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Jeddah, Saudi Arabia : Saudi police secure a neighbourhood where two men reportedly blew themselves up during a firefight with security forces on January 21, 2017, in the Red Sea city of Jeddah. Two suspects blew themselves up during a firefight with security forces in the Red Sea city of Jeddah and a third was arrested in another operation, the interior ministry said.

Militants blow themselves up in Jeddah clash

Jeddah, Saudi Arabia : Saudi police secure a neighbourhood where two men reportedly blew themselves up during a firefight with security forces on January 21, 2017, in the Red Sea city of Jeddah. Two suspects blew themselves up during a firefight with security forces in the Red Sea city of Jeddah and a third was arrested in another operation, the interior ministry said.RIYADH: Two suspects blew themselves up yesterday during a firefight with...

WASHINGTON: A protester holds a sign during a demonstration in Washington, Friday, Jan 20, 2017, after the inauguration of President Donald Trump.

Huge crowd cheers Trump, but not everyone is happy

WASHINGTON: A protester holds a sign during a demonstration in Washington, Friday, Jan 20, 2017, after the inauguration of President Donald Trump.WASHINGTON: Throngs of happy Donald Trump supporters cheered and clapped Friday as they massed on the National Mall to witness his swearing-in as president, hailing the 70-year-old's unlikely rise to power as "one of the biggest stories in history." Many wore colorful garb with the slogans or face of...

Civilians gather around the remains of a car bomb in the Rukban camp for displaced Syrians, inside Syrian territory, on the border with Jordan. - AP

Blast in camp for displaced Syrians near Jordan kills 4

Civilians gather around the remains of a car bomb in the Rukban camp for displaced Syrians, inside Syrian territory, on the border with Jordan. - APBEIRUT: A large explosion rocked a camp for displaced Syrians along the Syrian-Jordanian border yesterday, killing at least four, and wounding many others, opposition activists and a resident said. Badr Abu Sultan, a resident of the Rukban camp, said the explosion was caused by a suspected car bomb...

In this photo provided by Jen Guyton, one of the mysterious “fairy circles” in thenNamib desert that dot the area with circular barren patches. — AP

Is there an explanation for Africa's odd 'fairy circles'?

In this photo provided by Jen Guyton, one of the mysterious “fairy circles” in theNamib desert that dot the area with circular barren patches. — APWASHINGTON: The forces behind the mysterious "fairy circles" that dot a desert in southern Africa do not appear to be supernatural, but they are intricate and complex. The formations are circles of land dozens of feet wide that create a stunning pattern in the Namib desert and have mystified...

CHENNAI: Indian students hold placards against the animal rights organization PETA during a demonstration against the ban on the Jallikattu bull taming ritual and call for a ban on animal rights orgnization PETA. — AFP

PM Modi overturns bull-wrestling ban

CHENNAI: Indian students hold placards against the animal rights organization PETA during a demonstration against the ban on the Jallikattu bull taming ritual and call for a ban on animal rights orgnization PETA. — AFPCHENNAI: An Indian state lifted a Supreme Court ban on a popular bull-wrestling festival yesterday after Prime Minister Narendra Modi ordered the event should be allowed to go ahead. Modi overturned the ban on the festival after...

KURRAM: Pakistani security officals inspect the bomb explosion site at a vegetable market in Parachinar city. — AFP

Pakistan market bomb In Shiite area kills 20

Blast was caused by an IED hidden in a vegetable box KURRAM: Pakistani security officals inspect the bomb explosion site at a vegetable market in Parachinar city. — AFPPESHAWAR: A bomb exploded at a market on Saturday in a mainly Shiite area of Pakistan's northwestern tribal belt, killing at least 20 people and wounding 40 others, officials said. The bomb detonated in a crowded vegetable market in Parachinar city, the capital of Kurram tribal...

