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Man assaults and molests teen after breaking into house
KUWAIT: A citizen accused a person of entering her house and molesting her daughter. She said the man forced his way in and attacked her 17-year-daughter, but when she resisted, he escaped. Detectives are looking for him, based on information the mother gave them.Teacher arrested with drugsAn Egyptian teacher at the education ministry was arrested by police with illicit pills. The suspect drew policemen's attention in Salmiya, who asked him for...
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Singaporean couple jailed for starving Filipina maid
SINGAPOIRE: Trader Lim Choon Hong and his wife Chong Sui Foon arrive at the state court in Singapore yesterday. - AFPSINGAPORE: A Singapore couple who starved their Philippine maid until she weighed just 29 kg were ordered jailed yesterday in a case described as "shocking" by prosecutors who vowed to seek stiffer sentences. Trader Lim Choon Hong, 48, was sentenced to three weeks in jail and fined Sg$10,000 ($7,200), while his wife Chong Sui...
ADEN: A Yemeni man looks at a burning vehicle following a reported suicide car bombing in Huta, the capital of the southern province of Lahj, a bastion of Al- Qaeda jihadists, yesterday.—AFP
10 jihadists among 20 dead in Yemen attack
ADEN: A Yemeni man looks at a burning vehicle following a reported suicide car bombing in Huta, the capital of the southern province of Lahj, a bastion of Al- Qaeda jihadists, yesterday.—AFPADEN: Ten people were killed yesterday in a jihadist attack on a government building in southern Yemen that also saw 10 assailants die, including a suicide bomber, officials said. The suicide bomber rammed an explosives-laden car into the entrance of the...
Ultra-Orthodox Jews represent about 10 percent of the Israeli population and live in compliance with a strict interpretation of Jewish laws (AFP Photo/JACK GUEZ)
Israel arrests sex suspects shielded by ultra-Orthodox
JERUSALEM: Israeli police yesterday arrested more than 20 Jewish ultra-Orthodox suspected sex offenders whose alleged crimes were known to their insular communities but concealed from the authorities. The arrests followed an undercover investigation in the ultra-Orthodox communities, which tend to shun secular society and live according to strict religious teachings.The 22 men, aged 20 to 60 and from communities in Jerusalem, Bnei Brak Beit...
CINCINNATI: Cincinnati Mayor John Cranley speaks alongside police chief Eliot Isaac, center, and assistant fire chief Roy Winston, left, during a news conference at police headquarters regarding a fatal shooting at the Cameo club, in Cincinnati. — AP
Suspects sought in deadly Cincinnati nightclub shooting
CINCINNATI: Cincinnati Mayor John Cranley speaks alongside police chief Eliot Isaac, center, and assistant fire chief Roy Winston, left, during a news conference at police headquarters regarding a fatal shooting at the Cameo club, in Cincinnati. — APCINCINNATI: Cincinnati police searched for suspects in a nightclub shooting that left one man dead and 15 other people injured and sent club patrons diving to the ground to dodge bullets in what...
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100-kilo gold coin stolen from Berlin's Bode museum
BERLIN: Thieves stole a gold coin with a face value of $1 million and weighing 100 kilograms (220 pounds) from Berlin's Bode Museum yesterday. According to German media, the stolen coin is the "Big Maple Leaf", a commemorative piece issued by the Royal Canadian Mint in 2007. The coin, 53 cm (21 inches) across and three cm thick, features the portrait of Queen Elizabeth II. Bode Museum gave the face value of the coin at $1 million (920,000 euros),...
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Three Malaysian hostages recovered in Philippines
MANILA: Three Malaysian seamen kidnapped eight months ago by Muslim extremists have been found safe in the strife-torn southern Philippines, the country's military chief said yesterday. Troops found the three before midnight Sunday in a mountainous area of Jolo island after they were abandoned by their Abu Sayyaf captors, General Eduardo Ano said.Mohammad Jumadil Rahim, Mohammad Ridzuan Bin Ismail and Fandy Bin Bakran were taken to a military...
INDONESIA: In this photograph, toddler Salsa Djafar cries as a traditional healer conducts a circumcision in Gorontalo, in Indonesia’s Gorontalo province.—AFP
Indonesian girl howls through circumcision as debate heats up
INDONESIA: In this photograph, toddler Salsa Djafar cries as a traditional healer conducts a circumcision in Gorontalo, in Indonesia’s Gorontalo province.—AFPGORONTALO: Indonesian toddler Salsa Djafar was wearing a glittering golden crown decorated with ribbons and a shiny purple dress to mark a special occasion-her circumcision day. At the celebrations attended by relatives, shrieks filled the modest, yellow-walled house in remote Gorontalo...
FUNCHAL: Sweden's headcoach Jan Andersson gestures during a press conference at Estadio do Maritimo in Funchal, Madeira island, yesterday, on the eve of the friendly football match Portugal vs Sweden. – AFP
Sweden winger Emil Forsberg ready for Ronaldo challenge
FUNCHAL: Sweden's headcoach Jan Andersson gestures during a press conference at Estadio do Maritimo in Funchal, Madeira island, yesterday, on the eve of the friendly football match Portugal vs Sweden. – AFPSTOCKHOLM:  After a season in which he has been of vital importance for both club and country, some comparisons between Sweden winger Emil Forsberg and Cristiano Ronaldo may be obvious, but the 25-year-old Swede is very much his own...
KEY BISCAYNE: Rafael Nadal, of Spain, returns the ball to Philipp Kohlschreiber, of Germany, during the Miami Opentennis tournament, Sunday, in Key Biscayne, Fla. – AP
Nadal wins in 1000th match, Raonic withdraws with injury
KEY BISCAYNE: Rafael Nadal, of Spain, returns the ball to Philipp Kohlschreiber, of Germany, during the Miami Opentennis tournament, Sunday, in Key Biscayne, Fla. – APMIAMI: Rafa Nadal celebrated his 1,000th tour level match with a come-from-behind victory over German veteran Philipp Kohlschreiber to reach the fourth round of the Miami Open on Sunday.World number 31 Kohlschreiber was on fire early, ripping through the first set in only 21...
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United Airlines stops girls with leggings, ignites Twitter storm
WASHINGTON: United Airlines has run into a social media storm after it barred two teenage girls from boarding a flight in Denver because they were wearing leggings. Another girl who was also wearing leggings was allowed to board the flight from Denver International Airport to Minneapolis after she changed, a witness said. A United spokesman Jonathan Guerin told the New York Times that the two girls barred from flying "made an adjustment" to their...
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People walk past a poster of slain Palestinian Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Iran's capital Tehran on August 10, 2024, amid regional tensions during the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip. - AFP
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VINHEDO, Brazil: An aerial view of the wreckage of an airplane that crashed with 62 people on board on Aug 10, 2024. - AFP
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