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ABU DHABI: Zain Kuwait’s Human Resources Director Nawal Bourisli receives the award on behalf of the company.
Zain receives 'Excellence in Talent Management' award
During the fifth GCC GOV HR Awards 2017 held in Abu Dhabi ABU DHABI: Zain Kuwait’s Human Resources Director Nawal Bourisli receives the award on behalf of the company.KUWAIT: Zain, the leading telecommunications company in Kuwait, received the 'Excellence in Talent Management' award across the GCC region during the GCC GOV HR Awards 2017 held for the fifth consecutive year in Abu Dhabi.Zain Kuwait's Human Resources Director Nawal Bourisli...
ABU DHABI: (From left) Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed Al-Nahyan, Moroccan King Mohammed VI, French President Emmanuel Macron, his wife Brigitte, Bahrainís King Hamad Al-Khalifa and Afghan President Ashraf Ghani tour the Louvre Abu Dhabi yesterday. — AFP
On first Mideast trip, Macron urges 'firm' stance on Tehran
Rouhani warns of Iran's 'might' - French, Arab leaders open Louvre Abu Dhabi ABU DHABI: (From left) Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed Al-Nahyan, Moroccan King Mohammed VI, French President Emmanuel Macron, his wife Brigitte, Bahrainís King Hamad Al-Khalifa and Afghan President Ashraf Ghani tour the Louvre Abu Dhabi yesterday. — AFPABU DHABI: French President Emmanuel Macron called for vigilance towards Tehran over its ballistic missile program...
This file photo taken on May 4, 2015 shows foreign laborers working on the construction site of the al-Wakrah football stadium, one of the Qatar's 2022 World Cup stadiums, walking back to their accomodation at the Ezdan 40 compound after finishing work on May 4, 2015, in Doha's Al-Wakrah southern suburbs. World Cup 2022 host Qatar, under global scrutiny over its alleged ill-treatment of migrant labourers, is to introduce a minimum wage for workers, official state media said on October 25, 2017. / AFP
UN clears Qatar in migrant worker abuse probe
GENEVA: The UN's labor agency yesterday closed a probe into the alleged mistreatment of foreign workers in World Cup 2022 host Qatar, praising a reform plan agreed by the emirate. Activists and leading international labor unions had accused Qatar of subjecting migrant workers to slave-like conditions on jobs that included infrastructure projects for FIFA's top tournament. The International Labor Organization in 2014 had opened an inquiry over...
BEIJING: (From left to right) US President Donald Trump, First Lady Melania Trump, China’s President Xi Jinping and his wife Peng Liyuan pose in the Forbidden City in Beijing yesterday. — AFP
Trump warns 'rogue regime' of grave danger
US president receives warm welcome in Beijing - Fog frustrates Trump's attempt to visit DMZ BEIJING: (From left to right) US President Donald Trump, First Lady Melania Trump, China’s President Xi Jinping and his wife Peng Liyuan pose in the Forbidden City in Beijing yesterday. — AFPBEIJING: US President Donald Trump arrived in China yesterday seeking help to rein in North Korea after warning the North's leader that the nuclear weapons he is...
ISLAMABAD: Commuters drive their vehicles through heavy smog in Islamabad. —AFP
In Pakistan, North Korea diplomat's alcohol stash raises suspicions
Diplomat's house burgled by police officers - Whisky, wine, an beer worth over $150,000 stolen in a raid ISLAMABAD: Commuters drive their vehicles through heavy smog in Islamabad. —AFPISLAMABAD: Neighbors say when three men kicked down the doors and burgled the home of a North Korean diplomat in Islamabad last month, it took them more than three hours to lug out their booty: thousands of bottles of Scotch whisky, beer and French wine. The...
BARCELONA: Protesters block train tracks at the Sants Station in Barcelona during a strike called by a proindependence union in Catalonia yesterday. —AFP
Catalan strike severs road links as secessionist leaders regroup
Leaders face uphill task to regain political momentum  BARCELONA: Protesters block train tracks at the Sants Station in Barcelona during a strike called by a proindependence union in Catalonia yesterday. —AFPBARCELONA: A general strike called by pro-independence campaigners in Catalonia severed transport links yesterday, as leaders of its secessionist movement sought to regain political momentum after failing to agree a joint ticket to contest...
