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EDITORS NOTE: Graphic content / Syrian men remove a victim from the rubble of a building following a reported air strike on the rebel-held Bustan al-Qasr neighbourhood of the northern city of Aleppo, on September 10, 2016. / AFP / AMEER ALHALBI
US, Russia seal Syria truce, will carry out joint strikes - Deal raises rebel doubts as fighting rages
EDITORS NOTE: Graphic content / Syrian men remove a victim from the rubble of a building following a reported air strike on the rebel-held Bustan al-Qasr neighbourhood of the northern city of Aleppo, on September 10, 2016. -AFP AMMAN/GENEVA: The United States and Russia reached a breakthrough deal early yesterday to try to restore peace in Syria, but air strikes hours later added to rebels' doubts that any ceasefire could hold. The agreement,...
Manchester City's Argentinian defender Nicolas Otamendi (C) attempts to shoot as Manchester United's Ivorian defender Eric Bailly (L) defends and Manchester United's Spanish goalkeeper David de Gea (R) dives during the English Premier League football match between Manchester United and Manchester City at Old Trafford in Manchester, north west England, on September 10, 2016. - RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE. No use with unauthorized audio, video, data, fixture lists, club/league logos or 'live' services. Online in-match use limited to 75 images, no video emulation. No use in betting, games or single club/league/player publications. n / AFP / Oli SCARFF / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE. No use with unauthorized audio, video, data, fixture lists, club/league logos or 'live' services. Online in-match use limited to 75 images, no video emulation. No use in betting, games or single club/league/player publications.
De Bruyne shines as Man City win derby
Manchester City's Argentinian defender Nicolas Otamendi (C) attempts to shoot as Manchester United's Ivorian defender Eric Bailly (L) defends and Manchester United's Spanish goalkeeper David de Gea (R) dives during the English Premier League football match between Manchester United and Manchester City at Old Trafford in Manchester, north west England, on September 10, 2016. - AFPMANCHESTER: Pep Guardiola enjoyed victory over his old nemesis Jose...
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Sacrifice and kids
Muna Al Fuzai Sacrifice is one of the rituals of Islam. It is the slaughtering of cattle, namely camels, cows and sheep. It starts from the first day of Eid Al-Adha. Regardless of minor differences between the Sunni and Shiite doctrines on this subject, it is widely practiced and approved during the hajj period. This act has certain conditions, such as sacrificial animals are required to be free of defects. Some are related to how the...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrives to a weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem, Thursday, Aug. 11, 2016. (AP Photo/Dan Balilty, Pool)
Netanyahu criticized over 'ethnic cleansing' remark
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrives to a weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem, Thursday, Aug. 11, 2016. -APJERUSALEM: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu faced growing criticism yesterday after he called the Palestinian refusal to let Jews live in their future state "ethnic cleansing". In a video released Friday, Netanyahu rejected the notion that West Bank settlements were "an obstacle to peace", drawing a rebuke from...
Man shot in his diwaniya
Man shot in his diwaniya
Man shot in his diwaniyaKUWAIT: A citizen was accidently shot in his left shoulder at his diwaniya in Qussour, said security sources, noting that the shooter is the man's friend. A case was filed and further investigations are in progress.Multiple arrestsA 23-year-old citizen wanted for a four-year prison sentence over drug-related charges, was arrested in Ahmadi. Meanwhile, a 41-year-old Filipina wanted for a KD 2,700 financial claim was...
Russian President Vladimir Putin holds the Cabinet meeting in Moscow's Kremlin, Russia on Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2016. (Mikhail Klimentyev/Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)
US Election hacks raising Russian influence fears
Russian President Vladimir Putin holds the Cabinet meeting in Moscow's Kremlin, Russia on Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2016. -- APWASHINGTON: Recent hacks of election data systems in at least two states have raised fear among lawmakers and intelligence officials that a foreign government is trying to seed doubt about - or even manipulate - the presidential race, renewing debate over when cyberattacks cross red lines and warrant a US response. Federal...
