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MOSUL: Widad Ibrahim (right) sits outside her house near the old city during fighting between Iraqi security forces and Islamic State militants on the western side of Mosul yesterday.—AP
UN chief in Iraq backs fight against Islamic State group
Iraq police inch deeper into Mosul's old city MOSUL: Widad Ibrahim (right) sits outside her house near the old city during fighting between Iraqi security forces and Islamic State militants on the western side of Mosul yesterday.—APBAGHDAD: The UN chief offered support for Iraq's fight against the Islamic State group during a visit to Baghdad yesterday, even as the country faces a growing humanitarian crisis following the months-long battle for...
NEW YORK: A Qatar Airways jet is parked at the terminal yesterday at John F Kennedy International Airport in New York. Passengers traveling to the United States from 10 airports in eight Muslim-majority countries will be prohibited from bringing laptops, tablets and other portable electronic devices on board with them when they fly. _ AFP
Qatar Airways to offer free laptops on US flights
DOHA:  Qatar Airways said yesterday it will offer free laptops to business class passengers flying to the United States, in an effort to get round an American ban on electronics. In a statement, the Doha-based carrier said it would begin offering a "laptop loan service" to those travelling in business class from "next week".The computers would be collected by US-bound passengers from their departure gate just before boarding, said Qatar Airways....
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Ethiopia state of emergency extended by four months
ADDIS ABABA: Ethiopia's parliament yesterday approved a four month extension of a state of emergency that was first imposed in October to quell nearly a year of anti-government protests."The House unanimously voted to extend the state of emergency," said a report carried by state media. Defense Minister Siraj Fegessa said the "extension is needed so as to take the prevailing relatively good peace and security situations to the point of no...
CHEMNITZ, GERMANY: Police officers leave an apartment after detonations in the eastern city on Saturday. —AP
Germany deporting more 'potential attackers' now
Tougher approach after Berlin attackBERLIN:  Germany has deported 10 potential attackers since January as part of a tougher approach towards failed asylum seekers and other foreigners it deems dangerous after one of them killed 12 people at a Berlin market, security sources said yesterday.Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere and other top officials have been pushing for quicker deportations of those denied asylum, while working with Morocco,...
BANGALORE: In this Feb 16, 2017, file photo, a US fighter aircraft F-16 performs during the Aero India 2017 at Yelahanka air base in Bangalore. The Trump administration told Congress on Wednesday that it plans to approve a multibilliondollar sale of F-16 fighter jets to Bahrain.—AP
Trump govt plans to okay sale of F-16s to Bahrain
Gulf state to purchase 19 fighter jets BANGALORE: In this Feb 16, 2017, file photo, a US fighter aircraft F-16 performs during the Aero India 2017 at Yelahanka air base in Bangalore. The Trump administration told Congress on Wednesday that it plans to approve a multibilliondollar sale of F-16 fighter jets to Bahrain.—APWASHINGTON:  The Trump administration has told Congress it plans to approve a multibillion-dollar sale of F-16 fighter jets to...
Dr. Asif Mahmood, a physician who came to the U.S. from Pakistan, announces he is joining the 2018 race for California’s lieutenant governor in front of the downtown federal building that houses a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement field office in Los Angeles Wednesday, March 29, 2017. Mahmood is promising to run on his Muslim faith, immigrant past and career as a health care provider. —AP
Muslim immigrant to join California Lt governor race
Dr. Asif Mahmood, a physician who came to the U.S. from Pakistan, announces he is joining the 2018 race for California’s lieutenant governor in front of the downtown federal building that houses a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement field office in Los Angeles Wednesday, March 29, 2017. Mahmood is promising to run on his Muslim faith, immigrant past and career as a health care provider. —APLOS ANGELES: A Pakistani-born doctor announced...
