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ONTARIO: Police stand watch outside of a house in Strathroy on Wednesday. — AP
Canada police thwart potential attack, suspect ‘shot dead’ - Lone wolf attacks
ONTARIO: Police stand watch outside of a house in Strathroy on Wednesday. — APOTTAWA: Canadian police shot dead an alleged Islamic State sympathizer armed with an explosive device on Wednesday, media reports said, as police confirmed they thwarted a "potential terror threat".There was no immediate confirmation from Canadian police that anyone had been shot, with a statement saying only that a suspect had been identified and that they had taken...
BERLIN: Germany’s Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere delivers a statement to announce new anti-terror measures yesterday.—AFP
Germany mulls stripping citizenship from jihadists - Accelerated deportation
BERLIN: Germany’s Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere delivers a statement to announce new anti-terror measures yesterday.—AFPBERLIN: German citizens with dual nationality who fight for a terror group should be stripped of their German citizenship, the interior minister said yesterday, unveiling tough new measures after two attacks claimed by the Islamic State group. "Germans who participate in fighting abroad for a terror militia and who...
FORT LAUDERDALE: Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump holds up a chart as he makes a point as he speaks during his campaign event at the BB&T Center on Wednesday.—AFP
Trump: Clinton, Obama are IS group’s ‘founders’
FORT LAUDERDALE: Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump holds up a chart as he makes a point as he speaks during his campaign event at the BB&T Center on Wednesday.—AFPWASHINGTON: Republican candidate Donald Trump roiled the US presidential campaign once again, with the jaw-dropping assertion Wednesday that Hillary Clinton and President Barack Obama "founded" the IS group. Addressing supporters at a rally in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, the...
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Doctors at top Indian hospital charged in kidney harvesting racket
NEW DELHI: The chief executive, medical director and three other doctors at a prestigious Indian hospital have been charged with offences related to illegal organ transplants after a kidney trafficking racket was uncovered, a police spokesman said.Operating out of the private L.H. Hiranandani Hospital in Mumbai, the organ harvesting ring was busted by police in July following a tip-off that poor villagers were being paid to sell their kidneys to...
RIO DE JANEIRO: Brazil’s Neymar controls the ball past Denmark’s Pascal Gregor during a group A match of the men’ s Olympic football tournament between Brazil and Denmark in Salvador, Brazil, Wednesday. Brazil won the match 4-0. — AP
Hosts Brazil advance, Argentina, Mexico out
RIO DE JANEIRO: Brazil’s Neymar controls the ball past Denmark’s Pascal Gregor during a group A match of the men’ s Olympic football tournament between Brazil and Denmark in Salvador, Brazil, Wednesday. Brazil won the match 4-0. — APRIO DE JANEIRO: Hosts Brazil finally found their form to progress to the quarter- finals of the Olympic soccer tournament with a comprehensive 4-0 win over Denmark on Wednesday, after holders Mexico and twice...
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Kravitz Joins ‘Harry Potter’ spinoff ‘Fantastic Beasts
Fantastic BeastsZoe Kravitz has joined the cast of Warner Bros “Harry Potter” spinoff “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.” The pic stars Eddie Redmayne, Katherine Waterston, Ezra Miller and Alison Sudol, is set in New York, 70 years before the events in the “Harry Potter” books and film series.It follows Newt Scamander (Redmayne), a Magizoologist who ventures into a secret community of witches and wizards as he attempts to...
MANILA: Filipino student activists shout slogans as they call for justice for victims of extrajudicial killings during a rally at the University of the Philippines yesterday. —AP
Killings of drug suspects rise to 525 in the Philippines
MANILA: Filipino student activists shout slogans as they call for justice for victims of extrajudicial killings during a rally at the University of the Philippines yesterday. —APMANILA: The number of suspected drug dealers killed in Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte's crackdown has risen to more than 500 in just over a month, police said yesterday, in an alarming campaign that sparked protests and plans for a Senate investigation.Since July...
