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MARSEILLE: A white sheet is erected as a body of a victim is evacuated to a waiting ambulance while French forensic police officer search the site following a car crash yesterday, in the southern Mediterranean city. - AFP

Van hits people at Marseille bus stops

MARSEILLE: A white sheet is erected as a body of a victim is evacuated to a waiting ambulance while French forensic police officer search the site following a car crash yesterday, in the southern Mediterranean city. - AFPMARSEILLE: One person was killed and another seriously injured in the southern French city of Marseille on Monday after a van ploughed into people at two bus stops, police sources said, adding that the suspected driver had been...

Christer Viktorsson, the Swedish-Finnish director general of the UAE’s Federal Authority for Nuclear Regulation (FANR), gestures as he gives an interview with AFP in his office in the capital Abu Dhabi on August 10, 2017. — AFP

UAE nuke program edges toward launch in 2018

Christer Viktorsson, the Swedish-Finnish director general of the UAE’s Federal Authority for Nuclear Regulation (FANR), gestures as he gives an interview with AFP in his office in the capital Abu Dhabi on August 10, 2017. — AFPABU DHABI: At first glance, the long hallway seems abandoned. But behind glass walls, in soundproof offices, engineers and physicists are putting the final touches to the Arab world's first nuclear program. At the...

BARCELONA: Interior Minister for the Catalan government Joaquim Forn (C) speaks past Josep Lluis Trapero, chief of the Catalan regional police “Mossos D’Esquadra” (R) and Justice Minister of the Catalan Government Carles Mundo during a press conference. — AFP

Police kill Barcelona attack suspect

Massive manhunt for the Moroccan national BARCELONA: Interior Minister for the Catalan government Joaquim Forn (C) speaks past Josep Lluis Trapero, chief of the Catalan regional police “Mossos D’Esquadra” (R) and Justice Minister of the Catalan Government Carles Mundo during a press conference. — AFPBARCELONA: Spanish police warned yesterday that the suspected driver of a van that mowed down pedestrians in Barcelona was dangerous and...

Smoke billows as Iraqi government forces supported by fighters from the Abbas Brigade, which fights under the umbrella of the Shiite popular mobilization units, advance towards the city of Tal Afar, the main remaining stronghold of the Islamic State group, after the government announced the beginning of an operation to retake it from the jihadists, on August 20, 2017. — AFP

Iraqi forces close in on IS held town west of Mosul

Smoke billows as Iraqi government forces supported by fighters from the Abbas Brigade, which fights under the umbrella of the Shiite popular mobilization units, advance towards the city of Tal Afar, the main remaining stronghold of the Islamic State group, after the government announced the beginning of an operation to retake it from the jihadists, on August 20, 2017. — AFPHALABIYAH: Iraqi forces made significant progress as they closed in on...

TURKU: From the centre left, the Chief of Turku Police Tapio Huttunen, Finland’s Prime Minister Juha Sipilae and Finnish parliament member Annika Saarikko stand next to the makeshift memorial at the Turku Market Square. — AFP

18-year-old Turku suspect may have been radicalised

TURKU: From the centre left, the Chief of Turku Police Tapio Huttunen, Finland’s Prime Minister Juha Sipilae and Finnish parliament member Annika Saarikko stand next to the makeshift memorial at the Turku Market Square. — AFPHELSINKI: Court documents yesterday identified the suspect in last week's stabbing spree in a Finnish city as 18-year-old Abderrahman Mechkah, who the country's intelligence agency said may have been radicalized. The...

LONDON: People record the last bell bong at Elizabeth Tower. — AP

Last bongs for Big Ben as four-year repairs begin

The 12 bongs from the famous bell rang out for midday LONDON: People record the last bell bong at Elizabeth Tower. — APLONDON: London landmark Big Ben fell silent for four years starting yesterday, as a political outcry mounted over renovations that will rob Britain of a cherished symbol at a time of national uncertainty. The 12 bongs from the famous bell rang out for midday in front of a hushed crowd of over a thousand people assembled in...

BALURGHAT: This file photo taken on August 17, 2017 shows Indian residents wading through flood waters. —AFP

South Asia floods claim more than 750 lives

Hundreds of animals like rhinos, tigers also affected BALURGHAT: This file photo taken on August 17, 2017 shows Indian residents wading through flood waters. —AFPNEW DELHI: More than 750 people have died in floods across South Asia, officials said yesterday, with monsoon rains also causing the deaths of hundreds of animals, including rhinos and a tiger. The human toll is steadily rising across India, Nepal and Bangladesh following the latest in...

