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Wife accuses husband of stealing teddy bear
KUWAIT: A citizen in Mishref filed a complaint against her husband, accusing him of stealing her teddy bear. Police issued a warrant for his arrest.Ex-husband chargedA female citizen accused her ex-husband of stealing the furniture from her Nugra apartment, while he claimed it was his as he paid for it. Both were sent for questioning to determine who is saying the truth. The citizen told police that while she was away, her ex-husband entered her...
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Saudi Arabia plans to welcome tourists
Prince Sultan bin SalmanDUBAI: Saudi Arabia has plans to issue select visas to welcome tens of thousands of tourists a year as part of a sweeping national reform plan aimed at showcasing the country's rich heritage, including pre-Islamic sites, and encouraging Saudis to spend some of their tourist money at home. A day after Saudi Arabia outlined its Vision 2030 plan to wean itself off dependence on oil, a top Saudi prince told AP how the country...
KILIS, Turkey: People mourn during a funeral in Kilis, a day after rockets hit the border town. Five rockets fired into Turkey from an area of Syria controlled by the Islamic State group hit the border town of Kilis, killing one person and wounding 26. — AFP
Islamic State trained nine-year-old to 'battle the infidels' - Scarred Yazidi boys escape IS combat training
KILIS, Turkey: People mourn during a funeral in Kilis, a day after rockets hit the border town. Five rockets fired into Turkey from an area of Syria controlled by the Islamic State group hit the border town of Kilis, killing one person and wounding 26. — AFPQADIYA: When nine-year-old Murad got the chance to flee from Islamic State - the group that repeatedly raped his mother and slaughtered or enslaved thousands from his Yazidi minority - he...
BAGHDAD: Iraqi supporters of the Sadrist movement hold national flags and shout slogans during a demonstration to press for reforms yesterday at Baghdad’s Tahrir Square. — AFP
Thousands of Iraqis answer Sadr's call to protest
BAGHDAD: Iraqi supporters of the Sadrist movement hold national flags and shout slogans during a demonstration to press for reforms yesterday at Baghdad’s Tahrir Square. — AFPBAGHDAD: Thousands of supporters of powerful Shiite cleric Moqtada Al-Sadr answered his call to demonstrate in Baghdad yesterday to pressure the Iraqi government to move forward with stalled reforms. Iraq has been hit by weeks of political turmoil surrounding Prime...
Photo shows residents walking to a banana farm’s irrigation channel to collect water near Leveque - a community where a group of deaf people relocated after the 2010 earthquake in Cabaret, Haiti. — AP
Slaying of three deaf women in Haiti highlights vulnerability - Tongues cut out in apparent act of ritualistic savagery
Photo shows residents walking to a banana farm’s irrigation channel to collect water near Leveque - a community where a group of deaf people relocated after the 2010 earthquake in Cabaret, Haiti. — APLEVEQUE: The three friends had spent the day stocking up on food in the Haitian capital when they left for their village, setting off on the 20-mile trip home by foot because the minibuses known as tap-taps weren't running after a bridge...
CHATEAU-CHINON: Dutch dentist, Jacobus Van Nierop, is pictured in his dental office in Chateau-Chinon, France. A French court found a Dutch dentist guilty of assault and fraud Tuesday and sentenced him to eight years in prison. -—AP
French court jails 'dentist of horror' for eight years - Dutch dentist 'guilty of mutilation'
CHATEAU-CHINON: Dutch dentist, Jacobus Van Nierop, is pictured in his dental office in Chateau-Chinon, France. A French court found a Dutch dentist guilty of assault and fraud Tuesday and sentenced him to eight years in prison. -—APLYON: A French court yesterday sentenced a Dutch dentist to eight years in jail for deliberately mangling his patients' mouths in a case which saw him dubbed "the dentist of horror". Jacobus van Nierop, 51, went on...
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Bangladesh court jails Hindu teachers for 'abusing Islam'
DHAKA: A court in southern Bangladesh sentenced two Hindu schoolteachers to six months in jail for making "abusive" remarks about Islam that led a mob to attack their school, a magistrate said yesterday. The headteacher and another staff member at the Hijla High School in the town of Chitalmari were found guilty of "hurting the religious sentiments" of Muslim students and their parents.The comments sparked protests by students, most of whom are...
PESHAWAR: Pakistani Elite Police Force take part in a drill to fight against militants at a school in Peshawar yesterday. A Pakistan university attacked by the Taleban last week has demanded the government arm its staff as it seeks to boost security after the deadly assault in which 21 people were killed, officials said. — AFP
Islamabad urged to rein in terrorists targeting India
NEW DELHI: India yesterday asked Pakistan to rein in terrorist groups operating from its soil and targeting India, expressing dissatisfaction with action taken so far against suspects of an attack on an Indian air force base in January. During a meeting with visiting Pakistani Foreign Secretary Aizaz Ahmed Chaudhry in New Delhi, India said it emphasized the need for early and visible progress on investigation into the attack that killed seven...
DHAKA: The body of Bangladeshi activist Xulhaz Mannan lies in a morgue at a hospital in Dhaka yesterday. — AFP
Pressure mounts on Bangladesh after chilling attacks
DHAKA: The body of Bangladeshi activist Xulhaz Mannan lies in a morgue at a hospital in Dhaka yesterday. — AFPDHAKA: Pressure mounted on Bangladesh yesterday after two leading gay rights activists were hacked to death, the latest in a series of chilling attacks on intellectuals, writers and religious minorities for which only a handful of people have been convicted. At least six men carrying machetes and guns entered an apartment building in...
RIYADH: Saudi Defense Minister and Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman gestures during a press conference in Riyadh. — AFP
Deputy Crown Prince nicknamed 'Mr Everything' - Young Saudi prince holds power beyond his years
RIYADH: Saudi Defense Minister and Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman gestures during a press conference in Riyadh. — AFPRIYADH: Saudi Arabia's hard-charging Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman holds unusual power for a man of just 30, so much so that diplomats have nicknamed him "Mr Everything". The main public figure behind Monday's unveiling of a vast plan to restructure the kingdom's oil-dependent economy, the son of King Salman...
MANILA: This image shows Canadians John Ridsdel (right) and Robert Hall. Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau confirmed that the decapitated head of a Caucasian male recovered on Monday, April 25, 2016 in the southern Philippines belongs to Ridsdel, who was taken hostage by Abu Sayyaf militants in September 2015. — AP
Islamists behead Canadian hostage in the Philippines
MANILA: This image shows Canadians John Ridsdel (right) and Robert Hall. Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau confirmed that the decapitated head of a Caucasian male recovered on Monday, April 25, 2016 in the southern Philippines belongs to Ridsdel, who was taken hostage by Abu Sayyaf militants in September 2015. — APMANILA: Islamic militants in the Philippines have beheaded a Canadian hostage, raising fears for more than 20 other...
FLANDERS: This file photo taken on January 30, 2016 shows Belgian Femke Van Den Driessche racing during the women’s U23 race at the world championships cyclocross cycling, in Heusden-Zolder. The UCI global cycling governing body yesterday banned Femke Van den Driessche for six years for the first recorded case of using hidden motors in bike racing. — AFP
Belgian cyclist banned for 6 years for motorised doping
FLANDERS: This file photo taken on January 30, 2016 shows Belgian Femke Van Den Driessche racing during the women’s U23 race at the world championships cyclocross cycling, in Heusden-Zolder. The UCI global cycling governing body yesterday banned Femke Van den Driessche for six years for the first recorded case of using hidden motors in bike racing. — AFPBRUSSELS: The Belgian cyclist caught during competition in January with an electric motor...
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