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ANKARA: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan delivers a speech during the launch of the 9th Ambassadors Conference at the Presidential Complex yesterday. — AFP

Turkey begins debate on new Erdogan presidential powers

ANKARA: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan delivers a speech during the launch of the 9th Ambassadors Conference at the Presidential Complex yesterday. — AFPISTANBUL: Turkey's parliament yesterday began debating a controversial new draft constitution aimed at expanding the powers of the presidency under Recep Tayyip Erdogan, which is expected to be put to a referendum by the spring. The new constitution, which would replace the basic law...

MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin listens during a meeting at the Kremlin yesterday. – AP

Russia ‘tired’ of US claims

Kremlin slams 'amateurish' hacking report MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin listens during a meeting at the Kremlin yesterday. – APMOSCOW: The Kremlin yesterday branded a hacking report by US intelligence baseless and amateurish, saying Moscow is growing tired of denying claims the Russian government meddled in the US election. "These are baseless allegations substantiated with nothing, done on a rather amateurish, emotional level that...

BUDAPEST: Ice floats over the Danube river in Budapest yesterday. Last night, a cold wave across central Europe caused a drastical temperature drop of around 20 to 28 Celsius degrees below 0. --AFP

Europe cold snap kills dozens, fuels travel chaos

BUDAPEST: Ice floats over the Danube river in Budapest yesterday. Last night, a cold wave across central Europe caused a drastical temperature drop of around 20 to 28 Celsius degrees below 0. --AFPWARSAW: A cold snap gripping Europe has killed more than 30 people in recent days, left thousands of travellers stranded in snow-covered Turkey and brought fresh misery for migrants and the homeless. The double-digit sub-zero temperatures hit Poland...

Indian students shout slogans during a protest against the rapes of two minor girls outside the police headquarters. — AFP

India women plan protests against mass molestation

Politicians 'blame' women for Bengaluru rapeMUMBAI: Women's groups in India are planning nationwide rallies on Jan 21 to protest the alleged mass molestation in the city of Bengaluru on New Year's eve, and subsequent comments by politicians blaming the women for the crime.The India protests, publicized under the hashtag #IWillGoOut on social media, are meant to coincide with the "Million Women March" in Washington on Jan 21, the day after Donald...

In this May 20, 2015, file photo, migrants including Myanmar’s Rohingya Muslims sit on the deck of their boat as they wait to be rescued by Acehnese fishermen on the sea off East Aceh, Indonesia. —AP

22,000 Rohingya fled to Bangladesh in one week: UN

YANGON: At least 65,000 Rohingya have fled to Bangladesh from Myanmar-a third of them over the past week-since the army launched a crackdown in the north of Rakhine state, the UN said yesterday. The figure marks a sharp escalation in the numbers fleeing a military campaign which rights groups say has been marred by abuses so severe they could amount to crimes against humanity.They also come the same day the UN's human rights envoy for Myanmar,...

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Myanmar warns its workers in Malaysia after 5 hacked to death

YANGON/KUALA LUMPUR: Myanmar said yesterday it had sent out safety instructions to its workers in Malaysia after attackers hacked five of them to death with swords, weeks after it barred workers from going there, partly because of security fears.Tension between the Southeast Asian neighbors has risen in recent months over the fate of Myanmar's stateless Rohingya Muslim minority, with Malaysia accusing Myanmar of genocide over its treatment of...

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Dhaka seizes N Korean diplomat's Rolls-Royce

DHAKA: Bangladesh authorities have seized a luxury Rolls-Royce Ghost car illegally brought into the country for a former North Korean diplomat expelled for smuggling. Customs intelligence chief Moinul Khan said Han Son Ik intended to bring in the car without paying duty due to his diplomatic status and sell it on to a local buyer.Officials said the luxury car would have been liable for import duties of more than 800 percent had it been brought in...

MANILA: Filipino Roman Catholic devotees raise their hands in prayer during a raucous procession to celebrate the feast day of the Black Nazarene yesterday in Manila. —AP

Huge crowds stage frenzied Catholic procession in Manila

MANILA: Filipino Roman Catholic devotees raise their hands in prayer during a raucous procession to celebrate the feast day of the Black Nazarene yesterday in Manila. —APMANILA: Masses of Catholic devotees in the Philippine capital braved sizzling weather and terrorist fears yesterday in a frenzied bid to touch a centuries-old statue of Jesus Christ that is believed to have miraculous powers. The annual parade, which police said attracted more...

Gianni Infantino, left, FIFA President, and Diego Armando Maradona, a former Argentine footballer, pose for a photo on the greenncarpet while arriving for the The Best FIFA Football Awards 2016 ceremony in Zurich, Switzerland, Monday, Jan. 9, 2017. (WalternBieri/Keystone via AP)

Maradona backs 48-team World Cup ahead of crunch FIFA meeting

Gianni Infantino, left, FIFA President, and Diego Armando Maradona, a former Argentine footballer, pose for a photo on the greencarpet while arriving for the The Best FIFA Football Awards 2016 ceremony in Zurich, Switzerland, Monday, Jan. 9, 2017. (WalterBieri/Keystone via AP)ZURICH, Jan 9, 2017 (AFP) - Diego Maradona on Monday backed controversial plans to expand the World Cup to 48 teams, a day before world football's powerful governing...

VILLARREAL: FC Barcelona's Lionel Messi, center, celebrates after scoring with teammate Arda Dura, right, during the Spanish La Liga soccer match between Villarreal and Barcelona at the Ceramica stadium in Villarreal, Spain, Sunday. – AP

Messi to the rescue, but Barca lose ground on Real

VILLARREAL: FC Barcelona's Lionel Messi, center, celebrates after scoring with teammate Arda Dura, right, during the Spanish La Liga soccer match between Villarreal and Barcelona at the Ceramica stadium in Villarreal, Spain, Sunday. – APMADRID: Barcelona's poor start to 2017 continued as they lost further ground on Real Madrid at the top of La Liga despite a sensational last minute Lionel Messi free-kick salvaging a 1-1 draw at Villarreal on...

ABUJA: File photo shows Algerian and Leicester forward Riyad Mahrez holds a trophy after being crowned African Footballer of the Year in Abuja, on January 5, 2017. – AFP

Aubameyang, Mahrez lead stars targeting Cup of Nations glory

ABUJA: File photo shows Algerian and Leicester forward Riyad Mahrez holds a trophy after being crowned African Footballer of the Year in Abuja, on January 5, 2017. – AFPLIBREVILLE: A new-look Ivory Coast will defend their Africa Cup of Nations title while the hosts' lightning-quick striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang leads the cast of superstar names as the 2017 tournament begins in Gabon on Saturday.As Borussia Dortmund striker Aubameyang...

MEERUT: In this photograph taken on December 14, 2016, an Indian craftsman works on unfinished cricket bats in a factory in Meerut, some 70kms north-east of New Delhi. As Indian factory worker Jitender Singh carves out another big-hitting slab of thick willow he insists MCC proposals to limit the size of cricket bats won't tame Twenty20 marauders. - AFP

India bat makers say there's no stopping for big hitters

MEERUT: In this photograph taken on December 14, 2016, an Indian craftsman works on unfinished cricket bats in a factory in Meerut, some 70kms north-east of New Delhi. As Indian factory worker Jitender Singh carves out another big-hitting slab of thick willow he insists MCC proposals to limit the size of cricket bats won't tame Twenty20 marauders. - AFPMEERUT: As factory worker Jitender Singh carves another slab of thick willow, he insists that...

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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