Briefly World: Wave of bombings in Iraq kills 25

Wave of bombings in Iraq kills 25

BAGHDAD: A string of car bomb attacks in and around Baghdad killed 25 and wounded dozens on Tuesday. There was no immediate claim of responsibility.

Jew therapist gets 103 years for abuse in US

new york: Nechemya Weberman, 54, an unlicensed therapist who was a prominent member of an ultra-Orthodox Jewish community in Brooklyn was sentenced on Tuesday to 103 years in prison for repeatedly sexually abusing a young woman, beginning the attacks when she was 12.

Indonesia sentences UK woman to death

BALI: An Indonesian court sentenced a 56-year-old British grandmother to death Tuesday for smuggling cocaine worth $2.5 million in her suitcase onto the resort island of Bali — even though prosecutors had sought only a 15-year sentence.

Japan envoy in China to talk about islands

BEIJING: China welcomed Natsuo Yamaguchi, leader of a junior party in the ruling coalition of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Tuesday for talks over the island dispute.

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