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Lawyer flees after assisting prison break
KUWAIT: A lawyer helped his father to escape from the Palace of Justice before the prosecutor issued a decision to jail him, then the lawyer himself left the country for New Zealand. Security sources said the story of the escape goes back a few months when the suspect was demanding the return of a debt from a person without any evidence, so he refused to pay. The suspect then used the authority of his son to force the debtor to sign a note...
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6 Filipinos killed in Saudi house fire
RIYADH: A pregnant woman, her husband and infant daughter were among six Filipinos killed in a weekend fire at their Saudi Arabian residence, the Philippines embassy said yesterday. The blaze, blamed on an electrical overload, broke out just after 6:00 am (0300 GMT) Saturday at the apartment where three families lived in central Riyadh, Philippines charge d'affaires Iric Arribas told AFP.All three family members, including the 18-month-old...
MANILA: This file photo shows Jennilyn Olayres hugging the dead body of her partner Michael Siaron who was shot by unidentified gunman and left with a cardboard sign with a message “I’m a pusher” along a street in Manila. —AFP
Philippines drug war deaths climb to 1,800
MANILA: The Philippines has recorded about 1,800 drug-related killings since President Rodrigo Duterte took office seven weeks ago and launched a war on narcotics, far higher than previously believed, according to police figures. Philippine National Police Chief Ronald Dela Rosa told a Senate committee yesterday that 712 drug traffickers and users had been killed in police operations since July 1.Police were also investigating 1,067 other...
ALLAHABAD: Indian flood-affected residents use boats as they attempt to shift to dry ground after flooding in a low lying area of the River Ganges at Daraganj in Allahabad. — AFP
40 dead as floods hit central, eastern India - Twitter users mock Indian politician carried through floods
ALLAHABAD: Indian flood-affected residents use boats as they attempt to shift to dry ground after flooding in a low lying area of the River Ganges at Daraganj in Allahabad. — AFPLUCKNOW: At least 40 people have died and hundreds of thousands have been evacuated as floods hit vast swathes of central and eastern India, officials said yesterday. Days of heavy rain have caused the Ganges River and its tributaries to rise above the danger level...
TIMBUKTU, Mali: Islamist militants destroy an ancient shrine in Timbuktu in this file photo. — AFP
'Un-Islamic' cultural heritage in jihadists' crosshairs
TIMBUKTU, Mali: Islamist militants destroy an ancient shrine in Timbuktu in this file photo. — AFPPARIS: From Mali to Afghanistan, Syria and Iraq, Islamist fighters have regularly turned their sights on the priceless vestiges of peoples' cultural heritage-for being un-Islamic. The International Criminal Court yesterday opens the war crimes trial of a jihadist charged with orchestrating the destruction of shrines at the World Heritage site of...
KIRKUK: Image from local TV footage shows a child being restrained by security forces, holding his arms out-stretched as another man cuts off a belt of explosives in Kirkuk, Iraq. Iraqi police say they have apprehended a boy would-be suicide bomber in the city of Kirkuk before he was able to detonate his explosive belt. — AP
Iraq police apprehend boy would-be suicide bomber - Boy claims he was kidnapped by masked men
KIRKUK: Image from local TV footage shows a child being restrained by security forces, holding his arms out-stretched as another man cuts off a belt of explosives in Kirkuk, Iraq. Iraqi police say they have apprehended a boy would-be suicide bomber in the city of Kirkuk before he was able to detonate his explosive belt. — APIRBIL: A boy would-be suicide bomber was apprehended in the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk before he was able to detonate...
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UK to create ‘isolation units’ to counter extremism in jails
LONDON: Britain will isolate Islamist extremists in special units in high security jails to limit their ability to radicalize other inmates, the government said yesterday. Justice Secretary Liz Truss said she was taking action to reduce the spread of radical ideology within the mainstream prison population, including training officers to disrupt activity that could influence vulnerable prisoners. "But there are a small number of individuals, very...
