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JAKARTA: An elderly village witch doctor in Indonesia entrapped a 12-year-old girl and tricked her into having sex with him for the next 15 years by claiming to be possessed by the “jin”, or spirit, of a young boy, police said on Tuesday.The woman, an identified by police as “H”, was rescued on Sunday in Tolitoli regency,...

Liverpool’s Georginio Wijnaldum celebrates scoring their second goal with teammates. Photo: ReutersMANCHESTER: Liverpool’s run to the Champions League final and their impressive three wins over Manchester City in the last campaign have raised hopes on Merseyside that they could be the closest challengers to Pep Guardiola’s...

File: Usain Bolt before the match in England. Photo: ReutersSYDNEY: Olympic sprint champion Usain Bolt will train with Australia’s Central Coast Mariners as he continues his quest to become a professional soccer player, the A-League team said on Tuesday.Bolt won eight Olympic golds and since retiring from athletics has...

BANGKOK: Businesses in Thailand’s southwestern Petchaburi province blocked doors with sandbags and bricks against possible flooding on Tuesday as heavy rains threatened to cause a dam to overflow.Rain storms are forecast through coming days, and the head of Thailand’s military government warned that evacuation plans might...

Death toll at 105, expected to riseThousands homeless, many desperately need water, food, shelterWoman rescued from collapsed store after neighbours heard criesTourists leave Lombok, more than 4,600 rescued from Gili islandsSoldiers and rescue workers remove the body of a victim recovered from a collapsed mosque following...

KATHMANDU: A 32-member women’s football team left here today for Bhutan to play in the 2nd U-15 SAFF Women’s Championship, also known as South Asian Football Federation Women’s Cup.The team comprises 23 players, three coaches, five officials and one sports journalist. Nepal is placed in Group B of the Championship which...

FILE – In this photo, Claire Danes attends the “Homeland” FYC Event at the Writers Guild Theater in Beverly Hills, California on Tuesday, June 5, 2018. Photo: APBEVERLY HILLS, CALIFORNIA: Showtime says that its acclaimed series “Homeland” will end in 2019 with its eighth season.The show’s conclusion was announced Monday...

FILE – In this photo, Pink performs “Wild Hearts Can’t Be Broken” at the 60th annual Grammy Awards at Madison Square Garden in New York on Jan. 28, 2018. Photo: APSYDNEY: Pop superstar Pink remained in a hospital on Tuesday with a stomach virus, forcing her to postpone a third Sydney show, her promoter said.The singer’s...

In this aerial photo provided by the U.S. Geological Survey, lava from the last active eruption site on Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano is shown near Pahoa, Hawaii on Sunday, Aug. 5, 2018. Photo: APHONOLULU: Hawaii emergency officials who have been contending with Kilauea volcano’s lava flow were preparing for a hurricane that...

A participant stands behind a rainbow flag during a gay pride parade promoting lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender rights, in Chennai, India June 24, 2018. Photo: Reuters/ FileKOCHI/NEW DELHI: LGBT campaigners urged India‘s state governments on Monday to “learn a lesson” from Kerala after authorities in the wealthy...

In this photo, two women cry outside the Stroger Hospital in Chicago, after they were asked to leave due to overwhelming crowds of family and friends of shooting victims on Sunday, Aug. 5, 2018. Photo: APCHICAGO: At least 11 people were shot to death and about 70 wounded in a weekend burst of violence in Chicago that instantly...

BEIJING: Four workers were killed and nine were missing after an explosion at a small coal mine in China’s Guizhou province on Monday night, state-owned Xinhua News reported on Tuesday citing local authorities.The incident happened at Zimujia coal mine, run by private-owned Pannan Coal Investment Co, in Panzhou city. The...

In this photo released by the Italian firefighters, an helicopter view of the explosion on a highway in the outskirts of Bologna, Italy, Monday, August 6, 2018. Photo: Vigili Del Fuoco via APMILAN: A tanker truck carrying a highly flammable gas exploded Monday after rear-ending a stopped truck on a crowded highway near...

BAGHDAD – An Iraqi court sentenced a French man and a German woman to life in prison on Monday for belonging to Islamic State, forging ahead with the trial of hundreds of people – many foreigners – captured after the militant group’s defeat last year.French citizen Lahcen Ammar Gueboudj, in his 50s, and the German, Nadia...

The photo provided by Police Graubuenden shows the wreckage of the old-time propeller plane Ju 52 after it went down went down Saturday Aug, 4 2018 on the Piz Segnas mountain above the Swiss Alpine resort of Flims, striking the mountain’s western flank about 2,540 meters (8,330 feet) above sea level. All 20 people on board...

File – In this photo, model Chrissy Teigen poses at the 2017 Revolve Awards at the Dream Hollywood hotel in Los Angeles on Nov. 2, 2017.Chrissy Teigen has shared her shock and worry in real time during a powerful and deadly earthquake in Indonesia with her social media followers.The model, along with singer-husband John...

Santa Ana fire and police and Orange County Fire departments respond to the scene of a deadly plane crash in a parking lot near the intersection of Bristol and Sunflower Streets near South Coast Plaza in Santa Ana, Calif., on Sunday, Aug. 5, 2018. Photo: APSANTA ANA, CALIFORNIA: Five people on board a small airplane were...

KATHMANDU: Nepali judokas Indra Bahadur Shrestha and Manita Shrestha Pradhan won gold medals in the North Bangkok University Judo Championship in Thailand on Sunday.Indra won the gold medal in men’s below-66kg weight category after winning four bouts against Thailand, UAE and Japanese players, while Manita defeated players...

LALITPUR: Dr Nabees Man Singh Pradhan has been nominated by the organising committee of the 18th Asian Games as the Doping Control Officer.Pradhan, who attended the DCO training in Sri Lanka in 2013 and had previously represented the country in Nanjing Youth Asian Games, is the lone officer to be picked up from South Asia...

KATHMANDU: Rising Cricket for Women Club is organising the Women Supper Indoor Cricket Tournament here at the Ultimate Indoor Cricket on Tuesday.A total of five teams — RCW, Gautam Group, Thunder Birds, KCTC Girls and Sri Sri Yoddha — will take part in the tournament, informed RCW President Arati Bidari.Each team will...