WASHINGTON: Syrian rebels battling President Bashar al-Assad’s government are beginning to get more and better weapons in an effort paid for by Persian Gulf nations and coordinated partly by the United States, the Washington Post reported late on Tuesday.

The report cited opposition activists and US and foreign officials.

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SARAJEVO: Saudi-based Islamic Development Bank (IDB) plans to issue $500 million to $1 billion worth of Islamic bonds or sukuk in June, the bank’s chairman Ahmad Mohamed Ali said late on Tuesday.

“IDB practice is usually a five-year issue in the amount range between $500 million and $1 billion, so in June it will be in this range, as usua ....'

NEW DELHI: Police in northern India are probing alleged fraud in the construction of giant sculptures of elephants and low-caste political heroes that were the $1.2-billion pet projects of former leader Mayawati.

Mayawati, the populist chief minister of Uttar Pradesh state until March, built memorial parks containing sandstone and granite ....'