Saudi cleric slammed over fatwa on women cashiers
RIYADH: A conservative Saudi cleric was told to stop giving unauthorized edicts after he called for a boycott of a supermarket chain that employs women as cashiers, the office of…
Nails, needles removed from abused Sri Lankan maid
COLOMBO: Doctors removed 13 nails and five needles from a Sri Lankan maid who says the couple she worked for in Saudi Arabia hammered them into her body. L.G. Ariyawathi,…
Nigeria teens sold for prostitution in Ivory Coast
JOHANNESBURG: Human Rights Watch says Nigerian women and girls are being forced into prostitution in neighboring Ivory Coast. An HRW report released Friday says that dozens of Nigerian woman had…
2 injured when plane skids off runway in Iran
TEHRAN: Iranian media says two passengers were lightly injured when a plane skidded off the runway after landing at an airport in northern Iran. The state news agency IRNA says…
Reports: Iran bars local coverage of opposition
DUBAI: Iranian media have been prohibited from mentioning opposition leaders, including former President Mohammad Khatami, under a purported media directive that would further strengthen the government's grip over the remaining…
Bin Laden’s bodyguard warns of escalation in Yemen
SANAA: A former bodyguard of Osama bin Laden warned of an escalation in fighting between Al-Qaeda and Yemeni authorities and predicted the government would need outside intervention to stay…
France urges EU to threaten Iran sanctions over stoning
PARIS: France has urged the European Union to threaten new sanctions against the Iranian regime in the case of a woman sentenced to be stoned to death, in a foreign…
Iraq police arrest three suspects in deadly car bombing
KUT: Iraqi police arrested three suspected Al-Qaeda members implicated in a deadly car bombing earlier this week in a pre-dawn raid south of Baghdad on Friday, a senior officer said.…
UN anti-racism panel calls on Iran to counter hatred
GENEVA: The UN anti-racism panel Friday called on Iran to counter racism and ethnic discrimination, including incitement to hatred by officials and "double discrimination suffered by women from minorities. The…
Iraq gunmen kill three anti-Qaeda militiamen
TIKRIT: Gunmen killed three anti-Qaeda militiamen in northern Iraq overnight in the latest revenge attack against the force credited with turning the tide against the jihadists, police said on Friday.…