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MOSUL: Iraqi families walk down a road as they flee Mosul during an offensive by security forces to retake the western parts of the city from Islamic State (IS) group fighters.- AFP
12 treated for chemical weapons agents in Mosul
MOSUL: Iraqi families walk down a road as they flee Mosul during an offensive by security forces to retake the western parts of the city from Islamic State (IS) group fighters.- AFPBAGHDAD: Twelve people, including women and children, are being treated for possible exposure to chemical weapons agents in Mosul, where Islamic State is fighting off an offensive by US-backed Iraqi forces, the United Nations said yesterday. The UN's World Health...
NEW YORK: Supporters of Amnesty International gather inside Grand Central Terminal to protest President Donald Trump's immigration policies on Friday, March 3, 2017, in New York. - AP
Crackdown spreads panic and outrage
Agents in aggressive sweep for unauthorized migrants NEW YORK: Supporters of Amnesty International gather inside Grand Central Terminal to protest President Donald Trump's immigration policies on Friday, March 3, 2017, in New York. - APNEW YORK: US immigration agents increasingly are detaining unauthorized migrants in or near places once considered "safe" like courthouses and churches, spreading panic among migrants and outrage among activists....
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US considering separating women, children at border
WASHINGTON: Women and children crossing together illegally into the United States could be separated by US authorities under a proposal being considered by the Department of Homeland Security, according to three government officials. Part of the reason for the proposal is to deter mothers from migrating to the United States with their children, said the officials, who have been briefed on the proposal.The policy shift would allow the government...
MOGADISHU: Displaced Somali girls who fled the drought in southern Somalia stand in a queue to receive food handouts at a feeding center in a camp in Mogadishu, Somalia. - AP
110 people die of hunger in Somalia
MOGADISHU: Displaced Somali girls who fled the drought in southern Somalia stand in a queue to receive food handouts at a feeding center in a camp in Mogadishu, Somalia. - APMOGADISHU: Somalia's prime minister announced yesterday that 110 people have died from hunger in the past 48 hours in a single region as a severe drought threatens millions of people across the country. It was the first death toll announced by Somalia's government since it...
KABUL: Afghan security forces investigate the aftermath of suicide attack and shooting in district police headquarters in Kabul, Afghanistan. - AP
8 Afghan civilians die by alleged air strike
KABUL: Afghan security forces investigate the aftermath of suicide attack and shooting in district police headquarters in Kabul, Afghanistan. - APKABUL: At least eight Afghan civilians, including four children, were killed in an attack late Friday night in western Farah province, according to Afghan officials. However there is disagreement over what exactly caused the deaths. Mohammad Naser Mehri, spokesman for the provincial governor, said...
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India's child protection officers held in trafficking investigation
KOLKATA: Two child protection officers have been arrested for alleged links with a trafficking gang that ran illegal adoption centres in eastern India selling children to foreign couples, police said yesterday. Investigators said children aged between six months and 14 years were sold in illegal adoptions to couples from Europe, America and Asia for between $12,000 and $23,000 and taken out of the country.While India has an estimated 30 million...
IMPHAL: Indian security personnel stand guard as Manipuris stand in a queue to cast their votes in state assembly elections at a polling station in Sekmai, outskirt of Imphal yesterday. - AFP
Bodies go unburied at poll time in Manipur
IMPHAL: Indian security personnel stand guard as Manipuris stand in a queue to cast their votes in state assembly elections at a polling station in Sekmai, outskirt of Imphal yesterday. - AFPIMPHAL: The body of Pausuan Lian has lain in a hospital mortuary for more than 500 days since he was shot dead during a land protest in India's Manipur state but his family is still refusing to allow his burial. "All nine martyrs, including my son, will stay...
ISTANBUL: Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan addresses a meeting in Istanbul yesterday. – AP
Row escalates; Turkey accuses Germany of aiding its enemies
ISTANBUL: Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan addresses a meeting in Istanbul yesterday. – APANKARA: Turkish leaders have condemned Germany for cancelling rallies of Turkish residents due to be addressed by Ankara’s ministers and accused Berlin of giving “shelter” to Turkey’s enemies. As the diplomatic spat between the two countries became increasingly angry, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said a German journalist being held in...
Manchester United's Swedish striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic (2L) clashes in the air with Bournemouth's English defender Tyrone Mings (L) during the English Premier League football match between Manchester United and Bournemouth at Old Trafford in Manchester
Trouble for Ibrahimovic as Manchester United held
Manchester United's Swedish striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic (2L) clashes in the air with Bournemouth's English defender Tyrone Mings (L) during the English Premier League football match between Manchester United and Bournemouth at Old Trafford in ManchesterMANCHESTER:  Zlatan Ibrahimovic was at the centre of controversy as Manchester United were held 1-1 by 10-man Bournemouth in an extraordinary Premier League match at Old Trafford...
Leicester City's Nigerian midfielder Wilfred Ndidi (C) scores with this header to make the score 3-1 during the English PremiernLeague football match between Leicester City and Hull City at King Power Stadium in Leicester, central England
Benzema puts Ronaldo-less Real Madrid back on top
Leicester City's Nigerian midfielder Wilfred Ndidi (C) scores with this header to make the score 3-1 during the English PremierLeague football match between Leicester City and Hull City at King Power Stadium in Leicester, central EnglandMADRID:  Real Madrid boss Zinedine Zidane praised his side’s reaction to a slump in form as Karim Benzema scored twice in the absence of Cristiano Ronaldo and Gareth Bale in a 4-1 win at Eibar yesterday. ...
AUCKLAND: South Africa celebrate after winning the one-day international cricket match between New Zealand and South Africa at Eden Park in Auckland yesterday. - AFP
S Africa crush NZ, wrap up series 3-2
AUCKLAND: South Africa celebrate after winning the one-day international cricket match between New Zealand and South Africa at Eden Park in Auckland yesterday. - AFPAUCKLAND:  Faf du Plessis led South Africa to a resounding six-wicket victory over New Zealand in their crunch one-day international finale in Auckland yesterday to wrap up the series 3-2.  South Africa needed less than 33 overs to overhaul New Zealand's 149 with du Plessis ending...
ANTIGUA: West Indies cricketer Jason Mohammed plays a shot during the One Day International match between England and West Indies at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in St John's, Antigua, on Friday. - AFPn
Morgan ton lifts England to win over WI in first ODI
ANTIGUA: West Indies cricketer Jason Mohammed plays a shot during the One Day International match between England and West Indies at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in St John's, Antigua, on Friday. - AFPANTIGUA: England captain Eoin Morgan blazed a fluent 107 to help secure a 45-run victory over West Indies in the first one-day international at a windy Sir Vivian Richards Stadium on Friday.Having been sent in to bat, England posted 296 for six...
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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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