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BARCELONA: People hold placards reading ‘Help Catalonia’ and ‘Freedom’ during candlelit demonstration in Barcelona against the arrest of two Catalan separatist leaders. — AFP

Catalonia's leader urged to 'act sensibly'; deadline nears

Prospect of showdown sends shock-waves across Spain - Catalonia to face direct rule unless it drops secession BARCELONA: People hold placards reading ‘Help Catalonia’ and ‘Freedom’ during candlelit demonstration in Barcelona against the arrest of two Catalan separatist leaders. — AFPMADRID: Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy urged Catalonia's leader yesterday to "act sensibly" and renounce an independence bid to head off a threat by...

QUETTA: Pakistani security officials stand beside the bodies of blast victims at the site after a bomb explosion targeting a security convoy. — AFP

Pakistani Taleban suicide bomber kills 7

QUETTA: A Pakistani Taleban suicide bomber rammed a car into a police truck in the southwestern city of Quetta yesterday, killing at least seven people, police said. The attack killed five police officials and two passers-by on the outskirts of the city of Quetta, police chief Abdur Razzaq Cheema said. He said 22 people were wounded, eight of them critically. Sarfraz Bugti, the home minister of Baluchistan province, of which Quetta is capital...

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Pakistan arrests 25 Indian fishermen

KARACHI: Pakistan has arrested at least 25 Indian fishermen for allegedly fishing illegally in its waters, officials said yesterday. The Maritime Security Agency (MSA) made the arrests during the last four days, impounding four wooden boats, a security official said on condition of anonymity because he is not authorized to speak to the media. He added "the arrested fishermen have already been handed over to police, who will produce them in a...

Police forensics work outside the police station in Helsingborg, on October 18, 2017, after a powerful explosion occured at the main entrance. Nobody was injured in the explosion, which occurred shortly after midnight local time and also shattered windows in a neighboring building, police said in a statement. - AFP

Explosion rocks Sweden

Police forensics work outside the police station in Helsingborg, on October 18, 2017, after a powerful explosion occured at the main entrance. Nobody was injured in the explosion, which occurred shortly after midnight local time and also shattered windows in a neighboring building, police said in a statement. - AFPSTOCKHOLM: A powerful explosion blew out the entrance to a police station in the southern Swedish city of Helsingborg yesterday, an...

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Crown prince annual shooting tourney begins

His Highness the Deputy Amir and Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al- Ahmad Al-SabahKUWAIT: HH the Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah Annual Shooting Tournament began yesterday with large participation by Kuwait, and Gulf shooters, declaring the commencement of the 2017/2018 shooting sport season.Technical and administrative departments prepared well by holding meeting with sub-committees to make sure all is ready for such a...

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Nissan Al Babtain receives award for local integration as an official sponsor of the UEFA Champions League

KUWAIT: Abdulmohsen Abdulaziz Al Babtain Co, the exclusive agent of Nissan vehicles in Kuwait has been awarded by Nissan GulfFZCo, in recognition for their local integration of Nissan being the automotive sponsor of the UEFA Champions League.The UEFA Champions League is Europe’s top football club competition and the most popular annual sports event in the world, followed by millions of fans in the Middle East. As the UEFA Champions League...

Dr Anwar Al-Mudhaf

AUB achieves a net profit of KD 40m for 9 months

Total operating income grew by 6.6% to KD 84.5 million - Total assets grew by 4.9% to KD 3.9bn as of 30 Sept 2017 Dr Anwar Al-MudhafKUWAIT: Ahli United Bank (AUB) reported a net profit KD 40 million for the nine months ending on 30 September 2017 in comparison to KD 39.1 million for the same period in 2016, after the financial statements have been approved by AUB's Board of Directors and the Central Bank of Kuwait. The continuous and steady...

YOKOHAMA: In this picture taken on June 21, 2017, a cleaning company worker finds a stack of Japanese yen notes as he cleans up a woman’s apartment in Yokohama, who died alone in her apartment and was found days later.—AFP

Cash-loving Japanese savers opt to stash money in home safe

People wary of possible negative interest rates - Americans hold just 13% of their savings in cash YOKOHAMA: In this picture taken on June 21, 2017, a cleaning company worker finds a stack of Japanese yen notes as he cleans up a woman’s apartment in Yokohama, who died alone in her apartment and was found days later.—AFPTOKYO: The Tokyo stock market might be riding two-decade highs, but a growing number of Japanese are choosing to stash their...

Warba Bank CEO Shaheen Hamad Al-Ghanim

Warba Bank heads towards innovation breakthrough in Islamic banking sector

Net profits up by 442% reaching KD 4.752 m for first 9 months of 2017 Abdulwahab Abdullah Al-Houti and Shaheen Hamad Al-GhanemShaheen KUWAIT: By the grace of Allah, Warba Bank, the best investment and corporate bank in Kuwait , has announced that it has achieved remarkable financial results for the first nine months of 2017, reflected by its net profits which increased by 442 percent reaching KD 4.752 million compared to KD 877 K for the same...

In Morocco, about 3,500 phony “dentists” practice illegally in surgeries in towns and rural areas, according to official health ministry statistics. —AFP

Phony dentists are plying their brisk trade on Morocco’s poor

Thriving on poverty with wretched consequences In Morocco, about 3,500 phony “dentists” practice illegally in surgeries in towns and rural areas, according to official health ministry statistics. —AFPA smart white coat is no proof of being a qualified medical practitioner in Morocco, where fake dentists and other "health professionals" thrive on poverty, sometimes with wretched consequences. "It's all a question of know-how. I inherited...

This image released by Roadside Attractions shows Jaden Michael, from left, Oakes Fegley and Julianne Moore in a scene from “WonderStruck”. — AP photos

'Wonderstruck' is a beautiful fable for youngsters: Film Review

This image released by Roadside Attractions shows Jaden Michael, from left, Oakes Fegley and Julianne Moore in a scene from “WonderStruck”. — AP photosFor devoted fans of certain prestige directors, it's always a little disarming to see them make a true children's film. Expectations have to be readjusted in real time as you submit to something else, something different. That exercise can yield disappointment, but sometimes, maybe even most...

Harvey Weinstein’s civil lawyer, Patty Glaser, is surrounded by media after leaving The Weinstein Company Board of Directors meeting in New York. — AFP

Weinstein resigns, celebrity accounts of assault snowball

Harvey Weinstein’s civil lawyer, Patty Glaser, is surrounded by media after leaving The Weinstein Company Board of Directors meeting in New York. — AFPHarvey Weinstein, the disgraced Hollywood mogul accused of decades of sexual abuse and harassment, resigned from the board of his production company as Reese Witherspoon became the latest star to open up about her sexual assault experience. Weinstein was sacked as co-chairman of The Weinstein...

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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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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

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KUWAIT: His Excellency the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Oil Dr Imad Mohamed Al-Ateeqi (center) is greeted by Prime Minister His Highness Sheikh Ahmad Al-Abdullah Al-Hamad Al-Sabah (second right) and other officials. — KUNA

Oil minister returns to Kuwait after treatment in Turkey

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JAHRA: Part of the Al-Shagaya Concentrated Solar Power Project is seen in this photo taken from the Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research website.

KAPP shortlists companies for Dabdeba, Shagaya