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Kuwait-US military exercises at Shuwaikh Port
KUWAIT: Kuwait and US military forces held drills at Shuwaikh Port yesterday as part of the joint US-GCC annual military exercises, Eagle Resolve. More than 3,000 military personnel from Kuwait, the GCC and the United States are taking part in the three week exercise."These exercises strengthens the cooperation on defense level between the GCC countries and other friendly countries," Lt Gen. Mohammed Al-Khudhur, General Chief of Staff of Kuwait...
IDLIB PROVINCE: This Tuesday April 4, 2017, file photo, provided by the Syrian anti-government activist group Edlib Media Center, that is consistent with independent AP reporting, shows a man carrying a child following a suspected chemical attack, at a makeshift hospital in the town of Khan Sheikhoun. — AP
Russia, Syria hit back as pressure builds
World powers point finger at Syrian government IDLIB PROVINCE: This Tuesday April 4, 2017, file photo, provided by the Syrian anti-government activist group Edlib Media Center, that is consistent with independent AP reporting, shows a man carrying a child following a suspected chemical attack, at a makeshift hospital in the town of Khan Sheikhoun. — APBEIRUT; Syria's regime and Russia hit back yesterday at accusations that Damascus was behind a...
LONDON: Pedestrians cross Westminster Bridge in the shadow of the Houses of Parliament in central London yesterday after the bridge reopened to traffic following its closure during the March 22 terror attack. — AFP
Britain's Labour in major turmoil over Hitler row
LONDONL: Britain's main opposition Labour Party was in turmoil yesterday just weeks before local elections, after deciding not to expel a senior party member who made comments about Adolf Hitler and Zionism. Deputy leader Tom Watson said the "incomprehensible" decision by the party's National Executive Committee (NEC) not to throw out former London mayor Ken Livingstone brought "shame on us all".More than 100 out of 229 Labour MPs signed a...
MOSUL: Displaced Iraqis, who fled the northern city of Mosul due to the government forces military operation to retake the city from Islamic State (IS) group fighters, wait to receive food aid at Al-Khazar camp on April 5, 2017 in the village of Hasan Sham. — AFP
Humanitarian crisis in Mosul deepens as displacement peaks
15,000 people fleeing their homes every day MOSUL: Displaced Iraqis, who fled the northern city of Mosul due to the government forces military operation to retake the city from Islamic State (IS) group fighters, wait to receive food aid at Al-Khazar camp on April 5, 2017 in the village of Hasan Sham. — AFPHAMMAM AL-ALIL: The fighting in west Mosul has forced up to 15,000 people to flee their homes every day recently, straining humanitarian...
NEW DELHI: In this photograph taken on April 4, 2017, an Indian devotee offers food to a cow during the Ram Navami festival at the Shri Ram Hanuman Vatika temple. —AFP
India police arrest 3 for cow vigilante murder over the death of a Muslim man
NEW DELHI: In this photograph taken on April 4, 2017, an Indian devotee offers food to a cow during the Ram Navami festival at the Shri Ram Hanuman Vatika temple. —AFPNEW DELHI: Police said yesterday they have arrested three people for murder over the death of a Muslim man attacked while transporting cows in northern India, where vigilantes patrol the streets to protect the animal Hindus consider sacred. Pehlu Khan, a 55-year-old farmer, died...
Yemenis gather around a burnt car after it was targeted by a drone strike killing three suspected al-Qaeda militants in January last year (AFP Photo/-)
Drone kills Al-Qaeda suspects in Yemen
ADEN: Drone strikes killed two suspected Al-Qaeda militants in southern Yemen including the nephew of a top commander, security officials said yesterday, as the US steps up its strikes against jihadists. Khattab Al-Wuhayshi, nephew of slain Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) leader Nasir al-Wuhayshi, was killed in an overnight strike on the town of Sawmaa in Baida province, a security official said on condition of anonymity.Khattab...
