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An investigation by Swedish news agency TT suggests that Stockholm terror suspect Rakhmat Akilov was in direct contact with high-level members of Isis before, during and after the April 2017 attack. A CCTV image of Akilov following the attack taken from the police investigation. Photo: Polisen/TT The news agency, in collaboration with US government-funded broadcaster […]

The president renewed his attacks on senior law enforcement officials, saying they favor Democrats. President Donald Trump accused officials at the FBI and the Justice Department on Friday of having “politicized” their investigations, ratcheting up his attacks on law enforcement agencies as he readies the release of an incendiary memo alleging wrongdoing by top bureau […]

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani speaks at the gathering of people in the city of Sirjan in Kerman province on February 1, 2018. In an apparent rebuke to his US counterpart, President Hassan Rouhani has rejected Washington’s claim of having “sympathy” for the Iranian people, saying the nation has not forgotten the American acts of aggression […]

At least four people suffered gunshot wounds and dozens were injured as violent clashes between Afghan and Eritrean migrants broke out in and around the French port city of Calais. French Interior Minister Gerard Collomb (C) meets with gendarmes on February 2, 2018 in Calais, northern France, following a large brawl between a hundred migrants […]

Ninety migrants are feared drowned after a boat capsized off the Libyan coast, says the UN’s migration agency. Three survivors said most of those who drowned were Pakistani nationals. Libya has for years been a major transit route for migrants trying to reach southern Europe by sea. The number trying to reach Italy from Libya […]

Spectacular images of a rare lunar event dubbed called the “super blue blood Moon”, which has dazzled skygazers around the world, were captured from the far northern Norwegian archipelago Svalbard on Wednesday. A ‘super blue blood Moon’ over Svalbard on January 31st 2018. Photo: Heiko Junge / NTB scanpi The phenomenon occurs when a total […]

Expats in Saudi Arabia shall no more be allowed to work in 12 areas of work, the Ministry of Labour and Social Development has stated. (AFP) According to the Saudi Gazette, the decision will come into effect from the next Hijri year. Expats shall be restricted from working in watch shops, optical stores, medical equipment stores, electrical […]

Two students were shot and wounded, one critically, inside a Los Angeles middle school classroom Thursday morning and police took a 12-year-old female student into custody, authorities said. Los Angeles Fire department’s Erik Scott, far right, police officers and school officials gather outside the Belmont Middle School in Los Angeles Thursday, Feb. 1, 2018 (AP […]

Ras Al Khaimah has achieved a Guinness World Records title with its latest adventure tourism product – ‘Jebel Jais Flight: The World’s Longest Zipline’.  The official certification was handed over today to HH Sheikh Saud Bin Saqr Al Qasimi, Member of Supreme Council and Ruler of Ras Al Khaimah, by Hoda Khachab, the official adjudicator […]