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Qatari men herd camels in a desert area on the Qatari side of the Abu Samrah border crossing between Saudi Arabia and Qatar yesterday. Around 12,000 camels and sheep have become the latest victims of the Gulf diplomatic crisis, being forced to trek back to Qatar from Saudi Arabia. — AFP
Qatar accuses ‘neighbors’ of hack
US ‘mystified’ by failure to justify embargo Qatari men herd camels in a desert area on the Qatari side of the Abu Samrah border crossing between Saudi Arabia and Qatar yesterday. Around 12,000 camels and sheep have become the latest victims of the Gulf diplomatic crisis, being forced to trek back to Qatar from Saudi Arabia. — AFPDOHA: Qatar on Tuesday accused “neighboring countries”, which have cut ties with it, of being behind the...
MOSUL: Smoke billows as Iraqi anti-terrorism forces (CTS) advance towards the Old City of Mosul yesterday during the ongoing offensive by to retake the last district still held by the Islamic State (IS) group. - AFP
Iraqi forces advance on Mosul mosque
MOSUL: Smoke billows as Iraqi anti-terrorism forces (CTS) advance towards the Old City of Mosul yesterday during the ongoing offensive by to retake the last district still held by the Islamic State (IS) group. - AFPMOSUL: US-backed Iraqi forces yesterday began a push towards the mosque in Mosul where Islamic State declared a self-styled caliphate three years ago, military officials said. The forces had encircled the jihadist group’s stronghold...
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Outcry after Turkish woman assaulted for wearing shorts
ISTANBUL: A Turkish man assaulted a young woman on an Istanbul bus for wearing shorts during the holy Muslim fasting month of Ramadan, images showed yesterday, sparking a furore among women’s rights activists. University student Asena Melisa Saglam was travelling on the bus when the man seated behind her struck her in the face, images published by Turkish media showed. She responded by chasing after him but he grabbed her and slung her to the...
GAZA: Egyptian trucks carrying enter Gaza's power plant in Nusseirat in the central Gaza Strip yesterday. - AP
Egypt delivers fuel to Gaza, undercuts Abbas
GAZA: Egyptian trucks carrying enter Gaza's power plant in Nusseirat in the central Gaza Strip yesterday. - APRAFAH: Egypt began yesterday to deliver a million litres of fuel to Gaza, temporarily easing a crisis that has left the Palestinian enclave's two million residents with only a few hours of electricity per day. The deliveries come two days after Israel began reducing the electricity it supplies to Gaza, following Palestinian president...
WASHINGTON: In this file photo, President Donald Trump speaks in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington.-AP
Trump administration eyes hardening line toward Pakistan
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump's administration is exploring hardening its approach toward Pakistan to crack down on Pakistan-based militants launching attacks in neighboring Afghanistan, two US officials tell Reuters. Potential Trump administration responses being discussed include expanding US drone strikes, redirecting or withholding some aid to Pakistan and perhaps eventually downgrading Pakistan's status as a major non-NATO ally, the...
LONDON: Britain’s Prince Charles, Prince of Wales holds his mother Queen Elizabeth II’s hand during the State Opening of Parliament in the Houses of Parliament in London yesterday. – AFP
Queen outlines UK government agenda in scaled-down speech
Britain's 'zombie government' presents Brexit laws LONDON: Britain’s Prince Charles, Prince of Wales holds his mother Queen Elizabeth II’s hand during the State Opening of Parliament in the Houses of Parliament in London yesterday. – AFPLONDON: Prime Minister Theresa May, leading a "zombie" government after a disastrous election, yesterday unveiled a diluted program of action that included the mammoth legislation needed to take Britain out...
BRUSSELS: A Belgian army soldier patrols around the Central train station yesterday following a failed terrorist bomb attack a day earlier. – AFP
Brussels attacker identified as Moroccan with nail bomb
BRUSSELS: A Belgian army soldier patrols around the Central train station yesterday following a failed terrorist bomb attack a day earlier. – AFPBRUSSELS: Belgium said yesterday a Moroccan man carried out a foiled terrorist attack with a nail bomb at a busy Brussels train station, the latest in a wave of attacks to hit Europe. The 36-year-old man, identified only as O.Z, shouted "Allahu Akbar" and tried to detonate a suitcase in a group of...
WASHINGTON: People hold up signs during a vigil on Tuesday for Nabra Hassanen, a 17-year old Muslim girl who was killed in a road rage incident on June 18. —AFP
Slaying leaves doubt about motive in Muslim community
WASHINGTON: People hold up signs during a vigil on Tuesday for Nabra Hassanen, a 17-year old Muslim girl who was killed in a road rage incident on June 18. —AFPFAIRFAX, Virginia: Islamic leaders are questioning Virginia detectives' insistence that the beating death of a teenage Muslim girl appears to have been a case of road rage, saying the attack looks all too much like a hate crime. Nabra Hassanen, 17, was bludgeoned with a baseball bat...
MARAWI: A resident stands next to her family's allegedly looted room, including a vault containing the family's cash and valuables yesterday. - AFP
Militants take hostages at Philippine school
MARAWI: A resident stands next to her family's allegedly looted room, including a vault containing the family's cash and valuables yesterday. - AFPMARAWI, Philippines: Islamic militants occupied a primary school and took hostages in a southern Philippine village yesterday, a few hours’ drive from a city where other jihadists were fighting a month-long war, authorities said. Hundreds of gunmen initially attacked a lightly guarded military...
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Rohingya seek new escape routes from Bangladesh
DHAKA: In squalid camps in Bangladesh, hundreds of thousands of Rohingya who have fled violence and persecution in neighboring Myanmar dream of a better life abroad - and rely on increasingly high-tech trafficking networks to get them there. Dhaka denies new arrivals refugee status and, after a major crackdown sealed off the ocean routes traditionally used to traffic migrants to Southeast Asia, many Rohingya are turning to complex smuggling...
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Boris Becker declared bankrupt
Boris BeckerLONDON: Former German tennis star Boris Becker has been declared bankrupt by a court in London after failing to pay a "substantial" long-standing debt since 2015.Laywers for the the three-time Wimbledon champion pleaded with a Bankruptcy Court registrar yesterday to allow Becker a "last chance" to pay off the debt.But Registrar Christine Derrett, who recalled watching Becker play on Centre Court, ruled there was a lack of credible...
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Greats lament 'sad day' as Kohli topples Kumble
LONDON: This photograph taken on May 26, 2017 shows India's head coach Anil Kumble attending a practice session at Lord's Cricket Ground in London on May 26, 2017 ahead of the start of the 2017 ICC Champions Trophy cricket tournament. Batting great Sunil Gavaskar lamented a "sad day" yesterday after Anil Kumble stepped down as India coach over a rift with captain Virat Kohli, leaving the hotseat vacant once again. – AFPNEW DELHI: Batting great...
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INCHEON, South Korea: This photo taken on Aug 8, 2024 shows a sniffer dog taking part in a demonstration of bedbug detection in passengers' luggage at Incheon International Airport. - AFP
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