SINGAPORE: Belgian expatriate Philippe Graffart (center) arrives in a police car at the State court in Singapore. A Belgian expatriate was sentenced to five years’ jail in Singapore yesterday for killing his fiveyear- old son last year while suffering from severe depression during a child custody battle. —AFP
Belgian man jailed for killing son in Singapore
SINGAPORE: Belgian expatriate Philippe Graffart (center) arrives in a police car at the State court in Singapore. A Belgian expatriate was sentenced to five years’ jail in Singapore yesterday for killing his fiveyear- old son last year while suffering from severe depression during a child custody battle. —AFPSINGAPORE: A Belgian expatriate was sentenced to five years' jail in Singapore yesterday for killing his five-year-old son last year...
OSLO: Wilma Austria Tiamzon (left), Benito Tiamzon (center) and exiled Chief of the National Democratic Front of Philippines (NDFP) Jose Maria Sison wave during a meeting on peace negotiations between the Philippines government and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines yesterday.- AFP
Philippines hopes for a peace deal with rebels - Manila, communist guerrillas kick off talks
OSLO: Wilma Austria Tiamzon (left), Benito Tiamzon (center) and exiled Chief of the National Democratic Front of Philippines (NDFP) Jose Maria Sison wave during a meeting on peace negotiations between the Philippines government and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines yesterday.- AFPOSLO: The Philippine government said yesterday it hoped to reach a peace deal with communist guerrillas within a year, as the two sides kicked off talks...
SAN SEBASTIAN: Real Madrid’s Gareth Bale, right, with Real Sociedad’s Inigo Martinez left, during the Spanish La Liga soccer match between Real Madrid and Real Sociedad, at Anoeta stadium in San Sebastian, northern Spain, Sunday. — AP
Bale double gives Real Madrid winning start
SAN SEBASTIAN: Real Madrid’s Gareth Bale, right, with Real Sociedad’s Inigo Martinez left, during the Spanish La Liga soccer match between Real Madrid and Real Sociedad, at Anoeta stadium in San Sebastian, northern Spain, Sunday. — APBARCELONA: A Gareth Bale brace and a Marco Asensio lob helped Real Madrid make light work of Real Sociedad, running out 3-0 winners at Anoeta in their opening game of the season in La Liga. Back from his...
Olympics Tokyo 2020 Super Mario Shinzo Abe Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe appears as the Nintendo game character Super Mario during the closing ceremony at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Sunday, Aug. 21, 2016. Abe's brief but show-stopping appearance as Super Mario offered a tantalizing glimpse at Tokyo's plans for the 2020 games. AP)
Rio hangover as Tokyo grabs baton
Olympics Tokyo 2020 Super Mario Shinzo Abe Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe appears as the Nintendo game character Super Mario during the closing ceremony at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Sunday, Aug. 21, 2016. Abe's brief but show-stopping appearance as Super Mario offered a tantalizing glimpse at Tokyo's plans for the 2020 games. AP)RIO DE JANEIRO: Rio de Janeiro returned to the cold reality of Brazil's political crisis...
(COMBO) This combination of pictures taken during the Rio 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro and created shows (from L-top to R-bottom) Egypt’s Hedaya Wahba (aka Hedaya Malek) with her bronze medal for the women’s taekwondo event in the -57kg category; Barhain’s Ruth Jebet with her gold medal for the Women’s 3000m Steeplechase in the athletics event; Egypt’s Sara Ahmed (aka Sarah Samir) with her bronze medal for the Women’s 69kg weightlifting event; Tunisia’s Marwa Amri with her bronze medal for the women’s 58kg freestyle wrestling even; Bahrain’s Eunice Jepkirui Kirwa with her silver medal for the Women’s Marathon in the athletics event and Tunisia’s Ines Boubakri with her bronze medal for the women’s individual foil fencing event. Six women from Arab countries won six medals, just two less than men, during the Rio 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. — AFP
Groundbreaking Games for women in Rio 2016
(COMBO) This combination of pictures taken during the Rio 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro and created shows (from L-top to R-bottom) Egypt’s Hedaya Wahba (aka Hedaya Malek) with her bronze medal for the women’s taekwondo event in the -57kg category; Barhain’s Ruth Jebet with her gold medal for the Women’s 3000m Steeplechase in the athletics event; Egypt’s Sara Ahmed (aka Sarah Samir) with her bronze medal for the Women’s 69kg...