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Pakistani student accused of blasphemy beaten to death on university campus

PESHAWAR: A mob beat a Pakistani student to death at his university campus yesterday after he was accused of sharing blasphemous content on social media, university and police officials said. A group of about 10 students shouted "Allahu Akbar" during the attack on fellow student Mashal Khan, who was stripped naked and beaten with planks until his skull caved in as other students looked on, video obtained by Reuters showed.Blasphemy is a highly...

GERMANY: In this file photo police officers stand in front of Dortmund’s damaged team bus after explosions which injured two people before the Champions League quarterfinal soccer match between Borussia Dortmund and AS Monaco in Dortmund, western Germany.—AP

Dortmund struggles to come to terms with bomb attack on bus

GERMANY: In this file photo police officers stand in front of Dortmund’s damaged team bus after explosions which injured two people before the Champions League quarterfinal soccer match between Borussia Dortmund and AS Monaco in Dortmund, western Germany.—APMUNICH: Sometimes, it's hard to focus on a soccer game. Borussia Dortmund players had to, though, less than 24 hours after a bomb attack on their team bus. And they will have to do so...

GOA, India: This file photo shows western tourists walking past a shopping stall at Anjuna Beach in the Indian state of Goa. — AFP

India's party Mecca Goa bans late night raves in crackdown

Legal ban on holding parties after 10 pm GOA, India: This file photo shows western tourists walking past a shopping stall at Anjuna Beach in the Indian state of Goa. — AFPNEW DELHI: India's tourist Mecca Goa is pulling the plug on its legendary all-night dance parties as the local government tries to clean up its image as a drug and rave hotspot. Goa chief minister Manohar Parrikar said the government would start enforcing a long-ignored ban on...

MUMBAI, India: This photo shows an Indian woman rickshaw driver taking part in a training session in Mumbai. — AFP

Meet Mumbai's first female auto drivers

MUMBAI, India: This photo shows an Indian woman rickshaw driver taking part in a training session in Mumbai. — AFPMUMBAI: Chaya Mohite slowly turns the accelerator as she carefully edges the salmon-colored rickshaw forward, one of Mumbai's first female auto drivers to make use of a government scheme aimed at empowering women. The 45-year-old was one of 19 women who recently started jobs ferrying passengers through the notoriously congested...

DHAKA: In this file photo, Mufti Abdul Hannan, center, leader of banned radical group Harkatul Jihad al Islami, stands at a court in Dhaka, Bangladesh. — AP

Bangladesh buries Islamist extremists after hanging

DHAKA: In this file photo, Mufti Abdul Hannan, center, leader of banned radical group Harkatul Jihad al Islami, stands at a court in Dhaka, Bangladesh. — APDHAKA: Bangladeshi villagers buried the leader of a banned Islamist extremist outfit and two of his aides early yesterday, hours after they were hanged for a 2004 grenade attack on the British ambassador. The explosion at a 14th century Sufi shrine in the northeastern city of Sylhet killed...

Hamed Sinno (center), the lead singer of Lebanese band Mashrou Leila, performs on stage at the Dubai International Marine Club during a music festival in the United Arab Emirates. — AFP photos

Arab music's alternative ambassadors find fans, and bans

Hamed Sinno (center), the lead singer of Lebanese band Mashrou Leila, performs on stage at the Dubai International Marine Club during a music festival in the United Arab Emirates. — AFP photosTheir voices narrate the unofficial soundtrack of life as an Arab today. But for the artists leading the Arab world's alternative music scene, their work is not revolutionary-it's a legacy. With the growing popularity of bands like Lebanon's Mashrou'...

General Delegate of the Cannes Film Festival Thierry Fremaux, left and Cannes Film Festival President Pierre Lescure pose during a press conference for the presentation of the 70th Cannes film festival, in Paris, yesterday. — AP/AFP photos

Kidman, Huppert to grace 70th Cannes filmfest

General Delegate of the Cannes Film Festival Thierry Fremaux, left and Cannes Film Festival President Pierre Lescure pose during a press conference for the presentation of the 70th Cannes film festival, in Paris, yesterday. — AP/AFP photosNicole Kidman and Isabelle Huppert will top the bill at the Cannes Film Festival next month as the world's flagship movie showcase celebrates its 70th anniversary. The Australian megastar features in Sofia...

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Saudi raises $9 bn in Islamic bond issue

Analysts say move could ease pressure on foreign reservesRIYADH: Saudi Arabia raised $9 billion in its first global Islamic bond issue, the government announced yesterday, a move analysts say could ease pressure on foreign reserves. The sale of Islamic bonds, known as sukuks, comes after the kingdom in October turned to the conventional global debt market for the first time, raising $17.5 billion in a bond issue. Saudi Arabia has also sold...

PARIS: This Wednesday, June 17, 2015, file photo shows an interior view of the Business Class seats on the second floor deck of an Airbus A380 of Qatar Airways presented at the Paris Air Show. —AP

Aviation poised for third revolution: Airbus boss

CEO hopeful to play leading role in the future PARIS: This Wednesday, June 17, 2015, file photo shows an interior view of the Business Class seats on the second floor deck of an Airbus A380 of Qatar Airways presented at the Paris Air Show. —APAMSTERDAM: The aerospace industry is on the brink of a "third revolution" and Airbus boss Tom Enders is determined his giant company will play a leading role in its future. "I do genuinely believe that we...

MUNICH: Real Madrid’s Portuguese forward Cristiano Ronaldo kisses the ball before taking a free kick during the UEFA Champions League 1st leg quarter-final football match FC Bayern Munich v Real Madrid in Munich. — AFP

Despite goals, Ronaldo wants more

MUNICH: Real Madrid’s Portuguese forward Cristiano Ronaldo kisses the ball before taking a free kick during the UEFA Champions League 1st leg quarter-final football match FC Bayern Munich v Real Madrid in Munich. — AFPMADRID: Not even a pair of goals and an away victory over Bayern Munich in the Champions League were enough to keep Cristiano Ronaldo happy. Despite scoring twice in Real Madrid's 2-1 win to become the first player to reach 100...

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Three opposition lawmakers file to grill prime minister

Assembly passes amendments to corporate lawKUWAIT: Opposition MPs Waleed Al-Tabtabaei, Mohammad Al-Mutair and Marzouq Al-Khalifa yesterday filed a request to grill HH the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah over a host of allegations including illegally revoking the citizenships of opposition figures for political reasons, squandering public funds, claims of corruption and raising utility charges. This is the first request to grill...

Bader Nasser Al-Kharafi, Zain Group Vice- Chairman and Chief Executive Officer and Vice-Chairman of Zain Saudi Arabia

Zain Saudi Arabia records first-ever quarterly profit

Revenues up 9% for Q1 2017 Bader Nasser Al-Kharafi, Zain Group Vice- Chairman and Chief Executive Officer and Vice-Chairman of Zain Saudi ArabiaRIYADH: Zain Saudi Arabia reported its first ever quarterly net profit for the three months ending March 31, 2017 driven by revenue growth and optimization of its operational cost structure. Key performance indicators for the first quarter Q1, 2017: Compared to Q1, 2016, Zain Saudi Arabia reported: First...

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