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Unionist beaten, building raided
KUWAIT: Seven people stormed the building of Kuwait Trade Union Federation and beat up its administrative director, then destroyed the contents of his office and stole seals and union papers before escaping. The union's President Nasser Al-Otaibi said that he received a call from the director saying that the thieves forced him to hand over the keys to the offices and drawers at the building after assaulting him physically. The suspects stole...
ZAWIYAH, Libya: Workers help to recover bodies of some of the 74 migrants who drowned in the Mediterranean trying to reach Europe, after they washed up on a beach near Zawiyah on Libya’s northern coast, west of the capital Tripoli. — AFP
Migrants raped, beaten in Libya 'living hellholes'
Migrants languish in unsanitary, disease-ridden detention centers ZAWIYAH, Libya: Workers help to recover bodies of some of the 74 migrants who drowned in the Mediterranean trying to reach Europe, after they washed up on a beach near Zawiyah on Libya’s northern coast, west of the capital Tripoli. — AFPLONDON: Women and children making the dangerous journey to Europe to flee poverty and conflicts in Africa are being beaten, raped and starved...
MOSUL: Members of the Iraqi army’s 9th Division fire a multiple rocket launcher from a hill in Talul Al-Atshana, on the southwestern outskirts of Mosul. — AFP
Mosul caught in strange, terrifying, bloody battle
IS snipers set homes ablaze to create smokescreens MOSUL: Members of the Iraqi army’s 9th Division fire a multiple rocket launcher from a hill in Talul Al-Atshana, on the southwestern outskirts of Mosul. — AFPMOSUL: The families cowered in basements, huddling in the dark as war raged overhead between Iraqi forces and Islamic State militants fighting for control of the streets of Mosul. Above ground, soldiers from Iraq's Rapid Response...
AL-ELIGAT: South Sudanese refugees are seen at a ‘Refugee Waiting Centre’ in Al- Eligat area along the border in Sudan’s White Nile state. The centre hosts refugees fleeing famine and fighting in South Sudan and later transports them to permanent camps in several areas of Sudan. — AFP
Hiding in swamps, South Sudanese eat little more than lilies
AL-ELIGAT: South Sudanese refugees are seen at a ‘Refugee Waiting Centre’ in Al- Eligat area along the border in Sudan’s White Nile state. The centre hosts refugees fleeing famine and fighting in South Sudan and later transports them to permanent camps in several areas of Sudan. — AFPLEER: Thousands of people at the epicenter of a man-made famine in South Sudan emerged from the safety of the swamps this past weekend hoping to receive...
NANGARHAR: Afghan militia men stand near to the dead body of a beheaded Islamic State group loyalist in the Achin district. — AP
11 Afghan police killed in an 'insider attack'
KANDAHAR: An Afghan policeman linked to the Taleban shot dead 11 of his colleagues at a checkpoint in the southern province of Helmand, officials said yesterday, in the latest so-called "insider attack". The incident occurred late Monday while the policemen were sleeping in their barracks in the provincial capital Lashkar Gah, as the Taleban escalate a deadly winter campaign of violence. Bloodied corpses of the policemen were strewn around the...
RANGPUR: A convicted Islamist militant is escorted by Bangladesh police outside a court in Rangpur yesterday, after being handed a death sentence over the 2015 murder of a Japanese citizen. — AFP
Bangladesh Islamists to hang for Japanese farmer's murder
RANGPUR: A convicted Islamist militant is escorted by Bangladesh police outside a court in Rangpur yesterday, after being handed a death sentence over the 2015 murder of a Japanese citizen. — AFPRANGPUR: Five Islamist extremists who murdered a Japanese farmer in a drive-by shooting in 2015 were sentenced to death by a Bangladeshi court yesterday. The sentence on the five members of the Jamayetul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) was handed down by a...
MANILA: Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte (second from left) stands beside (from left) Executive Secretary Salvador Campo Medialdea, National Security Adviser Hermogenes Esperon Jr, Interior and Local Government Undersecretary Catalino Cuy, Police Chief Ronald dela Rosa and Philippine National Police Director for Operations Alex Monteagudo during the Armed Forces of the Philippines and Philippine National Police joint command conference at the Malacanang Palace in Manila. — AP
Philippines leader to bring police back into drugs war
Senate to hear allegations of Duterte 'death squad' MANILA: Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte (second from left) stands beside (from left) Executive Secretary Salvador Campo Medialdea, National Security Adviser Hermogenes Esperon Jr, Interior and Local Government Undersecretary Catalino Cuy, Police Chief Ronald dela Rosa and Philippine National Police Director for Operations Alex Monteagudo during the Armed Forces of the Philippines and...
MANITOBA: Eight migrants from Somalia cross into Canada illegally from the United States by walking down a train track into the town of Emerson, Manitoba, where they will seek asylum at Canada Border Services Agency. —AP
Canadian town on front line of Trump migrant crackdown
'Door knocks in the dark' MANITOBA: Eight migrants from Somalia cross into Canada illegally from the United States by walking down a train track into the town of Emerson, Manitoba, where they will seek asylum at Canada Border Services Agency. —APEMERSON: Jaime French was jarred out of bed in Emerson, Manitoba early one morning this month by pounding at her front door, just yards from the US border. A face peered in through the window, flanked...
LEICESTER: Liverpool's Belgian goalkeeper Simon Mignolet (R) vies with Leicester City's English striker Jamie Vardy during the English Premier League football match between Leicester City and Liverpool at King Power Stadium in Leicester, central England on Monday. – AFP
Juergen Klopp's concerns mount as Liverpool sputters
LEICESTER: Liverpool's Belgian goalkeeper Simon Mignolet (R) vies with Leicester City's English striker Jamie Vardy during the English Premier League football match between Leicester City and Liverpool at King Power Stadium in Leicester, central England on Monday. – AFPANFIELD: With his eccentricities, his passion on the sidelines and his quirky comments to the media, Liverpool manager Juergen Klopp has quickly established himself as a cult...
Obaid Al-Osaimi
PAYS shooting tournament
Obaid Al-OsaimiKUWAIT: Public Authority for Sports Shooting Tournament, organized by Kuwait Shooting Sport Club will start on Friday the 10 meter pistol and air rifle, 50 meter rifle and Olympic archery. Shooters from Sheikh Saad Shooting Academy along with junior shooters will participate in the tournament.Secretary General of Kuwait and Arab Shooting Federation Obaid Mnahi Al-Osaimi noted the great interest the Public Authority for Sports pays...
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PSAK holds Hala February T20 Cricket Cup tourney
Winners with the trophyKUWAIT: On the Occasion of Kuwait National Day and Liberation Day celebrations Pakistan Sports Association Kuwait (PSAK) organized "Hala February T20 Cricket Cup2017" on 22nd February at Salmiya Cricket ground Salmiya. The match was played between Kuwait Energy & United Elevators Cricket teams.Kuwait Energy won the toss and elected to field first. United Elevator scored 162 runs in allotted 20 overs, while chasing 163 runs...
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Kuwait’s 8th Open Tennis tournament begins tomorrow
KUWAIT: President of Kuwait Tennis Federation, Chairman of the Higher Organization Committee Sheikh Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Abdallah Al-Jaber Al-Sabah said all preparations are ready for Kuwait’s 8th Open Tennis Tournament 2017, to start tomorrow and will continue until March 14.Kuwait Tennis Open tournament is considered the biggest tournament organized by KTF during the entire season, and it has an unprecedented participation this year in various...
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