In this Jan 22, 2017, photo provided by US Navy, the USS John S McCain conducts a patrol in the South China Sea while supporting security efforts in the region. —AP

10 sailors missing, injured after US destroyer collision off Singapore

In this Jan 22, 2017, photo provided by US Navy, the USS John S McCain conducts a patrol in the South China Sea while supporting security efforts in the region. —APSINGAPORE: Ten US sailors were missing and five injured after their destroyer collided with a tanker near Singapore yesterday, tearing a large hole in its hull in the second accident involving an American warship in two months. The badly damaged USS John S. McCain limped into port...

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Teacher made us drink sewer water, Bangladeshi pupils say

DHAKA: Bangladeshi authorities have ordered an investigation after a primary school teacher was accused of forcing more than two dozen students to drink sewer water as a punishment, officials said yestserday. Parents lodged a complaint against Shahnaz Parvin, a teacher from Jajira south of Dhaka, after several students fell ill.Jajira’s government administrator, Rahela Rahmatullah, said an investigation was underway into allegations 28 children...

LA CORUNA: Real Madrid's Costa Rican goalkeeper Keylor Navas stops a penalty shot by Deportivo La Coruna's Romanian forward Florin Andone (R) during the Spanish league footbal match RC Deportivo de la Coruna vs Real Madrid CF at the Municipal de Riazor stadium in La Coruna on Sunday. -- AFP

Real Madrid ease past Deportivo in La Liga

LA CORUNA: Real Madrid's Costa Rican goalkeeper Keylor Navas stops a penalty shot by Deportivo La Coruna's Romanian forward Florin Andone (R) during the Spanish league footbal match RC Deportivo de la Coruna vs Real Madrid CF at the Municipal de Riazor stadium in La Coruna on Sunday. -- AFPMADRID: Real Madrid's winning streak shows no signs of abating as the European champions began their defence of La Liga with a comfortable 3-0 win at...

PARIS: Paris Saint-Germain's Brazilian forward Neymar (R) runs for the ball during the French L1 football match Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) vs Toulouse FC (TFC) at the Parc des Princes stadium in Paris on Sunday. - AFP

Brilliant Neymar dazzles again in PSG romp

PARIS: Paris Saint-Germain's Brazilian forward Neymar (R) runs for the ball during the French L1 football match Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) vs Toulouse FC (TFC) at the Parc des Princes stadium in Paris on Sunday. - AFPPARIS: Neymar starred from beginning to end on his home debut for Paris Saint-Germain, scoring twice in a 6-2 thumping of Toulouse in Ligue 1 on Sunday. The Brazilian superstar had a hand in everything else his new side did at the...

MILAN: Inter Milan's Mauro Icardi, center, challenges for the ball with Fiorentina's Vitor Hugo during the Serie A soccer match between Inter Milan and Fiorentina at the San Siro stadium in Milan, Italy, Sunday. – AP

Inter, Milan match Juve with winning starts

MILAN: Inter Milan's Mauro Icardi, center, challenges for the ball with Fiorentina's Vitor Hugo during the Serie A soccer match between Inter Milan and Fiorentina at the San Siro stadium in Milan, Italy, Sunday. – APMILAN: Inter captain Mauro Icardi hit a brace and Ivorian Franck Kessie opened his AC Milan account as the northern giants matched Juventus's winning start to the Serie A season with respective 3-0 victories on Sunday. Left in the...

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This undated imageshows a colorized transmission electron micrograph of mpox particles (green) found within an infected cell (pink and purple) cultured in the laboratory. - AFP

Mpox global health emergency, Kuwait monitoring situation

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VARANASI: Medical students shout slogans and hold posters as they protest the rape and murder of a young medic from Kolkata, in Varanasi on August 15, 2024. -- AFP

Protests sweep India over rape and murder of doctor

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NEW DELHI: India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi inspects the guard of honor to mark the country's Independence Day, at the Red Fort in New Delhi on August 15, 2024. -AFP

Modi renews push for common civil code for India

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Kuwait Society for Relief’s second relief plane. - KUNA photos

Kuwait sends relief planeload to Sudan

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KUWAIT: People watch pearl diving boats as they arrive at the main beach at the end of the 33rd annual pearl diving festival. Pearl-diving trips are held annually under the patronage of the Kuwaiti Amir in order to keep traditions alive.

Pearl diving trip winds up