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10 Egyptian soldiers killed in Sinai roadside bombings
Egyptian soldiers patrol through Sinai (AFP)CAIRO: Ten Egyptian soldiers were killed in two roadside bombings as they clashed with Islamic State group jihadists in the Sinai Peninsula, the military said yesterday. Fifteen jihadists were also killed in the fighting, the military said in a statement, without saying when the incidents took place. The military said the clashes broke out when soldiers raided "an extremely dangerous" jihadist hideout....
SANAA: This file photo shows Yemenis waving national flags and hold placards during a protest against the Saudi-led coalition, commemorating one year of the alliance’s military campaign against insurgents next to the Monument of the Unknown Soldier in the Yemeni capital Sanaa. — AFP
Two years on, Yemen stuck in quagmire
Yemen's future hard to imagine SANAA: This file photo shows Yemenis waving national flags and hold placards during a protest against the Saudi-led coalition, commemorating one year of the alliance’s military campaign against insurgents next to the Monument of the Unknown Soldier in the Yemeni capital Sanaa. — AFPRIYADH: Deadly fighting, a rise in jihadism, the threat of famine-two years after Saudi Arabia intervened against Iran-backed...
WASHINGTON: Chairman Rep. Devin Nunes(R-CA) listens to testimony during a House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence hearing concerning Russian meddling in the 2016 United States election, on Capitol Hill, in Washington, DC. —AFP
US spy agencies may have picked up Trump communications
Trump: 'The communications have no intelligence value' WASHINGTON: Chairman Rep. Devin Nunes(R-CA) listens to testimony during a House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence hearing concerning Russian meddling in the 2016 United States election, on Capitol Hill, in Washington, DC. —AFPWASHINGTON: Donald Trump's communications may have been swept up in intelligence gathering on suspected foreign agents, according to explosive allegations...
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
Islamic State claims British parliament attack
May: 'An act of terrorism tried to silence our democracy' 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. — AFPLONDON: The Islamic State group yesterday claimed the deadly assault at the British parliament, as Prime Minister Theresa May identified the attacker as a British-born man...
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Indian MP admits hitting air steward 25 times with slipper
MUMBAI: An Indian politician brazenly admitted yesterday that he hit a steward on an Air India flight 25 times with his slipper during a row over a seat. Ravindra Gaikwad, an MP in India's lower house for the Hindu nationalist Shiv Sena party, claimed that the attendant had insulted him first on the Pune to New Delhi flight. "What did he say, that I hit him with my hand? I hit him 25 times with a slipper," an unrepentant Gaikwad told ANI news...
ISLAMABAD: Pakistani troops from the Special Services Group (SSG) march during a Pakistan Day military parade in Islamabad yesterday. — AFP photos
Amid deepening ties, Chinese troops join Pakistan Day parade
Islamabad considers China an all-weather friend ISLAMABAD: Pakistani troops from the Special Services Group (SSG) march during a Pakistan Day military parade in Islamabad yesterday. — AFP photosISLAMABAD: Chinese, Saudi and Turkish troops for the first time joined the Pakistan Day parade in the capital Islamabad yesterday, in a sign of deepening ties. Before Pakistan showed off long-range rockets, tanks and other military hardware, armed...
MANILA: Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte gestures as he answers questions from the press at Manila International Airport yesterday.—AFP
Philippines' President Duterte reignites martial law fears
Duterte considering measures to eradicate illegal drugs MANILA: Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte gestures as he answers questions from the press at Manila International Airport yesterday.—AFPMANILA: Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte warned yesterday he may impose martial law and suspend elections for tens of thousands of local posts, fuelling concerns about democracy under his rule. Duterte said he was considering both measures as part...
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'Power Rangers': A superhero movie too far?
Power RangersA color-coded, spandex-couture smorgasbord of high camp and heroics, "Mighty Morphin Power Rangers" has stood astride popular culture for a quarter-century as one of television's most successful franchises.The show-which premiered in 1993 and promptly became a global hit, supported by a vast range of toys, video games and comics-is on its 24th season as "Power Rangers Ninja Steel" on US children's network Nickelodeon.Smelling a...
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Putting Tokyo fashion week on the map
For years headquartered in dull but convenient shopping malls, Tokyo Fashion Week has always been a poor cousin to the artistry of Paris or the commercial dynamism of New York. But this season a growing number of designers are branching out in search of new pastures, consciously or sub-consciously taking tips from the more seasoned fashion weeks where location can be everything.When Alexander Wang made the international fashion glitterati decamp...
GAZA CITY: This file photo taken on February 22, 2017 shows Palestinian youths filling bottles and jerricans with drinking water from public taps at the Rafah refugee camp in the southern Gaza Strip. —AFP
In war-scarred Gaza, water pollution adds to health woes
  UNICEF fears catastrophe within three years GAZA CITY: This file photo taken on February 22, 2017 shows Palestinian youths filling bottles and jerricans with drinking water from public taps at the Rafah refugee camp in the southern Gaza Strip. —AFPGAZA CITY: More and more Gazans are falling ill from their drinking water, highlighting the humanitarian issues facing the Palestinian enclave that the UN says could become uninhabitable by 2020....
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Dubai Duty Free expects $2m sales hit from electronics ban
DUBAI: An Emirates plane taxis to a gate at Dubai International Airport at Dubai International Airport in Dubai on Wednesday. -APDUBAI: Dubai International Airport's duty free operator estimates that it will lose about $2 million in sales this year from the ban on carrying most electronic devices on United States-bound flights, a senior executive said yesterday.Under new security measures announced this week, electronics larger than a mobile...
MIAMI: Construction laborers work at a site in Miami, Florida. New claims for US jobless benefits rose more than expected last week, to the highest level in two months, but continued a record low run. — AFP
Germany slams Trump charge on ageing
FM says govt has no control over current account MIAMI: Construction laborers work at a site in Miami, Florida. New claims for US jobless benefits rose more than expected last week, to the highest level in two months, but continued a record low run. — AFPBERLIN: Germany has launched a two-pronged attack on US President Donald Trump's charge that its current account surplus is too high-don't blame us for being good at what we do, and our ageing...
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