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KARACHI: A Pakistani policeman takes a selfie with Indian fishermen at the railway station in Karachi yesterday, after their release from prison.

Pakistan frees 68 Indians

KARACHI: Pakistan yesterday released 68 Indian fishermen held for trespassing into its territorial waters, officials said. Indian and Pakistani fishermen are frequently detained for illegal fishing since the Arabian Sea border is not clearly defined and many boats lack the technology to fix their precise location. "The fishermen were released from Karachi's Malir jail," Afaq Rizvi, a senior official from the prison said. He said 380 Indian...

JOHANNESBURG: Relatives and family members of some of the 94 mentally ill patients who died last year, hold a candle light vigil organized by South African main opposition party Democratica Alliance (DA) outside the Gauteng Province premier in Johannesburg. — AFP

Horror in South Africa: 141 mentally-ill patients perish

Evidence shows a litany of neglect, incompetence, cruelty JOHANNESBURG: Relatives and family members of some of the 94 mentally ill patients who died last year, hold a candle light vigil organized by South African main opposition party Democratica Alliance (DA) outside the Gauteng Province premier in Johannesburg. — AFPJOHANNESBURG: Weeks of grueling testimonies at an inquiry in South Africa have tried to answer an unfathomable question-how...

Real Madrid's Cristiano Ronaldo falls to the ground as he tries to get through the Girona defence during the La Liga soccer match between Girona and Real Madrid at the Montilivi stadium in Girona, Spain, Sunday, Oct. 29, 2017. AP

Real suffer shock defeat to Liga minnows Girona in Catalonia

Real Madrid's Cristiano Ronaldo falls to the ground as he tries to get through the Girona defence during the La Liga soccer match between Girona and Real Madrid at the Montilivi stadium in Girona, Spain, Sunday, Oct. 29, 2017. APGIRONA, Oct 29 (Reuters) - La Liga champions Real Madrid suffered a shock 2-1 defeat in their first ever league visit to Catalan side Girona on Sunday, conceding two goals in quick succession and falling eight points...

Switzerland's Roger Federer kisses the trophy after winning against Argentina's Juan Martin del Potro in their final tennis match at the Swiss Indoors ATP 500 tennis tournament on October 29, 2017 in Basel. - AFP

Federer outlasts Del Potro for eighth Basel title

Switzerland's Roger Federer kisses the trophy after winning against Argentina's Juan Martin del Potro in their final tennis match at the Swiss Indoors ATP 500 tennis tournament on October 29, 2017 in Basel. - AFPBASEL, Switzerland, Oct 29 (Reuters) - Roger Federer claimed an eighth Swiss Indoor title when he out-lasted Argentina's Juan Martin del Potro 6-7(5) 6-4 6-3 in front of a partisan Basel crowd on Sunday. The 36-year-old local favourite,...

Members of the Indian cricket team pose for a photograph with the trophies after winning the third and final One day international (ODI) cricket match between India and New Zealand, at the Green Park Cricket Stadium in Kanpur on October 29, 2017. - AFP

India pip N Zealand in Kanpur thriller to clinch series

Members of the Indian cricket team pose for a photograph with the trophies after winning the third and final One day international (ODI) cricket match between India and New Zealand, at the Green Park Cricket Stadium in Kanpur on October 29, 2017. - AFPKANPUR: India registered a 2-1 series victory against New Zealand after Jasprit Bumrah’s tidy final over secured the hosts’ six-run win in the third and final one-day international yesterday....

