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Minnesota man accused of conspiring to help IS
Abdirizak Mohamed Warsame MINNEAPOLIS: Another Minnesota man has been charged with conspiring to help the Islamic State. Abdirizak Mohamed Warsame, 20, of Eagan was charged Wednesday by criminal complaint with conspiracy to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization. Court documents allege Warsame tried to help other young men from Minnesota's Somali community travel to Syria to fight for the Islamic State. Nine others in that...
In this file photo, Republican presidential candidate, businessman Donald Trump, speaks during a rally coinciding with Pearl Harbor Day at Patriots Point aboard the aircraft carrier USS Yorktown in Mt Pleasant, S.C. —AP
Trump’s comment sparks anger - Republicans struggle with Trump fallout
In this file photo, Republican presidential candidate, businessman Donald Trump, speaks during a rally coinciding with Pearl Harbor Day at Patriots Point aboard the aircraft carrier USS Yorktown in Mt Pleasant, S.C. —AP DHAKA: Religious leaders in Asia yesterday condemned Donald Trump's inflammatory comments on Muslims, warning that the US presidential hopeful was helping the Islamic State group's cause and diminishing America's global...
JAKARTA: In this photo, a motorist rides on a bridge built on an area regularly flooded with seawater in Jakarta, Indonesia. —AP
Asia's coastal cities face challenge of rising seas - Global losses from flooding averaging at $6bn a year
JAKARTA: In this photo, a motorist rides on a bridge built on an area regularly flooded with seawater in Jakarta, Indonesia. —AP NEW DELHI: The future will be a watery one for some of the world's biggest cities. Predicted sea level increases this century mean many face increased flooding, stronger storm surges and unpredictable weather. How well coastal cities can cope will dramatically affect quality of life and their economic destiny....
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Dubai Fest: Topper sees cinema as cultural bridge-builder with West
Abdulhamid Juma was part of the initial team that founded the Dubai Intl. Film Festival (DIFF) in 2004, and has been its chairman since 2006. An influential figure in Arab cinema circles, Juma has shepherded the Dubai event to its current standing as a crucial Arab film industry driver amid shakeups in the Middle East festival landscape and also political turbulence and tragedy on the global stage. Shortly after the Paris attacks he spoke to...
Indian Bollywood actor Salman Khan (center) walks from Bombay High Court in Mumbai yesterday, after being acquitted of culpable homicide. — AFP
Salman Khan walks free from 2002 hit and run case
Indian Bollywood actor Salman Khan (center) walks from Bombay High Court in Mumbai yesterday, after being acquitted of culpable homicide. — AFP The Bombay High Court has acquitted Bollywood star Salman Khan of all charges in a long-running hit and run case. In Sept 2002, a vehicle owned by Khan, with him in it, ran over pavement dwellers in Mumbai, killing one and injuring four. After a protracted hearing process, a lower court found Khan...
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‘We will not bend to fear,’ Madonna says of Paris attacks
Madonna Singer Madonna made an emotional appeal following attacks in Paris a month ago that killed 130, shouting “We will not bend down to fear!” during a concert in the French capital on Wednesday. “I think of what happened almost four weeks ago now,” the visibly emotional artist said. “The heart of Paris and the heart of France beats in the heart of each city.” She continued: “We are one heart and our heart can beat as one... The...
In this photograph taken on November 7, 2015, visitors sample a variety of dishes at The Indigenous Mei-Ramew Food Festival in Mawphlang in India’s northeastern state of Meghalaya. — AFP photos
Spiders on the menu as northeast India embraces slow food
In this photograph taken on November 7, 2015, visitors sample a variety of dishes at The Indigenous Mei-Ramew Food Festival in Mawphlang in India’s northeastern state of Meghalaya. — AFP photos Welhite Naro proudly proffers his fried spiders and grilled crickets along with a somewhat less exotic dish of millet and squash-a small sample of the disappearing delicacies of India's remote northeast. Naro is a farmer from Nagaland, one of the...
