ISLAMABAD: The lawyer for Asia Bibi, a Pakistani Christian acquitted of capital blasphemy charges last year, said on Wednesday that she had left the country and landed in Canada at least 12 hours ago, ending a ten-year long saga that has outraged Christians worldwide and been a source of division within Pakistan.Arab News could not…
LONDON: Former “Baywatch” star and now animal rights campaigner Pamela Anderson spoke emotionally after meeting WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange in a London prison on Tuesday, warning that his life was in danger.“It’s been very difficult to see Julian here and to make our way through the prison to get to him was quite shocking,” said…
MADRID: A Spanish militant cell funded itself through tax fraud on chicken, cheese and chocolate sold in Denmark, according to an investigation published Tuesday led by non-profit European newsroom Correctiv.The cell had raised at least eight million euros ($9 million) through the scheme since 2005 and spent it sending 24 Moroccans and two Spaniards to…
LONDON: Former “Baywatch” star and now animal rights campaigner Pamela Anderson spoke emotionally after meeting WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange in a London prison on Tuesday, warning that his life was in danger.“It’s been very difficult to see Julian here and to make our way through the prison to get to him was quite shocking,” said…
WINDSOR, UK: A beaming Prince Harry said his wife Meghan gave birth to a baby boy early Monday morning.Harry says he's "incredibly proud" of his wife and that they have a healthy baby boy who weighs 7 pounds 3 ounces. He has not yet been named.Harry said the child was a little bit overdue and…
NEW YORK: Donald Trump’s one-time personal lawyer Michael Cohen entered federal prison to serve a three-year sentence Monday for a crime he said was ordered by the US president, suggesting he still has more to tell about his former boss.Cohen, 52, was sentenced to prison in December after admitting he paid hush money during the…
NEW YORK: Donald Trump’s one-time personal lawyer Michael Cohen entered federal prison to serve a three-year sentence Monday for a crime he said was ordered by the US president, suggesting he still has more to tell about his former boss.Cohen, 52, was sentenced to prison in December after admitting he paid hush money during the…
JEDDAH: Muslims worldwide are welcoming the holy month of Ramadan with much anticipation and delight. Traditionally marked by the sighting of the crescent moon, more than 1 billion Muslims will celebrate and reflect on their faith as they fast from sunrise to sunset for the whole month. Designed to purify the body and focus on…
KATTANKUDY: Sri Lankan police on Sunday discovered a 10-acre camp in the eastern town of Kattankudy, where extremist militants linked to the deadly Easter attacks are believed to have practiced shooting and bombmaking.The walled terrain is nestled in a poor residential area on the outskirts of the home town of Zahran Hashim, who is believed…
JEDDAH: Muslims worldwide are welcoming the holy month of Ramadan with much anticipation and delight. Traditionally marked by the sighting of the crescent moon, more than 1 billion Muslims will celebrate and reflect on their faith as they fast from sunrise to sunset for the whole month. Designed to purify the body and focus on…
KIGALI: The remains of nearly 85,000 people murdered in Rwanda’s genocide were laid to rest Saturday in a somber ceremony in Kigali, a quarter of a century after the slaughter.Mourners sobbed as 81 white coffins containing the remains of 84,437 victims of the 1994 mass killings were buried at the Nyanza Genocide Memorial in the…
JAKARTA: Indonesian authorities resumed their tough stance against illegal fishing in the country’s waters by sinking 51 foreign ships Saturday, as the government ramps up efforts to exert greater control over its vast maritime territory.The seized ships were sunk at five ports across the archipelago, which has some of the world’s richest fishing grounds, the…
‘I shall reign with righteousness’: Thailand crowns king in ornate ceremonies BANGKOK: Thailand’s King Maha Vajiralongkorn on Saturday completed Buddhist and Brahmin rituals to symbolically transform him into a living god as the Southeast Asian nation crowned its first monarch in nearly seven decades.The coronation of King Vajiralongkorn, 66, took place inside the Grand Palace…
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump said he and Russian President Vladimir Putin discussed on Friday the possibility of a new accord limiting nuclear arms that could eventually include China in what would be a major deal between the globe’s top three atomic powers.Trump, speaking to reporters as he met in the Oval Office with Peter…
NICOSIA: Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades on Friday sacked the country’s police chief as pressure mounted over the authorities’ botched and delayed response to the killings of seven foreign women and girls.A letter by the president to Zacharias Chrysostomou, seen by AFP, informed the police chief that his services would be considered “terminated” as of May…
NICOSIA: Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades on Friday sacked the country’s police chief as pressure mounted over the authorities’ botched and delayed response to the killings of seven foreign women and girls.A letter by the president to Zacharias Chrysostomou, seen by AFP, informed the police chief that his services would be considered “terminated” as of May…
WAMENA, Indonesia: A Polish man was sentenced to five years in prison for treason on Thursday after meeting with rebels in the restive Indonesian province of Papua.Jakub Fabian Skrzypski, 39, was arrested in August and accused of plotting to overthrow the Indonesian government and making contact with an outlawed separatist group.“The charges of treason have…
WAMENA, Indonesia: A Polish man was sentenced to five years in prison for treason on Thursday after meeting with rebels in the restive Indonesian province of Papua.Jakub Fabian Skrzypski, 39, was arrested in August and accused of plotting to overthrow the Indonesian government and making contact with an outlawed separatist group.“The charges of treason have…
US says military killed 120 civilians abroad in 2018, lower than watchdog estimates WASHINGTON: United States military actions killed about 120 civilians and injured 65 others in Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan and Somalia last year, the Pentagon said in a report on Thursday, though the figures were far lower than those reported by watchdog groups.The annual…
KABUL: The Taliban announced that their delegates resumed talks with US diplomats in Doha on Wednesday, without representatives from President Ashraf Ghani’s government, in an effort to end the ongoing war in Afghanistan. Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said the meeting, led by US Special Envoy for Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad, was pre-planned and had no link to…
