lured with promises of good jobs and trafficked to Southeast Asia and the Middle...

Family members celebrate as they embrace a relative, one of the released kidnapped schoolgirls, in Abuja, Nigeria, Saturday, May 20, 2017. The 82 Nigerian schoolgirls recently released after more than three years in Boko Haram captivity reunited with their families for the first time Saturday, as anxious parents looked for signs of how deeply the extremists had changed their daughters' lives. (AP Photo/Olamikan Gbemiga)

Jihadists in Niger kidnap 37 women - Militants slit the throats of 9 other people

NIAMEY: Boko Haram jihadists have kidnapped 37 women and slit the throats of nine other people at a village in southeastern Niger, the regional governor said yesterday. The attack happened on Sunday at the village of Ngalewa, near the border with Nigeria, the governor of Diffa region, Laouali Mahamane Dan Dano, told state TV. "Boko Haram elements... slit the throats of nine people... they took women, 37 women, and departed with them," he said....

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Migrant influx to Europe exceeds 100,000 this year

Nearly 2,250 died attempting the sea crossing SALERNO: Migrants wait to disembark from the Spanish ship ‘Rio Segura’ in the harbor of Salerno, Italy. — APGENEVA: More than 100,000 migrants have made the perilous Mediterranean crossing to Europe this year, the UN said yesterday, amid mounting tensions among EU nations on how to tackle the crisis. Nearly 2,250 people have died in 2017 attempting the sea crossing from North Africa, the UN's...

Behind the mask: the project questions whether it is safer to be a sacred animal than a woman in India. Photograph: Sujatro Ghosh

Indian women don cow masks to show they are less safe than cattle

MUMBAI: They are all pictures of women doing everyday activities: a woman on a street, a woman playing the piano in her home, a woman lounging in a boat, a woman at a table in a restaurant. All unremarkable, except that they are wearing a cow mask. The photographs aim to highlight the growing violence against women in India, while also drawing attention to a wave of attacks on religious minorities accused of eating beef or slaughtering cows -...

PAMPANGA: Philippine troops stand at attention as Presidential choppers bearing Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte prepare to land for the 70th anniversary celebration of the Philippine Air Force at Clark Freeport Zone yesterday in Pampanga province, north of Manila. —AP

Supreme Court backs martial law in southern Philippines

Duterte warns of a potential 'spillover' PAMPANGA: Philippine troops stand at attention as Presidential choppers bearing Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte prepare to land for the 70th anniversary celebration of the Philippine Air Force at Clark Freeport Zone yesterday in Pampanga province, north of Manila. —APinesMANILA: The Philippines' Supreme Court yesterday endorsed President Rodrigo Duterte's enforcement of martial law across the...

WIMBLEDON: Serbia's Novak Djokovic returns against Slovakia's Martin Klizan during their men's singles first round match on the second day of the 2017 Wimbledon Championships at The All England Lawn Tennis Club in Wimbledon, southwest London, yesterday. - AFP

Federer, Djokovic get free passes at Wimbledon

WIMBLEDON: Serbia's Novak Djokovic returns against Slovakia's Martin Klizan during their men's singles first round match on the second day of the 2017 Wimbledon Championships at The All England Lawn Tennis Club in Wimbledon, southwest London, yesterday. - AFPLONDON: Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic barely had to break sweat to make winning starts at Wimbledon as their injury-hit opponents retired hurt from their first round matches yesterday....

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T20 and ODI captain Sarfraz to lead Pakistan in Tests

Sarfraz AhmedISLAMABAD: Pakistan Cricket Board has appointed Sarfraz Ahmed Test captain after the wicketkeeper-batsman led the national team to a surprise triumph at the Champions Trophy tournament in England last month.PCB chairman Shaharyar Khan announced the decision yesterday during a ceremony to honor the winning team at the prime minister's residence in Islamabad. Ahmed already leads Pakistan in Twenty20s and ODIs. He has played 36 test...

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