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CAIRO: Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi (right) meets with German Chancellor Angela Merkel at the presidential palace in Cairo Yesterday. – AFP
Merkel lands in Egypt to reduce migrant flows German leader to meet Sisi, Essebsi
CAIRO: Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi (right) meets with German Chancellor Angela Merkel at the presidential palace in Cairo Yesterday. – AFPCAIRO: German Chancellor Angela Merkel landed in Cairo yesterday on a two-day trip to Egypt and Tunisia, in a push to limit migrant flows to Europe through North Africa, especially chaos-torn Libya. Turmoil exploited by people smugglers since the 2011 overthrow of Moamer Kadhafi has made Libya...
MEXICO: In this file photo, Jose Luis Gonzalez Meza, lawyer who has worked on behalf of Joaquin El Chapo Guzman, holds a press conference in front of the gates of the Altiplano maximum security prison in Mexico.-AP
Mexican lawyer asks Trump to deport drug lord El Chapo
MEXICO: In this file photo, Jose Luis Gonzalez Meza, lawyer who has worked on behalf of Joaquin El Chapo Guzman, holds a press conference in front of the gates of the Altiplano maximum security prison in Mexico.-APMEXICO CITY: A lawyer who has worked on behalf of Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman is trying a novel legal tactic: He is calling on US President Donald Trump to deport the Mexican drug lord back home from his jail cell in the United States....
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UN voices concern over child marriage law in Bangladesh
DHAKA: The United Nations voiced its criticism yesterday over a controversial new law in Bangladesh that allows underage children to be married off by their parents. The new rule keeps the minimum marriageable age for males at 21 and for females at 18 but relaxes the restriction for "special circumstances"-including for girls who elope, are raped or bear children out of wedlock. Rights groups fear without an age limit in these cases, underage...
MANILA: In this file photo, residents watch as workers load one of the five people killed in an alleged police anti-drug operation in Manila, Philippines.-AP
Philippines takes big step back towards death penalty
MANILA: In this file photo, residents watch as workers load one of the five people killed in an alleged police anti-drug operation in Manila, Philippines.-APMANILA: Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte's campaign to bring back the death penalty for drug-related crimes has cleared a major hurdle, with supporters backing it in congress but critics denouncing the planned killings as "inhumane". The death penalty bill, along with a proposed measure...
DHAKA: Bangladeshi policemen patrol the area around the site of an attack in Dhaka, yesterday. Bangladeshi forces stormed the Holey Artisan Bakery in Dhaka’s Gulshan area where heavily armed militants held dozens of people hostage yesterday morning, rescuing some captives including foreigners. — AP
Bangladeshi Islamist killed in shoot-out
DHAKA: An Islamist extremist in custody for allegedly stabbing two police officers was killed in a shoot-out yesterday when gunmen attacked the van he was travelling in, police said. Amijul Islam, 25, was arrested on Tuesday on suspicion of stabbing and wounding two police officers. Police said the attack occurred when they took Amijul to the northern town of Sherpur, an extremist hub, to conduct a series of raids. "Extremists attacked our van...
PESHAWAR: In this file photo, a Pakistan army soldier stands guard in Pakistani tribal area of Khyber, near Torkham border post between Pakistan and Afghanistan.-APn
US drone strike kills two militants in Pakistani tribal region
PESHAWAR: In this file photo, a Pakistan army soldier stands guard in Pakistani tribal area of Khyber, near Torkham border post between Pakistan and Afghanistan.-APPESHAWAR: A suspected US drone strike in Pakistan's northwestern tribal region yesterday killed two militants, three intelligence officials said. The latest strike took place in the Kurram tribal region bordering Afghanistan and the identity and nationality of the slain men were not...
