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IS using hobby drones to bomb Iraqi forces in Mosul

WASHINGTON: Islamic State jihadists are using small commercial drones to attack Iraqi security forces in the battle for Mosul, a US commander said Wednesday. Colonel Brett Sylvia, who commands an "advise and assist" US unit in Iraq, said IS fighters are attaching small munitions to quad copters in an attempt to kill local forces as they retake Mosul, the last major IS bastion in Iraq. "They are small drones with small munitions that they've been...

ISTANBUL: Sibel Satiroglu, a tour guide places red carnations Sultanahmet Square, the site where 12 of her German clients were killed last year in a bombing, in Istanbul yesterday.-AFP

'This time is different': Istanbul tourism reels after attacks

'The heart of the problem: Terrorist attacks don't stop' ISTANBUL: Sibel Satiroglu, a tour guide places red carnations Sultanahmet Square, the site where 12 of her German clients were killed last year in a bombing, in Istanbul yesterday.-AFPISTANBUL: Yavuz Indere has worked as a hotel receptionist in Istanbul for nearly half a century, witnessing coups, unrestand economic crises. But as a string of terror attacks erodes the backbone of Turkey's...

NEW JERSEY: This file photo shows President-elect Donald Trump meeting with former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani at the clubhouse of Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, New Jersey.-AFP

Trump taps Giuliani as cyber security guru

'Cyber intrusion the fastest growing crime' NEW JERSEY: This file photo shows President-elect Donald Trump meeting with former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani at the clubhouse of Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, New Jersey.-AFPNEW YORK: Donald Trump yesterday tapped former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani to advise his incoming administration on cyber security following outcry over Russian hackers' apparent attempt to meddle in the election....

MANILA: Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (left) raise a toast during a state dinner at the Malacanang Presidential Palace in Manila yesterday.—AFP

Japan PM offers drug war support to Philippines

'Raised concerns of mass extrajudicial killings' MANILA: Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (left) raise a toast during a state dinner at the Malacanang Presidential Palace in Manila yesterday.—AFPMANILA: Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe offered support for Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte's controversial drug war yesterday as the pair met in Manila for talks that also focused on territorial...

German Jurgen Kantner (left) appeared in Abu Sayyaf video while his wife Sabine Merz (right) was found dead on Kantner's yacht, Rockall, adrift off the southern Philippines. AFP

German hostage abducted in Philippines appears in video

German Jurgen Kantner (left) appeared in Abu Sayyaf video while his wife Sabine Merz (right) was found dead on Kantner's yacht, Rockall, adrift off the southern Philippines. AFPMANILA: Philippine Islamic militants have released a video showing an elderly German sailor abducted at sea late last year is alive, according to a security group that monitors jihadist activity. The Abu Sayyaf, a notorious kidnap-for-ransom gang based in the southern...

ISRAEL: Israelis demonstrate to denounce sexual violence against women in front of the Kirya, the army headquarters in the Israeli Mediterranean city of Tel Aviv. — AFP

Sex assault cases lead to soul-searching in Israel

ISRAEL: Israelis demonstrate to denounce sexual violence against women in front of the Kirya, the army headquarters in the Israeli Mediterranean city of Tel Aviv. — AFPJERUSALEM: A string of high-profile sexual abuse cases has led to soul-searching in Israel, where women's increasing willingness to report such behavior has collided with retrograde attitudes among some men, experts say. In the most high-profile case, former president Moshe...

MOSUL, Iraq: An Iraqi man pushes cart with cans of water between ruined buildings in Mosul’s Qadisiyah neighborhood during an ongoing military operation against the Islamic State (IS) group. — AFP

Life and business return to parts of Iraq's Mosul

'Need freedom to get our supplies' MOSUL, Iraq: An Iraqi man pushes cart with cans of water between ruined buildings in Mosul’s Qadisiyah neighborhood during an ongoing military operation against the Islamic State (IS) group. — AFPMOSUL, Iraq: Explosions can be heard a few blocks away but butcher Haj Fawzi is wielding his cleaver again as he greets customers at a reopened market in liberated east Mosul. "Security has returned, the stalls on...

NEW YORK: US President-Elect Donald Trump stops to talk to the media in the lobby of Trump Tower yesterday. - AFP

Trump lashes out over phony dossier claims

'BuzzFeed slammed as a failing pile of garbage' LONDON: Members of the media film the main entrance to the building housing the offices of business consultants Orbis Business Intelligence Ltd in central London yesterday.—AFPNEW YORK: Donald Trump attacked US intelligence agencies and the media Wednesday as he denied explosive allegations about his ties to Russia, but admitted for the first time that Moscow had likely meddled in the US election....

MYANMAR: This screen grab taken yesterday from a YouTube video originally taken by Myanmar Constable Zaw Myo Htike shows policemen standing guard around Rohingya minority villagers seated on the ground in the village of Kotankauk during a police area clearance operation. — AFP

Bangladesh urges Myanmar to end unrest

DHAKA: Bangladesh urged Myanmar yesterday to end months of violence that has forced tens of thousands of Rohingya to flee across the border, saying the influx was hitting economic development. At least 65,000 Rohingya have fled to Bangladesh since Myanmar launched a military operation in October following attacks on police posts in western Rakhine state, a third of them over the past week. Rights groups say members of the stateless Muslim...

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Fifth Pakistani social media activist reported missing

ISLAMABAD: A fifth Pakistani rights activist has gone missing, his colleagues said yesterday, as the United Nations raised concerns over shrinking freedoms for campaigners. Samar Abbas, a middle-aged IT worker and head of the anti-militancy Civil Progressive Alliance, disappeared under mysterious circumstances after arriving in the capital Islamabad from the southern port city of Karachi on Saturday, Jan 7, according to Talib Raza, a colleague...

BANGALORE, India: Motorists ride past a hoarding advertising an Amazon product in Bangalore, India, yesterday. —AP

India outraged over national flag doormats sold on Amazon

BANGALORE, India: Motorists ride past a hoarding advertising an Amazon product in Bangalore, India, yesterday. —APNEW DELHI: India's foreign minister demanded an apology Wednesday from Amazon.com Inc. for selling doormats depicting the Indian flag on the online shopping giant's Canadian website. External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj warned on Twitter that she could deny Indian visas to Amazon employees if the company did not apologize and...

Elvis fans board a train to take them to The Parkes Elvis Festival

Legend lives on down under as Elvis Express departs

Elvis fans board a train to take them to The Parkes Elvis FestivalSequin jumpsuits and Vegas showgirls outnumbered shirts and ties at Sydney's Central station yesterday as hundreds of Elvis fans boarded a train bound for a festival dedicated to The King. Peak hour travellers were serenaded by tribute acts performing on a stage erected on the platform, while poodle skirts twirled at one of the city's busiest commuter hubs as fans danced away the...

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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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Video grab taken from a video footage shows rescuers helping a person out of a hotel that partly collapsed on August 7, 2024 in Kroev, western Germany, killing one person and burying eight others. - A floor in the hotel in Kroev, a town some 110 kilometres (68 miles) west of Frankfurt, collapsed for unknown reasons, police said in a statement. Of the 14 people inside at the time, five managed to get out. — AFP

One dead, several buried in German hotel collapse