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SAN FERNANDO, Philippines: Hundreds of barefoot men beat themselves with flails and at least 10 were to be nailed onto crosses throughout Good Friday in a blood-soaked display of religious fervor in the Philippines. Frowned upon by the Church, the ritual crucifixions and self-flagellation are extreme affirmations of faith peformed every Easter in Asia's Catholic outpost. Barefoot men wearing crowns of twigs walked silently on the side of a village road in the scorching tropical heat of the northern Philippines, flogging their backs with bamboo strips tied to a length of rope. While many of the 80 million Filipino Catholics spend Good Friday at church or with family, others go to these extreme

The Royal Embassy of Saudi Arabia in Georgia stated on Friday that the passports of citizens Maha and Wafa Zayed are valid, adding that any allegations that the passports are canceled are incorrect. The sisters, identified as Maha al-Subaie, 28, and Wafa al-Subaie, 25, traveled from Riyadh to Istanbul and then went to Georgia by land. Maha and Wafa claim that they were physically abused by their family, and they applied for asylum in Georgia.

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Turkey has arrested two men suspected of spying for the United Arab Emirates and is investigating whether the suspects were linked to the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, according to media reports.  The state-run Anadolu Agency, citing judicial sources on Friday, described the two men as "intelligence operatives" working on behalf of the UAE, and said they were "referred to a court on charges of political and military espionage".  The agency also released apparent surveillance images of the pair in the streets, as well as photographs of the two men taken following their arrest on Monday. Reuters, citing a senior Turkish official, said one of the two men had arrived in Turkey in October

US President Donald Trump and his wife Melania will be the first foreign state guests to visit Japan and meet with Crown Prince Naruhito after his elevation to the emperor, the White House said Thursday. Trump will travel to Japan from May 25 to 28 “as the country's first state guests following the enthronement of His Majesty Emperor Naruhito on May 1, 2019,” Trump spokeswoman Sarah Sanders said in a statement.

Egypt's meteorologists predict mild weather across the northern coasts, Lower Egypt and Cairo while moderate weather is expected for north of Upper Egypt on Saturday. Hot weather is expected for the south of Upper Egypt in the daylight, growing very cold at night. Maximum temperatures expected for the following cities are as follows: 23C in Cairo, 20C in Alexandria, 28C in Qena, 30C in Luxor and 32C in Aswan. Mist will impact visibility in the morning from the country's northern areas to the north of Upper Egypt. Low- and Medium-level-clouds will cover the north of the country, accompanied by rainfall on the northern coasts. Winds will be northwesterly and active on the northern coasts, South