The world this week
At least 107 people died when a massive construction crane crashed into Mecca's Grand Mosque, with scores more injured, Saudi authorities said, days before the annual haj pilgrimage. (Photo: Twitter)- The US has welcomed a "fatwa" issued by over 1,000 Indian Muslim clerics against ISIS terming the actions of the dreaded terror group as 'un-Islamic and inhuman.' (Photo: AP/File)
- Thai police on Saturday said an arrest warrant had been issued for an ethnic "Uighur" man over last month's deadly Bangkok blast, for the first time identifying a suspect as a member of the Chinese minority group. (Photo: AFP)
- With the migrant crisis gripping the world, an Egyptian billionaire has offered to buy an island off Greece or Italy and develop it to help hundreds of thousands of people fleeing from Syria and other conflicts. (Photo: Twitter)
- The father of drowned Syrian toddler Aylan Kurdi was working with smugglers and driving the flimsy boat that capsized while trying to reach Greece, other passengers on board said, disputing Abdullah Kurdi's version. (Photo: AP)
- In a goodwill gesture, Pakistan Army on Friday handed over an Indian woman, who inadvertently crossed the LoC in Jammu and Kashmir, to Indian authorities. Shamim Akhtar had by mistake crossed over to Pakistani side of the Line of Control at Chakoti
- A Seoul court on Friday handed a 12-year prison sentence to a South Korean man who slashed and seriously injured the US ambassador during a March forum. (Photo: AP)
- Norwegian police say that since the beginning of the year, more than 200 asylum-seekers, the large majority of them fleeing the war in Syria, crossed the border from Russia into wealthy Norway by bicycle. (Photo: Google Maps)
- A Japanese city was flooded Thursday when a raging river burst its banks, destroying homes and cars as desperate residents waited for help, and as thousands of people were ordered to evacuate. Dramatic television footage showed a wall of muddy water
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At least 107 people died when a massive construction crane crashed into Mecca's Grand Mosque, with scores more injured, Saudi authorities said, days before the annual haj pilgrimage. (Photo: Twitter)
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