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Women who slapped Israeli soldiers arrested

Ramallah - Arab Today

Israeli forces arrested a third Palestinian woman on Wednesday in connection with a viral video showing Israeli soldiers being slapped in the occupied West Bank. Soldiers arrested Nour Naji Tamimi, 21, from the village of Nabi Saleh north of Ramallah in the West Bank, residents said. Cousin Ahed Tamimi, 17, a well-known campaigner against Israel’s occupation, was arrested on TuesdayRead more

Dozen hurt as car hits crowd in Melbourne

Melbourne - Arab Today

A car plowed into a crowd in Australia’s second-largest city on Thursday, injuring at least a dozen people, some of them seriously, officials said. Victoria state police said they had arrested the driver of the car after it “collided with a number of pedestrians” in downtown Melbourne at a busy intersection just before 5pm local time (0600 GMT). Police didRead more

Swedish man arrested at UK airport suspected of terrorism

London - Arab Today

British police say they have arrested a Swedish man at Stansted Airport, north of London, on suspicion of terrorism offenses. The 34-year-old man was stopped by counter-terrorism police officers after he got off a flight from Stockholm early Tuesday. Metropolitan Police said Wednesday he was arrested on suspicion of possessing “material containing information likely to be useful to a personRead more

Brazil charges Swiss bank manager with laundering bribe money

Brasilia - Arab Today

Federal prosecutors on Tuesday charged a Spanish-Swiss banker with laundering $21.7 million in graft money for Brazilian clients involved in the country’s largest corruption scandal, including jailed former lower house speaker Eduardo Cunha. David Muino Suarez, a relationship manager of Zurich-based BSI bank, was arrested at Sao Paulo’s Guarulhos airport as he got off a flight from Switzerland on Nov.Read more

Reuters demands Myanmar release its 2 journalists

Bangkok - Arab Today

Reuters news agency called on Myanmar to immediately release its two journalists who were arrested for possessing “important secret papers” obtained from two policemen who had worked in Rakhine state, where violence widely blamed on security forces has forced more than 625,000 minority Rohingya Muslims to flee into neighboring Bangladesh. The Ministry of Information said Wednesday the journalists and policemenRead more

ATM cyber heists hit Pakistan banks

Islamabad - Arab Today

An ATM scam affecting hundreds of debit card users in Pakistan has led to several arrests by the country’s Federal Investigation Agency (FIA), which apprehended another four suspects on Sunday. FIA official Abdul Ghaffar Mirani told Arab News that investigators have unearthed a scam of about $105,000 and expected the number to rise after digital forensic experts searched confiscated equipmentRead more

Thousands rally demanding Saakashvili's release

Kiev - Arab Today

Thousands of people rallied Sunday in central Kiev to demand the release of detained former Georgian leader Mikheil Saakashvili and the impeachment of his rival, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko. Saakashvili, 49, who entered Ukrainian politics after serving as president of Georgia, was arrested last week in Kiev, accused of trying to stage a coup sponsored by Russia. "The authorities haveRead more

Syrian boys caught in 'vicious cycle' of sex abuse

Beirut - Arab Today

Syrian men and boys, in their war-torn country and abroad, have suffered "a vicious cycle" of sexual abuse with more devastating consequences than previously reported, the United Nations said Thursday. In its new report, "We Keep it in our Heart," the UN's refugee agency said it had documented widespread sexual violence against Syrian males, including those seeking refuge. "There haveRead more

French court sets 40-mn-euro bail for Russia billionaire

Aix-en-Provence - Arab Today

An appeal court in southern France ordered billionaire Russian businessman and senator Suleyman Kerimov to post bail of 40 million euros ($47 million) on Wednesday pending a tax fraud investigation. Kerimov, 51, was arrested in late November in the city of Nice over suspected tax evasion related to the purchase of luxury properties on the French Riviera, provoking an angryRead more

French court demands 40-mn-euro bail for Russian billionaire Kerimov

France - Arab Today

A court in southern France ordered billionaire Russian businessman and senator Suleyman Kerimov to post bail of 40 million euros ($47 million) on Wednesday pending a tax fraud investigation. Kerimov was arrested in late November in the city of Nice over suspected tax evasion related to the purchase of luxury properties on the French Riviera, provoking an angry reaction fromRead more