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MOSUL: An injured Iraqi Counter Terrorism Section (CTS) member receives medical treatment following clashes with Islamic State (IS) group jihadists near the village of Bazwaya, on the eastern edges of Mosul yesterday. — AFP

Iraq police battle suicide bombers

Village highlighted IS dream of a caliphate MOSUL: An injured Iraqi Counter Terrorism Section (CTS) member receives medical treatment following clashes with Islamic State (IS) group jihadists near the village of Bazwaya, on the eastern edges of Mosul yesterday. — AFPSHURA: Iraqi federal policemen stood over the corpse of an Islamic State suicide bomber covered by a curtain. The chain attached to his ankle was tied to a car that had dragged him...

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Hindu temples in Bangladesh attacked

NEW DELHI: Hundreds of Muslims in eastern Bangladesh angry about a social media post launched a wave of attacks against Hindu temples and homes in a rare convulsion of communal violence in the region, Bangladeshi police said yesterday.Police arrested 15 people suspected of taking part in the violence, which erupted over a social media post depicting the Hindu god Shiva over a picture of the Kaaba, the large cube-shaped building in Makkah that is...

RAS GHARIB: A local man inspects the damage following heavy floods in Ras Gharib, near the mouth of the Gulf of Suez in the Red Sea governorate. —AFP

Egypt floods kill 26

RAS GHARIB: A local man inspects the damage following heavy floods in Ras Gharib, near the mouth of the Gulf of Suez in the Red Sea governorate. —AFPCAIRO: Egypt’s Health Ministry says recent floods have killed 26 people and injured 72 others across the country. Ministry spokesman Khaled Megahed says yesterday that the flooding hit four provinces - Southern Sinai and the Red Sea, as well as Sohag and Bani Suef in Upper Egypt.He says in Bani...

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Danish police find bodies of Syrian refugee and her two young daughter in freezer

COPENHAGEN: Danish police said yesterday they found the bodies of a slain Syrian refugee and her two young daughters in a freezer in their apartment, as they launched a manhunt for the girls’ father.The bodies of the 27-yearold mother and her seven and nine-year-old daughters were found inside a freezer in their apartment in the southern Danish town of Aabenraa after a concerned relative had not heard from them for days.“Police went into the...

BANGUI: United Nations peacekeepers patrol outside a vote-counting centre for the presidential and parliamentary elections in this file photo. — AFP

CAR's capital rocked with deadly clashes

France ends military operation BANGUI: United Nations peacekeepers patrol outside a vote-counting centre for the presidential and parliamentary elections in this file photo. — AFPBANGUI: The Central African Republic's capital was rocked by deadly overnight clashes as France's defense minister was due yesterday to formally end a military operation there, hailing it as a "success". Local sources said about 10 people had been killed in a settling...

A supporter of Pakistan's Tehreek-e-Insaf party, headed by cricketer turned politician Imran Khan throws tear gas shell back to police during a clash in Hazro, Pakistan, Monday, Oct. 31, 2016. Pakistani police launched a nation-wide crackdown overnight, arresting at least 1,500 supporters of Khan ahead of an opposition rally planned later this week in Islamabad, officials said Monday. AP Photo

Pakistani police detain 1,500 in crackdown on opposition

ISLAMABAD: Pakistani police launched a nation-wide crackdown overnight, arresting at least 1,500 supporters of cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan ahead of an opposition rally planned later this week in Islamabad, officials said yesterday. The arrests followed intermittent clashes over the weekend between Khan's supporters and riot police in the capital that saw police using tear gas and batons to fight stone-throwing activists. The violence...

Pakistani lawmaker Naeema Kishwar

Pakistani women unite to take 'honor' out of killing

Pakistani lawmaker Naeema KishwarISLAMABAD: Naeema Kishwar shrouds herself in a burqa, showing only her eyes. She belongs to a Pakistani political party that has been linked to the Taleban. And she comes from deeply conservative tribal lands where girls have been killed for going to school. Sughra Imam sometimes wears a scarf draped lightly on her hair, but often her head is bare. She belongs to a liberal party whose leader, Benazir Bhutto, the...

BHOPAL: Indian police gather alongside the bodies of SIMI activists, who escaped from Central Jail in Bhopal and were killed by Special Task Force police at the hillocks of Acharpura village, near the capital Bhopal yesterday. — AFP

Escaped Islamist prisoners shot dead in India's Bhopal

Inmates flee after slashing guard's throat BHOPAL: Indian police gather alongside the bodies of SIMI activists, who escaped from Central Jail in Bhopal and were killed by Special Task Force police at the hillocks of Acharpura village, near the capital Bhopal yesterday. — AFPBHOPAL: Indian police gunned down eight Islamists yesterday after they escaped from a high-security jail by slitting the throat of a prison guard and scaling the walls with...

RIYADH: The three-month Saudi interbank offered rate fell to 2.34 percent from Sunday’s 2.36 percent yesterday, bringing its drop over the past two days to 4.2 basis points - the biggest two-day fall since rates began rising in August 2015.

Saudi money rates drop as liquidity eases

Lower rates could ease stress on companies, economy RIYADH: The three-month Saudi interbank offered rate fell to 2.34 percent from Sunday’s 2.36 percent yesterday, bringing its drop over the past two days to 4.2 basis points - the biggest two-day fall since rates began rising in August 2015.DUBAI: Saudi Arabian money market rates dropped for a second straight day yesterday after authorities acted to ease a liquidity crunch in the banking sector...

Jazeera Airways

Jazeera Airways announces 9-month financial results

Jazeera AirwaysKUWAIT: Jazeera Airways yesterday announced its third quarter financial results, reporting Q3 operating revenues of KD18.8 million and a net profit of KD6.0 million, bringing the company's year-to-date net profit to KD12.0 million.9M 2016 Financial HighlightsOperating revenue: KD43.5 million, down 8.8% from 9M 2015Net profit: KD12.0 million, down 9.7% from 9M 2015Passengers: up 2.6% from 9M 2015Load factor: up 1.8% from 9M...

GIG sponsors 2nd KIPCO Group Tmkeen Award 2016

GIG sponsors 2nd KIPCO Group Tmkeen Award 2016

GIG sponsors 2nd KIPCO Group Tmkeen Award 2016KUWAIT: Gulf Insurance Group (gig), a leading company in the field of rendering insurance services in the State of Kuwait and the Middle East, announced its support for the 2nd KIPCO Tmkeen Awards for Young Entrepreneurs.Moqawalat.com - an online platform that links customers with contractors, founded by young Kuwaiti entrepreneur Mohammad Al=Awadhi - was the winner of this year's award. The...

Shlash Al-Hajraf

First Dubai reports net profits of KD 2.10 million in 9 months

Earnings per share of 2.10 fils logged in past nine months Shlash Al-HajrafKUWAIT: First Dubai Real Estate Company has announced net profits of KD 2.10 million during the first three-quarters months of the year 2016 from KD 1.20 million last year, a rise of 74.54 percent.Announcing the financial results for the year, the Kuwaiti shareholding company said earnings per share of 2.10 fils were logged during the past nine months against 1.20 fils...

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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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