US and Saudi sanction ‘six’

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WASHINGTON, March 31, (AP): The US and Saudi Arabia on Thursday sanctioned four individuals and two groups suspected of raising funds for terrorists, including a man who grew up in Scotland and became a Taleban sympathizer.

Thursday’s action targeted James Alexander McLintock and his Pakistan-based Al-Rahmah Welfare Organization, which the Treasury Department said is a front organization that provides money for al-Qaida, the Taliban, Lashkar-e-Taiba and other Afghan extremists groups under the guide of helping orphans.

“As of early 2013, McLintock recruited Afghan insurgents to obtain photos of

children, Afghan identity documents and cell phone numbers to create falsified dossiers used to obtain donations,” Treasury said in a statement.

KUWAIT CITY:

Public Relations and Security Media Department at the Ministry of Interior announced Thursday arresting Salem Abdullah Ishtail Al-Doussari, a Kuwaiti, and putting him under custody as soon as he arrived at Kuwait International Airport, coming from the United Kingdom.

According to the ministry statement, Al-Doussari, born in 1975, is accused of posting video clips online, containing vulgar remarks against His Highness the Amir, as well as leaders of the Gulf Countries, which included flagrant calls for mutiny.

Al-Doussari’s remarks also included slurs targeting a religious sect, the statement noted. (KUNA)

LONDON:

Internationally renowned Iraqi-British architect Zaha Hadid, whose designs included the London Aquatics Centre used in the 2012 summer Olympics, has died aged 65, her company said on Thursday.

“It is with great sadness that Zaha Hadid Architects have confirmed that Dame Zaha Hadid died suddenly in Miami in the early hours of this morning,” the company said in a statement. (RTRS)