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Palestinian laborers work at a construction site in a new housing project in the Israeli settlement of Maale Adumim, east of Jerusalem, yesterday. - AFP
Israel OKs settler homes after Trump takes office
US in 'beginning stages' of talks to move US embassy Palestinian laborers work at a construction site in a new housing project in the Israeli settlement of Maale Adumim, east of Jerusalem, yesterday. - AFPJERUSALEM: Israel approved hundreds of new settler homes in east Jerusalem yesterday, hours before Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was to speak to US President Donald Trump for the first time since his inauguration. But a potentially explosive...
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Dubai toughens rules fire after high-rise blazes
DUBAI: Dubai yesterday announced tougher fire rules in a bid to minimize risks after several spectacular blazes that have ripped through skyscrapers in the modern Gulf emirate. Major fires have hit Dubai high-rises in recent years and spread quickly, mostly due to flammable material used in cladding, a covering or coating used on the side of the buildings.Civil Defense Lieutenant Taher Hassan Al-Taher announced the new regulations at a security...
SANAA: Security forces guard Sanaa International Airport as they wait for the arrival of the UN Special Envoy to Yemen yesterday. —AFP
Nearly 70 killed in fresh Yemen fighting
'Despite firepower, rebels still control capital' SANAA: Security forces guard Sanaa International Airport as they wait for the arrival of the UN Special Envoy to Yemen yesterday. —AFPADEN: Clashes in Yemen killed at least 66 people in 24 hours, medics and security sources said yesterday, as pro-government forces pushed to oust rebels from a key stretch of coastline. Air strikes by a Saudi-led coalition and fighting near the strategic Bab...
BUDAPEST: Candles and flowers are placed at the Szinyei Merse Pal High-school in Budapest, to commemorate the victims of a bus accident in Italy.—AP
Horror coach crash kills 16 in Hungary
'Masses to hold National day of mourning' BUDAPEST: Candles and flowers are placed at the Szinyei Merse Pal High-school in Budapest, to commemorate the victims of a bus accident in Italy.—APBUDAPEST: Hungary was yesterday, mourning 16 people killed when a coach carrying Hungarian teenagers home from a skiing trip crashed in northern Italy. The mass of flowers, candles and messages for the victims of Friday's tragedy continued to grow outside...
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UK govt accused of covering up failed nuclear missile test
LONDON: The British government was accused yesterday of covering up a failed test of its nuclear weapons deterrent last year, just weeks before lawmakers voted to renew the system. Prime Minister Theresa May refused to say whether she knew about the reported malfunction of an unarmed missile when she urged MPs to support updating the Trident nuclear system. The Sunday Times newspaper, citing a senior naval source, claimed that the Trident II D5...
CHENNAI: A protestor holds a placard supporting Jallikattu, a traditional bulltaming sport banned by India’s top court, as thousands gather demanding that the sport be allowed to resume unhindered at the Marina beach in Chennai, India, yesterday. —AP
Two killed in Indian bull-wrestling festival
CHENNAI: A protestor holds a placard supporting Jallikattu, a traditional bulltaming sport banned by India’s top court, as thousands gather demanding that the sport be allowed to resume unhindered at the Marina beach in Chennai, India, yesterday. —APNEW DELHI: Two people were gored to death yesterday in a bull-wrestling festival in southern India, a report said, a day after a ban on the controversial sport was overturned. Several towns and...
INDIA: Rescue workers search for victims at the site of the derailment of the Jagdalpur-Bhubaneswar express train near Kuneru station in southern Andhra Pradesh state yesterday. —AFP
India rail disaster kills 36 - 'Fears toll may rise'
INDIA: Rescue workers search for victims at the site of the derailment of the Jagdalpur-Bhubaneswar express train near Kuneru station in southern Andhra Pradesh state yesterday. —AFPNEW DELHI: Rescuers struggled yesterday to pull survivors from the wreckage of a train crash which killed 36 passengers in southern India, the latest in a series of disasters on the country's creaking rail network.Officials were investigating whether Maoist rebels...
