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GAZA CITY: Palestinian women march on a street demonstrating and carrying signs reading in Arabic “Upright, walk” (CF), “restore your youth by walking” (L), and “Let’s walk” (R), calling for the rehabilitation of marginalized women in Gaza City yesterday. — AFP

Hamas clamps down on Gaza’s ‘insecure’ Israeli SIM cards

Nearly 400,000 Israeli SIMs in distribution in West Bank GAZA CITY: Palestinian women march on a street demonstrating and carrying signs reading in Arabic “Upright, walk” (CF), “restore your youth by walking” (L), and “Let’s walk” (R), calling for the rehabilitation of marginalized women in Gaza City yesterday. — AFPGAZA: Hamas-run authorities in Gaza are trying to stop the sale and distribution of pre-paid SIM cards from Israeli...

Bollywood actress Mallika Sherawat

Bollywood actress attacked in Paris

Bollywood actress Mallika SherawatPARIS: Bollywood actress Mallika Sherawat was punched in the face and sprayed with tear gas by masked attackers in an upmarket area of Paris, police said yesterday.The 40-year-old star and her partner were attacked by three masked men who tried to steal her handbag. The couple told police the men had ambushed them in the lobby of the apartment building where they were staying in the chic 16th arrondissement of...

WASHINGTON: Hillary Clinton addresses the Children’s Defense Fund’s Beat the Odds celebration at the Newseum on Wednesday.—AP

In pep talk, Clinton urges backers to 'never give up'

Acknowledges difficulty of her loss WASHINGTON: Hillary Clinton addresses the Children’s Defense Fund’s Beat the Odds celebration at the Newseum on Wednesday.—APWASHINGTON: Hillary Clinton is acknowledging the difficulty of her loss in the presidential race for her supporters and urging them to persevere through the Donald Trump era.In remarks that were equal parts pep talk and funeral dirge, Clinton encouraged her backers to "never, ever...

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s President Mamnoon Hussain right, receives Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan the President House. Ahead of a visit by Turkey’s president, Islamabad ordered 400 Turkish nationals affiliated with a chain of international schools in Pakistan to leave the country within 72 hours, officials said Wednesday.—AP

Turks in Pakistan challenge their expulsion order in court

Students hit streets to denounce the expulsions ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s President Mamnoon Hussain right, receives Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan the President House. Ahead of a visit by Turkey’s president, Islamabad ordered 400 Turkish nationals affiliated with a chain of international schools in Pakistan to leave the country within 72 hours, officials said Wednesday.—APISLAMABAD: Pakistan's order for 400 Turkish nationals, mostly...

NEW DELHI: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi (C) walks with Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders as he prepares to address the media after arriving for the winter session of Parliament on Wednesday.—AFP

Modi's cash crackdown hits Indian rivals' election campaign coffers

Unfairly boost party's chances NEW DELHI: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi (C) walks with Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders as he prepares to address the media after arriving for the winter session of Parliament on Wednesday.—AFPNEW DELHI: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's shock ban on high-value banknotes will hit the war chests of his rivals before a key state election next year, sparking accusations that his strike against "black...

DHAKA: Bangladeshi policemen patrol the area around the site of an attack in Dhaka, yesterday. Bangladeshi forces stormed the Holey Artisan Bakery in Dhaka’s Gulshan area where heavily armed militants held dozens of people hostage yesterday morning, rescuing some captives including foreigners. — AP

Bangladesh arrests five linked to deadly cafe siege

DHAKA: Five people linked to the Islamist extremist group behind July's Dhaka cafe siege that left 22 hostages, most of them foreigners, dead have been arrested, Bangladesh police said yesterday.An Islamic spiritual leader and an explosives expert were among the group detained in a series of raids in the capital late Wednesday and early yesterday, the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) police unit said. "They belonged to Sarwar-Tamim group of the...

