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WEST BANK: Palestinian protesters surround a car reportedly driven by an Israeli settler as it attempts to cross a crowd of demonstrators near the Hawara military checkpoint in the northern occupied West Bank.—AFP
Palestinian killed by Israeli settler in West Bank clash
WEST BANK: Palestinian protesters surround a car reportedly driven by an Israeli settler as it attempts to cross a crowd of demonstrators near the Hawara military checkpoint in the northern occupied West Bank.—AFPNABLUS, Palestinian Territories: A Palestinian was killed by an Israeli settler during a clash near the city of Nablus in the occupied West Bank yesterday, the Palestinian health ministry and security sources said. The clash near a...
Michael Lodberg Olsen, 46, a Danish social entrepreneur, poses for a photo with a repurposed ambulance dubbed 'Sexelance' – a mobile unit where street sex workers can work without charge in a safe and clean environment while being guarded by volunteers from a distance, Copenhagen, Denmark, April 18, 2017. — Reuters
Danish 'sex ambulance' seeks to protect sex workers but migrant women at risk
Michael Lodberg Olsen, 46, a Danish social entrepreneur, poses for a photo with a repurposed ambulance dubbed 'Sexelance' – a mobile unit where street sex workers can work without charge in a safe and clean environment while being guarded by volunteers from a distance, Copenhagen, Denmark, April 18, 2017. — ReutersCOPENHAGEN: In a dark tunnel in Copenhagen's red light district on a freezing night, Annika gasped for air as the stranger who...
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Islamists stone couple to death in north Mali
BAMAKO: An unmarried couple were stoned to death in public in northeast Mali by "Islamists", local officials said on Wednesday, the first such incident since jihadist groups were driven out of the region. Jihadists seized key northern cities in Mali in March 2012, and though they were driven out by a French-led military intervention in 2013, Islamist groups continue to make their presence felt with frequent attacks on domestic and foreign...
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Indian cabinet approves plans to build 10 nuclear reactors
NEW DELHI: India's cabinet approved plans on Wednesday to build 10 nuclear reactors with a combined capacity of 7,000 megawatts (MW), more than the country's entire current capacity, to try fast-track its domestic nuclear power program. The decision by Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government marks the first strategic response to the near collapse of Westinghouse, the US reactor maker that had been in talks to build six of its AP1000 reactors in...
THE HAGUE: Presiding judge Ronny Abraham of France, right, enters to read the World Court’s verdict in the case brought by India against Pakistan in The Hague, Netherlands, yesterday. — AP
UN court orders Pakistan not to execute Indian naval officer
ICJ order, a huge relief to the people of India THE HAGUE: Presiding judge Ronny Abraham of France, right, enters to read the World Court’s verdict in the case brought by India against Pakistan in The Hague, Netherlands, yesterday. — APTHE HAGUE, Netherlands: The International Court of Justice yesterday ordered Pakistan not to execute an Indian naval officer convicted of espionage and terrorism, in a case that has further strained relations...
MAIDUGURI: Children orphaned by Boko Haram Islamists play on a merry-go-round in an abandoned amusement park in Maiduguri, Nigeria. — AFP
Alone in Maiduguri: The orphans of Boko Haram
MAIDUGURI: Children orphaned by Boko Haram Islamists play on a merry-go-round in an abandoned amusement park in Maiduguri, Nigeria. — AFPMAIDUGURI: After a night on the streets, the pack of young boys move into Maiduguri's abandoned amusement park in the early morning to play on the broken-down rides. shoeless and wearing ragged clothes, they sprint to the merry-go-round, its chipped candy-colored paint bleached by the scorching sun. The...