LONDON: Chelsea's Brazilian-born Spanish striker Diego Costa (2nd R) jumps to head the ball clear during the English Premier League football match between Chelsea and Hull City at Stamford Bridge in London yesterday. - AFP
Costa gives Chelsea breathing space
LONDON: Chelsea's Brazilian-born Spanish striker Diego Costa (2nd R) jumps to head the ball clear during the English Premier League football match between Chelsea and Hull City at Stamford Bridge in London yesterday. - AFPLONDON:  Diego Costa marked his comeback with a goal as Chelsea overcame an obdurate Hull City side 2-0 yesterday to surge eight points clear at the Premier League summit. Costa missed Chelsea's 3-0 win at Leicester City last...
LONDON: Arsenal’s Alexis Sanchez, right, scores a penalty at the end of the match against Burnley, during their English Premier League soccer match at The Emirates Stadium in London, yesterday. — AP
Ice-cool Sanchez lifts 10-man Arsenal to dramatic win
LONDON: Arsenal’s Alexis Sanchez, right, scores a penalty at the end of the match against Burnley, during their English Premier League soccer match at The Emirates Stadium in London, yesterday. — APLONDON:  Alexis Sanchez kept his nerve to haul 10-man Arsenal into second place in the Premier League as the Chilean's last-gasp penalty sealed a dramatic 2-1 home win over Burnley yesterday.  Arsene Wenger's side appeared to have blown their...
SYDNEY: Australia’s Adam Zampa bowls during the fourth one-day international (ODI) cricket match between Australia and Pakistan in Sydney yesterday. — AFP
Warner helps Australia seal ODI series win over Pakistan
SYDNEY: Australia’s Adam Zampa bowls during the fourth one-day international (ODI) cricket match between Australia and Pakistan in Sydney yesterday. — AFPSYDNEY:  Pakistan coach Mickey Arthur blasted his players after their blunders helped Australia secure their one-day series at Sydney Cricket Ground yesterday, taking a 3-1 lead in the five match series.Set an imposing 354 to win, Pakistan were never really in the hunt.After Australia made...
JOHANNESBURG: Sri Lanka batsman Angelo Mathews takes a run during the second T20 match between South Africa and Sri Lanka yesterday at Wanderers Cricket Ground in Johannesburg. — AFP
Injured Mathews wins it for Sri Lanka
JOHANNESBURG: Sri Lanka batsman Angelo Mathews takes a run during the second T20 match between South Africa and Sri Lanka yesterday at Wanderers Cricket Ground in Johannesburg. — AFPJOHANNESBURG:  Injured captain Angelo Mathews hit two sixes in the last over to hand Sri Lanka a series-levelling three-wicket win in the second Twenty20 international against South Africa yesterday.  But the win came at a cost. Mathews said at the after-match...
KOLKATA: Indian team pose with trophy after winning the series after their third one day international cricket match against England at Eden Gardens in Kolkata, India, yesterday. —AP
Jadhav's 90 in vain as England wins third ODI
KOLKATA: Indian team pose with trophy after winning the series after their third one day international cricket match against England at Eden Gardens in Kolkata, India, yesterday. —APKOLKATA:  England narrowly avoided an Indian sweep of the one-day international series, winning the third and final cricket match by five runs as Ben Stokes took 3-63 and Kedar Jadhav's fighting 90 went in vain yesterday.India fell short on 316-9 in reply to...
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Ahmed Al-Basat celebrating his birthday at the office.
A forgotten courtesy: The silent struggle of Kuwait’s expatriates
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KUWAIT: First Deputy Prime Minister and Interior and Defense Minister Sheikh Fahad Al-Yousef Al-Sabah holds talks with senior defense ministry officials on Aug 7, 2024. - KUNA
Kuwait army alert, govt prepared
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PARIS: Bangladesh's finance pioneer Muhammad Yunus is escorted by French police personnel as he arrives at Roissy-Charles de Gaulle Airport on Aug 7, 2024, enroute to Bangladesh, where he is set to lead a caretaker government. - AFP
Yunus: Get ready to build Bangladesh
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The second phase of the Avenues Roads Project, the exit leading to the Fifth Ring Road towards Jahra and the opposite U-turn. – KUNA photos
Second phase of roads project leading to The Avenues mall opened
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Mansour Al-Khashti
Why fighting drug trafficking and consumption alone isn’t enough