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A naval personnel walk past jerrycans abandoned by vandals stealing from oil pipelines belonging to the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) close to Tarkwa Bay, near Lagos' harbour on January 23, 2020. - The Nigerian navy personnel shot in the air on January 21, 2020, as they sought to clear a waterfront community of 10,000 people in the latest mass-eviction around economic hub Lagos.†Bulldozers rumbled into Tarkwa Bay, a semi-rural area on an island in the city of some 20 million, as part of an operation the military say is aimed officially at stopping the looting of nearby oil pipelines. (Photo by PIUS UTOMI EKPEI / AFP)
Gunmen kill 13 in central Nigeria
TARKWA BAY: A naval personnel walk past jerrycans abandoned by vandals stealing from oil pipelines belonging to the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) close to Tarkwa Bay. - AFP MAIDUGURI: The bus driver sensed straight away that he and his six passengers were in trouble when the gunmen, dressed in Nigerian army uniforms, stopped their vehicle at a checkpoint. They were on the main road connecting the city of Maiduguri in volatile...
Rep. Lee Zelden, R-NY, speaks to the press at the US Capitol in Washington, DC on January 27, 2020. - White House lawyers were to resume their defense of President Donald Trump at his Senate impeachment trial Monday as explosive revelations from former national security advisor John Bolton increased pressure on Republicans to call him as a witness. (Photo by MANDEL NGAN / AFP)
Impeachment lawyers skirt new disclosures; What Bolton book?
WASHINGTON: Rep Lee Zelden, R-NY speaks to the press at the US Capitol in Washington, DC. White House lawyers resumed their defense of President Donald Trump at his Senate impeachment trial Monday as explosive revelations from former national security advisor John Bolton increased pressure on Republicans to call him as a witness. - AFP WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump's fellow Republicans in the US Senate came under renewed pressure on Monday...
(FILES) In this file photo taken on November 14, 2019 former Catalan Minister Professor Clara Ponsati (L), gestures as she leaves Edinburgh Sheriff Court with her lawyer Aamer Anwar (R), having been released on bail. - Catalan separatist Clara Ponsati has not set foot in her native Barcelona for two years for fear of the Spanish authorities. But her circumstances could be about to change thanks to Brexit. (Photo by NEIL HANNA / AFP)
Catalan separatist hopes Brexit brings 'immunity'
EDINBURGH: In this file photo, former Catalan Minister Professor Clara Ponsati (left), gestures as she leaves Edinburgh Sheriff Court with her lawyer Aamer Anwar, having been released on bail. - AFP LEUCHARS: Catalan separatist Clara Ponsati has not set foot in her native Barcelona for two years for fear of the Spanish authorities. But her circumstances could be about to change thanks to Brexit. The former education minister in the Catalan...
A photograph shows the logo of Chinese company Huawei at their main UK offices in Reading, west of London, on January 28, 2020. - Prime Minister Boris Johnson is expected to announce a strategic decision on January 28, on the participation of the controversial Chinese company Huawei in the UK's 5G network, at the risk of angering his US allies a few days before Brexit. (Photo by DANIEL LEAL-OLIVAS / AFP)
UK approves restricted Huawei role in 5G network
LONDON: A photograph shows the logo of Chinese company Huawei at their main UK offices in Reading, west of London, yesterday.—AFP LONDON: Britain yesterday greenlighted a limited role for Chinese telecoms giant Huawei in the country's 5G network, but underscored that "high risk vendors" would be excluded from "sensitive" core infrastructure. London's decision, following a meeting of the National Security Council chaired by Prime Minister Boris...
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CBK, ABK and KfW IPEX-Bank lead arrange $650m project finance
KUWAIT: Dr Rana Abdullah Al-Fares, Minister of MPW, Bakheet Al-Rashidi, Chairman and Joachim Dudey, CEO of Umm Al-Hayman Company for Waste Water Treatment, Talal Behbehani (Chairman ABK), Sheikh Ahmad Duaij Al-Sabah (Chairman CBK), Motlaq Al-Sanei - General Director KAPP and senior representatives from the German and Kuwaiti sponsors. KUWAIT: A consortium of six banks led by Commercial Bank of Kuwait (CBK), Al-Ahli Bank of Kuwait (ABK), and KfW...
