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SUTHERLAND SPRINGS, Texas: State troopers guard the entrance to the First Baptist Church (back) yesterday after a mass shooting that killed 26 people on Sunday. – AFP n
Texas massacre revives gun debate, Trump blames 'mental health'
SUTHERLAND SPRINGS, Texas: State troopers guard the entrance to the First Baptist Church (back) yesterday after a mass shooting that killed 26 people on Sunday. – AFPSUTHERLAND SPRINGS, Texas: US President Donald Trump said the United States was living in "dark times" as it grieved yesterday a shooting massacre at a Texas church, but with calls for stricter gun control reinvigorated, he insisted the latest tragedy "isn't a guns situation"....
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Leaks show queen's, Ross' investments in offshore havens
Queen ElizabethLONDON: US Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross has denied wrongdoing over business ties to a shipping firm linked to Vladimir Putin's inner circle, detailed in a vast leak of financial documents that also revealed Britain's Queen Elizabeth II's investments in tax havens. The documents also suggested that Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's top fundraiser and senior advisor Stephen Bronfman, heir to the Seagram fortune, moved some...
BONN: President of COP 22 Salaheddine Mezouar (from Morocco) talks to delegates during the opening of the COP 23 UN Climate Change Conference in Bonn, Germany yesterday. —AP
2017 among the three hottest on record: UN
UN sees risks to 'fabric of life on Earth'  BONN: President of COP 22 Salaheddine Mezouar (from Morocco) talks to delegates during the opening of the COP 23 UN Climate Change Conference in Bonn, Germany yesterday. —APBONN: This year will be among the three hottest on record in a new sign of man-made climate change that is aggravating "extraordinary weather" such as hurricanes, droughts and floods, the United Nations said yesterday. The UN...
BEIRUT: A picture shows front pages of newspapers featuring former Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri following his resignation in the capital Beirut. —AFP
Lebanon leader urges unity after PM Hariri quits
  BEIRUT: A picture shows front pages of newspapers featuring former Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri following his resignation in the capital Beirut. —AFPBEIRUT: Lebanon's president appealed for national unity yesterday after Prime Minister Saad Al-Hariri quit in a broadcast from Saudi Arabia, toppling the country's coalition government that grouped the country's main sectarian factions. His resignation exposed Lebanon again to the sharp...
TOKYO: US President Donald Trump toasts with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (left) at the opening of a state banquet hosted by Abe at Akasaka Palace in Tokyo yesterday. —AP
US, Japan stand against North Korean 'menace'
Japan would shoot N Korea missiles 'out of the sky'  TOKYO: US President Donald Trump toasts with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (left) at the opening of a state banquet hosted by Abe at Akasaka Palace in Tokyo yesterday. —APTOKYO: US President Donald Trump said yesterday that America stood with close ally Japan against the North Korean "menace" and that Washington would work with Tokyo to sort out problems on trade between the world's...
BRUSSELS: A police van believed to be carrying ousted Catalan President Carles Puigdemont leaves the Brussels Prosecutor’s office, in Brussels. — AP
Ousted Catalan leader blasts Spain after Belgium frees him
Puigdemont denounces Spain as an undemocratic country  BRUSSELS: A police van believed to be carrying ousted Catalan President Carles Puigdemont leaves the Brussels Prosecutor’s office, in Brussels. — APBRUSSELS: Catalonia's sacked separatist leader Carles Puigdemont yesterday denounced Spain as an undemocratic country that "unjustly" jailed his colleagues, his first reaction since he was freed on bail in Belgium. Puigdemont and four former...
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Yazidi sex slaves still in captivity
LONDON: As Islamic State fighters beat her mercilessly for trying to flee from captivity as a sex slave in Syria, Yazidi teenager Farida Khalaf was never once deterred from plotting her next chance to escape. "They told me and my friend that they would take us to a place where we will never be able to flee. They beat me so much I lost the vision in my eye for a long time. They did everything to us," said Khalaf in Arabic through an...
Wounded Syrian men sit next to their mules after approaching a meeting point with Israeli soldiers on Mount Hermon in the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights on the border line before being transfer to an Israeli hospital for medical treatment. —AFP
Arriving on donkeys, Syrian war wounded seek Israel assistance
Wounded Syrian men sit next to their mules after approaching a meeting point with Israeli soldiers on Mount Hermon in the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights on the border line before being transfer to an Israeli hospital for medical treatment. —AFPMOUNT HERMON: The wounded Syrians, carried on donkeys through the pitch-black night, could be seen in the beam of a searchlight held by their unlikely saviors-Israeli soldiers. They were high in the...
BEHROR: Photo shows a cow roaming in the street.
In Modi's India, cow vigilantes deny Muslim farmers their livelihood
Bands of right-wing Hindus operating as private militias - Deadly scenes clash with India's image as 'investor darling'  BEHROR: Photo shows a cow roaming in the street.BEHROR: The beating that ended Pehlu Khan's life was televised nationwide. Cell phone video captured a group of men punching and slinging Khan around the middle of a road in north India, stomping on him and then slamming the 55-year-old farmer down on concrete as he begged for...
LONDON: West Ham United’s Croatian manager Slaven Bilic gestures during the English Premier League football match between West Ham United and Liverpool at The London Stadium, in east London. — AFP
Struggling West Ham fires Bilic
Lines up David Moyes as new coach LONDON: West Ham United’s Croatian manager Slaven Bilic gestures during the English Premier League football match between West Ham United and Liverpool at The London Stadium, in east London. — AFPLONDON: West Ham fired manager Slaven Bilic yesterday following the team's slide into the English Premier League relegation zone and was set to hand David Moyes an opportunity to rebuild his coaching reputation as...
LONDON: Chelsea’s Italian head coach Antonio Conte celebrates on the pitch with Chelsea’s Danish defender Andreas Christensen (L) after the English Premier League football match between Chelsea and Manchester United. —AFP
Conte warns axed Luiz to fight for Chelsea future
I must take the best decision for the club: Coach LONDON: Chelsea’s Italian head coach Antonio Conte celebrates on the pitch with Chelsea’s Danish defender Andreas Christensen (L) after the English Premier League football match between Chelsea and Manchester United. —AFPLONDON: Antonio Conte has warned David Luiz he faces a fight to win back his Chelsea place after the Brazil defender was dropped for the 1-0 win over Manchester United. Luiz...
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Kuwait to host Red Bull Car Park Drift Series Final, for the First Time
With the final for the Red Bull Car Park Drift series fast approaching, Kuwait is getting ready to host the largest motorsports event in the region on December 8 at SIRBB Circuit. Kuwait will welcome elite drifters competing for the crown of the 2017 King of Drift. Since Red Bull’s first drifting event, they have been able to bring the motorsport to new heights in the region for thousands of drifting and motorsport fans.Over 2,500 spectators...
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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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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