KUALA LUMPUR: Former North Korean deputy ambassador to the United Nations, Ri Tong Il, centre, addresses journalists outside the North Korean embassy in Kuala Lumpur yesterday. —AFP
Malaysia: A magnet for unsolved mysteries
Malaysians bemoan over their country's luck KUALA LUMPUR: Former North Korean deputy ambassador to the United Nations, Ri Tong Il, centre, addresses journalists outside the North Korean embassy in Kuala Lumpur yesterday. —AFPKUALA LUMPUR: Following the Cold War-style assassination of Kim Jong-Nam with a lethal nerve agent, Malaysians have once again found their country the unlikely focus of a dramatic global story, embellished by speculative...
ACAPULCO: Serbia’s Novak Djokovic returns the ball to Argentina’s Juan Martin del Potro during their second round match on the third day of the Mexican Tennis Open in Acapulco on March 1, 2017. — AFP
World No 2 Djokovic battles into Acapulco quarter-finals
ACAPULCO: Serbia’s Novak Djokovic returns the ball to Argentina’s Juan Martin del Potro during their second round match on the third day of the Mexican Tennis Open in Acapulco on March 1, 2017. — AFPACAPULCO: World number two Novak Djokovic battled into the quarter-finals of the ATP Acapulco event on Wednesday, rallying for a 4-6, 6-4, 6-4 triumph over Juan Martin del Potro. The Serbian star led a parade of the top four seeds into the last...
BARCELONA: Barcelona's Argentinean forward Lionel Messi controls the ball during the Spanish league football match FC Barcelona vs Real Sporting de Gijon at the Camp Nou stadium on March 1, 2017. - AFP
Barca take the lead
BARCELONA: Barcelona's Argentinean forward Lionel Messi controls the ball during the Spanish league football match FC Barcelona vs Real Sporting de Gijon at the Camp Nou stadium on March 1, 2017. - AFPMADRID: On a night marked by the surprise announcement that coach Luis Enrique will leave Barcelona at the end of the season, his team routed relegation-threatened Sporting Gijon 6-1 to return to the top of the Spanish league on Wednesday. Lionel...
ME: Roma’s Stephan El Shaarawi goes for an acrobatic shot during an Italian Cup, first-leg, semifinal soccer match between Lazio and Roma, at the Rome Olympic stadium on Wednesday, March 1, 2017. — AP
Lazio edge Roma; Cup clash marred by racist chanting
ME: Roma’s Stephan El Shaarawi goes for an acrobatic shot during an Italian Cup, first-leg, semifinal soccer match between Lazio and Roma, at the Rome Olympic stadium on Wednesday, March 1, 2017. — APROME: Lazio beat neighbors AS Roma for the first time in eight meetings on Wednesday, although racist chanting and a boycott by their opponents’ fans marred their 2-0 win in the Italian Cup semi-final first leg. Sergej Milinkovic-Savic and...
A production assistant for the animated film, ‘Battle of the Persian Gulf II,’ holds a poster for the movie, at the office of Farhad Azima, the Iranian director and screenwriter, in Tehran, Iran. — AP photos
Iranian film hails demise of US Navy in imagined Gulf battle
A production assistant for the animated film, ‘Battle of the Persian Gulf II,’ holds a poster for the movie, at the office of Farhad Azima, the Iranian director and screenwriter, in Tehran, Iran. — AP photosIn a climactic battle at sea, an Iranian commander orders his forces to open fire on a much larger US fleet, obliterating it with a barrage of rockets, some of which tear American flags from their masts. The scenario unfolds in "Battle...
PriceWaterhouseCooper representatives Martha L Ruiz (left) and Brian Cullinan (right), the only two people who know the results carry two briefcase with the winning envelopes before the 89th Annual Academy Awards at Hollywood & Highland Center, on February 26, 2017, In Hollywood, California. — AFP
Accountants behind Oscars snafu will no longer attend show
PriceWaterhouseCooper representatives Martha L Ruiz (left) and Brian Cullinan (right), the only two people who know the results carry two briefcase with the winning envelopes before the 89th Annual Academy Awards at Hollywood & Highland Center, on February 26, 2017, In Hollywood, California. — AFPThe two accountants involved in the embarrassing mix-up at Sunday's Oscars will not be invited back to the show, a spokesperson for the Academy told...
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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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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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