NEW YORK: This Sept 29, 2015, photo provided by Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine shows seven week-old puppies born by in vitro fertilization at the Baker Institute for Animal Health. — AP
7 pups become world’s first test-tube puppies
NEW YORK: This Sept 29, 2015, photo provided by Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine shows seven week-old puppies born by in vitro fertilization at the Baker Institute for Animal Health. — AP LOS ANGELES: A team of veterinarians, scientists and lab workers gathered around a surrogate hound and watched her give birth to seven half-pound puppies, the first dogs ever conceived in a test tube. “We each took a puppy and rubbed it...
TOKYO: A pedestrian walks past a share price board illustrating the numbers on the Tokyo Stock Exchange (L) and another showing the yen-US dollar rate (R) in Tokyo yesterday. — AFP
Saudi stocks stay weak; Kuwait down, Egypt up - MIDEAST STOCK MARKETS
TOKYO: A pedestrian walks past a share price board illustrating the numbers on the Tokyo Stock Exchange (L) and another showing the yen-US dollar rate (R) in Tokyo yesterday. — AFP DUBAI: Egypt's market rose slightly yesterday, while Saudi Arabia's index again slipped back below a psychological support level, with investors wary ahead of the release of the kingdom's 2016 annual budget later this month. Riyadh's bourse dipped 0.3 percent to...
IRBIL: In this Thursday, Dec. 3, 2015, photo, women shop at Langa popular market, in Irbil, Iraq. Less than two years ago, Iraq’s northern Kurdish region was booming, as oil revenues poured in and foreign investors flocked to a rare island of stability in a turbulent region, but that all began to change when the black flags of the Islamic State group darkened the horizon. —AP
Black flags of IS darkened a once bright horizon - War, low oil prices cripple Iraq Kurds' once-vibrant economy
IRBIL: In this Thursday, Dec. 3, 2015, photo, women shop at Langa popular market, in Irbil, Iraq. Less than two years ago, Iraq’s northern Kurdish region was booming, as oil revenues poured in and foreign investors flocked to a rare island of stability in a turbulent region, but that all began to change when the black flags of the Islamic State group darkened the horizon. —AP IRBIL, Iraq: Less than two years ago, Iraq's northern Kurdish...
KEARNEY: US Customs and Border Protection officer Jerome Bria, foreground, carries a cache of counterfeit designer bags found in a shipment at H&M Terminals Transport Inc warehouse in Kearney, NJ. Counterfeiting today is a multibillion-dollar business in China, which produces nearly nine of every 10 fake items seized at US borders. —AP
Who’s probing fake Chinese goods? Fake investigators
KEARNEY: US Customs and Border Protection officer Jerome Bria, foreground, carries a cache of counterfeit designer bags found in a shipment at H&M Terminals Transport Inc warehouse in Kearney, NJ. Counterfeiting today is a multibillion-dollar business in China, which produces nearly nine of every 10 fake items seized at US borders. —AP SHANGHAI: Multinational corporations doing business in China face a losing battle when it comes to...
HOBART: Australia’s Shaun Marsh dives to avoid a run out against the West Indies during their cricket test match. — AP
Voges, Marsh put Australia in charge vs West Indies
HOBART: Australia’s Shaun Marsh dives to avoid a run out against the West Indies during their cricket test match. — AP HOBART: Adam Voges and Shaun Marsh scored unbeaten centuries and combined for a 317-run partnership to pace Australia to a commanding 438-3 on the opening day of the first test against the West Indies yesterday. Voges, who resumed on 9 after lunch and reached his century before tea at Bellerive Oval, was unbeaten on 174 at...
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22,000 obtain exit permit as rule takes effect from July 1
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KAFR MALIK: Palestinian mourners attend the funeral of three people killed the previous day in Kafr Malik in the Zionist occupied West Bank.-- AFP
6 Zionists held for attacking soldiers in West Bank
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BEIJING: Officials are seen in a group photo at the the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank's (AIIB) 10th annual meeting, held in Beijing from June 24 to 26, 2025.
AIIB membership opens new financing path for Kuwait
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KUWAIT: First Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Sheikh Fahad Al-Yousef Al-Sabah and Acting Interior Ministry Undersecretary Lt Gen Ali Al-Adwani visit husseiniyas to review security plans on June 27, 2025. - KUNA
Robust security plan for husseiniyas
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PILTON: Mo Chara and Moglai Bap of Irish rap band Kneecap perform on the fourth day of the Glastonbury festival on June 28, 2025. - AFP
Kneecap perform at Glastonbury despite ban calls