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- CHICAGO: An American TV actor was criminally charged Thursday for allegedly masterminding an elaborate “publicity stunt” that sought to exploit the “pain and anger of racism” with a staged assault on the streets of Chicago. It was the latest twist in a weeks-long saga that has seen 36-year-old Jussie Smollett, ...
- CHICAGO: An American TV actor was criminally charged Thursday for allegedly masterminding an elaborate “publicity stunt” that sought to exploit the “pain and anger of racism” with a staged assault on the streets of Chicago. It was the latest twist in a weeks-long saga that has seen 36-year-old Jussie Smollett, ...
- OUBARI: In the southern Libyan city of Oubari, shops are shuttered and tension is palpable, as residents fear an imminent incursion by forces loyal to strongman Khalifa Haftar. We “dread the repercussions of military operations that are unfolding on the edge of town,” said 22-year-old hospital administrator Ali Senoussi, speaking ...
- NEAR BAGHOU: Trucks loaded with civilians left the last Daesh enclave in eastern Syria on Friday, as US-backed forces waited to inflict final defeat on the surrounded militants.Reporters near the front line at Baghouz saw dozens of trucks driving out with civilians inside them, but it was not clear if ...
- ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has re-instated a ban on two charities linked to the founder of a militant group that has carried out attacks in India, the interior ministry said on Friday.The ban comes as Pakistan faces international pressure to act against militant groups, amid escalating tension with its nuclear-armed neighbor, India, ...
- KANDAHAR, Afghanistan: Ali Ahmad Alizai has no choice but to obey when the Taliban come knocking on his door demanding food, shelter or a slice of his hard-earned harvest to fund their insurgency.“The Taliban run a dictatorship here. They have their own laws. We have some security, but no freedom,” ...
- WASHINGTON: The father of an Alabama woman who joined the Daesh group in Syria sued Thursday to bring her home after the Trump administration took the extraordinary step of declaring that she was not a US citizen.Hoda Muthana, 24, says that she regrets joining the extremists and is willing to ...
- DUBAI: Iran on Friday began large-scale naval drills at the mouth of the Gulf, which will feature its first submarine cruise missile launches, state media reported, at a time of rising tensions with the United States.More than 100 vessels were taking part in the three-day war games in a vast ...
- ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has re-instated a ban on two charities linked to the founder of a militant group that has carried out attacks in India, the interior ministry said on Friday.The ban comes as Pakistan faces international pressure to act against militant groups, amid escalating tension with its nuclear-armed neighbor, India, ...
- NEW DELHI: India’s Supreme Court on Friday ordered bolstered protection for Kashmiris who have faced a violent backlash from a suicide bombing in the troubled territory that killed 40 paramilitaries.More than 700 Kashmiri students, workers and traders have returned to the Himalayan region from the rest of India to escape ...
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Police slam US actor, say he staged racist attack to boost career
CHICAGO: An American TV actor was criminally charged Thursday for allegedly masterminding an elaborate “publicity stunt” that sought to exploit the “pain and anger of racism” with a staged assault ... -
Family of Daesh teen appeals to UK to help bring her child home
CHICAGO: An American TV actor was criminally charged Thursday for allegedly masterminding an elaborate “publicity stunt” that sought to exploit the “pain and anger of racism” with a staged assault ... -
Ethnic Tubus fear southern Libya offensive
OUBARI: In the southern Libyan city of Oubari, shops are shuttered and tension is palpable, as residents fear an imminent incursion by forces loyal to strongman Khalifa Haftar. We “dread ... -
Truckloads of civilians leave Daesh enclave in Syria
NEAR BAGHOU: Trucks loaded with civilians left the last Daesh enclave in eastern Syria on Friday, as US-backed forces waited to inflict final defeat on the surrounded militants.Reporters near the ... -
India seeks to control rivers into Pakistan as punishment
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has re-instated a ban on two charities linked to the founder of a militant group that has carried out attacks in India, the interior ministry said on Friday.The ... -
The Taliban have not changed, warn Afghans living under their rule
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan: Ali Ahmad Alizai has no choice but to obey when the Taliban come knocking on his door demanding food, shelter or a slice of his hard-earned harvest to ... -
Father of US-born woman who joined Daesh sues over citizenship
WASHINGTON: The father of an Alabama woman who joined the Daesh group in Syria sued Thursday to bring her home after the Trump administration took the extraordinary step of declaring ... -
First Arab-EU summit billed as chance to cooperate in troubled region
DUBAI: Iran on Friday began large-scale naval drills at the mouth of the Gulf, which will feature its first submarine cruise missile launches, state media reported, at a time of ... -
Pakistan reimposes ban on charities linked to militant leader
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has re-instated a ban on two charities linked to the founder of a militant group that has carried out attacks in India, the interior ministry said on Friday.The ... -
