Changing times for Saudi’s once feared morality police
In deeply conservative Saudi Arabia the religious police once elicited terror, chasing men and women…
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Cricket must root out ‘deep-seated’ racism or face financial hit, say MPs
Public money should be withheld from cricket unless the sport makes clear progress in rooting out “deep-seated”…
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Crime wave grips Arabs in Israel ‘by the throat’
Sami Abu Shamsia’s wrists were swathed in bandages covering wounds he says were inflicted by mobsters…
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US judge denies Prince Andrew plea to dismiss US sex case
A US judge on Wednesday denied Prince Andrew’s plea to dismiss a sexual assault lawsuit brought…
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Cameroon senator killed in restive anglophone region
An opposition senator was shot dead in western Cameroon where a bloody insurgency has been waged by…
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SAfrican indigenous ‘king’ arrested for growing pot at presidency
South African police Wednesday uprooted cannabis plants grown by indigenous activists who have camped…
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Mali strongman urges protests against ‘extreme’ sanctions
Mali’s ruling junta has called for nationwide demonstrations on Friday to protest regional sanctions…
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Beninese pray to Voodoo’s sea goddess of fertility and beauty
The waves rumble and crash onto a beach in southern Benin as dozens of followers of Mami Wata, goddess…
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S.Africa parliament fire suspect charged with terrorism
A man suspected of starting a fire that gutted South Africa’s parliament made a second court appearance…
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Prominent lecturer and Taliban critic released after arrest: daughter
A prominent Afghan university professor arrested by Taliban authorities after criticising them on television…
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