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ALEPPO: A medic gives gauze to a Syrian girl, from the government-held towns of Fuaa and Kafraya, which have been under a crippling siege for more than two years, suffering from a nosebleed at the rebel-held transit point of Rashidin outside the government-held second city of Aleppo as they wait for the resumption of the evacuation. — AFP

Scared Syrian evacuees stuck at site of deadly bombing

Evacuees forced to spend the night in buses ALEPPO: A medic gives gauze to a Syrian girl, from the government-held towns of Fuaa and Kafraya, which have been under a crippling siege for more than two years, suffering from a nosebleed at the rebel-held transit point of Rashidin outside the government-held second city of Aleppo as they wait for the resumption of the evacuation. — AFPRASHIDIN, Syria: Hundreds of frightened Syrians being evacuated...

MOSCOW: Chechen gay men who fled persecution in their home Russia’s Muslim region of Chechnya due to his sexual-orientation, sits around a table in their flat in Moscow.—AFP

Facing death for being gay, men flee Russia's Chechnya

Authorities urge families to kill gay men MOSCOW: Chechen gay men who fled persecution in their home Russia’s Muslim region of Chechnya due to his sexual-orientation, sits around a table in their flat in Moscow.—AFPMOSCOW: Ilya looks tired and drawn. After being beaten and tortured by men in military uniform in Russia's Chechnya region, he fled to Moscow but still fears for his life-because he is gay."In Chechnya, I had no choice but to lie...

LAHORE: Supporters of the ruling party Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) carry posters of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif as they hold a rally after a Supreme Court verdict on the Panama Papers in Lahore. — AFP

Pakistan's top court orders PM be investigated for corruption

'No sufficient evidence to oust Nawaz Sharif' LAHORE: Supporters of the ruling party Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) carry posters of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif as they hold a rally after a Supreme Court verdict on the Panama Papers in Lahore. — AFPISLAMABAD: Pakistan's Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif was given a reprieve yesterday when the Supreme Court ordered he be investigated for corruption, but ruled there was not yet sufficient...

This undated image grab taken yesterday from a video uploaded on YouTube shows gunmen standing behind three foreign men (not pictured) and a Filipina (not pictured) who were kidnapped last month in the southern Philippines. — AFP

IS linked Abu Sayyaf with US bounty wants to surrender

MANILA: An elderly, one-armed leader of the Islamic State-linked Abu Sayyaf group has indicated via an emissary that he wants to surrender to the Philippine authorities and is tired of being on the run, an army general said yesterday. Brigadier-General Cirilito Sobejana, army commander on the Abu Sayyaf stronghold of Jolo island, said he has met an emissary who was seeking to negotiate the surrender of Radullan Sahiron, who is more than 70 years...

JAKARTA: US Vice President Mike Pence, left, is greeted by Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Secretary General Lee Luong Minh shortly before a meeting with permanent representatives of the association at the ASEAN Secretariat in Jakarta yesterday.—AFP

US VP Pence tours Indonesian mosque in outreach to Muslims

Pence: 'Religion unifies, it doesn't divide' JAKARTA: US Vice President Mike Pence, left, is greeted by Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Secretary General Lee Luong Minh shortly before a meeting with permanent representatives of the association at the ASEAN Secretariat in Jakarta yesterday.—AFPJAKARTA: US Vice President Mike Pence yesterday toured the biggest mosque in Muslim-majority Indonesia during a visit seen as a highly...

Iranian-French conductor Pejman Memarzadeh leads Tehran Symphony Orchestra at Vahdat Hall in Tehran. — AFP photos

French conductor leads Tehran orchestra in sign of growing ties

Iranian-French conductor Pejman Memarzadeh leads Tehran Symphony Orchestra at Vahdat Hall in Tehran. — AFP photosGrowing cultural ties between Iran and Europe were on display on Wednesday night as a French-Iranian conductor became one of the first Westerners to lead the Tehran Symphony Orchestra since the revolution. Iran's efforts to rebuild ties with the West-most notably through a nuclear deal with world powers-have triggered a flood of...

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Asia Ice Hockey Championship begins tomorrow in Kuwait

Kuwait National hockey teamKUWAIT: The Chairman of the Board of Kuwait Winter Games Club Fuhaid Al-Ajmi said Asia Ice Hockey Championship 2017 set to begin tomorrow in Kuwait will see the hoisting of Kuwait's flag in this continental sports event. Al-Ajmi, who also heads the organizing committee said the tournament is being held under the direct supervision by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IHF) and not under the International Olympic...

CALIFORNIA: Conference workers speak in front of a demo booth at Facebook’s annual F8 developer conference in San Jose, Calif. —AP

Facebook out to read your mind

CALIFORNIA: Conference workers speak in front of a demo booth at Facebook’s annual F8 developer conference in San Jose, Calif. —APSAN FRANCISCO: Facebook wants to read your mind. At least, when it comes to what you'd like to say or type. The social network giant, at its annual developers conference, unveiled Wednesday projects aimed at allowing users to use their minds to type messages or their skin to hear words. "Speech is essentially a...

ABU DHABI: The energy ministers of Qatar (left) Mohammed bin Saleh Al-Sada, UAE’s Suhail Al-Mazrouei (C) and Saudi Arabia’s Khaled Al-Falih, attend the 3rd GCC Petroleum Media Forum yesterday in Abu Dhabi. — AFP

Saudi, Kuwait signal extension of oil cuts

Al-Marzouq: Noticeable increase in compliance from non-OPEC ABU DHABI: The energy ministers of Qatar (left) Mohammed bin Saleh Al-Sada, UAE’s Suhail Al-Mazrouei (C) and Saudi Arabia’s Khaled Al-Falih, attend the 3rd GCC Petroleum Media Forum yesterday in Abu Dhabi. — AFPABU DHABI: Leading Gulf oil producers Saudi Arabia and Kuwait gave the clearest signal yet that OPEC plans to extend into the second half of the year a deal with non-OPEC...

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‘Unique’ Younis eyes final Test milestone

Younis KhanKARACHI: When Younis Khan hangs up his bat at the end of Pakistan's tour of the West Indies, it will likely be with a final Test milestone against his name. Younis is just 23 runs away from becoming the first Pakistan player to score 10,000 Test runs. With the first of three Tests against the West Indies beginning on Friday in Kingston, Jamaica, few would bet against him marking his swansong with a final foray into the record...

BARCELONA: Juventus players celebrate winning after the UEFA Champions League quarter-final second leg football match FC Barcelona vs Juventus at the Camp Nou stadium. — AFP

‘Unbeatable’ Juve hailed as Euro dream taking shape

BARCELONA: Juventus players celebrate winning after the UEFA Champions League quarter-final second leg football match FC Barcelona vs Juventus at the Camp Nou stadium. — AFPMILAN: "Unbeatable" Juventus can finally hand goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon an elusive Champions League title after making five-time winners Barcelona "cry" on their way to a spectacular Champions League semi-final exit on Wednesday. Those were the headlines splashed across...

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Panel finalizes sports law to lift sanctions

KUWAIT: The National Assembly's youth and sports committee and the government yesterday agreed on a draft sports law aimed at lifting the 18-month international suspension on Kuwaiti sports. Rapporteur of the committee MP Ahmad Al-Fadhl said the panel discussed with State Minister for Youth Affairs Khaled Al-Roudhan the final details of the draft law after reviewing a government draft and six proposals by lawmakers.He said it was agreed that the...

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