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NEW DELHI: This handout photograph taken yesterday and released by the Indian Press Information Bureau (PIB) shows India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi inspecting the antiquities repatriated from Australia, in New Delhi. – AFPn

Modi thanks Australia for returning stolen artefacts

NEW DELHI: Australia has returned 29 religious and cultural artefacts to India, among them several stolen or illegally exported from the country, earning thanks from Prime Minister Narendra Modi during a summit yesterday. New Delhi has pushed Western governments and museums to identify and return objects of India's "stolen heritage", and hundreds of items from overseas collections have already been repatriated. Thirteen of the works returned by...

MADRID: Barcelona's Gabonese midfielder Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (center) scores a goal during the Spanish League football match between Real Madrid CF and FC Barcelona on March 20, 2022. - AFP

Barcelona humiliate Real Madrid 4-0

MADRID: Xavi Hernandez said Barcelona's 4-0 thrashing of Real Madrid could be transformative for the club after their Clasico demolition at the Santiago Bernabeu on Sunday. Barcelona blew Madrid away as Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang scored twice either side of goals from Ronald Araujo and Ferran Torres.The match was billed as a test of Barca's progress under Xavi and they passed with flying colours, a humiliation of their fiercest rivals suggesting...

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Shooting Grand Prix kicks off in Kuwait

By Abdellatif SharaaKUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah Annual International Grand Prix was officially opened on Sunday at Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Olympic Shooting Complex by His Highness the Amir's representative, Farwaniya governor, Sheikh Mishal Jaber Al-Abdllah Al-Jaber Al-Sabah.Competitions for Trap event will take place today for men and women. Kuwait has more than 60 shooters of both genders competing with...

INDIAN WELLS: Taylor Fritz poses for photographers after defeating Rafael Nadal of Spain during the men's final of the BNP Paribas Open on March 20, 2022.- AFPnn

Fritz hands Nadal first 2022 defeat

INDIAN WELLS: Taylor Fritz stunned Rafael Nadal 6-3, 7-6 (7/5) on Sunday to win the ATP Indian Wells Masters and end the 21-time Grand Slam champion's perfect 20-0 run to start 2022. Fritz, ranked 20th in the world, claimed his second career title and his first at the elite Masters 1000 level while denying Nadal a record-equalling 37th Masters crown. The 24-year-old American achieved his biggest triumph despite an injured right ankle that was so...

COLOGNE: Dortmund's German midfielder Marius Wolf and Cologne's Austrian midfielder Louis Schaub (bottom) vie for the ball during the German first division Bundesliga football match FC Cologne v Borussia Dortmund on March 20, 2022. - AFPn

Dortmund held at Cologne to leave Bayern six points clear

BERLIN: Borussia Dortmund were held to a 1-1 draw at Cologne on Sunday as Erling Haaland made his first start in two months, leaving Bayern Munich six points clear in the Bundesliga. After Robert Lewandowski scored twice in Bayern's 4-0 thrashing of Union Berlin on Saturday, second-placed Dortmund lost ground in the title race with seven games left."It was intense, there was a lot of back and forth," Dortmund centre-back Manuel Akanji told DAZN....

KUWAIT: Noura Al-Mutairi practices with a punching bag. - KUNA

Boxing - 'Sweet Science' attracts women in Kuwait

KUWAIT: Boxing, often termed as the "Sweet Science", began in recent years to attract more women practitioners in Kuwait, empowering them with skills breaking social molds and norms. As in the case of their male counterparts, female boxers honed their skills at gyms across the country and followed that with outstanding performances in regional and international competitions.One shining example of Kuwaiti women's prowess in boxing is Noura...

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Saudi Aramco profits surge as Houthis strike facilities

RIYADH: Oil giant Saudi Aramco yesterday reported a 124 percent net profit surge for last year, in results released hours after its facilities were hit by Yemeni rebel drone and missile strikes. As the world economy started to rebound from the COVID pandemic, "Aramco's net income increased by 124 percent to $110.0 billion in 2021, compared to $49.0 billion in 2020," the company said.The results followed news of the overnight attacks by Yemen's...

KRASYLIVKA, Ukraine: An elderly woman stands in front of a destroyed house after bombardments in this village east of Kyiv yesterday as Russian forces try to encircle the Ukrainian capital. - AFP

Russia accused of bombing Ukraine school

KYIV: Ukrainian authorities said yesterday that Russia had bombed a school sheltering 400 people in the besieged port of Mariupol, as Moscow claimed that it had again fired hypersonic missiles in Ukraine, the second time it had used the next-generation weapon on its neighbor. Turkey said that the two sides were close to a deal to stop the fighting, amid reports of more civilians being killed in strikes across the country.Ukrainian President...

DUBAI: Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad meets UAE's Vice President and Prime Minister and Dubai Ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al-Maktoum on March 18, 2022. – AFP

UAE opens door for Assad return to Arab fold

BEIRUT: A surprise visit by Syria's Bashar Al-Assad to the oil-rich United Arab Emirates opens the door to his isolated regime's return to the embrace of the Arab world, analysts say. The president's trip also showed that a more assertive UAE is willing to upset its ally Washington with a rapprochement with Assad, whose Russia- and Iran-backed regime is accused of crimes against humanity.The Syrian autocrat's visit to the UAE capital Abu Dhabi...

BEIRUT: A member of the Kurdish community in Lebanon takes part in a celebration marking Nowruz (Persian New Year) yesterday. - AFP

Deadly attacks on women rise in Kurdistan

SULAIMANIYAH, Iraq: A woman burned alive by her husband, others shot dead by a father or a teenage brother - bloody violence against women has spiked in northern Iraq’s Kurdish region. The autonomous area, keen on projecting an image of a relative haven of stability and tolerance in war-battered Iraq, has seen a sharp rise in femicide, killings motivated by gender.“In the past two months, there has been an increase in femicide compared to the...

Kuwait National Assembly Speaker Marzouq Al-Ghanim chaired the coordination meeting of the Islamic Geopolitical Group

IPU 144th session kicks off with Kuwaiti participation

KUALA LUMPUR: Indonesian President Joko Widodo yesterday opened the 144th Session of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) Conference in Bali Island, which will continue until March 24, with the participation of Kuwaiti National Assembly Speaker Marzouq Ali Al-Ghanim and his accompanying delegation.In the opening ceremony, President Widodo underscored importance of "mobilizing parliamentary action to work on climate change," also stressing...

The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Secretary General Dr Nayef Al-Hajraf

GCC condemns Houthi attack on Saudi Arabia

RIYADH: The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Secretary General Dr Nayef Al-Hajraf condemned the continued Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia, targeting civilians and threatening vital facilities. In a statement yesterday, Al-Hajraf stressed that these repeated attacks target not only Saudi Arabia, but also the security of all of GCC countries, along with regional and international stability.He affirmed that all of GCC states support all measures taken...

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This photograph taken in 1967 shows French actor Alain Delon accompanied by his wife Nathalie Delon. --AFP photos

Alain Delon: Women he loved and left

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Kuwait Integrated Petroleum Industries Company (KIPIC)

Massive fuel shortage forces electricity cuts in Kuwait

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Interior Minister orders removal of violations in Failaka

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The sun sets behind electricity pylons in this file photo. -- Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat

Kuwait swelters amid power cuts

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EL KFOUR: Lebanon: People inspect the damage to a building after a Zionist airstrike in the southern town of Kfour, in the Nabatiyeh district, on August 17, 2024, amid the ongoing cross-border clashes between Zionist troops and Hezbollah fighters. – AFP

Hezbollah reveals its military muscle