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MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin gives a command to destroy the last chemical ammunition from Russia’s chemical weapon stockpile via a video conference at the Novo-Ogaryovo state residence outside Moscow.—AFP
Putin heads to Turkey for talks on weapons deal, Syria
'Russia and Turkey cooperating very tightly' MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin gives a command to destroy the last chemical ammunition from Russia’s chemical weapon stockpile via a video conference at the Novo-Ogaryovo state residence outside Moscow.—AFPANKARA: Russian President Vladimir Putin yesterday meets his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan for talks on Syria and a key weapons deal, hoping to strengthen an increasingly...
COX'S BAZAR: People gather around bodies of Rohingya Muslim refugees, on the shore of Inani beach, near Cox's Bazar.-AFPn
At least 14 dead as Rohingya boat capsizes off Bangladesh
UN postpones visit to Rakhine state due to bad weather COX'S BAZAR: People gather around bodies of Rohingya Muslim refugees, on the shore of Inani beach, near Cox's Bazar.-AFPCOX'S BAZAR: At least 10 children and four women were killed when a boat carrying Rohingya fleeing violence in Myanmar capsized off Bangladesh yesterday, as the number of new arrivals topped 500,000. The latest disaster came as a UN visit to Myanmar's conflict-battered...
RIYADH: Saudi women apply for a job during Glowork Career Fair 2017 for Saudi women employments held at a hotel in the Saudi capital Riyadh yesterday.-AFP
Saudi women to be allowed to drive from age 18, same as men
RIYADH: Saudi women will be allowed to drive from the age of 18, a government spokesman said yesterday, partially allaying speculation they could still face tighter controls than men even when finally allowed behind the wheel. In a royal decree issued on Tuesday, King Salman ordered an end to the ban on women drivers, a conservative tradition that has limited women’s mobility and been seen by rights activists as an emblem of their suppression....
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Rights watchdog condemns abuse in Iraq's anti-IS hunt
BEIRUT: Human Rights Watch yesterday condemned abuse by paramilitary units fighting alongside Iraqi security forces to expel Islamic State group jihadists from their last redoubts in the country. "Right now, the Iraqi government's attitude seems to be 'all hands on deck' for these last battles against ISIS (IS)," said HRW's Middle East director, Sarah Leah Whitson. "While Iraqi forces do need all the help they can get, the government should not...
NAIROBI: A protestor attempts to flee from anti-riot police in Nairobi, during a demonstration to demand the removal of officials from national election oversight body, Interim Elections and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) allegedly implicated in manipulation of the votes tally during the August 8, presidential elections.-AFP
Deep divisions over plan to change Kenya's election law
NAIROBI: A protestor attempts to flee from anti-riot police in Nairobi, during a demonstration to demand the removal of officials from national election oversight body, Interim Elections and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) allegedly implicated in manipulation of the votes tally during the August 8, presidential elections.-AFPNAIROBI: Kenya's opposition yesterday criticized a government move to amend the electoral law as it walked out of a meeting...
nnnARBIL: Passengers are seen at Arbil airport, in the capital of Iraq's autonomous northern Kurdish region.-AFPnn
Baghdad cranks up pressure on Kurds with flight ban
ARBIL: Passengers are seen at Arbil airport, in the capital of Iraq's autonomous northern Kurdish region.-AFPARBIL: All foreign flights to and from the Iraqi Kurdish capital Arbil will be suspended from today, officials said, as Baghdad increases pressure on the Kurds over this week's independence referendum. The move by the Iraqi central government marks the first major step taken in retaliation for Monday's vote, which delivered a resounding...
nKABUL: A truck drags a damaged NATO coalition vehicle at the site of a car bomb attack that targeted a NATO coalition convoy in Kabul.-AFPn
Victims of US airstrike in Kabul angry over mistaken attack
KABUL: A truck drags a damaged NATO coalition vehicle at the site of a car bomb attack that targeted a NATO coalition convoy in Kabul.-AFPKABUL: Haji Rabbani was preparing for afternoon prayers when he saw the US helicopters hovering above his mud-brick house in a residential area of Kabul. Moments later bombs started raining down. Six members of his family, including four children, were wounded in Wednesday's airstrike that was supposed to hit...
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EU commissioner Jourova drops Facebook as 'highway of hatred'
BRUSSELS: An EU commissioner admitted yesterday to cancelling her account on Facebook because it was a "highway for hatred", as the bloc warned US internet giants to tackle online abuse or risk regulation. Vera Jourova, the European Commissioner for Justice and Consumer Affairs, said she had revealed her decision to staff during a meeting to discuss a new code of conduct for dealing with hate speech. "When we started discussing the future code of...
BERLIN: This undated handout surveillance video grab released by the police in Constance, southern Germany, shows a man suspected of blackmailing shops in Germany and beyond, threatening to poison random food products.-AFPnn
Germany on alert after blackmailer threatens to poison food
BERLIN: This undated handout surveillance video grab released by the police in Constance, southern Germany, shows a man suspected of blackmailing shops in Germany and beyond, threatening to poison random food products.-AFPBERLIN: One or more blackmailers have threatened to poison food products in shops in Germany and elsewhere in Europe unless they receive millions in cash, police warned yesterday. Authorities have urged the public to be...
TURKEY: This photo provided by US Navy veteran Mohammed Jahanfar shows Jananfar and his fiancee Neda Hosseini in Bodrum, Turkey.-AP
Iranian Americans in limbo, despair after new travel rules
TURKEY: This photo provided by US Navy veteran Mohammed Jahanfar shows Jananfar and his fiancee Neda Hosseini in Bodrum, Turkey.-APLONG BEACH: US Navy veteran Mohammed Jahanfar has traveled overseas four times in the last year to visit his Iranian fiancee, most recently hoping to complete government paperwork that would allow her to come live with him in the United States. But the 39-year-old now fears they will be forever separated after...
BANGLADESH: A Rohingya Muslim refugee carries branches through Kutupalong refugee camp in the Bangladeshi district of Ukhia.-AFPn
Race row hampers Rohingya registration in Bangladesh
BANGLADESH: A Rohingya Muslim refugee carries branches through Kutupalong refugee camp in the Bangladeshi district of Ukhia.-AFPCOX'S BAZAR: Many of the half a million Rohingya refugees newly arrived in Bangladesh are refusing to be registered because their ethnicity is not included in the document, slowing a process seen as key to their eventual return to Myanmar. The Bangladesh military began registering the estimated 480,000 new arrivals...
File Photo : Indian magazine editor Tarun Tejpal (C) is escorted by police officials after a hearing at a court in Goa in March 2014. - AFP
Indian court charges ex-editor with raping colleague
File Photo : Indian magazine editor Tarun Tejpal (C) is escorted by police officials after a hearing at a court in Goa in March 2014. - AFPMUMBAI: An Indian court yesterday charged the former editor of a renowned news magazine with raping a female colleague four years ago, the prosecutor said. Tarun Tejpal pleaded not guilty to charges of rape, sexual harassment and wrongful restraint, the public prosecutor Francisco Taviera told reporters...
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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
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Interior Minister orders removal of violations in Failaka