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AL-BAB: Turkey backed Syrian opposition fighters walk with their weapons in the northeastern outskirts of the Syrian town of Al-Bab, as fighters advance towards the town which is the last stronghold of the Islamic State (IS) group in Syria’s Aleppo’s province. — AFP
24 killed in bombing
Syrian regime, rebels attend Russian-backed talks AL-BAB: Turkey backed Syrian opposition fighters walk with their weapons in the northeastern outskirts of the Syrian town of Al-Bab, as fighters advance towards the town which is the last stronghold of the Islamic State (IS) group in Syria’s Aleppo’s province. — AFPBEIRUT: Turkish bombardment of an Islamic State group-held town in Syria has killed 24 civilians, a monitor said yesterday, but...
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Saudi Arabia busts Islamic State cells
DUBAI: Saudi Arabia has broken up four Islamic State cells suspected of providing shelter to wanted militants and recruiting fighters, the Interior Ministry said yesterday, according to Saudi state television. Automatic weapons were seized from the four cells, which comprised 15 Saudis, two Yemenis and a Sudanese man, the ministry’s statement said. Security forces also seized more than 2 million riyals ($530,000) in cash.Among those helped to...
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Air raid kills 8 women, a child at Yemeni funeral
SANAA: An air strike killed eight women and a child at a funeral reception near the Yemeni capital, witnesses said yesterday, adding to the conflict's mounting civilian death toll. At least 10 other women were wounded in the overnight raid on the district of Arhab, 40 kilometers north of Sanaa, medics sent to the site said. The Iran-backed Houthi Shiite rebels, who seized large parts of the country including the capital in 2014, accused the...
PRISTINA: Women walk past a graffiti reading Kosovo Republic in the capital Pristina. Kosovo, Europe’s youngest state, turns nine today. —AFP
Sour mood as Europe's youngest state turns 9
60% of young people in Kosovo unemployed PRISTINA: Women walk past a graffiti reading Kosovo Republic in the capital Pristina. Kosovo, Europe’s youngest state, turns nine today. —AFPPRISTINA: Kosovo, Europe's youngest state, turns nine today, but 24-year-old Nazim Ahmeti is in no mood to celebrate. "Day after day I must fight just to provide a piece of bread for my child and my wife," says Ahmeti, who like 60 percent of young people in the...
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Pakistan raids hideout of militants; six dead
LAHORE: Pakistani counter-terrorism police raided a militant hideout and killed six suspected members of a Taleban faction that has launched a new campaign of violence against the government, police said yesterday.Since Monday, several bomb attacks across the country have shattered a period of improving security, underscoring how militant groups still pose a threat in the nuclear-armed country of 180 million people. The Counter Terrorism...
NEW DELHI: Newly-married Indian man Rohit Aggarwal (right) is watched by relatives as he leads his wife Shally Aggarwal (second right) to their home after visiting a temple in New Delhi yesterday. —AFP
Big fat Indian weddings in crosshairs of thrifty MP
NEW DELHI: Newly-married Indian man Rohit Aggarwal (right) is watched by relatives as he leads his wife Shally Aggarwal (second right) to their home after visiting a temple in New Delhi yesterday. —AFPNEW DELHI: Extravagant Indian weddings in palaces featuring elephants, foreign dance troupes and seven-course meals could become a thing of the past if one politician fed up with the excess gets her way. Rankled by the obscene sums splashed out...
CHENNAI: All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) party leader Edapadi Palanisamy (C) gestures as he pays his respects at the memorial for former state chief minister Jayalalithaa Jayaram after being sworn in as the Chief Minister of the state of Tamil Nadu in Chennai yesterday. —AFP
Jailed leader’s ally takes reins in south India state
Palanisamy must seek trust vote in 15 days CHENNAI: All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) party leader Edapadi Palanisamy (C) gestures as he pays his respects at the memorial for former state chief minister Jayalalithaa Jayaram after being sworn in as the Chief Minister of the state of Tamil Nadu in Chennai yesterday. —AFPNEW DELHI: An ally of disgraced Indian politician VK Sasikala was yesterday appointed the next leader of Tamil...
