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NEW YORK: Protesters are surrounded by police officers and travelers as they pass through an exit of Terminal 4 at John F Kennedy International Airport on Saturday. — AP
Trump unrepentant on travel ban
Order loses first legal battle amid protests NEW YORK: Protesters are surrounded by police officers and travelers as they pass through an exit of Terminal 4 at John F Kennedy International Airport on Saturday. — APNEW YORK: The United States braced yesterday for more furious protests against Donald Trump's ban on travelers from seven Muslim countries as the White House doubled down despite a partial stay from a federal judge. Protests were...
VICTORIA, Texas: A firefighter walks in front of the burning Islamic Center of Victoria on Saturday. - AP
Blaze destroys Texas mosque
VICTORIA, Texas: A firefighter walks in front of the burning Islamic Center of Victoria on Saturday. - APVICTORIA, Texas: An early-morning fire Saturday destroyed a Texas mosque that was a target of hatred several years ago and experienced a burglary just a week ago. A clerk at a convenience store spotted smoke and flames billowing from the Islamic Center of Victoria at around 2 am and called the fire department. "It's sad to stand there and...
WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump smiles after signing three executive actions in the Oval Office. — AP
Trump shakes up Washington and the world
First week in power leads to serious case of political whiplash WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump smiles after signing three executive actions in the Oval Office. — APWASHINGTON: Donald Trump hurtled through his first week in power, punching out at critics, dishing up "alternative facts," polarizing public opinion and making good on an electoral promise to shake up Washington. One week into the Trump era and there is a serious case of...
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US faces growing Iraqi backlash to travel ban
Calls for a reciprocal ban on US citizensBAGHDAD: Washington faced a growing backlash in Baghdad yesterday to its decision to bar citizens of Iraq, a key partner in the war against jihadists, from entering the United States. President Donald Trump signed an executive order barring citizens of Iraq, Iran, Syria, Sudan, Somalia, Libya and Yemen from entering the US for at least 90 days, a move he billed as an effort to make America safe from...
CHICAGO: Demonstrators protest against President Trump’s executive immigration ban at Chicago O’Hare International Airport. — AFP
Protests erupt at airports following President's ban
A look at the mass protests sweeping the nation CHICAGO: Demonstrators protest against President Trump’s executive immigration ban at Chicago O’Hare International Airport. — AFPNEW YORK: President Donald Trump's travel ban barring citizens of seven predominantly Muslim nations entry into the US has sparked protests around the country Saturday night and early Sunday morning. A look at what is happening:SeattleAt Seattle-Tacoma International...
WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump and British Prime Minister Theresa May gesture during their joint news conference in the East Room of the White House. —AP
British PM May does 'not agree' with Trump immigration policy
Newly minted friendship already showing cracks   WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump and British Prime Minister Theresa May gesture during their joint news conference in the East Room of the White House. —APLONDON: Two days after a friendship-forging meeting with Donald Trump, British Prime Minister Theresa May yesterday discreetly distanced herself from the US president as anger over his immigration restrictions mounted. Downing Street said...
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Patrols check sex trafficking in Kolkata's red light district
KOLKATA: A sex workers' committee meeting is underway on the first floor of a shabby building at the entrance of Sonagachi, South Asia's largest red light district in the Indian city of Kolkata. The proceedings are brisk. A detailed form, complete with family history, address, educational qualifications and previous employment, is completed and the "new girl in town" is escorted to a nearby clinic for an x-ray to analyze her bones and establish...
NEW YORK: US President-Elect Donald Trump stops to talk to the media in the lobby of Trump Tower yesterday. - AFP
Trump gives generals 30 days for anti-IS strategy
WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump signed an executive order Saturday giving the US military 30 days to devise a plan to "defeat" the Islamic State group. The plan makes good on a key campaign pledge of Trump, who mocked and criticized the slow pace of his predecessor Barack Obama's progress in the fight against the extremist fighters. The text, which calls for a "comprehensive strategy and plans for the defeat of ISIS," is seen as meaning more...
A military helicopter hovers over soldiers in Butig, Lanao del Sur, southern Philippines November 30, 2016. REUTERS
Philippine troops kill 15 Islamic State supporters
A military helicopter hovers over soldiers in Butig, Lanao del Sur, southern Philippines November 30, 2016. REUTERSMANILA: Philippine soldiers killed 15 militants and seriously wounded their leader, believed to be the Islamic State's representative in the country, following air and artillery strikes in a southern province, a senior military official said yesterday.Isnilon Hapilon, also known as Abu Abdullah and a leader of the Philippine...
SABAH: Chen Peijie (2nd L), China’s consul-general in Sabah, checks her mobile phone at a jetty in Kota Kinabalu in the Malaysian Borneo state of Sabah as she awaits developments after a tourist boat carrying 28 Chinese nationals was reported missing on January 28. — AFP
23 missing Chinese tourists in Malaysia boat sinking survive
Rescue operation to continue for missing few SABAH: Chen Peijie (2nd L), China’s consul-general in Sabah, checks her mobile phone at a jetty in Kota Kinabalu in the Malaysian Borneo state of Sabah as she awaits developments after a tourist boat carrying 28 Chinese nationals was reported missing on January 28. — AFPKUALA LUMPUR: Twenty-three Chinese tourists and two crew members have survived after their boat sank in rough seas off eastern...
MELBOURNE: Switzerland's Roger Federer, right, Spain's Rafael Nadal, left, and Rod Laver pose for photographers after Federer won the men'snsingles final at the Australian Open tennis championships in Melbourne, Australia, yesterday. - AP
Federer outlasts Nadal for 18th grand slam
MELBOURNE: Switzerland's Roger Federer, right, Spain's Rafael Nadal, left, and Rod Laver pose for photographers after Federer won the men'ssingles final at the Australian Open tennis championships in Melbourne, Australia, yesterday. - APMELBOURNE:  Roger Federer came out on top after a rollercoaster ride in the 35th chapter of his rivalry with Rafa Nadal to win his fifth Australian Open 6-4 3-6 6-1 3-6 6-3 and clinch a first grand slam title in...
NAGPUR: England’s Ben Stokes (l) bowls out during the second T20 cricket match between India and England at the Vidarbha Cricket Association’s Jamtha stadium in Nagpur yesterday. — AFP
Nehra, Bumrah help India level T20 series
NAGPUR: England’s Ben Stokes (l) bowls out during the second T20 cricket match between India and England at the Vidarbha Cricket Association’s Jamtha stadium in Nagpur yesterday. — AFPNAGPUR: Fast bowler Ashish Nehra claimed three wickets as he combined with Jasprit Bumrah to choke the England batting and set up India’s series levelling five-run win in the second Twenty20 international in Nagpur yesterday. Chasing 145 for victory,...
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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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Kuwaiti Ambassador to China Jasem Ibrahem Al-Najem with Standing Committee of National Committee of Political Consultative Conference member Cai Guanxin.
China highlights growing investment opportunities in Kuwait