MARAWI: Philippine Marines walk past a mosque during a patrol along a deserted street at the frontline. – AFP
Radicalization in Marawi
MANILA: There is a large risk of further radicalization in the southern Philippines if there is unhappiness with the reconstruction of bombed-out Marawi city, where the government has declared victory over Islamic State group-aligned militants who laid siege to the city, a terrorism expert said yesterday.Sidney Jones, director of the Jakarta-based Institute for Policy Analysis of Conflict, also warned that children and younger siblings of slain...
NEW DELHI: Indian schoolchildren cover their faces as they walk to school amid heavy smog in New Delhi yesterday. —AFP
Delhi schools shut as toxic smog hits India and Pakistan
NEW DELHI: Indian schoolchildren cover their faces as they walk to school amid heavy smog in New Delhi yesterday. —AFPNEW DELHI: Delhi authorities ordered all schools to shut yesterday after choking smog descended on north India and Pakistan, with pollution levels in the city 40 times the World Health Organization's safe limit. Levels of PM 2.5, the microscopic particles that are the most damaging to health, reached more than 1,000 micrograms...
KOSOVSKA MITROVICA: Kosovo Serbs arrive to visit the graves of their relatives at a cemetery in the ethnically divided town of Mitrovica during All Soul’s Day. —AFP
Kosovo's battered women trapped in vicious cycle in 'black hole' of Europe
Marriage descended into a nightmare of abuse - Domestic violence on the rise in Kosovo amid concerns KOSOVSKA MITROVICA: Kosovo Serbs arrive to visit the graves of their relatives at a cemetery in the ethnically divided town of Mitrovica during All Soul’s Day. —AFPPRISTINA: The way she tells it, she was a familiar face at the police station in southern Kosovo where she often sought sanctuary from her violent husband. She was in her early 20s...
FLORENCE: Italy’s Daniele de Rossi attends a press conference ahead of Friday’s World Cup play-off soccer match against Sweden, at the Coverciano training center, near Florence, Italy, yesterday. —AP
Football's aristocrats Italy WCup record in real danger
Four berths up for grabs in Europe FLORENCE: Italy’s Daniele de Rossi attends a press conference ahead of Friday’s World Cup play-off soccer match against Sweden, at the Coverciano training center, near Florence, Italy, yesterday. —APPARIS: The last burst of qualifying matches for the 2018 World Cup allows some nations a chance to dream, but for football aristocrats Italy, the next few days are a potential nightmare.The last nine places in...
DORTMUND: Bayern Munich¥s Polish striker Robert Lewandowski plays the ball during the German First division Bundesliga football match. — AFP
Bayern must bring in new blood to stay on top: Lewandowski
DORTMUND: Bayern Munich¥s Polish striker Robert Lewandowski plays the ball during the German First division Bundesliga football match. — AFPWARSAW: Bayern Munich must make sure they bring in top players every season to stay competitive and ease the pressure on an ageing squad, Poland captain Robert Lewandowski said on Tuesday. Lewandowski, with the national team for friendlies against Uruguay on Friday and Mexico on Monday, also told Reuters...
GUWAHATI: This file photo shows an Indian bank employee counting old 500 and 1000 rupee notes in Guwahati, the capital city of the north-eastern state of Assam. — AFP
A year after cash ban, India's black money market is thriving
GUWAHATI: This file photo shows an Indian bank employee counting old 500 and 1000 rupee notes in Guwahati, the capital city of the north-eastern state of Assam. — AFPNEW DELHI: When India declared most bank notes unusable a year ago in an effort to flush out tax cheats, one steel manufacturer was so spooked he resolved to do business by the book in future.But 12 months on from the shock move, the industrialist says he has gone back to cash...
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This photograph taken in 1967 shows French actor Alain Delon accompanied by his wife Nathalie Delon. --AFP photos
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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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KUWAIT: HH the Crown Prince Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah receives India’s External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar on Aug 18, 2024. — KUNA
India looks to upgrade bilateral ties with Kuwait: Dr Jaishankar
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GAZA: A Palestinian man carries a cat as he flees with others a makeshift camp for displaced people in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip after Zionist tanks took position on a hill overlooking the area on Aug 18, 2024. - AFP
Under-fire Bibi blames Hamas as Gaza suffers