Pakistan's cricket team members pose for photographs with the trophy after winning the third and final T20 cricket match against Sri Lanka, at the Gaddafi Cricket Stadium, in Lahore, on October 29, 2017. Pakistan marked the return of Sri Lanka with a 3-0 Twenty20 series whitewash, as officials hoped it will help reestablish the country's reputation for hosting international cricket. - AFP

Pakistan mark S Lanka return with T20 win

Pakistan's cricket team members pose for photographs with the trophy after winning the third and final T20 cricket match against Sri Lanka, at the Gaddafi Cricket Stadium, in Lahore, on October 29, 2017. Pakistan marked the return of Sri Lanka with a 3-0 Twenty20 series whitewash, as officials hoped it will help reestablish the country's reputation for hosting international cricket. - AFPLAHORE: Pakistan marked the return of Sri Lanka with a 3-0...

nCARDIFF: Anthony Joshua, right, celebrates victory over Carlos Takam,nleft, after the IBF World Heavyweight Title, IBO World HeavyweightnTitle and WBA Super World Heavyweight Title bout at the PrincipalitynStadium, Cardiff, Wales. – APnnn

Anthony Joshua stops Takam in 10th round, retains heavyweight titles

'I think people wanted to see Takam unconscious on the floor' CARDIFF: Anthony Joshua, right, celebrates victory over Carlos Takam,left, after the IBF World Heavyweight Title, IBO World HeavyweightTitle and WBA Super World Heavyweight Title bout at the PrincipalityStadium, Cardiff, Wales. – APCARDIFF: They came to see another explosive knockout from Anthony Joshua, the flattening of a 36-year-old journeyman opponent called up at 12 days' notice...

Ali Al-Mousa

Tijari reports operating income of KD 110.9m for 9 months of 2017

Ali Al-MousaKUWAIT: Commercial Bank of Kuwait announced its financial results for the nine months period of 2017. Commenting on the financial results, Ali Al-Mousa the bank's chairman said that the bank's total assets reached KD 4,369.8 million at the end of September 2017 compared with KD 4,047.0 million at the end of September 2016 (an increase of KD 322.8 million a growth of 8 percent), and operating income increased to reach KD 110.9 million...

Sheikh Mohamed Jarrah Al-Sabah

KIB achieves KD 13.5m net profit for 9 months of 2017

Customer deposits increase by 5% to reach KD 1.2 billion Sheikh Mohamed Jarrah Al-SabahKUWAIT: Kuwait International Bank (KIB) reported a net profit for the period ended 30 September 2017, amounting to KD 13.5 million, and earnings per share of 14.42 fils. In this context, Chairman of KIB, Sheikh Mohammed Jarrah Al-Sabah, said: "Since the launch of KIB's comprehensive strategic plan two years ago, the bank remains committed to its implementation,...

MIRPUR: This photograph taken on October 19, 2017 shows Pakistani Kashmiri bakers waiting for customers inside Nafees Bakers in the Pakistani Kashmir city of Mirpur, which is known as “Little England.” —AFP

Brexit hastens Pakistani Kashmir's economic break with Britain

MIRPUR: This photograph taken on October 19, 2017 shows Pakistani Kashmiri bakers waiting for customers inside Nafees Bakers in the Pakistani Kashmir city of Mirpur, which is known as “Little England.” —AFPMIRPUR, Pakistan: The tiled palaces beside Pakistan's Mangla reservoir and dozens of exchange offices testify to the prosperity enjoyed by Kashmir's Mirpur thanks to vast sums of cash sent back by tens of thousands of emigrants living in...

Faisal Mansour Sarkhou

KAMCO reports KD 7.7 million revenues for 9 months of 2017

Company records net profits KD 997 thousand Faisal Mansour SarkhouKUWAIT: KAMCO Investment Company K.S.C. (Public), announces its financial results for the nine months ended on September 30, 2017. The company recorded a net profit of KD 997 thousand with earnings-per-share (EPS) of 4.20 fils. Revenues reached KD 7.7 million, an increase of 38 percent compared to KD 5.6 million during the same period in 2016.KAMCO's quarter end total of assets...

SAN FRANCISCO: In this file photo, people wait for their lunch orders to be ready at Eatsa in San Francisco. A new survey suggests that Americans vastly prefer dealing with people when they order food at a restaurant, rather than robots, but in most other settings they don’t particularly care. — AP

Most Americans have little fear of robots taking jobs

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