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Hamas dissolves its shadow govt
Islamist group accepts reconciliation demands GAZA: Masked youth cadets from the Ezzedine Al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of the Palestinian Islamist Hamas movement, march in the southern Gaza Strip city of Khan Yunis. - AFPCAIRO: Palestinian Islamist Hamas group said yesterday it has dissolved its administration that runs Gaza and agrees to hold general elections in order to end a long-running feud with President Mahmoud Abbas's Fatah...
BEIRUT: A man holds a girl waving a Kurdish flag as they gather to support next week’s referendum in Iraq, at Martyrs Square in Downtown Beirut. — AP
Iraq may use force if Kurd referendum turns violent
BEIRUT: A man holds a girl waving a Kurdish flag as they gather to support next week’s referendum in Iraq, at Martyrs Square in Downtown Beirut. — APBAGHDAD: Iraq is prepared to intervene militarily if the Kurdish region's planned independence referendum results in violence, Prime Minister Haider Al-Abadi told The Associated Press in an exclusive interview Saturday. If the Iraqi population is "threatened by the use of force outside the law,...
UKHIA: Rohingya Muslim refugees sit inside a temporary shelter in Balukhali refugee camp near the Bangladesh town of Gumdhum. — AFP
Rain, evictions add to Rohingya misery
Torrential rain brought back swamp-like conditions UKHIA: Rohingya Muslim refugees sit inside a temporary shelter in Balukhali refugee camp near the Bangladesh town of Gumdhum. — AFPUKHIA, Bangladesh: Heavy monsoon rain heaped new misery yesterday on hundreds of thousands of Muslim Rohinyga stuck in makeshift camps in Bangladesh after fleeing violence in Myanmar, as authorities started a drive to force them to a new site. With food and water...
ISTANBUL: A person holds a placard reading “”Free, scientific and secular education” during a protest against ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP)’s education and secularism policies. —AFP
Uproar in Turkey over removing evolution from biology classes
Considered too advanced for high school students ISTANBUL: A person holds a placard reading “”Free, scientific and secular education” during a protest against ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP)’s education and secularism policies. —AFPISTANBUL: Students in Turkey are returning to school today where they will be taught evolution for the last time in their biology classes. Next fall, evolution and Charles Darwin will be scrapped...
SURREY: Police stand guard during a search by a police forensics team in Stanwell. —AFP
UK police arrest 2nd man in London subway attack case
Britain lowers terror threat level SURREY: Police stand guard during a search by a police forensics team in Stanwell. —AFPLONDON: A second man has been arrested in connection with the London subway attack, the city's police said yesterday in what was the clearest indication yet that authorities do not believe the person who planted the bomb acted alone. The Metropolitan Police force said a 21-year-old man was arrested shortly before midnight on...
KATHMANDU: In this photograph taken on September 14, 2017, a Rohingya Muslim refugee reads the Koran inside a shelter in the Nepali capital. - AFP
Unwanted Rohingya face threats in India and Nepal
Governments argue that Rohingyas are security threat KATHMANDU: In this photograph taken on September 14, 2017, a Rohingya Muslim refugee reads the Koran inside a shelter in the Nepali capital. - AFPNEW DELHI: Detested in Myanmar, the Muslim Rohingya desperately seeking sanctuary will get a new reminder Monday of just how unloved they are in India too. As the number of Rohingya fleeing a military crackdown for Bangladesh refugee camps races past...
Philippine Marines smile at the media near the stronghold of Maute group in Marawi City in southern Philippines May 30, 2017. — Reuters pic - See more at: http://www.themalaymailonline.com/world/article/89-militants-killed-during-philippine-urban-battle#sthash.Tmdqw3Rh.dpuf
Philippine troops rescue abducted Catholic priest
MANILA: Philippine troops have rescued a Roman Catholic priest and another civilian who were among dozens of people abducted in May when hundreds of militants aligned with the Islamic State group laid siege on southern Marawi city, officials said yesterday. Presidential adviser Jesus Dureza and two senior security officials said without elaborating that troops retrieved the two late Saturday after a battle to recapture a key mosque and another...
