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This booking photo obtained yesterday courtesy of the PalmnBeach County Sheriff's Office show Tiger Woods. - AFP
Tiger Woods arrested for 'drunk driving'
This booking photo obtained yesterday courtesy of the PalmBeach County Sheriff's Office show Tiger Woods. - AFPWASHINGTON: Golf superstar Tiger Woods was arrested yesterday in Florida on suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs, according to records from the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office. The 14-time major champion was booked into the Palm Beach County jail yesterday at 7:18 am (1118 GMT) after he was arrested by police...
In this June 6, 1967 file photo, an Israeli soldier lines up captured Egyptian troops to be checked for identification during the Six-Day War. — AP photos
6-day war begets 50 yrs of conflict for Israel
Some Palestinians openly speak of one-state outcome In this June 6, 1967 file photo, an Israeli soldier lines up captured Egyptian troops to be checked for identification during the Six-Day War. — AP photosJERUSALEM: It may well be remembered as a pyrrhic victory for Israel: In six days it stunned the world by vanquishing several Arab armies, only to be saddled with a deeply corrosive 50-year fight with the Palestinians for the Holy Land. For...
ROCKVILLE, Maryland: In this May 16, 2017 photo, Nancy Vasquez, a Salvadoran citizen with a short-term and renewable legal immigration status in the US called Temporary Protected Status (TPS), cleans up her food truck at a construction site. — AP
End to 'temporary' status for US immigrants feared
ROCKVILLE, Maryland: In this May 16, 2017 photo, Nancy Vasquez, a Salvadoran citizen with a short-term and renewable legal immigration status in the US called Temporary Protected Status (TPS), cleans up her food truck at a construction site. — APWASHINGTON: Nancy Vasquez left the turmoil in her native El Salvador behind and moved to the US, where she was able to support her family, buy a house and start a food-truck business catering to...
MANCHESTER: People look at flowers and balloons in St Ann’s Square yesterday, placed in tribute to the victims of the May 22 terror attack at the Manchester Arena. —AFP
MI5 launches internal probe over Manchester warnings
  MANCHESTER: People look at flowers and balloons in St Ann’s Square yesterday, placed in tribute to the victims of the May 22 terror attack at the Manchester Arena. —AFPMANCHESTER: Britain's MI5 intelligence service launched an internal inquiry on Monday into whether vital clues were missed in the run-up to the Manchester suicide bombing, as police arrested another man in connection with the attack. The developments come a week after...
ALLAHABAD, India: In this March 26, 2017 photo, stray cows roam on a street as volunteers of the Hindu nationalist organization Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh march to mark Vikram Samvat’s new year. —AP
India curbs on cattle sale could hurt industry, diets
ALLAHABAD, India: In this March 26, 2017 photo, stray cows roam on a street as volunteers of the Hindu nationalist organization Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh march to mark Vikram Samvat’s new year. —APNEW DELHI: A new ban imposed by India's government on the sale of cows and buffaloes for slaughter to protect animals considered holy by many Hindus is drawing widespread protests from state governments and animal-related industries. Many state...
A store owner reads by candlelight during a power cut in Islamabad. (Photo: AP)
Pakistan protester killed in protest against power cuts
PESHAWAR: Violence erupted at demonstrations against power cuts in several towns in northwestern Pakistan yesterday, leading to clashes with police that killed a protester and wounded several, officials said. Hundreds of protesters burned and rampaged through government offices and police checkpoints, snatching valuables and police weapons, said Deputy Commissioner Malakand district, Zafar Ali Shah. They tried to burn a main power station in the...
KIRIBATHGALA, Sri Lanka: Army soldiers carry the body of a victim of a mudslide in this village in Ratnapura district yesterday. —AFP
Cyclone churns towards Bangladesh
Storm toll reaches 200 in Sri Lanka, India KIRIBATHGALA, Sri Lanka: Army soldiers carry the body of a victim of a mudslide in this village in Ratnapura district yesterday. —AFPDHAKA/AGALAWATTE, Sri Lanka: An intensifying cyclone churned north towards Bangladesh yesterday after heavy rain in Sri Lanka and thunderstorms in eastern India killed more than 200 people, with more torrential downpours forecast. Impoverished Bangladesh, hit by cyclones...
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Nepal celebrates anniversary of Mt Everest conquest
After Everest record, Indian woman eyes unclimbed peaksKATHMANDU: Nepal's mountaineering community was celebrating the first conquest of Mount Everest 64 years ago yesterday, as well as this year's climbing season during which hundreds scaled the world's highest peak. A ceremony yesterday marking the first successful Everest climb by New Zealander Edmund Hillary and his Sherpa guide, Tenzing Norgay in 1953 also honored several others who have...
MANILA: A man passes a box of rubber gloves after they arranged packs of seized methamphetamine at the National Bureau of Investigation yesterday. — AP
Philippine authorities seize 605 kg of meth from China
MANILA: A man passes a box of rubber gloves after they arranged packs of seized methamphetamine at the National Bureau of Investigation yesterday. — APMANILA: Philippine authorities said yesterday that they have seized 605 kg of high-grade methamphetamine shipped from China following a tip from the Chinese government. National Bureau of Investigation officials said the drugs, with a street value of 6.05 billion pesos ($121.4 million), were...
MARAWI, Philippines: Displaced residents fleeing by truck to safer areas stop by the roadside as government troops battle with militants yesterday. — AP
Philippines military ‘close’ to defeating Islamist rebels
Several thousand civilians stuck in Marawi MARAWI, Philippines: Displaced residents fleeing by truck to safer areas stop by the roadside as government troops battle with militants yesterday. — APMARAWI, Philippines: The Philippines military said yesterday it was close to retaking a southern city held for a seventh day by Islamist militants, as helicopters unleashed more rockets on positions held by the rebels aligned with Islamic State. The...
PARIS: Spain’s Garbine Muguruza serves the ball to Italy’s Francesca Schiavone during their tennis match at the Roland Garros 2017 French Open yesterday in Paris. — AFP
Muguruza strolls as Nadal, Djokovic enter fray
PARIS: Spain’s Garbine Muguruza serves the ball to Italy’s Francesca Schiavone during their tennis match at the Roland Garros 2017 French Open yesterday in Paris. — AFPPARIS: Reigning French Open champion Garbine Muguruza breezed into the second round, while Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic prepared to launch their title bids later yesterday. Muguruza’s middling form this season saw her arrive in Paris with just three wins on clay, but...
KJA-Ramadan soccer tournament
KJA-Ramadan soccer tournament
KJA-Ramadan soccer tournamentKUWAIT: Al-Shahed and Al-Wasat soccer teams recently qualified for the quarter finals on Annhar Ramadan Soccer Tourney, after beatinbg Al-Anbaa 3-1 and Al-Sabah 3-1 in the matches played at the High Institute for Navigation and Communications’ soccer field in Shuwaikh. Notably, the tourney held in collaboration with KJA and under the auspices of minister of state for cabinet affairs and acting minister of...
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His Highness Sheikh Salem Al-Ali Al-Sabah
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GAZA: People inspect the damage in Gaza City's Sheikh Radwan neighborhood following Zionist bombardment on August 11, 2024. — AFP
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His Highness Sheikh Salem Al-Ali Al-Sabah
Kuwait mourns Al-Sabah Family patriarch, KNG Chief Sheikh Salem Al-Ali Al-Sabah