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GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan: US Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump pays his respects at former US President Gerald Ford's tomb on Friday. - AFP
Trump drags sex scandals into campaign - Mogul goes on offensive against former beauty queen
GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan: US Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump pays his respects at former US President Gerald Ford's tomb on Friday. - AFPWASHINGTON: Donald Trump indicated in a new interview that he's ready to drag ex-president Bill Clinton's sex scandals into the White House campaign, after Democrats lashed out at the billionaire's Twitter rant against a pro-Hillary ex-Miss Universe. Trump told The New York Times that he believes...
ANKARA: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (center) addresses MPs at the Turkish National Assembly (TBMM) during the opening of the 2nd legislative year of the 26th term yesterday. — AFP
Erdogan stirs trouble over 1923 treaty - Neighboring Greece and secular opposition alarmed
ANKARA: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (center) addresses MPs at the Turkish National Assembly (TBMM) during the opening of the 2nd legislative year of the 26th term yesterday. — AFPISTANBUL: President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has stirred up controversy over the treaty that almost a century ago set the borders of modern Turkey, alarming both neighboring Greece and secular opposition at home. In a speech Thursday, Erdogan for the first time...
MOGADISHU: A Somali soldier and bystanders stand near the wreckage of a car and a body after an explosion yesterday. - AP
Car bomb kills 2 in Mogadishu
MOGADISHU: A Somali soldier and bystanders stand near the wreckage of a car and a body after an explosion yesterday. - APMOGADISHU: At least two people were killed and five injured yesterday when a car loaded with explosives blew up near a restaurant in Mogadishu, a security official and witnesses said.The car was parked in front of the Blue Sky restaurant, near a busy road close to the headquarters of the Somali National Intelligence and...
BUDAPEST: A man arrives for prayers at a mosque in Budapest, Hungary, Friday. Muslims in Hungary say they are wary of the government’s anti-migrant referendum which has boosted xenophobic feelings. —AP
Muslims wary of Hungary's anti-migrant referendum - Polls could boost xenophobic feelings
BUDAPEST: A man arrives for prayers at a mosque in Budapest, Hungary, Friday. Muslims in Hungary say they are wary of the government’s anti-migrant referendum which has boosted xenophobic feelings. —APBUDAPEST: Muslims in Hungary say they are wary of the government's anti-migrant referendum this weekend, which polls suggest has boosted xenophobic feelings. The government, contending that there is a direct link between migrants and terrorism,...
JAMMU: Indian army soldiers stand on a tank transporter outside an army camp in the village of Jourian, Akhnoor Sector west of Jammu yesterday. — AFP
India, Pakistan troops open fire amid tension
JAMMU: Indian army soldiers stand on a tank transporter outside an army camp in the village of Jourian, Akhnoor Sector west of Jammu yesterday. — AFPNEW DELHI: Indian and Pakistani troops exchanged fresh fire across their border yesterday as UN chief Ban Ki-moon offered to mediate between the nuclear-armed neighbors following an alarming spike in tensions.Two days after Indian troops carried out a series of surgical strikes on militant camps...
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Pakistan bans Bollywood films as tensions escalate
ISLAMABAD: Indian films have been banned in cinemas across Pakistan as tensions between Islamabad and nuclear-armed rivals New Delhi over recent scuffles in the disputed Kashmir region spilled into the world of Bollywood and celebrity. The tit-for-tat retaliation came after Pakistani actors and technicians were banned from working on Bollywood sets by the Indian Motion Pictures Producers Association (IMPPA).Tensions have been simmering for months...
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Porn film plays on Jakarta billboard, police probe
JAKARTA: An explicit pornographic video was broadcast on a public billboard in broad daylight in Jakarta, with police and cybercrime specialists yesterday searching for the culprit behind the gaffe. The offending clip of a couple engaged in a steamy tryst beamed at peak hour on Friday, shocking and amusing motorists in equal measure as they crawled along the major road in heavy traffic.The power was quickly shut off to the “videotron”-as the...
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ASAR - Al Ruwayeh & Partners co-sponsors 8th Annual Euromoney Kuwait Conference 2016
Ahmed BarakatKUWAIT: ASAR - Al Ruwayeh & Partners (ASAR), Kuwait's leading and most prominent corporate law firm and one of the region's top tier firms, co-sponsored and participated at the yearly Euro money conference that took place at Kuwait on September 27th. The platform included the participation of senior government officials, market experts and businessmen, discussing the challenges and opportunities facing the Kuwaiti economy in an era...
Vice Chairman and CEO Boursa Kuwait,nKhaled Abdulrazzaq Al Khaled
Boursa Kuwait participates in 8th Euromoney conference
Vice Chairman and CEO Boursa Kuwait,Khaled Abdulrazzaq Al KhaledKUWAIT: Boursa Kuwait participated at the 8th Euromoney conference that was held on 27th September, 2016 at the JW Marriott - Kuwait City. The conference themed 'Meeting the Challenge of Financial Innovation and Reform' addressed challenges and opportunities facing the Kuwaiti economy in an era of global uncertainties. Boursa Kuwait Vice Chairman and CEO, Khaled Abdulrazzaq AlK...
KINGSTON UPON HULL: Hull City’s Scottish goalkeeper David Marshall (left) makes a save under pressure from Chelsea’s Spanish midfielder Pedro during the English Premier League football match between Hull City and Chelsea at the KCOM Stadium in Kingston upon Hull yesterday. — AFP
Chelsea back to winning ways
KINGSTON UPON HULL: Hull City’s Scottish goalkeeper David Marshall (left) makes a save under pressure from Chelsea’s Spanish midfielder Pedro during the English Premier League football match between Hull City and Chelsea at the KCOM Stadium in Kingston upon Hull yesterday. — AFPKINGSTON UPON HULL: Willian and Diego Costa scored twice in six second-half minutes as Chelsea won 2-0 at Hull City yesterday to claim a first win in four Premier...
SWANSEA: Swansea City’s Borja Baston (left) and Liverpool’s Philippe Coutinho (centre) in action during their English Premier League soccer match at the Liberty Stadium, Swansea yesterday. — AP
Milner spot on as Liverpool sink Swansea
SWANSEA: Swansea City’s Borja Baston (left) and Liverpool’s Philippe Coutinho (centre) in action during their English Premier League soccer match at the Liberty Stadium, Swansea yesterday. — APSWANSEA: James Milner propelled Liverpool to second place in the Premier League as his late penalty secured a 2-1 win against Swansea City yesterday. Milner’s spot-kick sealed an impressive comeback for Jurgen Klopp’s team and enabled the Reds to...
DHAKA: Bangladesh’s players pose with the trophy after winning their series against Afghanistan in Dhaka, Bangladesh yesterday. — AP
Bangladesh crush Afghanistan
DHAKA: Bangladesh’s players pose with the trophy after winning their series against Afghanistan in Dhaka, Bangladesh yesterday. — APDHAKA: Opener Tamim Iqbal smashed a brilliant century as Bangladesh crushed Afghanistan by 141 runs in the third one-day international (ODI) to clinch the three-match series 2-1 in Dhaka yesterday.Tamim helped Bangladesh reach 279- 8 with 118 in as many balls, his seventh ODI century - the highest for his...