Israeli security forces inspect the site of a car ramming attack outside the Israeli West Bank Settlement of Ofra on April 6, 2017. (AFP Photo/Thomas Coex)
Israeli soldier killed in car ramming attack
Israeli security forces inspect the site of a car ramming attack outside the Israeli West Bank Settlement of Ofra on April 6, 2017. (AFP Photo/Thomas Coex)JERUSALEM; A Palestinian man carried out a car-ramming next to a bus stop near a settlement in the occupied West Bank yesterday, killing an Israeli soldier and wounding another, officials said. The incident near the Israeli settlement of Ofra came ahead of the Jewish Passover holiday beginning...
GAZA CITY: A Palestinian girl suffering from cancer is seen at the Al-Rantisi children’s hospital. — AFP
For Gazans, exit permits can mean life or death
Problem has concerned global health officials GAZA CITY: A Palestinian girl suffering from cancer is seen at the Al-Rantisi children’s hospital. — AFPGAZA CITY: Fuad Skik has been waiting in vain since December for permission from Israel to leave the Gaza Strip for cancer treatments, illustrating a problem that has concerned global health officials. "At the end of 2016, I asked for an Israeli exit permit and I registered my wife to accompany...
Philippines' President Rodrigo Duterte gestures a clenched fist as he visit soldiers in Butig, Lanao del Sur, southern Philippines November 30, 2016. REUTERS/Stringer
Duterte orders troops to South China Sea reefs
MANILA: Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said yesterday he has ordered troops to deploy on unoccupied South China Sea islands, boosting the military presence on remote reefs claimed by Manila in a move that could provoke rival claimants including Beijing. "It looks like everybody is making a grab for the islands there, so we better live on those that are still vacant," he told reporters during a televised visit to a military camp on the...
In this image released by Fox Searchlight Pictures, Chris Evans, left, and McKenna Grace appear in a scene from, “Gifted.” — AP
Review: Math film 'Gifted' is less than the sum of its parts
In this image released by Fox Searchlight Pictures, Chris Evans, left, and McKenna Grace appear in a scene from, “Gifted.” — APThere are several positive factors in the mixed equation that is "Gifted," starring Chris Evans and the appealing 10-year-old Mckenna Grace: A brilliant and precocious yet sweetly empathetic young girl. A devoted and decidedly hunky father figure. And then there's math itself, presented not as a refuge for social...
HONG KONG: A woman displays a cardboard advertisement outside a shopping mall in Hong Kong yesterday. Asia’s developing economies will see steady growth this year and the next, though the evolving policies of US President Donald Trump’s administration are a major uncertainty, the Asian Development Bank said in a report yesterday. — AP
Developing Asia to fuel global growth: ADB
Bank sees uncertainties emerging from US, Europe HONG KONG: A woman displays a cardboard advertisement outside a shopping mall in Hong Kong yesterday. Asia’s developing economies will see steady growth this year and the next, though the evolving policies of US President Donald Trump’s administration are a major uncertainty, the Asian Development Bank said in a report yesterday. — APHONG KONG: Developing Asian countries will drive the world...
MADRID: Real Madrid’s James Rodriguez (top) vies for the ball with Leganes’ Martin Mantovani during a Spanish La Liga soccer match between Leganes and Real Madrid at the Butarque stadium in Madrid on Wednesday, April 5, 2017. — AP
Real remain top; beat Leganes 4-2
MADRID: Real Madrid’s James Rodriguez (top) vies for the ball with Leganes’ Martin Mantovani during a Spanish La Liga soccer match between Leganes and Real Madrid at the Butarque stadium in Madrid on Wednesday, April 5, 2017. — APBARCELONA: Real Madrid beat Leganes 4-2 on Wednesday despite resting key players including Cristiano Ronaldo and Gareth Bale as goals from Alvaro Morata and James Rodriguez helped them stay top of La Liga after...
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