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A French police officer patrols in front of Notre Dame cathedral, in Paris, Friday Sept. 9, 2016. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)
Two teenage girls held in France over ‘terror plot’
PARIS: Two teenage girls from the French city of Nice are being held on suspicion of planning an attack directed by a notorious Syria-based French jihadist, a source close to the investigation said Sunday.The suspects, aged 17 and 19, live in the same area of Nice as Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel, the radicalised Tunisian man who drove the truck that killed 86 people in the city on July 14.Searches failed to find any weapons at their homes. The...
UNDISCLOSED LOCATION: This screen grab image taken yesterday from a video released on Youtube by Islamist group Boko Haram shows Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau making a statement.—AFP
Leader of Nigeria’s Boko Haram says he is alive in video
UNDISCLOSED LOCATION: This screen grab image taken yesterday from a video released on Youtube by Islamist group Boko Haram shows Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau making a statement.—AFPBAUCHI: The leader of Nigerian Islamist militant group Boko Haram, Abubakar Shekau, appeared in a video posted on social media yesterday in which he rejected statements by the country’s military that he had been seriously wounded. Last month Nigeria’s air...
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UK soap sacks Pakistan-born actor for offensive India tweets
LONDON: A Pakistan-born actor has been sacked from Britain’s most popular television soap after posting what broadcaster ITV called yesterday “entirely unacceptable, racially offensive” comments about Indians on social media.Marc Anwar, 45, joined “Coronation Street”, the world’s longest-running TV soap opera, in 2014 as a member of the show’s first Muslim family. The Sunday Mirror newspaper published screenshots of the messages...
MERIGNAC, GIRONDE, FRANCE: This file photo taken on March 4, 2015 shows a French-made Dassault Rafale jet fighter at an assembly hangar.—AFP
French fighter jet deal: An Indian saga - Biggest weapons importer
MERIGNAC, GIRONDE, FRANCE: This file photo taken on March 4, 2015 shows a French-made Dassault Rafale jet fighter at an assembly hangar.—AFPNEW DELHI: The less-than-supersonic sale of French Rafale fighter jets to India has highlighted the obstacles facing foreign arms firms seeking to do business with the world's biggest weapons importer.India has signed a series of key defense deals under Prime Minister Narendra Modi as part of a $100...
LONDON: West Ham’s Simone Zaza, left, competes for the ball with Southampton’s Jose Fonte during the English Premier League soccer match between West Ham and Southampton at The London Stadium in London, yesterday. — AP
West Ham suffer defeat as Saints stroll
LONDON: West Ham’s Simone Zaza, left, competes for the ball with Southampton’s Jose Fonte during the English Premier League soccer match between West Ham and Southampton at The London Stadium in London, yesterday. — APLONDON: Southampton condemned West Ham to another miserable experience at their new London Stadium as Charlie Austin and Dusan Tadic inspired the visitors’ 3-0 victory yesterday. West Ham’s move from Upton Park to the...
GUNPO, SOUTH KOREA: In this Sept. 4, 2016 photo, North Korean defector Kim Jungah, right, speaks during an interview with her husband Kim JongPhil at their house. —AP
North Korean defectors sold as brides in China want kids back
GUNPO, SOUTH KOREA: In this Sept. 4, 2016 photo, North Korean defector Kim Jungah, right, speaks during an interview with her husband Kim JongPhil at their house. —APSEOUL: After fleeing North Korea to avoid extreme poverty and oppression, the young woman allowed a stranger to arrange a marriage for her with a rural Chinese farmer because she had nowhere to go. An even more painful decision came later.She said severe abuse by her husband,...
ROME: Real Madrid’s Portuguese forward Cristiano Ronaldo (C) celebrates with Real Madrid’s defender Sergio Ramos and Real Madrid’s French coach Zinedine Zidane after scoring during the UEFA Champions League football match AS Roma vs Real Madrid. —AFP
Ronaldo has to live with being subbed: Zidane
MADRID: Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane insisted Cristiano Ronaldo has to learn to live with being substituted after sulking off the field visibly frustrated in the European champions’ 2-2 draw at Las Palmas. Zidane replaced the three-time World Player of the Year with Madrid leading 2-1 18 minutes from time, but an unhappy Ronaldo watched from the bench as Sergio Araujo equalised to ensure Real dropped points for the second time in four...
