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Pakistan cinemas quietly show Indian films as tensions ease
KARACHI: Pakistani movie theatres began screening Bollywood films again yesterday, ending an 11-week boycott in response to political and military tensions with India, theatre officials said. Some theatre owners said the restoration was because tension was easing, but others said it was because audiences had dropped so sharply since the boycott that began on Sept 30.In Karachi, the Atrium Cinema started with a screening of the Indian sports...
AMMAN: Members of the Jordanian Gendarmerie line the road ahead of the funeral of their killed colleague Lieutenant Colonel Saed Al-Maaytah. — AP
Suicide belts at Jordan tourist attack spot
Tourists were found hiding inside Crusader castle AMMAN: Members of the Jordanian Gendarmerie line the road ahead of the funeral of their killed colleague Lieutenant Colonel Saed Al-Maaytah. — APAMMAN: Jordanian police said yesterday they found suicide belts and other explosives in the hideout of suspected Islamic State group jihadists behind an attack that killed 10 people including a Canadian tourist. The shooting spree in Karak, home to one...
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49 dead in Siberia after drinking bath essence
MOSCOW: Thirty-three people have died in Siberia after drinking bath essence containing methanol, a toxic substance used in anti-freeze, Russian authorities said yesterday. The Investigative Committee has launched a probe into the deaths caused by drinking a liquid labeled as hawthorn-scented bath essence, and has detained two people.Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev ordered his cabinet to "sort out" the counterfeit alcohol issue, calling the...
YANGON: Indonesia’s Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi (L) and Myanmar State Counselor and Foreign Minister Aung San Suu Kyi (C) attend the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Foreign Ministers’ meeting. — AFP
Myanmar pressured over Rohingya crisis
'Widespread, systematic attack on a civilian population' YANGON: Indonesia’s Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi (L) and Myanmar State Counselor and Foreign Minister Aung San Suu Kyi (C) attend the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Foreign Ministers’ meeting. — AFPYANGON: Malaysia's top diplomat turned the screws on Aung San Suu Kyi at emergency talks in Myanmar yesterday, warning that an army crackdown on the Rohingya minority...
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Pakistan's national carrier mocked for goat sacrifice
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan's embattled national carrier has been widely mocked for sacrificing a goat next to a plane to ward off bad luck, weeks after one of the country's worst air disasters. A Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) turboprop plane built by European manufacturer ATR plummeted into a mountain in a northern region on December 7, bursting into flames and killing all 47 people on board.The animal slaughter, which took place on Sunday at...
ALLAHABAD: In this photograph taken on December 14, 2016, Indian policemen stand as traffic passes through the Civil Lines area of Allahabad. According to local newspaper reports, the northern Indian cities of Varanasi and Allahabad in Uttar Pradesh state had zero good air quality days in 2015, said a report released by the Central Pollution Control Board’s (CPCB) that uses the government’s air quality data to conclude smaller cities have the most toxic air in India. — AFP
Deaths in Indian police custody go unpunished: Rights group
ALLAHABAD: In this photograph taken on December 14, 2016, Indian policemen stand as traffic passes through the Civil Lines area of Allahabad. According to local newspaper reports, the northern Indian cities of Varanasi and Allahabad in Uttar Pradesh state had zero good air quality days in 2015, said a report released by the Central Pollution Control Board’s (CPCB) that uses the government’s air quality data to conclude smaller cities have...
This photograph taken on October 31, 2016 shows an Afghan boy, who was held as a child sex slave, sitting at a restaurant in an unidentified location in Afghanistan. — AFP
Hopeless Afghan struggle to rescue boy sex slaves
This photograph taken on October 31, 2016 shows an Afghan boy, who was held as a child sex slave, sitting at a restaurant in an unidentified location in Afghanistan. — AFPLASHKAR GAH: Quivering with quiet rage, Shirin holds a photo of his teenage brother-in-law, who now lives as the plaything of policemen, just one victim of a hidden epidemic of kidnappings of young boys for institutionalized sexual slavery in Afghanistan. Shirin is among 13...
