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AZADSHAHR, Iran: Iranian President Hassan Rouhani (center) visits and speaks with coalminers and rescue workers at the scene of a coal mine which suffered from an explosion in northern Iran, leaving dozens of miners trapped inside. — AFP

Rouhani faces protests at site of mine collapse

Miners besiege Iranian president's car AZADSHAHR, Iran: Iranian President Hassan Rouhani (center) visits and speaks with coalminers and rescue workers at the scene of a coal mine which suffered from an explosion in northern Iran, leaving dozens of miners trapped inside. — AFPTEHRAN: Angry coal miners besieged a car carrying Iranian President Hassan Rouhani yesterday after he visited the site of a deadly mine explosion, a rare protest targeting...

CARACAS: Venezuelan opposition activists take part in a women’s march aimed to keep pressure on President Nicolas Maduro, whose authority is being increasingly challenged by protests and deadly unrest, on Saturday. —AFP

Women take on the fight against Maduro

CARACAS: Venezuelan opposition activists take part in a women’s march aimed to keep pressure on President Nicolas Maduro, whose authority is being increasingly challenged by protests and deadly unrest, on Saturday. —AFPCARACAS: Thousands of women dressed in white marched in Venezuela's capital Saturday to keep pressure on President Nicolas Maduro, whose authority is being increasingly challenged by protests and deadly unrest. Led by...

OLYMPIA, Washington: Amanda Jackson holds a basketball that belonged to her son as she poses for a photo on April 28, 2017 at a basketball court in a park where he used to play while growing up

Sex assaults in US high school sports minimized as 'hazing'

Violence is normalized and persists for years OLYMPIA, Washington: Amanda Jackson holds a basketball that belonged to her son as she poses for a photo on April 28, 2017 at a basketball court in a park where he used to play while growing upWASHINGTON: The Georgia school district said it was investigating the baseball players for "misbehavior" and "inappropriate physical contact." What it didn't reveal was that a younger teammate had reported being...

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Armed man ‘sexually harassed’ female monitor in Ukraine

KIEV: A female member of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe mission monitoring the conflict in eastern Ukraine was “sexually harassed” by an armed man in rebel territory, the group confirmed yesterday. The OSCE has already limited its patrols in parts of the war-torn east since it sustained its first fatality of the three-year conflict when an American medic was killed in an apparent mine blast last month in the...

MANILA: Philippine National Police Bomb Squad remove items at the scene following two overnight explosions in Manila’s Quiapo district, Philippines yesterday.—AP

Philippines says bomb sparked by feud but IS claims attack

MANILA: Philippine National Police Bomb Squad remove items at the scene following two overnight explosions in Manila’s Quiapo district, Philippines yesterday.—APMANILA, Philippines: A bomb explosion that killed two people in a Muslim community in Manila was sparked by a personal feud, Philippine police officials said yesterday, but the Islamic State group claimed its fighters were responsible.Police said a package being delivered by a man...

In this March 20, 2017 file photo, Pakistani paramilitary soldiers stand guard while people wait for the opening of the border crossing in Chaman, Pakistan. — AP

Pakistan army kills 50 Afghan security forces in border fight

Afghan families flee as Taleban take key northern district In this March 20, 2017 file photo, Pakistani paramilitary soldiers stand guard while people wait for the opening of the border crossing in Chaman, Pakistan. — APQUETTA, Pakistan: The Pakistani army says it has destroyed at least five Afghan checkpoints near the border between the two countries, killing about 50 security forces. Maj Gen Nadeem Ahmad told reporters yesterday at the Chaman...

LIVERPOOL: Liverpool’s English midfielder James Milner heads the ball during the English Premier League football match between Liverpool and Southampton yesterday. – AFP

Milner takes blame for Reds stalemate

LIVERPOOL: Liverpool’s English midfielder James Milner heads the ball during the English Premier League football match between Liverpool and Southampton yesterday. – AFPLIVERPOOL: Liverpool's James Milner missed a penalty as his side wasted a chance to bolster their bid to qualify for the Champions League in an uninspiring 0-0 draw with Southampton yesterday. With rivals Arsenal and Manchester United clashing in yesterday's late kick-off,...

ROME: Lazio’s midfielder (from Brazil) Felipe Anderson kicks and scores a penalty during the Italian Serie A football match Lazio vs Sampdoria at the Olympic Stadium yesterday. – AFP

Lazio demolish Sampdoria

Immobile sparks rout as Lazio pile pressure on Roma ROME: Lazio’s midfielder (from Brazil) Felipe Anderson kicks and scores a penalty during the Italian Serie A football match Lazio vs Sampdoria at the Olympic Stadium yesterday. – AFPMILAN: Ciro Immobile hit a brace as Lazio thrashed Sampdoria 7-3 to cut the gap on third-placed Roma to five points in Serie A yesterday. A week after a 3-1 romp secured the bragging rights in the Rome derby,...

Manchester City’s Spanish manager Pep Guardiola

Guardiola urges players to show more ruthless streak

Manchester City’s Spanish manager Pep GuardiolaMANCHESTER: Pep Guardiola says Manchester City are the Premier League’s most creative team, but the Spaniard warned his players must show a more ruthless streak despite their 5-0 rout of Crystal Palace. Guardiola’s side were in prolific form as they thrashed Palace at Eastlands on Saturday to climb to third place, at least until Liverpool play Southampton. However, it was only City’s third...

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India to take part in Champions Trophy

BCCI unhappy with revenue share from ICCNEW DELHI: India confirmed their participation in next month’s Champions Trophy in England and Wales yesterday after initially delaying the announcement of their squad over a revenue sharing disagreement with cricket’s governing body. The dispute intensified when India failed to submit a squad for the one-day international tournament by an April 25 deadline after its cricket board (BCCI) was unable to...

Abdulwahab Abdullah Al-Houti and Shaheen Hamad Al-Ghanim

Warba Bank net profit rises 298% to KD 1.3m

Overall revenues increased by 54% to KD 12.1 million in Q1 2017 Abdulwahab Abdullah Al-Houti and Shaheen Hamad Al-GhanimKUWAIT: Warba Bank, Kuwait's best investment bank and corporate consultancy institute that operates according to the Islamic sharia, announced achieving excellent financial results - thanks to God Almighty - during the first quarter of 2017, reflected by a 298 percent increase in net profits which reached KD 1.3 million compared...

LONDON: This file photo taken on June 4, 2012 shows a boy getting a boost to see the action from the Mall waiting for the start of the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Concert at Buckingham Palace. — AFP

UK super-rich got richer despite Brexit: Rich list

LONDON: Britain’s super-rich “kept calm and carried on making billions” despite worries about Brexit, according to The Sunday Times newspaper’s Rich List for 2017, with more billionaires living in the country than ever before.In the past 12 months, the total wealth of Britain’s richest 1,000 individuals and families surged 14 percent to £658 billion ($854 billion, 777 billion euros), the paper said. It said that there are now more...

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