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Sri Lanka detains 14 foreigners over $7.5m drug bust INTERNATIONAL

Sri Lanka detains 14 foreigners over $7.5m drug bust

Sri Lanka has detained 14 foreigners after seizing 110 kilograms of heroin worth $7.5 million from an Iranian fishing trawler in the country's biggest drug bust for nearly three years, police said Sunday.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Lawyer risks everything to save Pakistan's blasphemy accused INTERNATIONAL

Lawyer risks everything to save Pakistan's blasphemy accused

As Islamist protesters turned up the pressure on the Pakistani government this week to hang Asia Bibi, a Christian mother of five convicted of blasphemy, one man is risking his own life to stand between her and the gallows.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Young man sentenced to 10 years for illicit drug dealing ARABIA

Young man sentenced to 10 years for illicit drug dealing

A Doha Criminal Court has sentenced a young man to 10 years in jail and a fine of QR200,000 for illicit drug dealing and consumption.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Turkey detains 20 in nationwide anti-migrant smuggling operation ASIA

Turkey detains 20 in nationwide anti-migrant smuggling operation

Turkish police on Tuesday detained at least 20 people in a nationwide operation aimed at cracking down on the trafficking of migrants seeking to reach the European Union, reports said.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Man sentenced for kidnapping restaurant worker at gunpoint ARABIA

Man sentenced for kidnapping restaurant worker at gunpoint

A Doha Criminal Court has sentenced a man to five years in jail for kidnapping a restaurant worker by threatening him with a pistol, local Arabic daily Arrayah reported.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Expat gets 1-year jail for illegal money exchange ARABIA

Expat gets 1-year jail for illegal money exchange

An Arab expatriate man got a jail sentence of one year and subsequent deportation from a Doha Misdemeanor Court for practising illegal money exchange works.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Bid to smuggle cocaine: Transit passenger jailed ARABIA

Bid to smuggle cocaine: Transit passenger jailed

A Doha Criminal Court has sentenced a transit passenger to five years in jail and imposed a fine of QR200,000 on him for attempting to smuggle 133 capsules of cocaine.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Three held for bid to smuggle illicit drugs ARABIA

Three held for bid to smuggle illicit drugs

A Doha Criminal Court is hearing a case in which three persons are accused of attempting to smuggle illicit drugs into Qatar by sea.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
US indicts seven Iranians over hacking banks, dam INTERNATIONAL

US indicts seven Iranians over hacking banks, dam

The United States on Thursday unsealed computer hacking charges against seven Iranians working for firms linked to the Iranian government, accusing them of hacking ...

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Pakistan tainted liquor death toll rises to 23 INTERNATIONAL

Pakistan tainted liquor death toll rises to 23

The death toll among a group of Pakistanis who drank tainted liquor rose to 23 Tuesday after more died in hospitals, police said.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Indian police arrest students over beef rumours INTERNATIONAL

Indian police arrest students over beef rumours

Police in India arrested four students on charges of breaching the peace after rumours the men were cooking beef sparked protests, an officer said Thursday.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Indian student hacked to death for intercaste marriage INTERNATIONAL

Indian student hacked to death for intercaste marriage

An Indian student from the lowest Dalit caste was hacked to death and his wife critically injured in southern India in a suspected ‘honour killing’ by relatives angered by their marriage, police said Monday.

4:45 AM November 25 2016