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MOSUL: Iraqi federal policemen open the road towards the government complex as Iraqi security forces advance during fighting against Islamic State militants in Dawasa neighborhood in western Mosul, Iraq. — AP

Heavy fighting as Iraqi forces set sights on Mosul's Grand Mosque

Car bombs, snipers, mortar fire hamper progress MOSUL: Iraqi federal policemen open the road towards the government complex as Iraqi security forces advance during fighting against Islamic State militants in Dawasa neighborhood in western Mosul, Iraq. — APMOSUL: Government forces set their sights on reaching the Grand Mosque in Mosul's Old City yesterday and the prime minister said the battle to drive Islamic State from its last urban...

KHARTOUM: Four-month-old Sudanese infant Lojien is fed baby formula by her grandmother, Manal Fadlallah, as the latter gives an interview with AFP journalists at her home in a suburb of the capital Khartoum. — AFP

Bringing orphaned IS baby girl 'home' to Sudan

KHARTOUM: Four-month-old Sudanese infant Lojien is fed baby formula by her grandmother, Manal Fadlallah, as the latter gives an interview with AFP journalists at her home in a suburb of the capital Khartoum. — AFPKHARTOUM: When Sudanese security agents came to call on businessman Alithi Yousef at his home in Khartoum, he knew immediately that his worst fears had been realized. "They told me on January 17 that my daughter Aya had been killed in...

THE HAGUE: Voters queue outside a voting station at The Hague yesterday, as polls open across The Netherlands. — AFP

Dutch vote in test of anti-immigrant sentiment in Europe

THE HAGUE: Voters queue outside a voting station at The Hague yesterday, as polls open across The Netherlands. — AFPTHE HAGUE: The Dutch tested their own tolerance for immigration and Islam yesterday in an election magnified by a furious row with Turkey, the first of three polls in the European Union this year where nationalist parties are seeking breakthroughs. The centre-right VVD party of Prime Minister Mark Rutte, 50, is vying with the PVV...

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Bitter truth of Indian sweet shops: boys in bondage, burnt and beaten

DINDIGUL: A festering wound on Vijay Kumar's thigh is a constant reminder of the four years the teenager spent behind a hot wok frying sweets and savouries. It reminds him of the day the food shop owner beat him with a metal rod and poured hot oil on his legs to punish him for adding too much food coloring to the samosas he was making. "I had put up with everything for four years," said Kumar, who is due for a surgery in a couple of weeks to try...

LAHORE: An official from the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics collects information from a resident (top) during a census, as an army soldier stands guard, in Lahore yesterday. — AFP

Pakistan launches its first census in years

LAHORE: An official from the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics collects information from a resident (top) during a census, as an army soldier stands guard, in Lahore yesterday. — AFPKARACHI: Fast-growing Pakistan, estimated to be the sixth-largest country by population, kicked off its first national census in 19 years yesterday, a delay caused by a lack of funds, political squabbling and too few available troops to oversee security. Around 118,000...

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Irish woman murdered in Goa, police launch probe

MUMBAI: Indian police said yesterday they had launched a murder investigation after a young Irish woman was found dead in the popular tourist state of Goa. The 28-year-old's body was discovered in a field on Tuesday morning and an autopsy is being conducted to ascertain whether she was sexually assaulted, Deputy Superintendent of Goan police Sammy Tavares said. "Her body was found in a naked state. A case has been filed under section 302 of the...

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With a stroke of red pen, Myanmar's Rohingya fear losing right to return

75,000 flee to Bangladesh to escape violenceSITTWE: Since security forces swept into their villages in northwestern Myanmar late last year, around 75,000 Rohingya Muslims have fled across the nearby border to Bangladesh. Many now fear that the authorities in Myanmar could make their displacement permanent. At least once a year, local administrators go house-to-house in the Rohingya villages of northern Rakhine State, lining up families to check...

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Kuwait Eighth Open Tennis tournament concludes, Mohammad Al-Ghareeb honored

KUWAIT: Kuwait Eighth Open Tennis Tournament came to a conclusion Tuesday evening under the patronage of President of Kuwait and Arab Shooting Federations Sheikh Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Abdallah Al-Jaber Al-Sabah. The tournament saw 500 players of both genders in various age groups, as 302 matches were played.The final match and closing ceremony also attended by chairman of Behbehani Group Ali Murad Behbehani as well as representatives of other...

Obaid Al-Osaimi

PAS shooting tourney to begin tomorrow

Obaid Al-OsaimiKUWAIT: Tournament of the Public Authority for Sports, organized by Kuwait Shooting Sport Club will begin tomorrow (Friday) at Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Olympic Shooting Complex in Skeet, trap, Double trap, 10 meter Air Rifle and Pistol and 50m Rifle.All concerned department at the club completed their preparations for the tournament that comes within the continued cooperation between PAS and KSSC, in support of Kuwait...

KUWAIT: The Investment Studies Center at the Union of Investment Companies, in collaboration with the PricewaterhouseCoopers PWC, holds a seminar on taxation in Kuwait yesterday

Taxation will help preserve Kuwait's economic stability - VAT, taxation rules discussed

KUWAIT: The Investment Studies Center at the Union of Investment Companies, in collaboration with the PricewaterhouseCoopers PWC, holds a seminar on taxation in Kuwait yesterdayKUWAIT: The Investment Studies Center at the Union of Investment Companies, in collaboration with the PricewaterhouseCoopers PWC, held a seminar on taxation in Kuwait yesterday at the Chamber of Commerce and Industry. The seminar was attended by around 250 participants...

Faisal Al-Hamad

NBK Capital fully realizes investment in Elaj Medical Services

Faisal Al-HamadKUWAIT: NBK Capital, a leading investment firm in the MENA region, announced yesterday that it has successfully completed the sale of a stake held by the Kuwait Investment Opportunities Fund in Elaj Medical Services KSCC ("EMS"), which owns Taiba Hospital in Kuwait, to a consortium of renowned doctors.NBK Capital arranged the strategic investment in EMS in 2011, through its management of the Kuwait Investment Opportunities Fund...

Justin Somaini,nChief Cybersecurity Officer, SAP

Securing IoT drives new Kuwait 2035's digital transformation

Justin Somaini,Chief Cybersecurity Officer, SAPKUWAIT: Securing the Internet of Things will drive New Kuwait 2035's national digital transformation, said one of the world's leading cyber security experts on the sidelines of his talk yesterday at KIACS Cyber Security. New Kuwait 2035 outlines an ambitious agenda for driving diversified economic growth. Experts agree that nationwide digital transformation will serve as the foundation for public...

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VINHEDO, Brazil: An aerial view of the wreckage of an airplane that crashed with 62 people on board on Aug 10, 2024. - AFP

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