FARYAB: This file photo taken on October 18, 2015 shows anti-Taleban armed Afghan fighters listening to their commander during a patrol against Taliban insurgents at Jamshedi, on the outskirts of northern Faryab province. — AFP
Afghanistan mulls plan to arm 20K civilians to fight insurgents
FARYAB: This file photo taken on October 18, 2015 shows anti-Taleban armed Afghan fighters listening to their commander during a patrol against Taliban insurgents at Jamshedi, on the outskirts of northern Faryab province. — AFPKABUL: Afghanistan is considering training and arming 20,000 civilians to defend territories where Islamic militants have been driven out, officials say, sparking fears the local forces could become another thuggish...
MANCHESTER: Everton’s English defender Phil Jagielka (R) clears the ball as Manchester United’s Belgian striker Romelu Lukaku attempts a shot during the English Premier League football match between Manchester United and Everton at Old Trafford in Manchester, north west England, yesterday.—AFP
Miserable return for Rooney, Man Utd routs Everton
MANCHESTER: Everton’s English defender Phil Jagielka (R) clears the ball as Manchester United’s Belgian striker Romelu Lukaku attempts a shot during the English Premier League football match between Manchester United and Everton at Old Trafford in Manchester, north west England, yesterday.—AFPMANCHESTER: Manchester United thrashed Everton 4-0 after scoring three goals in the final 10 minutes on a miserable return to Old Trafford for Wayne...
CHENNAI: Australian cricketer Hilton Cartwright lose his wicket to India’s Jaspreet Bumrah during the first one day international cricket match in the India-Australia series at the M A Chidhambaram stadium in Chennai yesterday. — AFP
Pandya and spinners secure India’s win against Australia
CHENNAI: Australian cricketer Hilton Cartwright lose his wicket to India’s Jaspreet Bumrah during the first one day international cricket match in the India-Australia series at the M A Chidhambaram stadium in Chennai yesterday. — AFPCHENNAI: Hardik Pandya's all-round brilliance and some excellent bowling by the Indian spinners secured a 26-run victory against Australia under the Duckworth-Lewis method in the rain-hit first one-day...
LAS VEGAS: Gennady Golovkin (R) exchanges blows with Canelo Alvarezn(L) during their WBC, WBA and IBF middleweight championship fightnat the T-Mobile Arena on Sunday in Las Vegas, Nevada. Gennady Golovkin retained his three world middleweight titles, fighting to a draw with Mexican star Canelo Alvarez in a showdown for middleweight supremacy that lived up the hype. – AFPnnnn
Golovkin and Alvarez fight to a brutal draw, rematch to come
LAS VEGAS: Gennady Golovkin (R) exchanges blows with Canelo Alvarez(L) during their WBC, WBA and IBF middleweight championship fightat the T-Mobile Arena on Sunday in Las Vegas, Nevada. Gennady Golovkin retained his three world middleweight titles, fighting to a draw with Mexican star Canelo Alvarez in a showdown for middleweight supremacy that lived up the hype. – AFPLAS VEGAS: Canelo Alvarez and Gennady Golovkin argued afterward about who...
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The electric car market is heating up
KUWAIT: Great investment returns are made when there is a new and revolutionary investment theme takes place. Even much greater when it is a newly emerging technology backed by governments, business, consumers and other nonprofit making organization such as environmentally friendly institutions and societies. The Electric Vehicle revolution is no different. If electric vehicles gain the wider public approvals and get huge popularity, then...
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Kuwait Integrated Petroleum Industries Company (KIPIC)
Massive fuel shortage forces electricity cuts in Kuwait
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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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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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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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VIENNA: Ambassador to Austria in Vienna Talal Al-Fassam is seen during his visit to the Austrian company. — KUNA
Kuwait explores renewable energy solutions in Vienna