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JERUSALEM: Father Nikodemus Schnabel spokesperson of the Dormition Abbey points towards anti-Christian graffiti in Hebrew, daubed on the Church of the Dormition, one of Jerusalem’s leading pilgrimage sites. — AFP

Jerusalem church hit by anti-Christian graffiti

JERUSALEM: Father Nikodemus Schnabel spokesperson of the Dormition Abbey points towards anti-Christian graffiti in Hebrew, daubed on the Church of the Dormition, one of Jerusalem’s leading pilgrimage sites. — AFPJERUSALEM: Anti-Christian graffiti has been sprayed on a wall of a Jerusalem abbey built where tradition says the mother of Jesus died, police said yesterday, in an incident similar to previous acts blamed on Jewish extremists. The...

SOUTH CAROLINA: Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks at the South Carolina Tea Party Convention, Saturday, Jan. 16, 2016, at the Springmaid Beach Resort in Myrtle Beach. -- AP

Real estate mogul can't recite single Bible verse - Trump treads among evangelicals in search for holy Christian votes

SOUTH CAROLINA: Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks at the South Carolina Tea Party Convention, Saturday, Jan. 16, 2016, at the Springmaid Beach Resort in Myrtle Beach. -- APWASHINGTON: Manhattan billionaire Donald Trump, a pro-abortion Republican until recently, appears to have little in common with evangelical Christians. But he is increasingly gaining their support as he openly courts this key voting bloc. Just two weeks out...

Czech President Milos Zeman

Czech leader: EU Muslims 'impossible to integrate'

Czech President Milos ZemanPRAGUE: Czech President Milos Zeman, known for his fiery anti-migrant comments, said yesterday that it was almost impossible to integrate the Muslim community into European society. "The experience of Western European countries which have ghettos and excluded localities shows that the integration of the Muslim community is practically impossible," Zeman said in a televised interview."Let them have their culture in...

OUAGADOUGOU: A policeman stands guard in front of the Splendid hotel yesterday following a jihadist attack by Al-Qaeda linked gunmen late on January 15. —AFP

Regional jihadists expanding in West Africa - Security forces hunt down possible surviving Burkina hotel attackers

OUAGADOUGOU: A policeman stands guard in front of the Splendid hotel yesterday following a jihadist attack by Al-Qaeda linked gunmen late on January 15. —AFPOUAGADOUGOU: Security forces were hunting yesterday for any possible surviving gunmen from an attack on a top hotel in Burkina Faso that left at least 29 people dead and showed the expanding reach of regional jihadists in West Africa. The drama saw Burkinabe troops, backed by French...

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Pakistan arrests imam after boy cuts hand off in blasphemy error

ISLAMABAD: Pakistani police have arrested the imam of a mosque for inciting violence after a 15-year old boy who was told by the cleric that he was a blasphemer went home and cut off his own hand. Shabbir Ahmed was delivering a sermon at a village in the east of Punjab province when he asked the gathering if anyone did not love the Prophet Mohammad.Mishearing the question, the 15-year old boy raised his hand. Ahmed quickly singled him out and...

TEHRAN: Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, center, gestures as he is greeted by lawmakers at the parliament to present draft of the country’s next year budget and sixth development plan in Tehran yesterday. — AP

Airbus plan heralds Iran boom as sanctions lifted - Rouhani says economy now 'free of chains,' eyes $30-50bn in FDI

TEHRAN: Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, center, gestures as he is greeted by lawmakers at the parliament to present draft of the country’s next year budget and sixth development plan in Tehran yesterday. — APDUBAI: A purchase of more than 100 aircraft from Europe's Airbus may be one of Iran's first big deals in a trade and investment boom that could reshape the economy of the Middle East."The legs of Iran's economy are now free of the...

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Bahrah Trading Company wins prestigious award from HINO

KUWAIT: Bahrah Trading Company (BTC), one of the Al-Sayer Group Holding Companies has won top honor at the Middle East and Africa Region HINO Service skill contest recently held at Hino Sharjah Training Center.Scripting a remarkable achievement Jonathan Galvez Mariano, Specialist Technician - BTC Hino service won the Champion Award at the event. Hino Middle East Office and Training Centre, a branch of Hino Motors Ltd. Japan, has organized a...

Pinak Maitra

KIPCO repays KD 80 million bond - 'Our prudent funding policies have served us well: ' Group CFO

Pinak MaitraKUWAIT: KIPCO, the Kuwait Projects Company, has announced that it has repaid its KD 80 million ($264 million) bond. The bond, which was issued in January 2012, was the largest local bond issued by a Kuwaiti corporate.As part of its strategy, KIPCO regularly raises money in the local and international debt markets, and will continue to do so with the aim of diversifying its investor base and providing the company with financial...

MONROVIA: This file photo taken on August 31, 2014 showing children walk past a slogan painted on a wall reading “Ebola”. —AFP

Sierra Leone puts over 100 people in quarantine after new Ebola death

MONROVIA: This file photo taken on August 31, 2014 showing children walk past a slogan painted on a wall reading “Ebola”. —AFPFREETOWN: Sierra Leone's government on Saturday urged the public not to panic as it announced that more than 100 people had been quarantined following a new death from Ebola just as the country seemed to have overcome the epidemic. The World Health Organization on Friday confirmed that a 22-year-old woman who died...

Mohammad Al-Khalaf

Kuwaiti Mohammad Al-Khalaf publishes a new study

Mohammad Al-KhalafKuwait: A new study from the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute and University of Ottawa, at the Dr Megeney Regenerative Medicine program laboratory, recently published at Nature Cell Discovery 2016, uncovers a fascinating link between the process of muscle generation and DNA damage repair within newly developing cells.Lead author of the study, Kuwaiti PhD candidate Mohammad Al-Khalaf, describes the results as "exciting link...

In this photo provided by Paramount Pictures shows Pablo Schreiber, from left, as Kris “Tanto” Paronto, John Krasinski as Jack Silva, David Denman as Dave “Boon” Benton and Dominic Fumusa as John “Tig” Tiegen, in the film, “13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi” from Paramount Pictures and 3 Arts Entertainment/Bay Films. The movie releases in US theaters.—AP

Director Bay: Benghazi movie steers clear of politics

In this photo provided by Paramount Pictures shows Pablo Schreiber, from left, as Kris “Tanto” Paronto, John Krasinski as Jack Silva, David Denman as Dave “Boon” Benton and Dominic Fumusa as John “Tig” Tiegen, in the film, “13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi” from Paramount Pictures and 3 Arts Entertainment/Bay Films. The movie releases in US theaters.—APThe very word "Benghazi" screams politics to most people -...

This July 26, 2013, file photo shows Canadian music star Celine Dion, right, and husband Rene Angelil posing for photos after being decorated with the Order of Canada in Quebec City.—AP

Celine Dion's brother dies days after death of her husband

This July 26, 2013, file photo shows Canadian music star Celine Dion, right, and husband Rene Angelil posing for photos after being decorated with the Order of Canada in Quebec City.—APThe 59-year-old brother of award-winning Canadian singer Celine Dion died after a long battle with cancer on Saturday, two days after the death of Dion's husband, her representatives said in a statement. Daniel Dion, the eighth oldest of 13 siblings, "passed...

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