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MUMBAI: Supporters hold a photograph of Tamil Nadu state leader Jayalalithaa Jayaram as they offer prayers for her well-being at a temple yesterday. – AP
Jayalalithaa dies after long illness
MUMBAI: Supporters hold a photograph of Tamil Nadu state leader Jayalalithaa Jayaram as they offer prayers for her well-being at a temple yesterday. – APCHENNAI: Jayalalithaa Jayaram, the chief minister of south India's Tamil Nadu state and one of the country's most popular political leaders, died after a prolonged illness, hospital authorities announced late yesterday night. "It is with indescribable grief, we announce the sad demise of our...
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Renzi packs his bags after referendum rout
ROME: Italy’s Prime Minister Matteo Renzi announces his resignation during a press conference at the Palazzo Chigi following the results of a referendum on constitutional reforms yesterday. – AFPROME: Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi said his goodbyes yesterday after a ruinous referendum defeat that was cheered by populist leaders and sent shockwaves rippling around Europe. “My experience of government finishes here,” said a downcast...
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Islamic State loses Libya bastion
TRIPOLI: Forces loyal to Libya's UN-backed government said Monday they had seized full control of Sirte from the Islamic State group, in a major blow to the jihadists who battled for months to retain their bastion. The battle for the coastal city, which was the last significant territory held by IS in Libya, cost the lives of hundreds of loyalist troops as well as an unknown number of IS fighters. "Our forces have total control of Sirte," Reda...
ALEPPO: Syrian pro-government troops walk on a street in Aleppo’s eastern Karm Al- Jabal neighborhood as they advance towards Al-Shaar neighborhood yesterday during their offensive to retake Syria’s second city. — AFP
In Aleppo, dreaming of home but finding only the rubble
ALEPPO: Syrian pro-government troops walk on a street in Aleppo’s eastern Karm Al- Jabal neighborhood as they advance towards Al-Shaar neighborhood yesterday during their offensive to retake Syria’s second city. — AFPALEPPO: Kafa Jawish hadn't slept in days, daydreaming of seeing her home in east Aleppo for the first time in four years, but when she arrived she found little more than rubble. The 36-year-old was among hundreds of Syrians...
HOMS: An opposition fighter from the Sham brigade guards a position on the front line during clashes with government forces in the village of Teir Maalah in Syria’s central Homs province yesterday. — AFP
Fleeing the fighting, Syrians describe terrifying choices
Civilians fear bombs in rebel enclave, arrest if they flee HOMS: An opposition fighter from the Sham brigade guards a position on the front line during clashes with government forces in the village of Teir Maalah in Syria’s central Homs province yesterday. — AFPBEIRUT: As Syrian government forces advanced into Aleppo's rebel-held Al-Sakhour district, Hasan al-Ali said he faced the choice of staying put and being caught by the army, or fleeing...
FREIBURG: Flowers and candles sit in front of a tree close to the Dreisam river in Freiburg, Germany, where the body of a student was found. A 17- year-old Afghan migrant, who entered Germany last year as an unaccompanied minor, has been arrested in connection with the killing. — AP
Afghan murder and rape arrest reignites the refugee debate in Germany
FREIBURG: Flowers and candles sit in front of a tree close to the Dreisam river in Freiburg, Germany, where the body of a student was found. A 17- year-old Afghan migrant, who entered Germany last year as an unaccompanied minor, has been arrested in connection with the killing. — APBERLIN: The German government pleaded for calm yesterday after the arrest of a teenage Afghan asylum seeker for the alleged rape and murder of a German student...
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Spain smashes fake police ring that robbed tourists
MADRID: Spanish police said yesterday they had smashed a criminal gang who preyed on tourists in Madrid by posing as police officers.Eight suspected members of the gang, all of them Iranian and Pakistani nationals, were arrested on November 22, police said, describing a grab-and-game game to take cash, jewelry and smartphones.The gang would approach tourists and ask to see their documents and wallets “with the pretext of checking to see it they...
KARACHI: Guests are gather outside a Regent Plaza Hotel following a fire in the Pakistan’s port city of Karachi yesterday. — AFP
11 dead, 75 injured in Pakistan hotel fire
KARACHI: Guests are gather outside a Regent Plaza Hotel following a fire in the Pakistan’s port city of Karachi yesterday. — AFPKARACHI: A pre-dawn inferno at a four-star hotel in Pakistan's Karachi killed 11 people yesterday and wounded 75, police said, with desperate guests jumping from windows and scrambling down knotted bedsheets to escape. The blaze at the Regent Plaza Hotel in the centre of the port megacity broke out when many guests...
Karsten Pedersen, Group Vice President and CEO of Hempel Middle East-West. — Photos by Yasser Al-Zayyat
Hempel to open new plant in Kuwait on its golden jubilee
Partnership with Kuwait govt will continue: CEO Karsten Pedersen, Group Vice President and CEO of Hempel Middle East-West. — Photos by Yasser Al-ZayyatKUWAIT: A modern Hempel paint factory will shortly open in Kuwait to replace its outdated plant, which was the first paint factory in the Gulf. Hempel-Kuwait partnered with the Al-Rashed family to bring the paint factory here in 1966, focused on marine coatings. It later forayed into decorative...
Warba Bank offers financing solutions for LSA courses
Warba Bank offers financing solutions for LSA courses
Bank inks cooperation agreement to support health sector Warba Bank offers financing solutions for LSA coursesKUWAIT: Warba Bank is distinguished by the innovative solutions it presents to all members of the Kuwaiti society, which reflects its commitment to supporting social growth as well as spreading education and culture. Accordingly, Warba Bank announced an exclusive cooperation agreement with the Life Sciences Academy (LSA) on December 5,...
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Al-Mazaya assigned Corporate Rating of 'BBB-' long-term
CI also assigns 'A3' short-term with 'Stable' Outlook Eng Ibrahim Al-SoqabiKUWAIT: Capital Intelligence Ratings, the renowned international credit rating agency, has assigned Al-Mazaya Holding Company corporate ratings of 'BBB-' for the long-term and 'A3' in the short-term.In its initial report, the international agency indicated that the outlook on Al-Mazaya Holding Company's ratings is 'Stable'. The ratings are supported by the Group's...
KIB awarded ‘Best Banking Vision in Kuwait’ by CPI Financial
KIB awarded 'Best Banking Vision in Kuwait' by CPI Financial
KIB awarded ‘Best Banking Vision in Kuwait’ by CPI FinancialKUWAIT: Kuwait International Bank was recently awarded "Best Banking Vision in Kuwait" by CPI Financial in the Islamic Business & Finance Awards category, thereby garnering one of the leading regional awards recognizing banking excellence and rewarding pioneers in the field of Islamic finance. KIB's Acting Chief Executive Officer, Mohamed Said El Saka, received the award on behalf...
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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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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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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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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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Senior military officers discuss security issues