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Labeed Abdal During the 2016 US Presidential Elections, Democratic Candidate Hillary Clinton highlighted some incidents of her opponent, Republic Candidate and eventual winner Donald Trump, sexually abusing a number of women during his time at college, in addition to some complaints filed by women about his alleged sexual harassment. She argued that the President-elect had a racist approach when he spoke about building a wall along the border...
CAIRO: Egyptian children celebrate with a national flag marked with the words “Tiran” and “Sanafir” after the Supreme Administrative Court upheld yesterday a ruling voiding a government agreement to hand over the two Red Sea islands to Saudi Arabia. – AFP
Egypt court rejects island transfers to Saudi Arabia
CAIRO: Egyptian children celebrate with a national flag marked with the words “Tiran” and “Sanafir” after the Supreme Administrative Court upheld yesterday a ruling voiding a government agreement to hand over the two Red Sea islands to Saudi Arabia. – AFPCAIRO: Egypt's top administrative court upheld yesterday a ruling voiding a government agreement to hand over two Red Sea islands to Saudi Arabia in a deal that sparked rare protests....
In this June 7, 2014, file photo, the entrance to Camp 5 and Camp 6 at the US military’s Guantanamo Bay detention center, at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Cuba. — AP
Oman accepts 10 inmates from Guantanamo Bay
45 prisoners remain in detention center In this June 7, 2014, file photo, the entrance to Camp 5 and Camp 6 at the US military’s Guantanamo Bay detention center, at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Cuba. — APDUBAI: Oman said yesterday it accepted 10 detainees from the US prison at Guantanamo Bay ahead of President Barack Obama leaving office, part of his efforts to shrink the facility he promised to close. Oman's Foreign Ministry said in a...
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India police arrest tailor over serial child sex attacks
NEW DELHI: Indian police said yesterday they have arrested a man accused of multiple sexual assaults on young girls in Delhi, revealing he had been arrested on a similar charge last year and released on bail. Police arrested 38-year-old tailor Sunil Rastogi in Delhi on Saturday following complaints from alleged victims and study of CCTV footage, deputy police commissioner Omvir Singh Bishnoi said. The suspect regularly travelled to Delhi from his...
BANGLADESH: Former Bangladeshi Narayanganj City Corporation councilor Nur Hossain is escorted by police at Narayanganj court in Narayanganj yesterday.—AFP
26 to hang for Bangladesh abductions and murders
'Convictions of security force members rare in Bangladesh' BANGLADESH: Former Bangladeshi Narayanganj City Corporation councilor Nur Hossain is escorted by police at Narayanganj court in Narayanganj yesterday.—AFPDHAKA: A Bangladesh court yesterday sentenced 26 people to death after hearing how a politician from the ruling Awami League hired members of the country's elite security unit to assassinate political rivals. At the end of a trial that...
Last year, Pakistan’s Supreme Court lifted a ban on hunting the houbara bustards after the government argued it hurt relations with Gulf states whose wealthy hunters traditionally travel to Pakistan to pursue the endangered species with falcons. (Reuters file)
Pakistan villagers attack convoy of Qatar royal hunting rare bird
Last year, Pakistan’s Supreme Court lifted a ban on hunting the houbara bustards after the government argued it hurt relations with Gulf states whose wealthy hunters traditionally travel to Pakistan to pursue the endangered species with falcons. (Reuters file)QUETTA: A group of Pakistani villagers brandishing guns and knives attacked the convoy of a Qatar royal family member on an expedition to hunt the houbara bustard, a rare bird whose meat...
PHILIPPINES: Filipino hostage Glenn Alindajao, left, talks to Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process Secretary Jesus Dureza prior to boarding a plane for Davao city following his release along with South Korean hostage Park Chul-hong, from his kidnappers in the volatile island of Jolo in southern Philippines. —AP
Duterte orders troops to blast militants and their hostages
PHILIPPINES: Filipino hostage Glenn Alindajao, left, talks to Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process Secretary Jesus Dureza prior to boarding a plane for Davao city following his release along with South Korean hostage Park Chul-hong, from his kidnappers in the volatile island of Jolo in southern Philippines. —APMANILA: Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said he has ordered his troops to bomb extremists who flee with their captives in a...
SEVILLA: Real Madrid's defender Sergio Ramos (C) scored an own goal during the Spanish league football match Sevilla FC vs Real Madrid CF at the Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan stadium in Sevilla on Sunday. – AFP
Ramos own goal as Sevilla ends Madrid's unbeaten run
SEVILLA: Real Madrid's defender Sergio Ramos (C) scored an own goal during the Spanish league football match Sevilla FC vs Real Madrid CF at the Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan stadium in Sevilla on Sunday. – AFPMADRID: Sevilla fans enjoyed the last laugh over Sergio Ramos. Sevilla twice scored late - including an 85th-minute own goal by Ramos - to end Real Madrid's 40-game unbeaten streak and move within one point of its rival atop the Spanish league...
MELBOURNE: Monica Puig of Puerto Rico hits a return against Patricia Maria Tig of Romania during their women's singles first round match on day one of the Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne yesterday. - AFP
Puig hopes for golden form in Melbourne
MELBOURNE: Monica Puig of Puerto Rico hits a return against Patricia Maria Tig of Romania during their women's singles first round match on day one of the Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne yesterday. - AFPMELBOURNE: Monica Puig would never trade her surprise singles gold at the Rio Games for any grand slam success but Puerto Rico's first Olympic champion felt compelled to lock the medal away amid the lean period that followed her...
WELLINGTON: New Zealand's captain Kane Williamson bats during day five of the first international Test cricket match between New Zealand and Bangladesh at the Basin Reserve in Wellington yesterday. -- AFP
Williamson fires New Zealand to stunning win
WELLINGTON: New Zealand's captain Kane Williamson bats during day five of the first international Test cricket match between New Zealand and Bangladesh at the Basin Reserve in Wellington yesterday. -- AFPWELLINGTON:  Kane Williamson scored his 15th century as New Zealand staged a remarkable fightback to win the first Test against Bangladesh by seven wickets in the final session in Wellington yesterday.He described it has "a second-innings...
Former pro wrestler Jimmy 'Superfly' Snuka.
Former pro wrestler Jimmy 'Superfly' Snuka dead at 73
Former pro wrestler Jimmy 'Superfly' Snuka.PHILADELPHIA: Former pro wrestler Jimmy "Superfly" Snuka, who earlier this month was found not competent to stand trial in the 1983 death of his girlfriend, has died at his son-in-law's home in Florida. He was 73.Attorney Robert Kirwan II said Snuka was taken Sunday to the home near Pompano Beach so that he could spend his last moments there. The family informed him shortly after 1 p.m. Sunday to say he...
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Oslo temporarily bars diesel cars to combat pollution
OSLO: Oslo will ban diesel cars from the road for at least two days this week in a bid to combat rising air pollution, angering some motorists after they were urged to buy diesel cars a few years ago. The ban, announced by the city late Sunday, will go into effect today on municipal roads but will not apply on the national motorways that criss-cross the Norwegian capital. Better atmospheric conditions are expected on Thursday.Motorists violating...
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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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Ahmed Al-Basat celebrating his birthday at the office.
A forgotten courtesy: The silent struggle of Kuwait’s expatriates
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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