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The new law comes in an effort to reduce expat health costs. (Shutterstock) The State of Kuwait is no longer offering a residency permit to expats suffering from cancer, diabetes, high blood pressure and other non-infectious diseases. The new law comes in an effort to reduce expat health costs, reported StepFeed. The Kuwaiti Ministry of Health […]

A Russian ice cream company has come under fire from members of the Jewish community for one of their desserts for its name that translates as “Poor Jew”. “Introducing the ice cream ‘Poor Jew,’” the brand wrote on its VKontakte page—a Russian social network. “Try all this deliciousness, it turns out that he is not […]

An attendant hands out ballot papers to delegates at the third plenary session of the National People’s Congress (NPC), where delegates will vote on a constitutional amendment lifting presidential term limits, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China March 11, 2018 © Jason Lee / Reuters The Chinese National People’s Congress has […]

The mosque on Kühleweinstraße was badly damaged. Photo: Paul Zinken/dpa A mosque in Berlin was hit by an arson attack early on Sunday morning, hours after police said they were launching a probe into a similar attack on a mosque in Stuttgart. At shortly after 2am on Sunday morning, the fire department was called to […]

Migrants are seen at a naval base after being rescued by the Libyan coast guard in Tripoli, Libya, on March 10, 2018. (Reuters) Libya’s coastguard and an international charity ship picked up several hundred migrants on Saturday as smugglers trying to take advantage of calm seas launched a flurry of boats towards Italy. Libyan coastguard […]

More than 240 witnesses have been identified as police investigate the Russian ex-spy poisoning “at speed”, the home secretary has said. Amber Rudd praised the professionalism of the police who are now looking at more than 200 pieces of evidence. The investigation into the attempted murder of Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia is now […]

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei blasted certain countries for applying a double-standard approach to the use of chemical weapons. At a Saturday meeting with a group of youths in Tehran, the Leader pointed to the use of chemical weapons by the regime of the former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein against the […]

League flags in Varese. Photo: AFP In the picturesque northern city of Varese, nestled in Italy’s rich Lombardy region, voters turned en masse to the anti-immigration League party in the general election, convinced that only nationalists would put their interests first. “With the League in power, I won’t have to deal with people coming here […]

Kirkuk (IraqiNews.com) Seven security personnel of the pro-government paramilitary troops were killed and injured as a bomb blast targeted their patrol, southwest of Kirkuk, a source said on Saturday. Speaking to AlSumaria News, the source said, “a bomb exploded, in the evening, as a patrol of al-Hashd al-Shaabi (Popular Mobilization Forces) was passing at al-Najatiya […]

Spokesperson for the Syrian Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) Nuri Mahmoud speaks to Kurdistan 24 during a live broadcast interview, Qamishlo, Syrian Kurdistan, March 10, 2018. (Photo: Kurdistan 24) ERBIL, Kurdistan Region (Kurdistan 24) – A Spokesperson for the Syrian Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) on Saturday downplayed Turkey’s threats to expand its operations beyond […]