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Shares of 'arrested' Saudi billionaire's company dive 9.9%

Riyadh - Muslimchronicle

Shares in Kingdom Holding, 95 percent of which is owned by billionaire Prince Al-Waleed bin Talal, dived 9.9 percent as the Saudi stock exchange opened Sunday after reports of his arrest. The Saudi Tadawul All-Shares Index (TASI) also dropped 1.6 percent only a minute after the start of trading on the Arab world's largest stock market following a sweeping crackdownRead more

Argentina's former VP arrested on corruption charges

Buenos Aires - Muslimchronicle

Amado Boudou, Argentina's vice president under Cristina Kirchner, was arrested Friday on charges including money laundering and hiding undeclared assets, court sources said. Judge Ariel Lijo ordered his arrest in a case initially brought in 2012. Boudou was economy minister from 2009-2011, then served as vice president from 2011 until Kirchner left office in December 2015. Lijo said that Boudou,Read more

France says 20 under house arrest under new anti-terror law

Paris - Muslimchronicle

French Interior Minister Gerard Collomb said Wednesday that about 20 people would be held under house arrest under a controversial anti-terror law that went into effect this week. That would be about half the number currently assigned to house arrest under the state of emergency imposed after the 2015 attacks in Paris, Collomb said in an interview with BFM television.Read more

On the run for a month, Honeypreet Insan arrested by Haryana Police

Chandigarh - Muslimchronicle

Honeypreet Insan, adopted daughter of Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, was on Tuesday arrested by the Haryana Police in connection with the violence that followed the sect head's conviction on August 25. The arrest came hours after Honeypreet appeared on two private television channels interacting with the reporters at some undisclosed location, even as the Haryana policeRead more

Fugitive business tycoon Vijay Mallya arrested again in ED money laundering case

London - Muslimchronicle

Embattled liquor baron Vijay Mallya has been arrested in a second money laundering case filed by the Enforcement Directorate, the UK's Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said on Tuesday. The 61-year-old businessman, already out on bail on an extradition warrant executed by the Metropolitan Police earlier this year, will be appearing before Westminster Magistrates' Court in London this afternoon where heRead more

Two caught for poaching Tibetan antelopes

Xining - Xinhua

Two fugitives were arrested 11 years after they, along with four accomplices, slaughtered more than 500 endangered Tibetan antelopes in a nature reserve in northwest China's Qinghai Province. A spokesperson with the provincial public security department told Xinhua that one suspect was caught in late March by Yushu Prefecture forest police and the other earlier this month, after the policeRead more

French riot police arrest 323 soccer fans on violence charges

Paris - Arab Today

Since the start of the European football tournament on June 10, 323 people have been arrested following violent clashes between fans of rival soccer clubs in French cities, the interior ministry said on Thursday. The ministry added 196 were taken into custody, eight convicted to jail terms and three given suspended sentences while 24 others would be sent home. TheRead more