MANILA: Opposition Filipino lawmaker Gary Alejano, a former military officer who joined an uprising against former president Gloria Arroyo in 2003, arrives to file his supplemental impeachment complaint against President Rodrigo Duterte at the Philippine Congress yesterday. In his complaint, Alejano accused Duterte of having a “defeatist stance” for failing to assert the Philippines’ claims to the disputed South China Sea. — AFP
Duterte threatens top newspaper, broadcaster
MANILA: Opposition Filipino lawmaker Gary Alejano, a former military officer who joined an uprising against former president Gloria Arroyo in 2003, arrives to file his supplemental impeachment complaint against President Rodrigo Duterte at the Philippine Congress yesterday. In his complaint, Alejano accused Duterte of having a “defeatist stance” for failing to assert the Philippines’ claims to the disputed South China Sea. — AFPMANILA:...
DHAKA: Bangladesh Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) personnel and bomb experts stand near the body of a man beside a RAB checkpoint in Khilgaon. — AP
Bangladesh forces storm hideout, find eight bodies
Troops enter Islamist den after 2-day standoffDHAKA: Bangladesh security forces found the scattered remains of up to eight people, including women and possibly children, in a "horrific scene" when they stormed an Islamist hideout yesterday, police said.Security forces entered the building after a two-day stand-off with armed fighters believed to be from a new faction of an extremist group the government has blamed for a wave of deadly attacks...
NEW DELHI: This handout photograph released by Karmapa.org yesterday, shows The Karmapa Thaye Dorje (second left) and his parents Mipham Rinpoche (C/TOP), Dechen Wangmo Bottom (right /rear) Rinchen Yangzom (left) and her parents Chencho (center front) and Kunzang as they pose in New Delhi. — AFP
Top Tibetan lama abandons monkhood to marry friend
NEW DELHI: This handout photograph released by Karmapa.org yesterday, shows The Karmapa Thaye Dorje (second left) and his parents Mipham Rinpoche (C/TOP), Dechen Wangmo Bottom (right /rear) Rinchen Yangzom (left) and her parents Chencho (center front) and Kunzang as they pose in New Delhi. — AFPNEW DELHI: A senior Tibetan lama at the centre of a long-running row over one of Buddhism's most important titles has abandoned the monkhood altogether...
This pictures show spectators waiting for a film showing at the Regal cinema, an 84- year-old movie hall, in the heart of the Indian capital New Delhi. — AFP photos
Lights go out at historic Delhi cinema after 84 years
This pictures show spectators waiting for a film showing at the Regal cinema, an 84- year-old movie hall, in the heart of the Indian capital New Delhi. — AFP photosAfter years of slow but steady decline the colonial-era Regal cinema, a New Delhi institution, is enjoying a late flourishing-sadly just as it is about to close its doors. Manager Roop Ghai says families have been flocking to the crumbling white building at the heart of the Indian...
Orchestra conductor Zarifa Adiba, 18, performs during a concert in Kabul
First Afghan women's orchestra tries to change attitudes
'The formation of the orchestra is aimed at sending a positive message to the community' Orchestra conductor Zarifa Adiba, 18, performs during a concert in KabulAfghanistan's first - and only - all-female symphony is trying to change attitudes in a deeply conservative country where many see music as immoral, especially for women. The symphony's two conductors show how difficult that can be, but also how satisfying success is. One of them, Negin...
This image released by DreamWorks Animation shows the characters Mother, voiced by Lisa Kudrow, from left, Boss Baby, voiced by Alec Baldwin, and Father, voiced by Jimmy Kimmel from the animated film, ‘The Boss Baby.’
Review: In 'The Boss Baby,' it's clear who wears the diapers
This image released by DreamWorks Animation shows the characters Mother, voiced by Lisa Kudrow, from left, Boss Baby, voiced by Alec Baldwin, and Father, voiced by Jimmy Kimmel from the animated film, ‘The Boss Baby.’Some of the best animated films have been inspired by fairy tales, ancient Greek fables or mythology. Now comes one clearly inspired by, of all people, David Mamet. The creators of "The Boss Baby " have obviously been mining the...
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