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Security forces, Red Cross and rescue workers carry body bags with the remains of victims after a fire ripped through a boat carrying tourists to islands north of the capital, at Muara Angke port in Jakarta, Indonesia. Darren Whiteside / Reuters JAKARTA // At least 23 people were killed and 17 others were missing after a ferry caught fire on...

A still image from a video posted by the Taliban on social media on December 19, 2016 shows American Caitlan Colema, left, speaking next to her Canadian husband Joshua Boyle and their two sons born in captivity. Taliban/Social media via Reuters Couple captured by Taliban appear in hostage video with children KABUL // An American-Canadian couple held hostage by the Taliban...

Afghanistan's first female fixed-wing pilot Niloofar Rahmani poses at an airfield in Kabul on April 26, 2015. Shah Marai/AFP KABUL // The shock announcement that Afghanistan’s first female fixed-wing pilot is seeking asylum in the United States has sparked a national debate on the most concerning issues facing the country: insecurity, women’s rights and mass exodus of young people. Niloofar Rahmani,...

Qatar on Monday formally announced the end of its controversial “kafala” system, arguably the biggest ever labor reform undertaken by the 2022 football World Cup host nation. In a long-expected announcement, Labor Minister Issa bin Saad Al-Jafali Al-Nuaimi said the “kafala” rules would be abolished effective Dec. 13. He said a contract-based system to govern the country’s 2.1 million foreign...

The much awaited shopping mall, the Mall of Qatar has finally been thrown open to public. The 500, 000 square meter mall welcomed hundreds of visitors yesterday who had come to get a first-hand taste of the offerings the new mall is showcasing. A special breakfast was held for the media personnel at the Al Rayyan Hotel by the...

In a crime involving an online scam, two Nigerian men have been sentenced to 10 years in prison and their subsequent deportation thereafter by the Doha Criminal Court. As the Arrayah reports, the two men have also been fined QR200,000 by the court. According to the Gulf Times, the court found them guilty of running a fake online firm where they...

TWIN blasts followed by gunfire have been heard near an international airport, according to reports. The incident took place at Aden Adde International Airport, in the Somalian capital Mogadishu. It is not yet clear whether there are any casualties. It comes just hours ater a Syrian man, reportedly carrying a bomb, shouted “Allahu Akbar” at Antalya Airport, in Turkey. The blast was followed...

One of the Lebanese citizens who were killed in a New Year’s Eve attack on a nightclub in Turkey had written an eerie post to her Facebook before flying to Istanbul, it has been revealed. Rita Chami, who had lost her mother to cancer four months ago, had posted: “Hopefully we will have fun , worst case scenario is that...

Executions in Kuwait are carried out by hanging A court in Kuwait on Monday sentenced a couple to death after finding them guilty of torturing their three-year-old daughter until she died, it said in a statement. The parents, both Kuwaitis, were arrested in May and accused of beating and torturing the girl until she died and then keeping her body in...

According the figures released by the Ministry of Development Planning and Statistics, Qatar reached its highest ever population which was approximately 2,637,000 in November. However, it saw a dip in December as most of the residents are away from the country. As the residents start to return to the country after vacation the population is expected to beat the November...

The Boeing 787 Dreamliner at Dubai International Airport's Terminal 2 in Dubai. Delta Air Lines has cancelled and order for the jetliners. Jeff Topping / The National Delta Air Lines said that in agreement with Boeing it would cancel an order for 18 787 Dreamliner aircraft, which it assumed as a part of its merger with Northwest Airlines. The...

The study of 1,500 households concludes that although men were generally supportive of women getting a job, marriage and children could stop women from pursuing employment. Getty Images DUBAI // Women in the emirate have their husbands’ support if they choose to work, but some social and patriarchal attitudes can make it hard for them to join the workforce, a...

CCTV footage shows the Algerian man rushing out from the building. DUBAI – An Algerian businessman who beat and stabbed to death a Chinese accountant inside an elevator so he could steal Dh1.02 million in the man’s bag will be executed for the murder. The Dubai court upheld the Algerian’s death sentence on Wednesday. In February, the Dubai Court of First...

Zainal, the leader of the group of boys who brutally raped and murdered a 14-year-old schoolgirl in Sumatra, was sentenced to the death penalty by an Indonesian court on Thursday, September 29. The leader of the gang accused of raping and murdering a teenage schoolgirl was sentenced to death in a court on Sumatra island. Four other members of the...