COLOMBO: Sri Lankan military rescuers and fire fighters search for trapped people in the debris of a five-storey building under construction that collapsed in Colombo, Sri Lanka, yesterday. — AP
Building collapse in Sri Lanka's capital injures 19
COLOMBO: Sri Lankan military rescuers and fire fighters search for trapped people in the debris of a five-storey building under construction that collapsed in Colombo, Sri Lanka, yesterday. — APCOLOMBO, Sri Lanka: A five-story building under construction in Sri Lanka's capital collapsed yesterday, injuring at least 19 people, officials said. Those injured in the collapse in Colombo have been sent to hospitals, police spokesman Priyantha...
MANILA: A 500 Euro bill, second row, and other country notes are displayed on a tarpaulin outside a money changer in Manila, Philippines yesterday. — AP
Philippines’ Duterte warns of thousands more drug killings
Philippines to refuse European Union grants MANILA: A 500 Euro bill, second row, and other country notes are displayed on a tarpaulin outside a money changer in Manila, Philippines yesterday. — APMANILA: Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said yesterday he wanted to behead opponents of his drug war and warned 50,000 people could die in the crackdown, after rejecting European Union aid in response to its criticism of the killings. Duterte...
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Taiwan man arrested over public beheading of sister
TAIPEI: A Taiwanese man was arrested yesterday for decapitating his sister in front of horrified neighbors, a week after another killer was jailed for beheading a three-year-old girl in the street. The brutal crimes have shocked the largely peaceful island. The 54-year-old man, identified by his family name Lin, beheaded his sister with a kitchen knife outside their home in southern Kaohsiung city after an argument, police said.Lin and his...
Bollywood actor Irrfan Khan sits during a press conference to promote his upcoming movie “Hindi Medium” in Ahmadabad, India. — AP
Indian star Irrfan Khan in new film about Pakistani affair
Bollywood actor Irrfan Khan sits during a press conference to promote his upcoming movie “Hindi Medium” in Ahmadabad, India. — APOscar-winning director Asif Kapadia is to make a film about a disastrous adulterous affair among the Pakistani elite with Indian star Irrfan Khan, according to reports yesterday. "Moth Smoke" is being adapted from the debut novel of Pakistan-born writer Mohsin Hamid about a social misfit who begins an affair with...
This file photo shows actress Milla Jovovich (left) and her husband, writer/director, Paul WS Anderson arriving at the premiere of Sony Pictures Releasing’s “Resident Evil: The Final Chapter” at the Regal LA Live Theatres in Los Angeles, California. — AFP
‘Resident Evil’ lays zombies to rest after 15 grisly years
This file photo shows actress Milla Jovovich (left) and her husband, writer/director, Paul WS Anderson arriving at the premiere of Sony Pictures Releasing’s “Resident Evil: The Final Chapter” at the Regal LA Live Theatres in Los Angeles, California. — AFPLike a horde of undead, "Resident Evil" has shuffled relentlessly forward over six films, taking a fleshy $1.2 billion chunk from movie-goers to become the biggest ever cinematic video...
This file photo shows US actor Harvey Keitel arriving on the set of the Grand Journal tv show, on the sidelines of the 68th Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, southeastern France. — AFP
Harvey Keitel to star in film about Fatima miracles
This file photo shows US actor Harvey Keitel arriving on the set of the Grand Journal tv show, on the sidelines of the 68th Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, southeastern France. — AFPAmerican actor Harvey Keitel is to star in a new film about the Portuguese peasant children who saw visions of the Virgin Mary 100 years ago in Fatima, its producers said yesterday. The announcement at the Cannes film festival comes after Pope Francis canonised the...
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His Highness Sheikh Salem Al-Ali Al-Sabah
Sheikh Salem Al-Ali passes away
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GAZA: People inspect the damage in Gaza City's Sheikh Radwan neighborhood following Zionist bombardment on August 11, 2024. — AFP
US orders nuclear submarine to Mideast
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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
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Iran rejects calls to ‘stand down’
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KURSK: This handout photograph taken and released by the Government of Kursk region of Russia on August 9, 2024, shows women and children being evacuated from the town of Rylsk in Kursk region. — AFP
Putin orders Russian army to ‘dislodge’ Ukrainian forces