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LONDON: A person (center) is led away in handcuffs during a police operation at an address in Barking, east London, yesterday.-AP
7 killed in 'evil' London terror attack; 12 held
Amir sends condolences; Kuwaiti citizens safe LONDON: A person (center) is led away in handcuffs during a police operation at an address in Barking, east London, yesterday.-APLONDON: British Prime Minister Theresa May blamed "evil" Islamist ideology yesterday for an attack by knife-wielding men who mowed down and stabbed revellers in London, killing seven, as police said they had arrested 12 suspects.Saturday night's rampage at the popular...
TURIN: Juventus supporters evacuate Piazza San Carlo after a panic movement in the fanzone where thousands of Juventus fans were watching the UEFA Champions League Final football match between Juventus and Real Madrid on a giant screen on Saturday. - AFP
Turin stampede leaves 1,500 injured
TURIN: Juventus supporters evacuate Piazza San Carlo after a panic movement in the fanzone where thousands of Juventus fans were watching the UEFA Champions League Final football match between Juventus and Real Madrid on a giant screen on Saturday. - AFPBomb scare leads to panic among football fansTURIN, Italy: More than 1,500 people were injured, three seriously, after a bomb scare triggered a stampede among Juventus fans watching the Champions...
Police and members of the emergency services attend to victims of a terror attack on London Bridge.
A summer night out in London turns to horror
  Police and members of the emergency services attend to victims of a terror attack on London Bridge.LONDON: Just minutes before Saturday's terror attack in London, pubs were crammed with revellers enjoying a balmy night out in a trendy part of the city, many of them watching the Champions League final on big screens. And then terror struck yet again at London's heart as a van smashed into pedestrians before its occupants went on a stabbing...
Armed police stand over what is believed to be a suspect shot at the scene of a terror attack outside Borough Market in central London on Saturday. —AFP photos
Londoners fought back as killers rampaged
Armed police stand over what is believed to be a suspect shot at the scene of a terror attack outside Borough Market in central London on Saturday. —AFP photosLONDON: When three men armed with a van and knives went on the attack in a bustling area of the British capital on Saturday night, Londoners fought back with whatever came to hand, in some cases hurling chairs and tables to ward them off. The attack, which saw the assailants kill at...
FALLUJAH: In this June 1, 2017 photo, Sheikh Talib Al-Hasnawi, the head of the municipal council, speaks during the opening ceremony of a water station. —AP
Fallujah struggling to rebuild after liberation
City a patchwork of destruction and revival FALLUJAH: In this June 1, 2017 photo, Sheikh Talib Al-Hasnawi, the head of the municipal council, speaks during the opening ceremony of a water station. —APFALLUJAH, Iraq: Even as Iraqi forces in Mosul close in on the last pockets of urban territory still held by the Islamic State group, residents of Fallujah in Iraq's Sunni heartland are still struggling to rebuild nearly a year after their...
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14 poisoned by death cap mushrooms in California
SAN FRANCISCO: A new report says 14 people were poisoned after eating ‘death cap’ mushrooms last year in the greater San Francisco Bay Area. Most recovered but three people needed liver transplants, including an 18-month-old girl who suffered permanent neurological damage, according to Friday’s report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The poisonings occurred over two weeks last December. The report, compiled by Northern...
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Man shoots dead 9 in Russia village quarrel
MOSCOW: A man has been detained after shooting dead nine people in a drunken dispute at a weekend cottage in a village outside Moscow, Russian investigators said yesterday. The alleged assailant gunned down five men and four women after a drinking session on Saturday night turned violent in the village of Redkino, some 110 km northwest of Moscow, the Investigative Committee said. “During the get-together there was a domestic dispute between the...
MARAWI, Philippines: Evacuated residents arrive at a checkpoint yesterday. —AP
Fresh battle ends bid to free civilians in Philippine city
MARAWI, Philippines: Evacuated residents arrive at a checkpoint yesterday. —APMARAWI, Philippines: Efforts to rescue up to 2,000 civilians trapped by fighting between troops and Islamist militants in a southern Philippine city failed yesterday when a proposed truce ended in a hail of gunfire and explosions, authorities and witnesses said. The civilians were pinned down nearly two weeks ago in the center of Marawi on Mindanao island, where...
MANILA: Police Gen Oscar Albayalde holds a copy of an image of a gunman who stormed the Resorts World Manila complex whom he identified as Jessie Carlos during a news conference yesterday in suburban Pasay city. —AP
Philippines police say casino attacker indebted gambler
Duterte assures shooter not a terrorist MANILA: Police Gen Oscar Albayalde holds a copy of an image of a gunman who stormed the Resorts World Manila complex whom he identified as Jessie Carlos during a news conference yesterday in suburban Pasay city. —APMANILA: An armed man who killed 37 people when he set fire to a casino in the Philippine capital was a father-of-three from Manila motivated by heavy gambling debts and not terrorism,...
Birmingham, England, United Kingdom : India's captain Virat Kohli (C), leads his teammates as they shakes hands with Pakistan players after the ICC Champions trophy match between India and Pakistan at Edgbaston in Birmingham on June 4, 2017
India thrashed Pakistan by 124 runs in the arch-rivals' Champions Trophy
Birmingham, England, United Kingdom : India's captain Virat Kohli (C), leads his teammates as they shakes hands with Pakistan players after the ICC Champions trophy match between India and Pakistan at Edgbaston in Birmingham on June 4, 2017BIRMINGHAM, United Kingdom India thrashed Pakistan by 124 runs in the arch-rivals' Champions Trophy opener at Edgbaston on Sunday.  Pakistan, set a revised target of 289 in 41 overs following three rain...
CARDIFF: Real Madrid’s Cristiano Ronaldo celebrates after Real Madrid won the UEFA Champions League final football match between Juventus and Real Madrid at The Principality Stadium in Cardiff, south Wales, on Saturday. — AFP
Ronaldo silences Madrid critics with third CL title in 4 years
CARDIFF: Real Madrid’s Cristiano Ronaldo celebrates after Real Madrid won the UEFA Champions League final football match between Juventus and Real Madrid at The Principality Stadium in Cardiff, south Wales, on Saturday. — AFPCARDIFF: After another potent demonstration of Cristiano Ronaldo’s enduring scoring prowess, surely no Real Madrid fan can contemplate criticizing him now. Particularly after the world player of the year ensured Madrid...
LONDON: South Africa’s Imran Tahir (C) celebrates with teammates taking the wicket of Sri Lanka’s Asela Gunaratne for four runs during the ICC Champions Trophy match between South Africa and Sri Lanka at The Oval in London on Saturday. — AFP
Tahir spins South Africa to big win over Sri Lanka
LONDON: South Africa’s Imran Tahir (C) celebrates with teammates taking the wicket of Sri Lanka’s Asela Gunaratne for four runs during the ICC Champions Trophy match between South Africa and Sri Lanka at The Oval in London on Saturday. — AFPLONDON: Leg-spinner Imran Tahir took four wickets as South Africa beat Sri Lanka by 96 runs to begin their Champions Trophy campaign in style in London on Saturday. Defeat came with an added sting for...