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ANKARA: Turkish President and Chairman of the Justice and Development Party (AK Party) Recep Tayyip Erdogan delivers a speech during AK Party’s group meeting at the Grand National Assembly of Turkey yesterday. —AFP Photos
Erdogan urges ‘slap’ for German ruling parties
ISTANBUL: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan yesterday called on Turkish-origin Germans to give a "slap" to both parties in Chancellor Angela Merkel's ruling coalition in September polls, pressing on with what Berlin has condemned as unprecedented meddling. Erdogan has caused consternation in Berlin by urging ethnic Turks in Germany to vote neither for Merkel's Christian Democratic Union (CDU), its coalition partner the Social Democratic...
Police officers stand by the body of a man who was killed after an alleged stabbing attack, in the Siberian city of Surgut, Russia, Saturday, Aug. 19, 2017(Photo: AFP)
Russia steps up probe in attack claimed by IS
MOSCOW: Russia said yesterday that a stabbing which injured seven people and was claimed by the Islamic State group is being probed by top investigators in Moscow, as new details emerged. IS claimed responsibility for the attack in the remote city of Surgut along with the attacks in Spain that killed 14 through its Amaq propaganda agency, calling the attacker “a soldier of the Islamic State.” A black-clad attacker in a balaclava ranged...
BOSTON: A counter-protester, part of a small group who remained on the street hours after a “Free Speech” rally was staged by conservative activists, scuffles with a security guard and police. — AP
Thousands march in Boston at Anti-racism demonstrations
BOSTON: A counter-protester, part of a small group who remained on the street hours after a “Free Speech” rally was staged by conservative activists, scuffles with a security guard and police. — APBOSTON: Thousands of anti-racism demonstrators flooded the streets of Boston Saturday, dwarfing a gathering of white nationalists in the city and triggering scuffles with police but avoiding the serious violence that marred a similar event a week...
MARONDERA: This file photo taken on June 2, 2017 shows Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe (L) with his wife Grace Mugabe (R) raising their fists in a vehicle before meeting delegates during a Zimbabwe ruling party Zimbabwe African National Union – Patriotic Front (ZANU-PF) youth rally at Rudhaka Stadium. — AFP
Mugabe returns home despite assault claim
'She is tarnishing our image as a nation' MARONDERA: This file photo taken on June 2, 2017 shows Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe (L) with his wife Grace Mugabe (R) raising their fists in a vehicle before meeting delegates during a Zimbabwe ruling party Zimbabwe African National Union – Patriotic Front (ZANU-PF) youth rally at Rudhaka Stadium. — AFPHARARE: Zimbabwe's first lady Grace Mugabe flew home from South Africa yesterday, state media...
DAMBULLA: India’s wicketkeeper Mahendra Singh Dhoni, left, stumps out Sri Lanka’s Lasith Malinga, right, during their first one-day international cricket match in Dambulla, Sri Lanka, yesterday. —AP
India power to 9-wicket ODI win over S Lanka
DAMBULLA: India’s wicketkeeper Mahendra Singh Dhoni, left, stumps out Sri Lanka’s Lasith Malinga, right, during their first one-day international cricket match in Dambulla, Sri Lanka, yesterday. —APDAMBULLA: Opener Shikhar Dhawan’s blazing century and a disciplined effort by the spinners powered India to a nine-wicket win over Sri Lanka in the first one-day international yesterday. Chasing a modest 217 for victory, India rode on an...
LONDON: Tottenham Hotspur’s South Korean striker Son Heung-Min (L) vies with Chelsea’s Belgian striker Michy Batshuayi during the English Premier League football match between Tottenham Hotspur and Chelsea at Wembley Stadium in London, yesterday. — AFP
Alonso ruins Spurs’ Wembley house-warming
LONDON: Tottenham Hotspur’s South Korean striker Son Heung-Min (L) vies with Chelsea’s Belgian striker Michy Batshuayi during the English Premier League football match between Tottenham Hotspur and Chelsea at Wembley Stadium in London, yesterday. — AFPLONDON: Tottenham Hotspur made a losing start to life as Wembley’s full-time tenants after Marcos Alonso’s double earned Premier League champions Chelsea a 2-1 victory yesterday. The...
GIRONA: Atletico de Madrid’s Argentinian forward Angel Correa (R) vies with Girona’s defender Pedro Alcala during the Spanish league football match Girona FC vs Club Atletico de Madrid at the Municipal de Montilivi stadium in Girona on Saturday. — AFP
Atletico defy Griezmann red card to salvage Girona draw
GIRONA: Atletico de Madrid’s Argentinian forward Angel Correa (R) vies with Girona’s defender Pedro Alcala during the Spanish league football match Girona FC vs Club Atletico de Madrid at the Municipal de Montilivi stadium in Girona on Saturday. — AFPMADRID: Atletico Madrid battled back from 2-0 down after a red card for Antoine Griezmann to salvage a 2-2 draw at newly-promoted Girona to start their La Liga campaign on Saturday. Tight...
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Kuwait Shooting Sport Club honor shooters
KUWAIT: Kuwait Shooting Sport Club celebrated the achievements made by Kuwaiti shooters during the Seventh Asian Shooting Tournament held in the Kazakh capital Astana.Kuwait ended in first place after winning four gold and one silver medal. This achievement comes following the lifting the suspension on international participation which was placed on Kuwait by the ISSF, then CAS ruled in favor of KSSF, allowing participation under the Kuwait flag...
MUMBAI: This file photo shows the Scorpene-class submarine INS Kalvari (S50) at the naval dockyard in Mumbai.
Defense firms eye billion-dollar chance in India
India to rope in foreign players to join 'Make-in-India' drive MUMBAI: This file photo shows the Scorpene-class submarine INS Kalvari (S50) at the naval dockyard in Mumbai.NEW DELHI: India has drawn up a shopping list for tens of billions of dollars of foreign fighter jets, armored vehicles, submarines and helicopters but it will only sign the cheques if they are made in India.The world's largest defense importer has announced a new policy...
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Investing in the New Kuwait: Challenges and opportunities
Euromoney Kuwait Conference 2017KUWAIT: Our ninth Euromoney Kuwait conference will be held on 26th September 2017, in Kuwait City. Co-hosted by the Ministry of Finance, it will bring together issuers, investors and intermediaries to discuss the diverse opportunities, and challenges, the government's New Kuwait initiative is creating.Our line-up of high-level speakers - drawn from government, business, economics and finance - will debate topics...
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Kuwaiti investors expect Saudi market bonanza
Focus on index inclusion and reform Shakeel SarwarKUWAIT: The Saudi equity market is set for a boost as it heads for possible inclusion in MSCI's influential emerging market index in 2018. "In the meantime, active Kuwaiti investors could reap early gains as corporate earnings should start increasing this year," said Shakeel Sarwar, Head of Asset Management at SICO BSC ( c)."The market has moved sideways in the first half of 2017 after the...
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New research could help reveal who is buying online trafficking ads
WASHINGTON: File photo shows bitcoin medals in WashingtonNEW YORK: A US researcher says she has developed automated ways to identify links between online sex trafficking ads and the digital currency Bitcoin, techniques that may help locate children being sold for sex. Law enforcement and anti-trafficking groups could use the methods to investigate Backpage.com, an online classified advertising site where sex ads can be found, said a statement by...
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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