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MOSUL: An Iraqi forces member looks at a crater made by an air strike in west Mosul as Iraqi troops continue battling against Islamic State (IS) group fighters to further advance inside the city yesterday. — AFP
Iraqi forces retake govt HQ, museum in Mosul
MOSUL: An Iraqi forces member looks at a crater made by an air strike in west Mosul as Iraqi troops continue battling against Islamic State (IS) group fighters to further advance inside the city yesterday. — AFPMOSUL: Iraqi forces said yesterday they had seized the main government offices in Mosul and its famed museum as they made steady progress in their battle to retake the city's west from the militants. News of the advances came on the...
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Daring ambush in Bangladesh fails to free top militant
DHAKA: Suspected Islamist militants hurled bombs at a prison van in a daring attempt to free Bangladesh's most-wanted militant leader from death row, police said yesterday.Police arrested a 24-year-old man at the scene and launched a hunt for his accomplices after the gang threw bombs at the van carrying Mufti Abdul Hannan in the town of Tongi just outside Dhaka on Monday. "Their aim was to snatch Mufti Hannan," local police chief Firoz Talukder...
A Hungarian soldier patrols at the transit zone at Hungary’s southern border with Serbia near Tompa, 169 km southeast of Budapest, Hungary. Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orban, an early supporter of US President Donald Trump, has ordered the reinforcement of fences on Hungary’s southern borders to keep out migrants, many of whom are Muslims. —AP
Hungary PM calls migration ‘Trojan horse’ of terrorism
A Hungarian soldier patrols at the transit zone at Hungary’s southern border with Serbia near Tompa, 169 km southeast of Budapest, Hungary. Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orban, an early supporter of US President Donald Trump, has ordered the reinforcement of fences on Hungary’s southern borders to keep out migrants, many of whom are Muslims. —APBUDAPEST: Migration is the "Trojan wooden horse" of terrorism and the current lull in the...
BANGALORE: Discontinued Indian currency notes of 1,000 denomination are seen after they were exchanged at a bank in Bangalore, India, in a government effort to crack down on corruption by banning high-denomination currency notes. A survey by the anti-graft group Transparency International shows that bribery and other forms of corruption are hindering poverty alleviation and hurting public health by channeling resources away from those who need them. — AP
900 million in Asia paid bribes in 2016
Bribery rates highest in India and Vietnam BANGALORE: Discontinued Indian currency notes of 1,000 denomination are seen after they were exchanged at a bank in Bangalore, India, in a government effort to crack down on corruption by banning high-denomination currency notes. A survey by the anti-graft group Transparency International shows that bribery and other forms of corruption are hindering poverty alleviation and hurting public health by...
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Sheikh Ahmad Al-Jaber honored for support of Dubai Duty Free Tennis Tournament
KUWAIT: President of Kuwait and Arab Tennis Federation Sheikh Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Abdallah Al-Sabah attended the final match and closing ceremony of the 25th Dubai Duty Free Tennis Open 2017 which was won by Britain's Andy Murary who defeated Fernando Verdasco 6-3-6-2.Sheikh Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Abdallah also attended the meeting of West Asians Tennis Federations Presidents with ITF President David Hasgerty, during which tennis affairs in the region...
BANGALORE: Indian captain Virat Kohli (C) and teammates celebrate their match victory against Australia on the fourth day of the second Test match between India and Australia at The M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore yesterday. - AFP
Ashwin grabs six as India stun Australia
BANGALORE: Indian captain Virat Kohli (C) and teammates celebrate their match victory against Australia on the fourth day of the second Test match between India and Australia at The M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore yesterday. - AFPBANGALORE:  Off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin grabbed six wickets as India stopped Australia in their tracks to win a fiery second Test and level the series 1-1 yesterday. Australia, needing 188 for victory, were...
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McDonald’s sponsors ‘Sporty International Championship’
.KUWAIT: As part of its ongoing efforts to support and encourage local sports initiatives, McDonald's Kuwait recently sponsored (Diamond Sponsor) the Sporty International Championship, which was held at Boulevard Football Grounds during the period from February 24th to February 26th. This youth football tournament was organized byCreative Sports Center, and was held under the patronage of the Minister of State for Youth Affairs, Khaled Nasser...
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American Tax Bureau opens office in Bahrain
Offering FATCA assistance to expatriate US citizens .KUWAIT: Following the sweeping changes instigated by the US Federal Government's Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) in 2010, American Tax Bureau has opened a new office in Bahrain, located at Manama's Bahrain Financial Harbor to service the growing needs of individual US taxpayers in the kingdom as well as other Gulf States, such as neighboring Saudi Arabia. ATB opened its first office...
Mohamed Naser Al-Sayer and Sons launches new Toyota delivery center
Mohamad Naser Al-Sayer and Sons launches new Toyota Delivery Center
Mohamed Naser Al-Sayer and Sons launches new Toyota delivery centerKUWAIT: Mohamed Naser Al-Sayer and Sons launched the new Toyota Delivery Center in Ardiyah yesterday. The event was attended by Hiroyuki Fukui, Managing Officer Toyota Motor Corporation, Tadashi Fujiwara, Deputy Chief of the Mission from Embassy of Japan, Angela Loan, Charge D'Affaires, Jack Hajjar, Commercial Counselor and Regional Director at Austrade from the Embassy of...
KIPCO Vice Chairman Faisal Al-Ayyar
KIPCO records a net profit of KD 45.5 m
KIPCO Vice Chairman Faisal Al-AyyarKUWAIT: KIPCO - the Kuwait Projects Company (Holding) - has announced a net profit of KD 45.5 million ($ 148.7million), or 28.62fils ($ 9.35cents) per share, for the year ended 31 December 2016, compared to KD 51.2 million ($167.3 million), or 32.73 fils ($ 10.7cents). This makes 2016 KIPCO's twenty-fifth year of consecutive profitability. KIPCO's Board of Directors is recommending a cash dividend of 25 per...
Zain Kuwait signs three-year application development contract with Ericsson
Zain Kuwait signs three-year application development contract with Ericsson
Zain Kuwait signs three-year application development contract with EricssonBARCELONA: During the 2017 Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Zain Kuwait and Ericsson have entered a three-year agreement for application development and modernization of the operator's customer relationship management and enterprise service bus solutions. Under this agreement, Ericsson will provide end-to-end services to Zain Kuwait for system evolution and application...
New CIA Director Michael Pompeo
WikiLeaks publishes CIA trove alleging wide scale hacking
New CIA Director Michael PompeoWASHINGTON: WikiLeaks yesterday published thousands of documents purportedly taken from the Central Intelligence Agency's Center for Cyber Intelligence, a dramatic release that appears to expose intimate details of America's cyberespionage toolkit.It was not immediately clear how WikiLeaks obtained the information, which included more than 8,700 documents and files. The CIA tools, if authentic, could undermine the...
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People walk past a poster of slain Palestinian Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Iran's capital Tehran on August 10, 2024, amid regional tensions during the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip. - AFP
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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
Brazil plane crash kills 62
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