BELGRADE: This file photo taken on January 11, 2017 shows a migrant receiving a hot meal from volunteers, outside of derelict warehouses which they use as a makeshift shelter, in Belgrade, as temperatures dropped to -15 degrees Celsius overnight. — AFP

Lice, lung troubles plague migrants in freezing Serbia

BELGRADE: This file photo taken on January 11, 2017 shows a migrant receiving a hot meal from volunteers, outside of derelict warehouses which they use as a makeshift shelter, in Belgrade, as temperatures dropped to -15 degrees Celsius overnight. — AFPBELGRADE: They cough, suffer from frostbite and are infested with body lice: hundreds of young migrants remain in appalling conditions in derelict Belgrade warehouses in the middle of Serbia's...

STOKE-ON-TRENT: Stoke City’s English goalkeeper Lee Grant (R) looks back as he dives to see the ball go into his goal from a free kick hit by Manchester United’s English striker Wayne Rooney (L obscured) for Rooney to score an equalising goal for 1-1 and his 250th goal for Manchester United. (Inset) Wayne Rooney waves to fans after the English Premier League soccer match between Stoke City and Manchester United. — AFP, AP

Rooney breaks United record in draw at Stoke

STOKE-ON-TRENT: Stoke City’s English goalkeeper Lee Grant (R) looks back as he dives to see the ball go into his goal from a free kick hit by Manchester United’s English striker Wayne Rooney (L obscured) for Rooney to score an equalising goal for 1-1 and his 250th goal for Manchester United. (Inset) Wayne Rooney waves to fans after the English Premier League soccer match between Stoke City and Manchester United. — AFP, APSTOKE-ON-TRENT:...

Liverpool's Brazilian midfielder Roberto Firmino (L) heads the ball to score a goal during the English Premier League football match between Liverpool and Swansea City at Anfield in Liverpool, north west England on January 21, 2017.

Sigurdsson strike stuns Liverpool

Liverpool's Brazilian midfielder Roberto Firmino (L) heads the ball to score a goal during the English Premier League football match between Liverpool and Swansea City at Anfield in Liverpool, north west England on January 21, 2017.LIVERPOOL: Gylfi Sigurdsson’s decisive goal boosted Swansea’s hopes of Premier League survival as they inflicted Liverpool’s first home defeat for almost a year with a 3-2 triumph at Anfield yesterday.Iceland...

Sri Lanka's batsman Niroshan Dickwella, front, plays a delivery from South Africa's bowler Andile Phehlukwayo, left, as teammate Dhananjaya de Silva, watches during the T20 cricket match between South Africa and Sri Lanka, at Centurion Park in Pretoria, South Africa, Friday, Jan. 20, 2017. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)

South Africa beats Sri Lanka by 19 runs in 10-over match

Sri Lanka's batsman Niroshan Dickwella, front, plays a delivery from South Africa's bowler Andile Phehlukwayo, left, as teammate Dhananjaya de Silva, watches during the T20 cricket match between South Africa and Sri Lanka, at Centurion Park in Pretoria, South Africa, Friday, Jan. 20, 2017. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)CENTURION, South Africa (AP) — South Africa continued its test-winning form against Sri Lanka with a 19-run victory on Friday in the...

MELBOURNE: Spain's Rafael Nadal serves against Germany's Alexander Zverev during their men's singles third round match on day six of the Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne yesterday. - AFP

Ageless Nadal outlasts teenager, Serena cruises

MELBOURNE: Spain's Rafael Nadal serves against Germany's Alexander Zverev during their men's singles third round match on day six of the Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne yesterday. - AFPMELBOURNE: Rafael Nadal's ageing legs outlasted German teenager Alexander Zverev in an epic five sets as Serena Williams sailed into the last 16 at the Australian Open yesterday. Nadal needed all his trademark grit against Zverev, 19, dubbed "the...

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Spain arrests Russian bank account hacker wanted by FBI

MADRID: Spain has arrested a 32-year-old Russian computer programmer at Barcelona airport who is alleged to have designed and used software to steal bank account details from banks and individuals, Spanish police said on Friday. Working with the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the man, named Lisov, was arrested by Spanish police on Jan 13 as he waited to take a flight to another European country. He is suspected of leading a financial...

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