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Saudi Arabia to hike municipal fees Qatar raises govt salaries

DOHA/KHOBAR: Qatar will raise the salaries of government employees next year in a rare spending hike by a Gulf state at a time when low oil and gas prices are weighing on state finances. Some Qataris' basic salaries will double, under a law to be passed in January that was published in Al Sharq newspaper late on Sunday. Salaries for non-Qataris remain the same. Gas-rich Qatar is the wealthiest country in the world per capita and its roughly...

JERUSALEM: Ahmed Manasra, a 14-year old Palestinian boy convicted of the attempted murder of two Israelis in a stabbing in Oct 2015, leaves the District Court after his sentencing hearing yesterday. – AFP n

Palestinian boy sentenced to prison over knife attack

JERUSALEM: Ahmed Manasra, a 14-year old Palestinian boy convicted of the attempted murder of two Israelis in a stabbing in Oct 2015, leaves the District Court after his sentencing hearing yesterday. – AFPJERUSALEM: An Israeli court sentenced three Palestinian teenagers to more than a decade in prison yesterday for stabbing Israelis, including a 14-year-old involved in one of the most high-profile attacks. The sentences drew criticism from...

VIRGINIA: Campaign of Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump Supporters hold placards during a rally by Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump campaign at the Loudoun Fairgrounds in Leesburg, Virginia. — AFP

Win or lose, 'Trumpism' will leave its mark

VIRGINIA: Campaign of Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump Supporters hold placards during a rally by Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump campaign at the Loudoun Fairgrounds in Leesburg, Virginia. — AFPWASHINGTON: Even if, as most polls predict, he loses today's US presidential election, Donald Trump's populist charge will leave its mark on the American body politic. The 70-year-old billionaire tycoon is the Republican...

AIN ISSA, Syria: Members of US-backed Kurdish-Arab forces deploy on the frontline, one kilometer from the Syrian town of Ain Issa as they launched an offensive on the Islamic State group’s de facto Syrian capital. — AFP

US-backed forces push closer to Islamic State 'capital' Raqa

Raqa and Mosul - the last major cities under IS control AIN ISSA, Syria: Members of US-backed Kurdish-Arab forces deploy on the frontline, one kilometer from the Syrian town of Ain Issa as they launched an offensive on the Islamic State group’s de facto Syrian capital. — AFPAIN ISSA: A US-backed Kurdish-Arab alliance pushed closer to Raqa and Iraqi forces seized a key town near Mosul as offensives advanced yesterday against the two Islamic...

SANAA: A Yemeni doctor makes an injection to a baby at a Kuwaiti hospital in the Yemeni capital Sanaa. One and a half million children suffer from malnutrition, including 370,000 for whom it is so severe it weakens their immune system, the UN children’s agency says. —AFP

Yemen war death toll surpasses 7,000

SANAA: A Yemeni doctor makes an injection to a baby at a Kuwaiti hospital in the Yemeni capital Sanaa. One and a half million children suffer from malnutrition, including 370,000 for whom it is so severe it weakens their immune system, the UN children’s agency says. —AFPSANAA: Yemen's 20-month war has killed more than 7,000 people and wounded nearly 37,000, the World Health Organization said, as the UN envoy voiced alarm over the worsening...

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte

Philippines’ president cancels US rifle order

Philippine President Rodrigo DuterteMANILA: Firebrand Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said yesterday he would cancel an order for about 27,000 American-made assault rifles, in his latest display of defiance against the United States. The rifles were due to be provided to the Philippine police but Duterte said he would look for cheaper alternatives. “The (rifles) that were ordered already, I am ordering the police to cancel it. We’ll...

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India investigates sexual abuse of indigenous girls

MUMBAI: Officials in western India have set up a special investigation team to look into allegations of sexual abuse of girls at a boarding school for indigenous children after a 10-year-old was reported to be pregnant. Parents of at least 12 girls from the school in Buldhana district of Maharashtra state have filed complaints with the police, while 11 staff, including the headmaster, were arrested last week, said district police superintendent...

KARACHI: People try to escape tear gas, fired by police to disperse protesters in Karachi, Pakistan yesterday. — AP

Pakistan police raid scores of seminaries after killings

KARACHI: People try to escape tear gas, fired by police to disperse protesters in Karachi, Pakistan yesterday. — APKARACHI: Pakistani police arrested dozens of people in a crackdown on more than 90 seminaries in Karachi, following a series of sectarian shootings in the country's largest city, officials said yesterday. Provincial police chief Allah Dino Khwaja said the crackdown was aimed at both Sunni and Shiite seminaries, after at least 10...

BEIJING: Paramilitary police officers stand guard outside the Great Hall of the People in Beijing yesterday. — AFP

China passes controversial cybersecurity law

Foreign business groups feel the rules are too vague BEIJING: Paramilitary police officers stand guard outside the Great Hall of the People in Beijing yesterday. — AFPBEIJING: China adopted a controversial cyber security law yesterday to counter what Beijing says are growing threats such as hacking and terrorism, but the law triggered concerns among foreign business and rights groups. The legislation, passed by China's largely rubber-stamp...

LAPARAN, Philippines: This undated handout photo shows navy personnel aboard the yatch Rockall after it was recovered in Laparan island in Sulu province in the southern island of Mindanao. Islamic militants who specialize in kidnapping for ransom have reported killing a German sailor. — AFP

German sailors abducted, killed in Philippines

LAPARAN, Philippines: This undated handout photo shows navy personnel aboard the yatch Rockall after it was recovered in Laparan island in Sulu province in the southern island of Mindanao. Islamic militants who specialize in kidnapping for ransom have reported killing a German sailor. — AFPMANILA: Islamic militants who specialize in kidnappings-for-ransom have reported killing a German sailor and abducting her elderly male companion from their...

SEVILLE: Barcelona’s Messi, left, challenges for the ball with Sevilla’s Mudo Vazquez during their La Liga soccer match between Sevilla and Barcelona at the Sanchez Pizjuan stadium, in Seville, Spain on Sunday. — AP

Messi hailed as ‘extraterrestrial’ after Barca victory

SEVILLE: Barcelona’s Messi, left, challenges for the ball with Sevilla’s Mudo Vazquez during their La Liga soccer match between Sevilla and Barcelona at the Sanchez Pizjuan stadium, in Seville, Spain on Sunday. — APSEVILLE: The day before his side hosted Barcelona, Sevilla coach Jorge Sampaoli joked that Lionel Messi’s supremacy necessitated two Ballon d’Or competitions, “one for Messi and one for everyone else”. The Argentine’s...

Andy Murray

Murray begins Tour Finals with Marin Cilic showdown

Andy MurrayLONDON: Andy Murray will face Stan Wawrinka, Kei Nishikori and Marin Cilic in the ATP Tour Finals group stage as the newly crowned world number one looks to win the prestigious tournament for the first time.Murray has never been past the semi-finals at the season-ending event, but the Scot arrives at London's O2 Arena with a huge incentive to take the title.The 29-year-old shattered Novak Djokovic's 122-week reign at top of the world...

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DHAKA: Anti-government protestors display Bangladesh's national flag as they storm Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's palace on Aug 5, 2024. - AFP

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