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Lisa Smith joined the Islamic State group after divorcing her husband for not following her at the age of 33. (Photo: ScreenGrab)World
IS bride, Lisa Smith says she did not train fighters

She and her two-year-old daughter are being held in a camp for IS women and children.

5 July 2019 5:33 PM IST

An Indian woman has won a whopping USD 3.2 million in the monthly raffle draw in the UAE and said that she wants to use a part of the money for underprivileged people, especially women, according to media reports on Friday. (Photo: Facebook/ BigTicketAbuDhabi)World
Kerala woman wins over USD 3 mn in UAE raffle, says would use it for...

Sopna Nair, who won Dh12 million in Big Ticket Abu Dhabi raffle, said she also wishes to support her and husband's...

5 July 2019 12:53 PM IST

\If you seek a customer, and a customer comes forward and makes payments like clockwork, how can you not give that customer their goods? This would be robbery,\ says Erdogan (Photo: AFP)World
Refusal to deliver F-35 jets would be 'robbery', says Erdogan

Turkey had already paid USD 1.4 billion, while its defence industry has ploughed significant sums into the warplanes'...

4 July 2019 6:26 PM IST

Sheikh Khalid was the founder and creative director of a fashion brand, QASIMI, and debuted his collection in 2008. (Photo: AFP)World
Sheikh Khalid, Sharjah ruler's son, dies unexplained death in London...

A 'sudden death' was reported at a residential property and a 'man in his late 30s was found deceased', said a police...

4 July 2019 6:21 PM IST

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. (Photo: ANI)World
Solution possible for China's Muslims: Erdogan

Chinese state media claimed Erdogan said ethnic minorities live happily in Xinjiang, but he made no such comments to...

4 July 2019 3:50 PM IST

The statue of Pharoah Tutankhamun (Photo: AFP)World
Tutankhamun procedes for sale despite Egypt's disapproval

"The auction house still has not furnished the papers with Egyptian authorities", the statement added.

4 July 2019 2:46 PM IST

President Hassan Rouhani said Iran will exceed the uranium enrichment limit it agreed upon in a 2015 deal. (Photo: AFP)World
Rouhani says Iran to exceed uranium enrichment limit

It threatened to abandon further nuclear commitments, including exceeding the agreed uranium enrichment maximum from...

3 July 2019 6:16 PM IST

Benjamin Netanyahu brandished a rectangular piece of dark green metal which he called a piece of that Iranian drone, or whats left of it, after we shot it down. (Photo: File)World
Iran trying to blackmail' world by violating nuclear deal: Israel

Iran said Monday it had exceeded a limit on its enriched uranium reserves set under a 2015 nuclear deal that has edged...

3 July 2019 9:50 AM IST

Turkeys First Lady Emine Erdogan recently attracted criticism after she was spotted carrying a handbag that was priced USD 50,000 during her trip to Japan with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. (Photo: ANI)World
Turkey's First Lady faces criticism for carrying USD 50,000 handbag:...

The price tag of the handbag was equivalent to a year's minimum wage of 11 people when Turkey is trying to recover from...

3 July 2019 9:06 AM IST

According to the researchers, walnuts contain alpha-linolenic acid (ALA), which is a plant-based omega-3 that may positively affect blood pressure. (Photo: Representational/Pexels)World
Dubai woman caught smuggling drugs inside walnuts

In another case, a man was trying to sneak in with the drugs by hiding the prohibited item in the battery of the cell...

2 July 2019 8:25 PM IST

Houthis are leading a bloody military campaign in Yemen against internationally recognised President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi. (Photo: ANI)World
Houthi attacks Saudi airport again, 1 Indian among 9 injured

Earlier, the Iran-backed Houthis said that they launched launched a wide operation aimed at warplanes at Abha...

2 July 2019 1:51 PM IST

The US insists Iraq wean itself off Iranian energy, but Baghdad has said that could take up to four years, during which it would need to keep purchasing at least Iranian gas. (Photo: File I ANI)World
Iraq sets up 'loophole' in US sanctions to buy Iranian power

Iraq has an outstanding bill of around 2 billion for previous gas and electricity purchases, according to Iranian Oil...

2 July 2019 1:11 PM IST

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