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Man arrested with 3.5 kg drugs

A handout photo showing drugs found with a suspect who was arrested yesterdayKUWAIT: Drugs Control General Department learned about a citizen importing drugs via courier companies hidden in postal packages. The suspect was arrested and 3.5 kg of hashish, along with other drugs including cocaine and 'chemical' (a variety of 'Spice' or synthetic cannabinoids) were seized. Officers also found hashish oil and wax that are used in processing hashish...

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Maid disappears with jewelry and watches

KUWAIT: A Filipina domestic helper disappeared from her sponsor's house with jewelry and five watches worth KD 2,500. The citizen, who lives in Salam, noticed her maid was missing. When she looked for her, she was nowhere to be found. She said that her passport, documents, jewelry and watches were missing. So she went to the police station and lodged a complaint. Detectives are working on the case.AssaultTwo girls decided to settle their...

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Woman beaten by husband, stepson

KUWAIT: A citizen and his son beat the citizen's wife - a Gulf national - in her house. The woman went to Mubarak Hospital with bruises and grazes on her face to get a medical report. She then went to the police station and told them she was beaten by her husband and stepson because of previous disputes. Police are investigating.DamageDetectives are looking for a cabbie who deliberately hit a citizen's car and verbally insulted him before...

ISTANBUL: A hair specialist checks a patient on April 27, 2017. - AFP

Hair therapy boosts Istanbul tourism

ISTANBUL: A hair specialist checks a patient on April 27, 2017. - AFPISTANBUL: On his to-do list for his trip to Istanbul, Palestinian tourist Jameel wants to visit the Blue Mosque and take a tour on the Bosphorus, like any other tourist. But he has one more, less conventional purpose - to have 1,500 strands of hair implanted one by one, in an increasingly popular anti-hair loss treatment in the Turkish metropolis. With over 300 clinics...

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Racist soldier 'double life' shocks Germany

Prosecutors probe evidence of a networkBERLIN: In January 2014, the commander of a French military academy rejected the master's thesis of an elite German army officer under his charge for its extremist argument that human rights could lead to the genocide of Western races. "If this was a French participant on the course, we would remove him," he told the young officer's German superiors. An academic hired to review the thesis told senior...

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US anti-Muslim bias incidents increase

BOSTON: When the Masjid Al-Kareem mosque in Providence, Rhode Island, received a threatening letter in November calling Muslims a "vile and filthy people", its members were frightened enough they asked for and got extra police protection. The 42-year-old mosque was far from alone. The letter it received was one of 2,213 anti-Muslim bias incidents in the United States last year, according to a report released yesterday by the Council on...

JAKARTA: Indonesian Muslim protestors against Jakarta governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama alias Ahok chant after a trial at the North Jakarta court yesterday. (Inset) Purnama speaks to his lawyers after judges delivered their sentence.—AFP

Jakarta gov jailed for blasphemy

Sentence on Purnama much harsher than prosecutors had sought JAKARTA: Indonesian Muslim protestors against Jakarta governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama alias Ahok chant after a trial at the North Jakarta court yesterday. (Inset) Purnama speaks to his lawyers after judges delivered their sentence.—AFPJAKARTA: Jakarta's Christian governor was jailed for two years yesterday after being found guilty of blasphemy, in a shock decision that has stoked...

RICHMOND, Virginia: American Civil Liberties Union Attorney Omar Jadwat gestures as he speaks after a hearing before the 4th US Circuit Court of Appeals on Monday. — AP

Trump Muslim comments could haunt him in appeal

Court unconvinced it can ignore president's statements RICHMOND, Virginia: American Civil Liberties Union Attorney Omar Jadwat gestures as he speaks after a hearing before the 4th US Circuit Court of Appeals on Monday. — APRICHMOND, Virginia: The first federal appeals court to hear a challenge to President Donald Trump's revised travel ban appeared unconvinced that it should ignore the Republican's repeated promises on the campaign trail to bar...

Looters pillaging a shantytown in Manila, Philippines that had been hit by a deadly fire. Their actions distrupted firefighters attempting to contain the blaze which consumed 30 houses. PHOTO: REUTERS

Looters cause chaos at deadly Philippines fire

Looters pillaging a shantytown in Manila, Philippines that had been hit by a deadly fire. Their actions distrupted firefighters attempting to contain the blaze which consumed 30 houses. PHOTO: REUTERSMANILA: Looters mobbed a deadly slum fire in the Philippine capital yesterday, pulling roofing sheets and electric wire from singed homes as firemen scrambled to contain the blaze. Riot police surrounded the White Rock Island shantytown at...

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Sri Lanka clears wasps ahead of Modi’s visit

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka has taken the unusual step of clearing thousands of wasps from a tea plantation to ensure Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is not stung during his upcoming visit. Police in Hatton, 125 kilometers east of Colombo, hired a private company to remove the wasps from its picturesque tea fields which Modi will tour with his entourage on Friday.The private Bee Protection Organisation said they removed nests from two locations to...

ANAND: A couple from Britain hold their baby, born on Oct 17 by a surrogate, in Anand, India. — AP

Hindu nationalists promise ‘superior’ babies, fairer skin

NEW DELHI: A Hindu nationalist organization is promising to help Indian couples conceive "superior" babies with high IQs and fairer skin than their parents, sparking media criticism. Karishma Mohandas Narwani, head of the Garbh Vigyan Sanskar project, said it advised prospective parents on how to undergo a "purification" process to ensure their babies were born free of all vices. "We have to ensure the seed is good, which means the quality of the...

JAKARTA: Muslim protesters shout slogans during a protest against Jakarta’s Christian Governor Basuki ‘Ahok’ Tjahaja Purnama outside a court where his trial is held in Jakarta yesterday. — AP

Why religious intolerance is on the rise in Indonesia

JAKARTA: Muslim protesters shout slogans during a protest against Jakarta’s Christian Governor Basuki ‘Ahok’ Tjahaja Purnama outside a court where his trial is held in Jakarta yesterday. — APJAKARTA: A guilty verdict and two-year jail sentence for Jakarta's Christian governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama on blasphemy charges have fuelled concerns about the erosion of religious freedoms in Indonesia. Faith-based tension has been mounting in...

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