A passenger wearing a mask collects luggage at Suvarnabhumi International Airport in Bangkok on January 24, 2020. - Thailand has detected four cases so far -- three Chinese nationals from Wuhan and a 73-year-old Thai woman who came back from the Chinese city this month. (Photo by Lillian SUWANRUMPHA / AFP)
Thailand police under scrutiny; record number of trafficking cases dismissed
BANGKOK: A passenger wearing a mask collects luggage at Suvarnabhumi International Airport in Bangkok. - AFP BANGKOK: Thai prosecutors turned down about a fifth of human trafficking cases sent to them by police last year, a soon-to-be released government report shows, raising concerns that police were on a drive to boost numbers to enhance Thailand's global image. The 79-page report - drafted to inform an annual US report ranking countries on...
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UN: Sahel violence having devastating impact on children
NIAMEY: French Minister of Army Forces Florence Parly (center) stands as she meets French officers of the Barkhane counter-terrorism operation in Africa's Sahel region, at the Barkhane base near Niamey in Niger. - AFP DAKAR: Hundreds of children in the Sahel were killed, maimed or forcibly separated from their parents last year, the United Nations said yesterday, as a jihadist conflict rages across the region. In Mali alone, 277 children were...
Spain's Rafael Nadal hits a return against Australia's Nick Kyrgios during their men's singles match on day eight of the Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne on January 27, 2020. (Photo by Saeed KHAN / AFP) / IMAGE RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - STRICTLY NO COMMERCIAL USE
Nadal settles Kyrgios score
MELBOURNE: Spain's Rafael Nadal hits a return against Australia's Nick Kyrgios during their men's singles match on day eight of the Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne yesterday. - AFP Melbourne: Rafael Nadal won a grudge match with Nick Kyrgios to reach the Australian Open quarter-finals and keep the heat on Roger Federer's record for Grand Slam titles yesterday. The world number one, labelled "super salty" by Kyrgios after he...
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IMF calls for slashing public sector wages, imposing taxes
KUWAIT: The International Monetary Fund yesterday urged OPEC member Kuwait to introduce a package of reforms that includes imposing taxes and phasing out subsidies to plug a chronic budget deficit. Kuwait, which heavily depends on oil for almost 90 percent of its revenues, has been hit hard since crude prices crashed in mid-2014 and earlier this month approved a budget with a huge shortfall for the sixth year in a row. Income from investments...
US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) speak to the press on the West Wing Colonnade prior to meetings at the White House in Washington, DC, January 27, 2020. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP)
IS urges attacks against Israel to nix Trump plan
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speak to the press on the West Wing Colonnade prior to meetings at the White House yesterday. – AFP BEIRUT: The Islamic State group vowed to shift its focus from the remnants of its "caliphate" towards Israel, in its first audio statement since confirming the death of Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi. In a purported audio message by its spokesman Abu Hamza Al-Quraishi,...
TOPSHOT - A boy with a basketball walks past a wall painted for former Los Angeles Lakers basketball player Kobe Bryant, following his death overnight in the US, in Manila on January 27, 2020. (Photo by Maria TAN / AFP)
World mourns Kobe Bryant
MANILA: A boy with a basketball walks past a wall painted for former Los Angeles Lakers basketball player Kobe Bryant yesterday, following his death overnight in the US. - AFP LOS ANGELES: Basketball legend Kobe Bryant's death in a helicopter crash along with his teenage daughter sparked an outpouring of grief across the worlds of sports and entertainment yesterday. Bryant, 41, was traveling Sunday with his 13-year-old daughter Gianna and seven...
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Iran jet slides off runway onto highway
BANDAR-E MAHSHAHR, Iran: A Caspian Airlines McDonnell Douglas MD-83 aircraft is seen on a highway after it overshot the runway during its approach yesterday. - AFP TEHRAN: An Iranian passenger plane overshot a runway as it landed yesterday in the southwestern city of Bandar-e Mahshahr, barrelling into an adjacent highway without causing casualties, state TV reported. "Arriving at Mahshahr airport, the pilot landed the aircraft too late and this...
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KUWAIT CITY: Jassim Al-Awadhi waits at a bus stop as a bus approaches in this file photo.
Disorganized bus network behind lacking transit system
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Shamlan leaves Olympic Games
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KUWAIT: Young girls participate in Girl Up Kuwait's first conference which focused on the role of women in Kuwaiti society and politics.
Girl Up Kuwait: Young trailblazers give girls a voice
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Air Force carries out aeromedical evacuation exercise
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Kuwaiti pilots learn to fly Turkish Bayraktar drones