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Forging medical report; 7 Kuwaitis arrested

KUWAIT: A bedoon and a female citizen were arrested for forging a medical report claiming that the bedoon, who has security restrictions against him, has cancer, so he could get a passport and travel abroad for treatment.7 Kuwaitis arrestedSeven citizens were arrested in Qadsiya for fighting, said security sources, noting that the fight was over old grievances.Vehicle missingGuards at MoI's impoundment garage in Amghara reported that unidentified...

NEW YORK: Participants march in the Muslim Day Parade on Madison Avenue on Sunday. — AP

Bomb case latest hardship for NJ's Muslim community - NJ's large Muslim community worried

NEW YORK: Participants march in the Muslim Day Parade on Madison Avenue on Sunday. — APPATERSON, New Jersey: At the Islamic Center of Passaic County, which draws about 2,000 people each Friday for communal prayers, the talk is about how this year is different. After the Sept 11, 2001, terror attacks, people of other faiths in the surrounding community were generally able to see the difference between the radical perpetrators and American...

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Oman journalists jailed, paper shut

MUSCAT: A court in Oman yesterday ordered the permanent closure of a newspaper which had reported on alleged corruption within the judiciary, and jailed three of its journalists on charges that included undermining the prestige of the state. Witnesses at the court said Ibrahim Al-Mamari, editor-in-chief of the privately owned Azamn newspaper, and his deputy and managing editor Youssef Al-Balushi, were jailed for three years and fined 3,000 rials...

JEDDAH: A man works at a construction site in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. - AP

Unpaid Pakistani workers to fly back home - Saudi officials' salaries, bonuses cut

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia will cut ministers' salaries by 20 percent and scale back financial perks for public sector employees, according to a cabinet statement and royal decree broadcast on state-run Ekhbariya TV yesterday. It was the first announcement of pay cuts for government employees, who make up about two-thirds of working Saudis. "The cabinet has decided to stop and cancel some bonuses and financial benefits," read a line of text on...

ALEPPO: Syrians walk past empty stalls at a market in the rebel-held area of the northern Syrian city of Aleppo on September 19, 2016, after humanitarian relief failed to enter the city under seige. — AFP

Covering Syria through hunger, fear - A journalist's journey of death, strife and courage

ALEPPO: Syrians walk past empty stalls at a market in the rebel-held area of the northern Syrian city of Aleppo on September 19, 2016, after humanitarian relief failed to enter the city under seige. — AFPALEPPO: For Karam Al-Masri, AFP's reporter, photographer and video journalist in rebel-held Aleppo, the past five years have been a series of tragedies: detention by the regime, and then the Islamic State group, the death of his parents in an...

MOUNT VERNON: This late Saturday, Sept 24, 2016, image from video by KIRO7 photographer Jeff Ritter shows suspected Cascade Mall shooter Arcan Cetin at Skagit County Jail in Mount Vernon, Wash., after his arrest in Oak Harbor. — AP

Mall shooting suspect: 'Creepy,' multiple arrests and disputes - Frightened neighbors kept safe-guards ready

MOUNT VERNON: This late Saturday, Sept 24, 2016, image from video by KIRO7 photographer Jeff Ritter shows suspected Cascade Mall shooter Arcan Cetin at Skagit County Jail in Mount Vernon, Wash., after his arrest in Oak Harbor. — APOAK HARBOR: The 20-year-old man suspected of killing five people with a rifle at a Macy's makeup counter was described by a neighbor as so "creepy, rude and obnoxious" that she kept a Taser by her front door. He also...

CALAIS: Migrants living in the “Jungle” migrant camp walk past a sign posted along a road that leads to the town of Calais in northwestern France. — AFP

Calais migrant camp is to be razed by year-end: Hollande - Plan to spread asylum seekers around country

CALAIS: Migrants living in the “Jungle” migrant camp walk past a sign posted along a road that leads to the town of Calais in northwestern France. — AFPCALAIS: French President Francois Hollande said yesterday the sprawling "Jungle" migrant camp in Calais would be dismantled by the end of this year under a plan to spread asylum seekers around the country. "I have come to Calais to confirm the decision that I took with the government... to...

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Human Rights group urges Pakistan to halt killings by police

.ISLAMABAD: Human Rights Watch yesterday accused Pakistan's police of routinely carrying out extra-judicial killings, torture and arbitrary arrests, and called on Islamabad to implement urgent reforms of its under-resourced forces. The findings were contained in a new report based on interviews with more than 30 police officers and 50 victims or witnesses of abuse across three of the country's four provinces. In addition to noting habitual...

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Sacked Pakistani actor sorry for India Twitter ‘madness’

LONDON: A Pakistan-born UK actor apologized yesterday for using "unacceptable language" about Indians, which saw him fired from Britain's most popular TV soap. Marc Anwar, 45, joined "Coronation Street", the world's longest-running TV soap opera, in 2014 as a member of the show's first Muslim family. But he was sacked from the show after the Sunday Mirror newspaper published screenshots from his private Twitter account, which hit out at India...

MANILA: Police officers investigate the dead body of an alleged drug pusher. —AFP

Duterte pivots to China, Russia as investors flee

MANILA: Police officers investigate the dead body of an alleged drug pusher. —AFPMANILA: Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said yesterday he would visit Russia and China this year to chart an independent foreign policy and "open alliances" with two powers with historic rivalries with the United States. Duterte said the Philippines was at the "point of no return" in its relations with former colonial ruler the United States, so he wanted to...

MANCHESTER: Amanda Davies, Sport Presenter, CNN International (L); Clarence Seedorf, former International footballer, Netherlands (2L); FIFA General Secretary Fatma Samoura (3L); Ben Biggs of the International Gay & Lesbian Football Association (IGLFA) (3R); Roisin Woods from Kick It Out (2R); German former International footballer Thomas Hitzlsperger (R) and Abhijeet Barse from Slum Soccer (C) winner of the first ever FIFA Diversity Award during the Soccerex Global Convention at Manchester Central Convention Complex, Manchester, northwest England yesterday. Slum Soccer is an organization which uses football to bring about a change in the lives of street dwellers based in India. — AFP

FIFA disbands racism task force, says job done

MANCHESTER: Amanda Davies, Sport Presenter, CNN International (L); Clarence Seedorf, former International footballer, Netherlands (2L); FIFA General Secretary Fatma Samoura (3L); Ben Biggs of the International Gay & Lesbian Football Association (IGLFA) (3R); Roisin Woods from Kick It Out (2R); German former International footballer Thomas Hitzlsperger (R) and Abhijeet Barse from Slum Soccer (C) winner of the first ever FIFA Diversity Award...

Kuwaiti motor-cyclist Muaz Al-Ansari with Mohammad Al-Khlaifi

Kuwaiti rider reigns in Aquabike Championship

Kuwaiti motor-cyclist Muaz Al-Ansari with Mohammad Al-KhlaifiKUWAIT: Kuwaiti rider Yousef Al- Abdulrazzaq grabbed the first and second places in third round of Aquabike World Championship that concluded its activities in Shanghai, China on Sunday. Al- Abdulrazzaq, in remarks to KUNA, expressed his happiness and satisfaction with his achievement.The Kuwaiti world champion said that a technical problem during the race has prevented him from...

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