Ricky Martin (center) and Gabriel Abaroa look on as Marc Anthony (right) dances during the show for the 2016 Latin GRAMMY's Person Of The Year honoring Marc Anthony. — AP/AFP photos

Honoree Marc Anthony brings Latin Grammys to feet

Ricky Martin (center) and Gabriel Abaroa look on as Marc Anthony (right) dances during the show for the 2016 Latin GRAMMY's Person Of The Year honoring Marc Anthony. — AP/AFP photosMarc Anthony, who decided at age seven to be a singer and has gone on to sell 12 million records, was honored Wednesday at the Latin Grammys-and celebrated by bringing the crowd to its feet.The Latin Grammys named the 48- year-old salsa singer its Person of the Year...

Morgan Freeman

Freeman to receive AARP lifetime achievement award

Morgan FreemanMorgan Freeman is adding another lifetime achievement prize to his mantelpiece. AARP said yesterday the actor will receive its Movies for Grownups Career Achievement Award at a gala ceremony next year. The 79- year-old actor has already received the American Film Institute's Life Achievement Award, the Golden Globes' Cecil B. DeMille Award and a National Medal of the Arts from President Barack Obama. "At a certain point in life, if...

KARACHI: In this photograph taken on August 3, 2016, Pakistani doctor Adibul Rizvi, head of the Sindh Institute of Urology and Transplantation (SIUT), speaks during an interview with AFP.—AFP

Pakistani doctor transplants hope to millions for free

Alternative to public health sector KARACHI: In this photograph taken on August 3, 2016, Pakistani doctor Adibul Rizvi, head of the Sindh Institute of Urology and Transplantation (SIUT), speaks during an interview with AFP.—AFPKARACHI: Camped on the baking concrete outside a gleaming transplant centre, Karachi's sick have come from miles around in desperate hope for a last chance at life.There, Dr Adibul Rizvi provides free medical care to...

DOHA: Mohammed bin Saleh Al-Sada (C), Qatar’s Energy Minister and Seyed Mohammad Hossein Adeli (L), GECF Secretary General are seen during the 18th Ministerial Meeting of the Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF) in the capital Doha yesterday. — AFP

Saudi urges OPEC to cut output to 32.5m bpd

Qatar asking Iran, Iraq to freeze oil output at current levels DOHA: Mohammed bin Saleh Al-Sada (C), Qatar’s Energy Minister and Seyed Mohammad Hossein Adeli (L), GECF Secretary General are seen during the 18th Ministerial Meeting of the Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF) in the capital Doha yesterday. — AFPRIYADH: Saudi Energy Minister Khalid Al-Falih said yesterday that OPEC should cut oil output to 32.5 million barrels per day (bpd), the...

LONDON: Britain’s Andy Murray reacts against Japan’s Kei Nishikori during their round robin stage men’s singles match on day four of the ATP World Tour Finals tennis tournament in London. — AFP

Murray wobbles but hangs on to beat Nishikori in a thriller

LONDON: Britain’s Andy Murray reacts against Japan’s Kei Nishikori during their round robin stage men’s singles match on day four of the ATP World Tour Finals tennis tournament in London. — AFPLONDON: Andy Murray has already scaled the tennis summit but Japan’s Kei Nishikori did his best to loosen his footing before falling in a three-hour thriller at the ATP World Tour Finals on Wednesday. Home favorite Murray’s insatiable will...

LONDON: England’s striker Wayne Rooney (center) collides with Scotland’s defender Christophe Berra (left) in this file photo during a World Cup 2018 qualification match between England and Scotland at Wembley stadium in London. —AFP

Rooney sorry for ‘inappropriate’ hotel pictures

LONDON: England’s striker Wayne Rooney (center) collides with Scotland’s defender Christophe Berra (left) in this file photo during a World Cup 2018 qualification match between England and Scotland at Wembley stadium in London. —AFPLONDON: England football captain Wayne Rooney has apologized after “inappropriate” photos of him the worse for wear at the team hotel were published. Interim manager Gareth Southgate said meanwhile that a...

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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

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