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Husband murdered in a rare male 'honor killing' in Pakistan

MULTAN: A man's throat was slit by relatives of his wife who disapproved of their marriage in the latest 'honor killing' to hit Pakistan, police said yesterday. Hundreds of women are murdered by relatives in conservative Muslim Pakistan each year on the pretext of defending what is seen as family honor, but it is rare for victim to be a man.The murder happened at a marketplace in the Punjab city of Burewala on Friday, when Muhammad Irshad, 43,...

CAIRO: Egypt's ousted Islamist president Mohamed Morsi, wearing a red uniform, gestures from behind the defendant's bars during his trial on espionage charges at a court in Cairo yesterday. - AFP

Egypt's Morsi sentenced to life in espionage trial - Court sentences 2 Al-Jazeera employees to death

CAIRO: Egypt's ousted Islamist president Mohamed Morsi, wearing a red uniform, gestures from behind the defendant's bars during his trial on espionage charges at a court in Cairo yesterday. - AFPCAIRO: An Egyptian court yesterday sentenced former Islamist president Mohamed Morsi to life in prison in an espionage trial in which six of his co-defendants were handed death penalties. The court acquitted Morsi of charges of having supplied Qatar with...

DHAKA: In this June 12, 2016 photo, relatives wait to meet people rounded up in a nationwide crackdown against Islamist militants outside the Dhaka Central Jail. - AP

Hindu teacher's attacker killed in shootout - Questions rise over Bangladesh jailing 11,600 in crackdown

DHAKA: In this June 12, 2016 photo, relatives wait to meet people rounded up in a nationwide crackdown against Islamist militants outside the Dhaka Central Jail. - APNEW DELHI: Within six days of announcing a crackdown on Islamist militants, Bangladesh had filled its jailhouses with 11,600 new detainees in what seemed like an astonishing display of law enforcement might. The problem is, less than 2 percent of those picked up are suspected...

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FBI questions member of mosque gunman attended - Mateen frequently suspended as student

ORLANDO/FORT PIERCE: FBI agents on Friday questioned a member of the Florida mosque attended by Omar Mateen, the man who shot 49 people to death at a gay nightclub, as new information surfaced revealing the killer had exhibited chronic behavioral problems during his youth. Academic records obtained by Reuters showing Mateen was frequently suspended as a student - at least twice for fighting before he was transferred to a special high school for...

CUMANA, Venezuela: A store remains closed on June 16, 2016. - AFP

Shops shut after deadly looting in Venezuela

CUMANA, Venezuela: A store remains closed on June 16, 2016. - AFPCARACAS/CUMANA: Residents barricaded their shops Friday in a Venezuelan city hit by violence after the country's food crisis erupted into deadly looting. The unrest came days ahead of a new key stage in the opposition's bid to remove President Nicolas Maduro from office: the authentication of signatures calling for a recall referendum. Police arrested hundreds of people in the...

ANTWERP, Belgium: People walk by police standing guard outside the Antwerp central train station yesterday. - AP

Belgium stages dozens of anti-terror raids, 12 held - Brussels fears 'imminent' attack

ANTWERP, Belgium: People walk by police standing guard outside the Antwerp central train station yesterday. - APBRUSSELS: Belgian police staged sweeping nationwide anti-terror raids and arrested 12 people, officials said yesterday, as security for 30 VIPs was reinforced over fears of an "imminent" attack. Prime Minister Charles Michel called a national security council meeting for midday to discuss the threat, a government source said. Dozens of...

CAIRO: In this March 16, 2011 file photo, then US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton greets the family of Khairy Ramadan Ali, who was killed on Jan 28, 2011 in anti-government protests, during her visit to the US Embassy. —

Mideast showed Hillary US power's limit

CAIRO: In this March 16, 2011 file photo, then US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton greets the family of Khairy Ramadan Ali, who was killed on Jan 28, 2011 in anti-government protests, during her visit to the US Embassy. —DUBAI: In the wake of the Orlando killings this week, Hillary Clinton had harsh words for America's Gulf allies, criticizing them for funding institutions that radicalize young Muslims. "It is long past time for the Saudis,...

TUZ KHORMATO, Iraq: Iraqi security forces gather at the site of a suicide truck bomb attack yesterday. Despite being under attack in Iraq and Syria, Islamic State group extremists retaliated with this suicide truck bomb attack near the office of a Kurdish group in northern Iraq. — AP

Forces hunt IS in Fallujah, eye Mosul

TUZ KHORMATO, Iraq: Iraqi security forces gather at the site of a suicide truck bomb attack yesterday. Despite being under attack in Iraq and Syria, Islamic State group extremists retaliated with this suicide truck bomb attack near the office of a Kurdish group in northern Iraq. — APFALLUJAH: Iraqi forces hunted down holdout jihadists in Fallujah yesterday after retaking the city center and trained their sights on Mosul, the Islamic State's...

BORDEAUX: Ireland's Stephen Ward, right, and Belgium's Thomas Meunier, 2nd right, challenge for the ball during the Euro 2016 Group E soccer match between Belgium and Ireland at the Nouveau Stade in Bordeaux, France, yesterday. -- AP

Lukaku scores twice as Belgium batter Ireland

BORDEAUX: Ireland's Stephen Ward, right, and Belgium's Thomas Meunier, 2nd right, challenge for the ball during the Euro 2016 Group E soccer match between Belgium and Ireland at the Nouveau Stade in Bordeaux, France, yesterday. -- APBORDEAUX: Belgium rediscovered their most blistering form to batter group E rivals Ireland 3-0 thanks to a brace from Romelu Lukaku and an Axel Witsel header yesterday.The victory of the world's second-ranked team...

NOCE: Spain’s Alvaro Morata, center, celebrates after scoring his side’s first goal during the Euro 2016 Group D soccer match between Spain and Turkey at the Allianz Riviera stadium in Nice, France, Friday. — AP

Champs Spain cruise to last-16 with Turkey win

NOCE: Spain’s Alvaro Morata, center, celebrates after scoring his side’s first goal during the Euro 2016 Group D soccer match between Spain and Turkey at the Allianz Riviera stadium in Nice, France, Friday. — APNICE: Defending European champions Spain booked their place in the last 16 round of Euro 2016 on Friday with a convincing 3-0 win against Turkey in Nice. Vicente del Bosque’s men bossed the Group D tie from the kickoff, with a...

HARARE: Zimbabwe’s Elton Chigumbura, left, plays a shot as Indian wicketkeeper MS Dhoni fields, during the T20 International cricket match between Zimbabwe and India at Harare Sports Club, yesterday. — AP

Chigumbura blasts Zimbabwe to win over India in Twenty20

HARARE: Zimbabwe’s Elton Chigumbura, left, plays a shot as Indian wicketkeeper MS Dhoni fields, during the T20 International cricket match between Zimbabwe and India at Harare Sports Club, yesterday. — APHARARE: Elton Chigumbura smashed an unbeaten 54 from 26 balls as Zimbabwe stunned India with a two run win in the first Twenty20 International at the Harare Sports Club yesterday. Chigumbura pummelled seven sixes as he took Zimbabwe to 170...

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Hints that antibiotics, C-sections may affect baby gut bugs

WASHINGTON: Two new studies are offering some of the clearest snapshots yet of how babies build up protective gut bacteria, adding to evidence that antibiotics and birth by C-section may disrupt that development. Intestinal bacteria are underappreciated. They do far more than help digest food - they also play roles in the immune system.The types and amounts of gut bacteria that people harbor are thought to influence obesity, digestive diseases,...

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