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Doctor assaulted in hospital
KUWAIT: A citizen got angry at an Egyptian doctor, pulled him in an attempt to beat him, but nurses interfered. The doctor was making his rounds in a hospital when the citizen asked him to examine his sister, and the doctor said he will, but only when her turn comes. The citizen became angry, insulted the doctor verbally then attempted to hit him. The doctor lodged a complaint at Sharq police station.BlackmailA citizen was attracted to a woman's...
UBAI: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah arrived in Dubai yesterday on a brotherly visit. Upon arrival, His Highness the Amir was received by the UAE's Vice President and Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai Sheikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Deputy Ruler of Dubai and Minister of Finance Sheikh Hamdan Bin Rashid Al Maktoum and other top officials. - KUNA
Amir shuttles from UAE to Qatar to resolve rift
Gulf rivals not seeking Qatar 'regime change' UBAI: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah arrived in Dubai yesterday on a brotherly visit. Upon arrival, His Highness the Amir was received by the UAE's Vice President and Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai Sheikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Deputy Ruler of Dubai and Minister of Finance Sheikh Hamdan Bin Rashid Al Maktoum and other top officials. - KUNADUBAI: A senior...
TEHRAN: Iranian policemen evacuate a child from the parliament building in Tehran yesterday during an attack on the complex. - AFP
Gunmen, suicide bombers stormed Iran parliament
Twelve killed; IS claims first attacks in Iran TEHRAN: Iranian policemen evacuate a child from the parliament building in Tehran yesterday during an attack on the complex. - AFPTEHRAN: Gunmen and suicide bombers stormed Iran's parliament and the shrine of its revolutionary leader yesterday, killing 12 people in the first attacks in the country claimed by the Islamic State group.  Dozens were injured in the attacks, which targeted two of Iran's...
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump during a reception with Congressional leaders on January 23, 2017 at the White House. — AFP
Trump throws ties with key ally Qatar into crisis
WASHINGTON: In a series of morning tweets, President Donald Trump threw Washington's relations with Doha into deep crisis on Tuesday and raised doubts about the future of the largest US air base in the Middle East. Trump publicly accused key regional ally Qatar of funding extremism, while tacitly backing a blockade of the emirate, home to the Al-Udeid Air Base near Doha where around 10,000 US military personnel are stationed. The base is also the...
Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan
Turkey throws support behind Qatar
Ankara to fast-track troop deployment, ready to meet food and water demands ANKARA: Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan addresses foreign ambassadors at a Ramadan dinner on Tuesday. — APANKARA/DOHA: Turkey threw its support behind Qatar yesterday, with officials saying it could fast-track troop deployment and provide crucial food and water supplies to the Gulf Arab country facing isolation from some of the biggest Middle Eastern powers....
INCIRLIK, Turkey: This file photo taken on Jan 21, 2016 shows German Tornado jets on the ground at the Incirlik air base. —AFP
Germany withdraws troops from base in Turkey row
Personnel to be moved to Jordan's Azraq base INCIRLIK, Turkey: This file photo taken on Jan 21, 2016 shows German Tornado jets on the ground at the Incirlik air base. —AFPBERLIN: The German government decided yesterday to withdraw its troops from Turkey's Incirlik base near the Syrian border after last-ditch talks with Ankara failed to resolve an escalating row. The military personnel along with Tornado surveillance jets and other hardware -...
GAZA: Palestinian friends and family mourn during the funeral of Fadi Al-Najjar, 25, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip yesterday. —AFP
Squeeze on Qatar leaves Hamas facing questions
GAZA: Palestinian friends and family mourn during the funeral of Fadi Al-Najjar, 25, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip yesterday. —AFPGAZA: Moves by Saudi Arabia, Egypt and other Arab states to isolate Qatar may have serious repercussions for Hamas, the Palestinian Islamist movement that rules Gaza and has long relied on the Gulf emirate for financial and political support. A powerful Arab group including the United Arab Emirates and...
In this photo taken April 4, 2017, South Sudanese children arrive at the Imvepi refugee settlement in northern Uganda. — AP
In South Sudan's war, shelter protects girls from selling sex
JUBA: Sixteen-year-old Stacey narrowly escaped what could have been a life of poverty and prostitution on the streets of South Sudan's capital Juba when she was taken into a shelter and offered safety and schooling. South Sudan's civil war, which erupted in late 2013, has uprooted a quarter of the population, shattered families and left thousands of orphans, abandoned children and runaways to fend for themselves in the city. With few options, sex...
COLWYN BAY, Wales: Britain’s main opposition Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn leaves after addressing supporters at a campaign visit in north Wales yesterday on the eve of the general election. — AFP
Britain into final day of turbulent poll campaign
3rd French victim of London attacks confirmed COLWYN BAY, Wales: Britain’s main opposition Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn leaves after addressing supporters at a campaign visit in north Wales yesterday on the eve of the general election. — AFPLONDON: Britain yesterday hit the final day of campaigning for a general election darkened by jihadist attacks in two cities, leaving forecasters struggling to predict an outcome on polling day. Eight...
PARIS: French policemen point their weapons near the site of an attack at the entrance of Notre-Dame cathedral on Tuesday. — AFP
Notre Dame attacker had pledged allegiance to IS
PARIS: French policemen point their weapons near the site of an attack at the entrance of Notre-Dame cathedral on Tuesday. — AFPPARIS: A man who attacked a policeman with a hammer outside Notre Dame cathedral in Paris had pledged allegiance to the Islamic State group in a video, it emerged yesterday, four days after an attack claimed by IS in London. The 40-year-old man was shot and wounded by police on Tuesday after lunging at the officer in...
DHAKA: A Bangladeshi artisan paints a colorful sari ahead of Eid-al-Fitr yesterday. — AFP
European Union to screen Bangladeshi goods for explosives
DHAKA: A Bangladeshi artisan paints a colorful sari ahead of Eid-al-Fitr yesterday. — AFPDHAKA: The European Union has slapped new security screening on imports from Bangladesh, a move that is likely to make it costlier for businesses in the South Asian country to sell products to EU nations. Just over half of Bangladeshi exports go to the European bloc, accounting for $18.68 billion in revenues during the last fiscal year. Those shipments, by...
MARAWI, Philippines: A soldier crawls through a hole through a door that he smashed during a house-to-house clearing operation against Islamist militants yesterday. — AFP
Philippines militants planned to set up Islamist enclave
MARAWI, Philippines: A soldier crawls through a hole through a door that he smashed during a house-to-house clearing operation against Islamist militants yesterday. — AFPMARAWI CITY, Philippines: Islamist militants locked in an urban battle with troops in the southern Philippines had planned to carve out an enclave of their own, officials said yesterday after the emergence of a video showing their leaders in a secret strategy meeting. The...
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