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On their World Cup debut, Afghanistan became the first side in this edition to restrict a Test team to under 300 bowling first. Bangladesh made 267 thanks only to the counterattack by Shakib Al Hasan and Mushfiqur Rahim when their innings was teetering on the edge. Afghanistan started impressively, justifying their pace bowlers' growing reputation. Their bowling fell away somewhat ... Read More »

THAE CHAUNG, Myanmar —  Myanmar’s decision to revoke temporary identification cards for minorities is raising tensions among its 1.1 million Rohingya Muslims, who have effectively been disenfranchised just days after parliament approved a law affirming their right to vote in a referendum. Last week, the government of the Buddhist-majority nation announced that the temporary identification, known as white cards, Thousands of ... Read More »

RIYADH — The monthly salaries of Bangladeshi housemaids will be determined by supply and demand and the level of wages of workers in the private sector, according to a Bangladeshi official. “In all cases the salaries will not be less than SR800 a month,” Labor Attaché at the Bangladeshi Embassy in Riyadh Mohammed Sarwar Alam said.   He told Makkah on Monday ... Read More »

DAMMAM — Indonesian housemaids can no longer come to the Kingdom from Bahrain starting early next month as Jakarta has prevented its housemaids from going to Manama to work, Makkah reported on Tuesday quoting Bahraini labor market sources. An official at the Bahraini Labor Market Authority said Indonesian immigration authorities have banned the recruitment of housemaids to Bahrain. The official, who did ... Read More »

SYDNEY/JAKARTA — The transfer of two Australians to an Indonesian island prison for execution will not go ahead this week as planned, the attorney-general’s office said Tuesday, as Canberra pressed for their lives to be spared. Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran, ringleaders of the so-called Bali Nine heroin trafficking group, were to be transported this week to the high-security prison for ... Read More »

Green coffee has recently gained popularity for weight loss. However, its role in the same has been disputed. Those who have tried the beverage vouch for its usability. So should green coffee be your best friend if you want to slim down? Arab News interviewed nutritionist Dr. Shaima Zahir to learn more about green coffee and its effects. Green coffee ... Read More »

NEW DELHI: India’s Hindu nationalist Prime Minister Narendra Modi Tuesday promised a crackdown on religious violence and freedom of worship for all faiths after a series of attacks on churches. Modi has been heavily criticized for not speaking out earlier against religious violence, especially after the attacks on at least six Christian buildings, mainly churches, in the capital New Delhi since December. ... Read More »

LASHIO: Myanmar declared a state of emergency on Tuesday in a conflict-torn border region where ferocious fighting between the army and ethnic rebels has forced thousands of civilians to flee. Fugitives from the growing violence in northeast of the country described how they fled airstrikes and gun battles between the army and ethnic rebels, as the country’s president vowed “not ... Read More »

JERUSALEM: Scuba divers have discovered the largest trove of gold coins ever found off Israel’s Mediterranean coast — about 2,000 pieces dating back more than 1,000 years, the country’s antiquities authority said Tuesday. “The largest treasure of gold coins discovered in Israel was found in recent weeks on the seabed in the ancient harbor in Caesarea,” the authority said in ... Read More »

CAIRO: Egypt’s military prosecution has referred ousted President Muhammad Mursi and more than 190 others to a military tribunal, known for swift and harsh verdicts. Prosecutors charged Mursi and 198 members of the Muslim Brotherhood, including top leader Mohammed Badie, of inciting violence. The official says that the new case against Mursi opens on Feb. 23 and is A man ... Read More »

ADEN: Suspected Al-Qaeda gunmen killed a senior police officer and his bodyguard on Tuesday in Yemen’s southeastern province of Hadramawt, a stronghold of the extremist network, a security official said. Two men opened fire from a motorbike at the car of Col. Murad Al-Amudi, deputy director of criminal investigation in provincial capital Mukalla, the official said. Both the colonel and ... Read More »

CAIRO: Egypt called Tuesday for UN-backed international intervention in Libya after launching air strikes on Islamic State group targets following the beheadings of Egyptian Christians. President Abdel Fattah El-Sissi said “there is no choice” but to create a global coalition to confront the extremists in Libya, in an interview aired by France’s Europe 1 radio.   President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi. (AP) ... Read More »

The Ministry of Labor has said in clear terms that no more grace period would be granted to violators of residency and labor law regulations. The statement came in response to swirling rumors that the government was planning to give illegals another grace period. “No decision has been taken and no orders have been issued to grant any grace period to labor ... Read More »

GENEVA: Sri Lanka’s new government has won a six-month delay in the publication of a report on alleged war crimes, after the UN human rights chief praised its willingness to open the country up to scrutiny. Sri Lankan government forces have been accused of widespread human rights violations in the final stages of the civil war that ended in May ... Read More »

LONDON: Europe’s airlines are racing to add Wi-Fi to their planes, eager to attract Internet-hungry customers in a cut-throat short-haul market and potentially add millions of dollars of revenue through entertainment, services and advertising. US airline passengers already have a chance of accessing Wi-Fi on 66 percent of miles flown, against a worldwide average of 24 percent, according to data ... Read More »