Abdulaziz

Grotesque monster, sexual predator, ruthless beast. The testimonies of dozens of abused women reveal today that billionaire businessman Mohamed Al-Fayed was a horrific serial rapist.

Maltese authorities have refused a planning application to turn a site adjacent to the Turkish military cemetery into a business complex, a victory for campaigners who have been trying to stop construction plans near the historic site in the Mediterranean island.

With restoration works in the Topkapı Palace's Courtyard of the Concubines and the Seraglio Hospital nearing their end, efforts are being made to increase the number of visitors by threefold in the different sections of the palace's Seraglio.