Kuwait’s National Jet Ski team
Zain sponsors Kuwait’s National Jet Ski team for sixth consecutive year
Kuwait’s National Jet Ski teamKUWAIT: Zain, the leading telecommunications company in Kuwait, announced its main sponsorship of the Kuwait National Jet Ski team for the sixth consecutive year. The company’s sponsorship will extend during the team’s participation in the upcoming World Jet Ski Championship 2016 that will be held early October in the United States. Zain’s sponsorship falls under its solid Corporate Sustainability and Social...
COLOGNE: Cologne’s French striker Anthony Modeste (C), Leipzig’s defender Marvin Compper (L) and Leipzig’s defender Benno Schmitz vie for the ball during the German first division Bundesliga football match between 1 FC Cologne and RB Leipzig in Cologne, western Germany, yesterday. — AFP
Record-signing Oliver Burke nets for unbeaten Leipzig
COLOGNE: Cologne’s French striker Anthony Modeste (C), Leipzig’s defender Marvin Compper (L) and Leipzig’s defender Benno Schmitz vie for the ball during the German first division Bundesliga football match between 1 FC Cologne and RB Leipzig in Cologne, western Germany, yesterday. — AFPBERLIN: Scottish teenager Oliver Burke scored his first Bundesliga goal yesterday as new-boys RB Leipzig drew 1-1 at Cologne to remain unbeaten in...
BERLIN: (From L) Kenya’s Wilson Kipsang (2nd placed), Ethyopia’s Kenenisa Bekele (winner) and Kenya’s Evans Chebet (third placed) pose on the podium with their medals and trophies after the 43rd Berlin Marathon in Berlin yesterday. —AFP
Bekele wins Berlin marathon
BERLIN: (From L) Kenya’s Wilson Kipsang (2nd placed), Ethyopia’s Kenenisa Bekele (winner) and Kenya’s Evans Chebet (third placed) pose on the podium with their medals and trophies after the 43rd Berlin Marathon in Berlin yesterday. —AFPBERLIN: Kenenisa Bekele admitted he was disappointed to have missed the world record by six seconds yesterday as the Ethiopian won the Berlin marathon ahead of former winner Wilson Kipsang. The ex-Olympic...
KANPUR: India’s Cheteshwar Pujara, centre, shouts as Virat Kohli, right, fields on the fourth day of their first cricket test match against New Zealand at Green Park Stadium in Kanpur, India, yesterday. — AP
New Zealand on the ropes, India close in on big win
KANPUR: India’s Cheteshwar Pujara, centre, shouts as Virat Kohli, right, fields on the fourth day of their first cricket test match against New Zealand at Green Park Stadium in Kanpur, India, yesterday. — APKANPUR: India set New Zealand an improbable 434-run victory target and then blew away the visitors’ top order in yesterday’s final session to close in on a resounding win in the first test. Resuming day four on 159 for one, India’s...
DHAKA: Bangladesh’s Shakib Al Hasan, on ground, dives to stop the ball during the first one-day international cricket match against Afghanistan in Dhaka, Bangladesh, yesterday. — AP
Bangladesh win thriller against Afghanistan
DHAKA: Bangladesh’s Shakib Al Hasan, on ground, dives to stop the ball during the first one-day international cricket match against Afghanistan in Dhaka, Bangladesh, yesterday. — APDHAKA: Paceman Taskin Ahmed made a brilliant comeback to international cricket as he claimed four wickets to steer Bangladesh to pull off a thrilling seven-run win in the first one-day international against Afghanistan in Dhaka yesterday.Replying to Bangladesh’s...
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(Left) Demonstrators brandish placards and flags of Palestine during a rally in Rabat on Aug 3, 2024, protesting the killing of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh. (Right) Protesters rally in London during the "National March for Gaza", calling to end the genocide, stop arming the Zionist entity and no Middle East war on Aug 3, 2024. - AFP photos
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MOGADISHU: Relatives carry the body of a woman killed during an attack on Aug 3, 2024. - AFP
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LIVERPOOL: Police officers face protesters outside the Liver Building in Liverpool on August 3, 2024 during an 'Enough is Enough' anti-immigrant rally. — AFP
Fearful UK mosques on alert over far-right protests