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KABUL: (from left to right) Former Afghan President Hamid Karzai, Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, Afghan warlord and ex-prime minister Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, Afghan former Mujahideen leader and hard-line Islamist, Abdul Rasul Sayaf and Afghanistan Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah walk to attend a special ceremony at The Presidential Palace in Kabul yesterday. —AFP
Former warlord Hekmatyar returns to Kabul after 20 years
Butcher of Kabul could help improve security KABUL: (from left to right) Former Afghan President Hamid Karzai, Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, Afghan warlord and ex-prime minister Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, Afghan former Mujahideen leader and hard-line Islamist, Abdul Rasul Sayaf and Afghanistan Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah walk to attend a special ceremony at The Presidential Palace in Kabul yesterday. —AFPKABUL: A former warlord branded the...
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Rescued Bangladeshi sex slave tweets Modi over banned note
MUMBAI: For a year and a half, Aruna secretly saved the rupees customers tipped her with at the Indian brothel she was sold into, assuming she could one day exchange the banknotes when she returned home to Bangladesh. But after being rescued from a brothel in the west Indian city of Pune, she learned that her stash of 500- and 1,000-rupee banknotes - totaling 10,000 rupees ($155) - were worthless because Prime Minister Narendra Modi had banned...
KOLKATA: Photo shows former Argentina’s national team coach and former football star Diego Armando Maradona as he gestures towards unseen Indian fans while attending an event at The Mohun Bagan Football Club in Kolkata. Football legend Diego Maradona is set to visit the soccer-crazy city of Kolkata in September 2017, ahead of the FIFA Under-17 World Cup being hosted by India. — AFP
India breaks into FIFA top 100 after 21 years
Maradona to visit India ahead of U-17 WC KOLKATA: Photo shows former Argentina’s national team coach and former football star Diego Armando Maradona as he gestures towards unseen Indian fans while attending an event at The Mohun Bagan Football Club in Kolkata. Football legend Diego Maradona is set to visit the soccer-crazy city of Kolkata in September 2017, ahead of the FIFA Under-17 World Cup being hosted by India. — AFPNEW DELHI: The Indian...
This handout photo released by Christie’s auction house shows “La Legende”, a 92-carat D color “flawless” heart-shaped diamond pendant, signed by Boehmer et Bassenge.— AFP photos
‘Flawless’ heart-shaped diamond highlights Geneva auction
This handout photo released by Christie’s auction house shows “La Legende”, a 92-carat D color “flawless” heart-shaped diamond pendant, signed by Boehmer et Bassenge.— AFP photosThe largest ever "flawless" heart-shaped diamond to appear at auction will go under the hammer at Christie's sale of precious jewels in Geneva this month, and is expected to fetch up to $20 million. The 92-carat pendant suspended from a pearl sautoir is the...
File photo shows former boxer Chuck Wepner talks to The Associated Press in his home in Bayonne, NJ. — AP
Real-life 'Rocky' gets his moment on-screen
File photo shows former boxer Chuck Wepner talks to The Associated Press in his home in Bayonne, NJ. — APForty-two years after he stepped into the ring against Muhammad Ali as a 40-to-1 underdog, Chuck Wepner's business card still has a picture of the moment when he knocked down the champ. For the New Jersey boxer, it gave him brief hope that he could win. For Ali, it led him to start fighting with a vengeance, eventually taking an exhausted...
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Iran in talks with UK over jetliner funding
UK agency willing to back Boeing sales to IranPARIS: Iran is in talks with Britain's export credit agency to facilitate the financing of aircraft sales to state airline IranAir as part of its pact with world powers to lift sanctions over its nuclear program, a senior Iranian official said.IranAir's plan to buy more than 180 jets from Airbus and Boeing is the most visible economic deal on the table after major powers last year lifted most...
MONACO: Monaco’s French midfielder Tiemoue Bakayoko (left) fights for the ball against Juventus’ forward from Croatia Mario Mandzukic and Juventus’ defender Giorgio Chiellini (right) during the UEFA Champions League semi-final first leg football match Monaco vs Juventus on May 3, 2017. — AFP
Monaco aiming to put European woes aside
MONACO: Monaco’s French midfielder Tiemoue Bakayoko (left) fights for the ball against Juventus’ forward from Croatia Mario Mandzukic and Juventus’ defender Giorgio Chiellini (right) during the UEFA Champions League semi-final first leg football match Monaco vs Juventus on May 3, 2017. — AFPMADRID: Monaco will look to put the disappointment of their Champions League semi-final first-leg defeat to Juventus behind them when they travel to...
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Red Bull Car Park Drift Championship kicks of at Sirbb Circuit
.Ahead of the start of the 2017 season of Red Bull Car Park Drift competition in Kuwait, the local qualifier drifters have been preparing and rehearsing intensively while equipping their cars with the needed tools in preparation for the competition vying national championship title. What will motorsports lovers witness at Sirbb Circuit during the weekend? What are the secrets for a successful drift that will allow the car driver to represent...
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Constitutional Court declares votes 'legal', replaces one MP
Premier demands explanation to his grillingKUWAIT: The Constitutional Court yesterday rejected all petitions challenging last year's parliamentary polls and the current National Assembly, saying the process was conducted within the framework of the constitution. The ruling means the National Assembly will stay. The court accepted only one petition out of 52 it received by scrapping the membership of MP Marzouk Al-Khlaifa and declaring that...
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'Co-conspirator 3' linked to Kuwait Federation
Swim body monitoring VP role in FIFA's bribery caseLAUSANNE: World swimming body FINA has pledged to "take all measures deemed necessary" after its vice president was implicated in a FIFA bribery case in an American court. "FINA is aware of the media reports concerning the allegations against its first vice president, Husain Al-Musallam," the governing body said yesterday in a statement to The Associated Press. Still, the FINA ethics panel is not...
KUWAIT: Public Authority for Agricultural Affairs and Fish Resources’ workers inspect territorial waters. —KUNA
Only few ‘chem’ fish perished: PAAAFR
KUWAIT: Public Authority for Agricultural Affairs and Fish Resources’ workers inspect territorial waters. —KUNAKUWAIT: The Public Authority for Agricultural Affairs and Fish Resources (PAAAFR) said yesterday that "only a group of 'chem' fish have recently perished" in territorial waters. All fish in the local markets are safe' and only a group of 'chem' fish have been affected by the recent fish deaths, said PAAAFR's General Director Faisal...
MP Shuaib Al-Muwaizri
Muwaizri threatens to file more grilling motions soon
'We would grill 15 ministers a week if we have to' MP Shuaib Al-MuwaizriKUWAIT: MP Shuaib Al-Muwaizri, who already has filed an interpellation against Housing Minister Yasser Abul, said that he plans to file another grilling motion today against another minister, and a further one the following week or the week. He did not mention the minister he plans to quiz next, but media reports hinted yesterday that it could be Minister of Oil, Minister of...
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His Highness Sheikh Salem Al-Ali Al-Sabah
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BELFAST: Protestors attend a "unity over division" protest called to oppose an anti immigration demonstration in Northern Ireland on Aug 9, 2024. - AFP
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DHAKA: A Hindu shopkeeper (left) helps a woman put on a traditional conch shell bangle at a shop selling traditional prayer items in Shakhari Bazar, a Hindu majority area, in Dhaka on August 9, 2024. — AFP
Misinformation from India, vandalism frighten Hindus in Bangladesh
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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