Saudi woman in miniskirt video held after outcry
Dubai: Police in Saudi Arabia have arrested a young woman who wore a miniskirt in public and who had posted the video online, sparking an outcry from people who say she flagrantly violated the kingdom's conservative Islamic dress code. Saudi Arabia's state-run TV reported on Tuesday that police in the capital, Riyadh, arrested the woman for wearing ‘immodest clothes’ and referred her case to the country's public prosecutor. The young woman drew attention over the weekend when she shared on Snapchat a video of herself walking in a historic village north of the capital wearing a miniskirt and crop top, and showing her hair.
7.7-magnitude quake hits off Russia
Washington: An earthquake with a magnitude of 7.7 struck off the eastern coast of Russia, according to the US Geological Survey, causing officials to initially warn of a tsunami threat in parts of Pacific.
‘Rebel-Kurd clashes kill 15 in north Syria’
Beirut: More than a dozen Syrian rebels have died in hit-and-run clashes with a US-backed alliance dominated by Kurdish forces in the country’s north, a monitoring group said.
Swiss couple found on glacier after 75 years
Geneva: A couple that disappeared in the Alps 75 years ago has been found preserved in a receding glacier, ending decades of uncertainty for their seven children, said Swiss media.
ISIS-K on back-foot in Afghan: Pentagon
Washington: ISIS-K has lost its hold in Afghanistan, days after terror group’s head Abu Sayed, was killed by US troops in an airstrike, the Pentagon has said.
UK’s first woman Sikh MP elected to key Parl panel
london: Britain’s first woman Sikh MP Preet Kaur Gill has been elected to an influential cross-party panel in the UK Parliament that examines the workings of the Home Office.