This file picture taken on August 4, 2016 shows three orphaned orangutan babies at the International Animal Rescue centre outside the city of Ketapang in West Kalimantan. —AFP
Indonesian orangutan brutally killed, eaten
Three male workers arrested This file picture taken on August 4, 2016 shows three orphaned orangutan babies at the International Animal Rescue centre outside the city of Ketapang in West Kalimantan. —AFPJAKARTA: A critically endangered Bornean orangutan has been shot dead, hacked to pieces and eaten by workers after straying onto an Indonesian palm oil plantation, police and activists said yesterday.Police have formally named three male...
DOHA: FIFA President Gianni Infantino speaks to reporters at a press conference during the FIFA Executive Football Summit in the Qatari capital. — AFP
FIFA unworried about Russia 2018 hooligans
DOHA: FIFA President Gianni Infantino speaks to reporters at a press conference during the FIFA Executive Football Summit in the Qatari capital. — AFPDOHA: FIFA president Gianni Infantino said yesterday he was not worried about hooliganism at next year’s Russia World Cup, amid growing fears the tournament could be blighted by fan violence. Speaking in Qatar following a FIFA executive summit meeting, Infantino also said that football’s...
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Kohli and Smith inspire new Eng captain Root
Joe RootLEEDS: Joe Root hopes becoming a Test captain will take his batting to the “next level”, just as it’s done for India’s Virat Kohli and Australia’s Steve Smith. Root was confirmed as England’s new Test skipper, following Alastair Cook’s resignation, despite the likes of former Test spinner Graeme Swann saying it could adversely affect his batting. The 26-yearold Yorkshireman already boasts an impressive batting average of...
YANGON: This photo is taken on Febuary 9, 2017 shows youth playing football on the street in downtown Yangon.
Myanmar, from Asia’s pride to steady slide
YANGON: This photo is taken on Febuary 9, 2017 shows youth playing football on the street in downtown Yangon.YANGON: Shouts reverberate under the concrete overpass as barefoot players jostle for the ball, a sad echo of Myanmar’s long-lost footballing glory days which authorities are now hoping to revive. Once an Asian powerhouse, Myanmar’s football fortunes suffered a precipitous decline under the former military junta whose 50- year reign...
A hijab-wearing Somali-American model on the New York catwalk wearing clothing by Kanye West, is projected on a giant screen during the unveiling of the Yeezy Season 5 collection during Fashion Week in New York.
Kanye West puts hijab-wearing model on catwalk
A hijab-wearing Somali-American model on the New York catwalk wearing clothing by Kanye West, is projected on a giant screen during the unveiling of the Yeezy Season 5 collection during Fashion Week in New York.Rap superstar turned designer Kanye West broke boundaries by putting a hijab-wearing Somali-American model on the New York catwalk Wednesday, unveiling a new, more adult Yeezy Season 5 collection. Halima Aden, 19, made her runway debut on...
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GAZA: Palestinians surround bodies lying on the ground at the Al-Maamadani hospital after they were killed in a Zionist strike on a school used as a refuge by displaced Palestinians in Gaza City on Aug 8, 2024. - AFP
Iran says Zionists seeking war
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DHAKA: Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus (center) takes the oath of office as the chief adviser of Bangladesh's new interim government, administered by President Mohammed Shahabuddin (left) on August 8, 2024. - AFP
Yunus sworn in as Bangladesh leader
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Abdullah Al-Sanousi
Digital nomads: New-age employees freely roaming around ever-changing job market
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Minister of Information and Bahrain's Minister of Tourism sign an executive program of tourism cooperation agreement for 2024, 2025, and 2026. – KUNA photos
Kuwait and Bahrain ink executive program for tourism cooperation
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KUWAIT: Workers take shelter from the sun under a tree in Kuwait City amidst a heatwave. - Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat
‘Inadequate’ heat protection for Gulf migrant workers