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GAZA CITY: A Palestinian Muslim woman poses for a photo holding a chocolate bearing an image of Santa Claus at a shop. — AFP

Gazans celebrate Christmas with heavy hearts

GAZA CITY: A Palestinian Muslim woman poses for a photo holding a chocolate bearing an image of Santa Claus at a shop. — AFPGAZA CITY: It is a bitter Christmas for Elias Manna, who will celebrate alone for the first time because his five sons have left the Gaza Strip, the Palestinian territory hit by three wars since 2008. "At first, they left to study there," Manna, 62, said as he stood before the large wooden cross in front of a church for...

LYON: In this June 28, 2015 file photo, the suspect in the beheading of a businessman, Yassine Salhi, a towel over his head to mask his face, is led by police officers as they leave his home in Saint-Priest. — AP

Frenchman who decapitated boss commits suicide in jail

LYON: In this June 28, 2015 file photo, the suspect in the beheading of a businessman, Yassine Salhi, a towel over his head to mask his face, is led by police officers as they leave his home in Saint-Priest. — APPARIS: A Frenchman who killed his boss and pinned his severed head to a fence at an industrial gas factory has committed suicide in his jail cell, prison authorities said yesterday. Yassin Salhi, 35, hanged himself from the bars of his...

This undated photo provided by the FBI shows Tashfeen Malik. Malik and her husband, Syed Farook, died in a fierce gunbattle with authorities several hours after their commando-style assault on a gathering of Farook’s colleagues from San Bernardino, California, County’s health department Wednesday, December 2, 2015. — AP

Slain Muslim students' families fighting grief to honor legacy

RALEIGH: Shortly before they were gunned down, a young Muslim couple was eating out with relatives when the conversation turned to anti-Islamic attitudes in the United States. It was January 2015, months before the massacres in Chattanooga, Paris and San Bernardino, California. Deah Barakat and Yusor Abu-Salha had just gotten married and started living together in an apartment near the University of North Carolina.When Barakat's mother worried...

ISLAMABAD: A Pakistani vendor sells Christmas placards on the outskirts of Islamabad. —AFP

Pakistan minorities live in fear after blasphemy mob killings

ISLAMABAD: A Pakistani vendor sells Christmas placards on the outskirts of Islamabad. —AFPKOT RADHA KISHAN: Four-year-old Aliya's life collapsed last year when her illiterate Christian parents were falsely accused of tossing out pages of the Koran in their rubbish, and then lynched and burnt on a brick kiln by an angry mob.The mob killing of Shama Bibi and Shahzad Masih triggered outrage in Pakistan, where desecration of Islam's holy book is...

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Rights groups rap India on harsher terms for minors

NEW DELHI: Rights groups yesterday denounced India's new legislation allowing tougher punishments for juveniles, which was sparked by a public outcry over the release of a young man involved in a deadly gang-rape. Lawmakers Tuesday passed a bill allowing minors aged 16-18 to be sentenced to at least seven years if convicted of "heinous crimes" including rape, murder and acid attacks. However, they will not face life imprisonment or the death...

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Russian sports minister denies doping cover-ups

MOSCOW: Russia’s sports minister says accusations that the government is covering up doping of athletes are unfounded. Russia’s track and field federation was suspended in November after a World Anti-Doping Agency panel accused the country of operating a widespread, state-sponsored doping program and covering up positive tests. Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko says “to blame such a country as Russia that we, on an absolute government level, are...

KELANTAN: In this Dec 22, 2015, photo, a Rayani Air flight crew checks the luggage compartment before departure at the Sultan Ismail Petra Airport. —AFP

Malaysia's Islamic airline takes off with a prayer - Islamic conditions adopted to avoid retribution

KELANTAN: In this Dec 22, 2015, photo, a Rayani Air flight crew checks the luggage compartment before departure at the Sultan Ismail Petra Airport. —AFPKUALA LUMPUR: The short domestic flight from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia's biggest city, begins with a recital of Prophet Muhammad's supplication before his travel. The passengers - most of them Muslims - cup their hands, as a crew member murmurs a short prayer over the loudspeaker just before...

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Poe in danger of Philippines presidential fight knockout

MANILA: A leading contender for the Philippine presidency, Senator Grace Poe, could be barred from standing next year after the election commission ruled Wednesday she was not a "natural born" Filipino. The neophyte politician, who topped the senatorial election in 2013, was a foundling with unknown parents who was adopted and raised by Philippine movie stars.She went to study in the United States in the late 1980s and lived there until April...

SHENZHEN, Guangdong: Rescuers search for survivors at the site where a giant flow of mud and construction waste engulfed buildings in Shenzhen, Guangdong province yesterday. —AFP

Survivors found as China pledges landslide probe - Probe into nation's latest industrial disaster

SHENZHEN, Guangdong: Rescuers search for survivors at the site where a giant flow of mud and construction waste engulfed buildings in Shenzhen, Guangdong province yesterday. —AFPBEIJING: Rescuers scrabbling through the debris of a huge three-day-old landslide discovered a young man alive in the mud yesterday, as China's cabinet announced a probe into the nation's latest industrial disaster.Tian Zeming survived for almost 72 hours on seeds and...

NUUK: People look at tuna fish caught in the waters off Greenland being loaded at the harbor in Nuuk, Greenland. — AFP

In Greenland, hopes for climate change boost economy - Greenlanders hope to cash in on rising temperatures

NUUK: People look at tuna fish caught in the waters off Greenland being loaded at the harbor in Nuuk, Greenland. — AFPNUUK: As the world struggles to limit climate change, some people in Greenland hope to cash in on rising temperatures with new species to fish, innovative exports and advances in farming. While the North Atlantic Island remains highly dependent on shrimp as its main export-it is known locally as "the pink gold"-warming waters...

WASHINGTON: Leon Perkins, 3, leans forward to take a bite of snow as he plays with his brother Conner, left, 2, and his father Erin at Snoqualmie Pass. The Seattle family headed to the mountains Tuesday to enjoy the new snow that fell overnight. — AP

Strange weather patterns across us linked to El Nino - County basking in above-average temperatures

WASHINGTON: Leon Perkins, 3, leans forward to take a bite of snow as he plays with his brother Conner, left, 2, and his father Erin at Snoqualmie Pass. The Seattle family headed to the mountains Tuesday to enjoy the new snow that fell overnight. — APSEATTLE: Astrid Rau just baked 16 kinds of Christmas cookies, including a batch in the shape of snowflakes. But she's nevertheless having trouble getting in the holiday spirit, thanks to forecasts...

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KUWAIT: People wander around Souq Al-Mubarakiya during Kuwait's national celebrations in this 2023 file photo. — KUNA

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KUWAIT: Kuwaiti officials meet with a delegation from the World Health Organization (WHO) to discuss turning Shaab into a United Nations healthy city. — KUNA

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KUWAIT: Hawalli Governor Ali Al-Asfar and a World Health Organization (WHO) delegation meet to discuss the requirements for turning Shaab and other Hawalli governorate areas into a healthy city. — KUNA

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BELGRADE: This photograph shows a sign for Naftna Industrija Srbije AD (NIS), and the company's owner OAO Gazprom Neft outside the headquarters in Belgrade, on January 8, 2025. -- AFP

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