Muslim rebel commanders transform into Philippine officials
NEW DELHI: India’s Supreme Court on Friday ordered bolstered protection for Kashmiris who have faced a violent backlash from a suicide bombing in the troubled territory that killed 40 paramilitaries.More ... -
India’s top court orders protection for Kashmiris
NEW DELHI: India’s Supreme Court on Friday ordered bolstered protection for Kashmiris who have faced a violent backlash from a suicide bombing in the troubled territory that killed 40 paramilitaries.More ... -
Iran starts Gulf war games, to test submarine-launched missiles
BAGHDAD: Daesh fighters facing defeat in Syria are slipping across the border into Iraq, where they are destabilizing the country’s fragile security, US and Iraqi officials say.Hundreds — likely more ... -
From Syria, Daesh slips into Iraq to fight another day
BAGHDAD: Daesh fighters facing defeat in Syria are slipping across the border into Iraq, where they are destabilizing the country’s fragile security, US and Iraqi officials say.Hundreds — likely more ... -
Turkey orders 295 military personnel arrested over Gulen links
ISTANBUL: Turkey ordered the arrest of 295 serving military personnel on Friday, the prosecutor’s office said, accusing them of links to the network of US-based Muslim cleric Fethullah Gulen, who ... -
Australian judge sentences ‘mass murderer’ to life in prison
MELBOURNE, Australia: A man who drove a stolen car into lunchtime crowds in downtown Melbourne and killed six people was sentenced to life imprisonment Friday in what the judge described ... -
SpaceX rocket carrying moon-bound Israeli spacecraft lifts off
ISLAMABAD: For eight days in 1999 the world watched in horror as hijackers diverted an Indian Airlines flight to Afghanistan and held the passengers hostage, the drama ending only when ... -
Masood Azhar, militant leader at the heart of the Kashmir crisis
ISLAMABAD: For eight days in 1999 the world watched in horror as hijackers diverted an Indian Airlines flight to Afghanistan and held the passengers hostage, the drama ending only when ... -
US to leave 200 troops in Syria for a period of time - White House
WASHINGTON: The United States will leave “a small peacekeeping group” of 200 American troops in Syria for a period of time after a US pullout, the White House said on ... -
Largest mass grave of 3,500 people found outside Raqqa city in Syria
RAQQA: Two feet deep, below a plot of farmland outside the Syrian city of Raqqa, lies a large and deadly legacy of Daesh: A mass grave holding an estimated 3,500 ... -
Qatar Airways flight from Doha to Lagos diverted to Khartoum
LONDON: A Qatar Airways flight from Doha to Lagos, Nigeria was diverted to Khartoum, Sudan for unknown reasons on Thursday. According to data from the aircraft-tracking website FlightRadar24, the Qatar Airways jet ... -
Egyptian who killed daughter in Germany sentenced to life
DHAKA, Bangladesh: A devastating fire raced through densely packed buildings in a centuries-old district in Bangladesh’s capital, killing at least 81 people, officials and witnesses said Thursday.The fire in Dhaka’s ... -
Palestinians to cut civil servant salaries after Israeli tax freeze
PARIS: A top French Daesh jihadist who became notorious after voicing an audio recording claiming responsibility for the November 2015 attacks in Paris has been killed in an overnight airstrike, security ... -
Security chief in south Libya town assassinated: ministry
TRIPOLI: Armed men have murdered a security official in southern Libya, the UN-backed government said Thursday, a day after forces opposed to it said they had entered his town.The interior ... -
Protests against jail sentences for journalists in Turkey
ISTANBUL: A group of lawyers on Thursday gathered outside Istanbul’s main courthouse to protest against an appeal court’s upholding the convictions of former journalists and executives from opposition daily Cumhuriyet. ... -
Avalanche in Indian Himalayas kills 1, leaves 5 missing
BERLIN: A German court has sentenced a 33-year-old Egyptian man to life in prison for killing his daughter in a fit of jealousy.In its verdict Thursday, Duesseldorf's regional court noted ... -
Pelosi urges support for resolution to block border wall emergency
WASHINGTON: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Wednesday called upon lawmakers to back a resolution to halt the national emergency declared by US President Donald Trump to fund a wall on ... -
At least 70 killed in Bangladesh blaze
DHAKA, Bangladesh: A devastating fire raced through densely packed buildings in a centuries-old district in Bangladesh’s capital, killing at least 81 people, officials and witnesses said Thursday.The fire in Dhaka’s ... -
Is a spate of terror incidents in Egypt a ‘last dance’ for militants or a ...
Are the latest terror incidents in Egypt a ‘last dance’ for militants or a failure in security operations? CAIRO: Three terrorist attacks in the space of as many days have ... -
US envoy urges tighter business ties between Israeli settlers, Palestinians
JERUSALEM: The US ambassador to Israel on Thursday urged deeper business ties between Israeli settlers and Palestinian businessmen in the occupied West Bank, angering Palestinian leaders.David Friedman, who was appointed ... -
Sudan government arrests opposition leaders ahead of protest
PARIS: A top French Daesh jihadist who became notorious after voicing an audio recording claiming responsibility for the November 2015 attacks in Paris has been killed in an overnight airstrike, security ...
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