Category Archives: World
Pakistan Taleban claims responsibility for airport attack; 26 killed
Kuwait ex-MPs get suspended jail terms for insulting emir
KUWAIT CITY: Kuwait’s supreme court on Sunday handed three former opposition MPs 20-month suspended jail terms for publicly insulting the emir, overturning an acquittal by the appeals court. The court, whose rulings are final, also ordered Falah Al-Sawwagh, Khaled Al-Tahus
Sisi sworn in as Egypt’s president
Pope wades into Mideast peace-making
• Peres’ participation seen undermining Netanyahu’s attempts to isolate the Palestinians VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis waded head-first into Mideast peace-making Sunday, welcoming the Israeli and Palestinian presidents to the Vatican for an evening of peace prayers just weeks after
Militants attack airport in Karachi, 26 dead
Delhi welcomes ‘fruitful’ summit with Beijing
Double bombing at Kurdish party office kills 19 in Iraq
BAGHDAD: A double bombing at a Kurdish party office killed 19 people in a town northeast of Baghdad on Sunday, Iraqi officials said. Police officials said the attack took place in the morning when a suicide bomber set off his
Indian minister says rapes happen “accidentally”
NEW DELHI — A minister from Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ruling party has said rapes happen “accidentally” in the latest controversial remarks by a politician amid renewed anger over attacks against women. Ramsevak Paikra, the home minister of central
Indians riot as extreme heat wave prompts power cuts
LUCKNOW, India — Thousands of people enraged by power cuts during an extreme heat wave have been rioting across northern India, setting electricity substations on fire and taking power company officials hostage, officials said on Saturday. The impoverished state of
Pakistan teen shot, thrown in canal over marriage
ISLAMABAD — An 18-year-old Pakistani woman “miraculously survived” after being shot and thrown into a canal by her father for marrying against the family’s wishes, police said on Saturday, describing the latest in a series of such attacks on women
New TV channel for ‘comfortably British’ Muslims set for launch
British Muslim TV, a new channel aimed at British Muslims is set for launch this month. Its arrival joins an already growing number of specialized, niche channels for religious and ethnic minorities in recent years. But unlike most of these
Yas Island: Fun for the family
Yas Island is a great destination for those who are looking for business opportunities as well as for leisure. In 2009, it was named the World’s Leading Tourism Project at the World Travel Awards. 2012 figures show over three million
Cairo levies $25 tax on tourists
CAIRO: An Egyptian airport official says authorities have levied a new airport tax on tourists leaving the country, a move that has been criticized as being a further deterrent for vacationers considering the country as a holiday destination. An airport
Police, strikers clash in Brazil; FIFA confident
SAO PAULO: Police clashed with striking subway workers in Sao Paulo on Friday as traffic chaos gripped the Brazilian mega-city less than a week before it hosts the World Cup’s opening game. Police fired tear gas and swung batons to
Suicide bombers, fighting kill 36 in northern Iraq
MOSUL, Iraq: Twin suicide bombings targeting Iraq’s Shabak minority and fighting between security forces and militants killed 36 people in the northern province of Nineveh on Friday, officials said. Provincial capital Mosul is one of Iraq’s most dangerous cities, with
Sudan police break up demo for ex-PM
KHARTOUM: Club-wielding police broke up a protest Friday by supporters of jailed Sudanese opposition leader Sadiq Al-Mahdi, beating up demonstrators, an AFP correspondent said. Mahdi, an ex-premier who heads the opposition Umma Party, was arrested on May 17 for alleged
Turkish police charge man with ‘electrocuting wife’
ANKARA: A Turkish man is charged with electrocuting his wife as punishment for giving birth to a girl — while on the phone to police who failed to avert the crime, media reported Friday. The 29-year-old from southeastern Diyarbakir province
Egypt prosecutors demand ‘maximum’ jail term for Al-Jazeera correspondents
CAIRO: Egyptian prosecutors on Thursday demanded the “maximum” penalty, ranging from 15 to 25 years in jail, for all 20 defendants in the trial of Al-Jazeera journalists accused of aiding the blacklisted Muslim Brotherhood. Australian journalist Peter Greste and two
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