BINH DINH: This picture taken on December 18, 2016 shows a man wading through floodwaters in front of his home in the central province of Binh Dinh. — AFP
Floods kill 24 in Vietnam
BINH DINH: This picture taken on December 18, 2016 shows a man wading through floodwaters in front of his home in the central province of Binh Dinh. — AFPHANOI: Days of unseasonably torrential rains have killed at least 24 people in central Vietnam, authorities said yesterday, inundating swathes of the region including the tourist draw town of Hoi An. Vietnam regularly experiences tropical storms and heavy downpours but it is unusual for the...
International Monetary Fund head Christine Lagarde
IMF chief found guilty over tycoon payment
Board meets to discuss fallout of guilty verdict against Lagarde International Monetary Fund head Christine LagardePARIS:  A French court yesterday found IMF head Christine Lagarde guilty of negligence over a massive state payout to a tycoon when she was French finance minister but spared her a fine or prison sentence. The Court of Justice of the Republic found against Lagarde over her handling of a dispute between the state and flamboyant...
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KPMG continues growth momentum, invests across Mideast, South Asia
Recording double digit growth for third consecutive yearKUWAIT: KPMG in the Middle East & South Asia (MESA) region reported a 10.7 percent growth in aggregated revenues of member firms across the MESA region for the fiscal year ended 30 September 2016. This was the third consecutive year for the region to record double digit growth, placing it among the fastest growing regions within the KPMG network.During the year, KPMG across the MESA region...
This June 2016 file photo provided by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police shows printer ink bottles containing carfentanil imported from China, in Vancouver, Canada. US assertions that China is the top source of the synthetic opioids that have killed thousands of drug users in the US and Canada are unsubstantiated, Chinese officials told the Associated Press. —AP
Beijing denies US claim that China is synthetic drug king
Concerns over easy availability of fentanyls online This June 2016 file photo provided by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police shows printer ink bottles containing carfentanil imported from China, in Vancouver, Canada. US assertions that China is the top source of the synthetic opioids that have killed thousands of drug users in the US and Canada are unsubstantiated, Chinese officials told the Associated Press. —APBEIJING: US assertions that China...
OXON HILL, Maryland: Miss World 2016 Stephanie Del Valle of Puerto Rico (center); first runner-up Miss Dominican Republic Yaritza Miguelina Reyes Ramirez (left) and second runner-up Miss Indonesia Natasha Mannuela stand together after Del Valle’s win in the Miss World 2016 pageant at the MGM National Harbor on Sunday. – AFP
Miss Puerto Rico lands Miss World 2016 crown
OXON HILL, Maryland: Miss World 2016 Stephanie Del Valle of Puerto Rico (center); first runner-up Miss Dominican Republic Yaritza Miguelina Reyes Ramirez (left) and second runner-up Miss Indonesia Natasha Mannuela stand together after Del Valle’s win in the Miss World 2016 pageant at the MGM National Harbor on Sunday. – AFPOXON HILL, Maryland: Stephanie del Valle of Puerto Rico was crowned Miss World 2016 on Sunday, edging out runners-up...
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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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WEYMOUTH: A police officer restrains a protester during a 'Enough is Enough' demonstration called by far-right activists in Weymouth, on the southwest coast of England where the Bibby Stockholm migrant accommodation barge is moored, on August 4, 2024. — AFP
No end in sight for UK riots
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GAZA: In this March 25, 2017 photo, Hamas leaders Yahya Sinwar (right) and Ismail Haniyeh attend the funeral of slain Hamas official Mazen Faqha in Gaza City. - AFP
Hamas names Sinwar new chief
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ALDERSHOT: Protesters hold placards during a 'Enough is Enough' demonstration called by far-right activists near a hotel housing asylum seekers in Aldershot on August 4, 2024. — AFP
Musk fans flames of anti-Muslim riots, spars with UK govt
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Ahmed Al-Basat celebrating his birthday at the office.
A forgotten courtesy: The silent struggle of Kuwait’s expatriates