A vendor carries a ram discharged from a truck ahead of Eid-el-Kabir celebration at Kara Isheri market in Ogun State, southwest Nigeria, on September 7, 2016.nRam sellers and traders of other basic food items in Lagos, Nigeria's commercial capital and neighbouring states have complained of low patronage, a factor attributed to the economy downturn. Meanwhile Nigeria has declared public holidays during the Eid festival. / AFP PHOTO / PIUS UTOMI EKPEI
Nigeria's economic woes hit Eid ram sales - Traders and buyers prioritize spending amid economic crisis
A vendor carries a ram discharged from a truck ahead of Eid-el-Kabir celebration at Kara Isheri market in Ogun State, southwest Nigeria, on September 7, 2016. Ram sellers and traders of other basic food items in Lagos, Nigeria's commercial capital and neighbouring states have complained of low patronage, a factor attributed to the economy downturn. Meanwhile Nigeria has declared public holidays during the Eid festival. - AFP KANO, Nigeria:...
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North Korea says nukes are defense against 'blackmail' - UN planning to enforce tougher sanctions
North Koreans watch a news report regarding a nuclear test on a large screen outside the Pyongyang Station in Pyongyang, North Korea, Friday, Sept. 9, 2016. North Korea said Friday it conducted a "higher level" nuclear warhead test explosion, which it trumpeted as finally allowing it to build "at will" an array of stronger, smaller and lighter nuclear weapons. -AP SEOUL: North Korea yesterday sought to justify its weapons program as a defense...
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Last artifacts of 9/11 given away - Pledge to move beyond tragedy without losing sight of it
ADVANCE FOR USE SUNDAY, SEPT. 11, 2016 AND THEREAFTER-In this Friday, Aug. 26, 2016 photo, pedestrians walk by artist Heath Satow's sculpture "Reflect," made with a damaged, rusted I-beam from the collapsed World Trade Center buildings, outside the Rosemead, Calif., city hall plaza. The 9/11 memorial sculpture has 2,976 interlocking birds representing individual victims from the 2001 attacks. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)NEW YORK: Behind the...
File - In this file photo taken Thursday, April 14, 2016, government soldiers follow orders to raise their guns during a military parade in Juba, South Sudan. Escalating violence in South Sudan is casting a light on Israel’s murky involvement in that raging conflict, with the government's use of Israeli arms and surveillance equipment drawing criticism from human rights activists and a lawmaker who are demanding that Israel halt such transfers to the embattled African country. The scrutiny comes as Israel has been forging new ties with countries across Africa, hoping their support will counter Palestinian diplomatic offensives at the United Nations.(AP Photo/Justin Lynch, File)
Israel's position in South Sudan under scrutiny amid violence - Netanyahu attempts at improving ties under scrutiny
File - In this file photo taken Thursday, April 14, 2016, government soldiers follow orders to raise their guns during a military parade in Juba, South Sudan. Escalating violence in South Sudan is casting a light on Israel’s murky involvement in that raging conflict, with the government's use of Israeli arms and surveillance equipment drawing criticism from human rights activists and a lawmaker who are demanding that Israel halt such transfers...
TOPSHOT - Bangladeshi firefighters work to put out a fire at the site of an explosion in a factory in the key Bangladeshi garment manufacturing town of Tongi, just north of the capital Dhaka, on September 10, 2016. At least 25 people have been killed and 70 injured, many critically, in a huge fire triggered by a boiler explosion at a Bangladeshi packaging factory, officials said September 10 as firefighters struggled to contain the blaze.n / AFP / Rajib Dhar
At least 25 dead in huge Bangladesh factory fire - Massive fire triggered by boiler explosion
 Bangladeshi firefighters work to put out a fire at the site of an explosion in a factory in the key Bangladeshi garment manufacturing town of Tongi, just north of the capital Dhaka, on September 10, 2016. At least 25 people have been killed and 70 injured, many critically, in a huge fire triggered by a boiler explosion at a Bangladeshi packaging factory, officials said September 10 as firefighters struggled to contain the blaze. - AFPDHAKA:...
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Expat girl beats her mother to death
KUWAIT: In a bizarre incident highlighting filial ingratitude towards parents, a Lebanese girl beat her 60-year-old mother to death, security sources said. The girl was arrested. According to case papers, the Lebanese girl living in an annex in Kaifan with her elderly mother called the police reporting that her aging mother died of natural causes. However, crime scene investigation (CSI) revealed that the mother's corpse had some marks of...
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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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Shereeda Al-Maousherji
CSC’s faceprint attendance rule sparks debate
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MOGADISHU: Relatives carry the body of a woman killed during an attack on Aug 3, 2024. - AFP
Somalia beach attack kills 32
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Stop smoking, Quit smoking for health.
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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