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MOSUL, Iraq: Iraqi special forces soldiers pass civilians, sitting in the back yard of their houses used in fighting against the Islamic State militants, in the Bakr front line neighborhood on Saturday. — AP

Local intel key in house-to-house battle for Iraq's Mosul - 'We cannot allow this'

MOSUL, Iraq: Iraqi special forces soldiers pass civilians, sitting in the back yard of their houses used in fighting against the Islamic State militants, in the Bakr front line neighborhood on Saturday. — APMOSUL, Iraq: When Islamic State militants in Mosul discovered that Ahmed's brother had served in the army, they went to his house, pulled him into the street, and shot him dead as his parents watched.Now, it was time for revenge, and after...

PARIS: French member of Parliament and candidate for the right-wing primaries ahead of the 2017 presidential elections, Francois Fillon (C) looks on before casting his ballot in a polling station on November 27, 2016. —AFP

Fillon tipped to win French rightwing primary

Favorite for next year's election PARIS: French member of Parliament and candidate for the right-wing primaries ahead of the 2017 presidential elections, Francois Fillon (C) looks on before casting his ballot in a polling station on November 27, 2016. —AFPPARIS: Millions of French voters were casting ballots yesterday to pick the presidential candidate for the center-right Republicans party, with ex-premier Francois Fillon tipped to win and...

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Qatar will help Syrian rebels even if Trump ends US role

DOHA: Qatar will continue to arm Syrian rebels even if Donald Trump ends US backing for the multinational effort, Doha's foreign minister said in an interview, signalling its determination to pursue a policy the US President-elect may abandon.But Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani said the wealthy Gulf state would not "go solo" and supply shoulder-fired missiles to the rebels to defend themselves against Syrian and Russian...

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22 Syria rebels hit by IS chemical attack: army

ISTANBUL: Twenty-two pro-Ankara Syrian rebels were hit by a chemical gas attack from Islamic State (IS) jihadists in northern Syria, the Turkish army said yesterday. "After a rocket was fired by Daesh (IS), 22 opposition members were observed to have been exposed in their eyes and bodies to chemical gas," the general staff said in a statement, quoted by the state-run Anadolu news agency.It said the attack happened in the area of the village of...

REDDING, California: A section of road along County Road 17 from the Interstate 5 overpass. Shown on Friday, Nov 25, 2016, is where Sherry Papini, a 34-year-old wife and mother was found on Thanksgiving Day. —AP

California woman found chained to object, beaten

REDDING, California: A section of road along County Road 17 from the Interstate 5 overpass. Shown on Friday, Nov 25, 2016, is where Sherry Papini, a 34-year-old wife and mother was found on Thanksgiving Day. —APSAN FRANCISCO: A Northern California woman was chained to an object and had been badly beaten when found near an interstate three weeks after she disappeared while jogging, according to a newspaper citing a police-dispatch recording.The...

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One ticket has winning numbers in $421 million Powerball lottery

NEW YORK: A lottery ticket sold in Tennessee had the winning numbers for a $421 million Powerball jackpot, one of the biggest on record, officials said after Saturday's draw. The winning numbers selected were 17, 19, 21, 37, 44, with the Powerball 16. No one as yet had stepped forward to claim the prize, which grew in size since Sept. 17, the last time anyone matched all six numbers.The jackpot soared from $403 million to a reported $420.9...

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Troops fire artillery at Islamic militants in southern Philippines

BUTIG, Philippines: Troops yesterday fired artillery at positions held by an Islamic militant faction in the southern Philippines as more soldiers deployed against the group, which staged a deadly bombing in President Rodrigo Duterte's home city.The army is trying to dislodge members of the Maute group from an abandoned town hall and other positions they have occupied in Butig, a remote, mainly Muslim mountain town on Mindanao island.Clashes...

RAWALAKOT, Pakistan: In this photograph taken on November 21, 2016, Pakistani Kashmiri women wait outside the office of social worker Nusrat Yousuf to discuss their social issues with her in the women’s market on the outskirts of the town of Rawalakot, in Pakistani-administered Kashmir. — AFP

Pakistani market where women seek justice - A women-only market

RAWALAKOT, Pakistan: In this photograph taken on November 21, 2016, Pakistani Kashmiri women wait outside the office of social worker Nusrat Yousuf to discuss their social issues with her in the women’s market on the outskirts of the town of Rawalakot, in Pakistani-administered Kashmir. — AFPRAWALAKOT, Pakistan: A narrow path winds through Kashmir's Valley of Pearls towards 13 tin-roofed shops hidden in a rickety row, a women-only market...

Kuwait aims to broaden economy through industry

.The government of Kuwait is hoping to diversify the economy through industrial expansion, targeting double-digit growth on the back of its petrochemicals and plastics segments.New industrial targetIn late September Mohammad Al-Ajmi, director-general of the Public Authority for Industry (PAI), announced plans to boost Kuwait's industrial output by 25 percent in the coming years, telling industry stakeholders at a conference that the sector's...

9 security steps to stay safe online during holidays

."The holidays are a heightened time when cybercriminals are using clever phishing emails scams that look like special offers or shipping notices for gifts. When in reality, these are designed to snare clicks and make you hand over information. Sophos is reminding consumers to pay extra attention to nine simple security steps to stay safe online during the holidays:1. If an online deal or email offer with price discounts looks too good to...

Ducks roaming in an outdoor enclosure in a farm in Benesse- Maremne, southwestern France

Dutch kill 190,000 ducks to contain bird flu outbreak

THE HAGUE: Dutch officials have culled 190,000 ducks on a central Netherlands farm where inspectors have confirmed the presence of a highly infectuous strain of bird flu, officials and local media said yesterday. The outbreak was detected at a farm in Biddinghuizen, about 70 kilometers (43 miles) west of Amsterdam, where about 180,000 ducks were put down together with another 10,000 within a one kilometer radius, the Dutch food and safety...

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Film Review: 'Mifune: The Last Samurai'

"Mifune: The Last Samurai," a dutiful and diverting but rather bare-bones documentary portrait, opens with a series of clips and photographs of Toshiro Mifune, the scowling-eyed Japanese actor who became, in effect, the world's first action star. The first clip, from "Rashomon," looks even more transgressive today than it did in 1950: It's of Mifune's scruffy medieval bandit forcing himself at knifepoint on a maiden he discovers in the woods. In...

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MUMBAI: A vendor counts a wad of Indian rupees. - AFP

Indian rupee hits record low amid geopolitical jitters

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Flag of Kuwait, visa application form and passport on table

Why small-scale project visas can be problematic

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KUWAIT: Kuwaitis walk inside the Avenues Mall, the country’s largest shopping centre. The Public Authority for Civil Information (PACI) issued the latest detailed statistics on population and employment at the end of June 2024. The data shows that total population in Kuwait reached 4.919 million people. - Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat

Kuwait population hits 4.919 million

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DHAKA: Anti-government protestors display Bangladesh's national flag as they storm Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's palace on Aug 5, 2024. - AFP

People power rocks Bangladesh

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Al-Sawaber Complex

Kuwait’s historic buildings should be preserved