Mohammad Jamal washes his face during a break at an aluminum recycling factory on the outskirts of Dhaka, Bangladesh. — AP photos
Bangladeshis travel far from home for $10-a-day jobs
Mohammad Jamal washes his face during a break at an aluminum recycling factory on the outskirts of Dhaka, Bangladesh. — AP photosMohammad Jamal last saw his now-4- month-old daughter when she was 2 days old. He doesn’t know when he will see her next. For most of his adult life, the 33- year-old has worked menial and risky jobs far from his home and family.He is among millions of impoverished Bangladeshis forced to eke out livelihoods as...
KANDAHAR: Afghan refugee families board a truck as they return to Afghanistan through the Pakistan border crossing at Spin Boldak. —AFP
Clashes as Taleban edges closer to Helmand capital - Fears the city could fall
KANDAHAR: Afghan refugee families board a truck as they return to Afghanistan through the Pakistan border crossing at Spin Boldak. —AFPKANDAHAR: Fighting raged yesterday in Helmand after Afghanistan rushed military reinforcements to beat back Taleban insurgents advancing on the besieged capital of the southern poppy-growing province, as officials downplayed fears the city could fall. Afghan forces fought back insurgents after they stormed Nawa...
CAIRO: The International Monetary Fund head of delegation for Egypt, Chris Jarvis (L), Egypt’s Minister of Finance Amr al-Garhy (2-L) and Central Bank of Egypt chief Tarek Amer (C) attend a joint press conference. — AFP
IMF agrees $12 bn loan to Egypt - Loan to help bolster ailing economy
CAIRO: The International Monetary Fund head of delegation for Egypt, Chris Jarvis (L), Egypt’s Minister of Finance Amr al-Garhy (2-L) and Central Bank of Egypt chief Tarek Amer (C) attend a joint press conference. — AFPCAIRO: The International Monetary Fund said yesterday that it had reached an initial agreement to lend $12 billion to Egypt to bolster an economy battered by years of unrest. The Egyptian government hopes the three-year deal...
A Kuwaiti stock trader monitors the stock market activity at the Kuwait Stock Exchange (KSE) yesterday on the last trading day of 2015. Stock markets in the energy-rich Gulf states ended 2015 in negative territory impacted by a massive decline in oil prices and regional turmoil.
Gulf stocks soft, Saudi edges down
DUBAI: Gulf stock markets were soft early yesterday after oil prices and global bourses pulled back, while Saudi Arabia edged down despite the Saudi regulator’s announcement that it would ease restrictions on foreign investment sooner than expected. The Saudi index fell 0.3 percent in the first 75 minutes of trade with most banks and many second-tier stocks weak, though Arabian Pipes, a supplier to oil giant Saudi Aramco, jumped 4.9 percent in...
RIO DE JANEIRO: Australia’s gold medal winner Kyle Chalmers is flanked by Belgium’s silver medal winner Pieter Timmers, left, andnUnited States’ bronze medal winner Nathan Adrian during the men’s 100-meter freestyle medals ceremony during the swimming competitionsnat the 2016 Summer Olympics, yesterday. —AP
Aussie teen stars as Ledecky motors on
RIO DE JANEIRO: Australia’s gold medal winner Kyle Chalmers is flanked by Belgium’s silver medal winner Pieter Timmers, left, andUnited States’ bronze medal winner Nathan Adrian during the men’s 100-meter freestyle medals ceremony during the swimming competitionsat the 2016 Summer Olympics, yesterday. —APRIO DE JANEIRO: Australia’s new teenage swimming sensation Kyle Chalmers won the blue riband Olympic 100m freestyle gold, as golf...
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A helicopter flied over burning oil fields which were set on fire by Iraqi soldiers before they retreated from Kuwait.
How Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait upended lives of expatriates
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KUWAIT: Oil wells were set ablaze by Iraqi troops. – KUNA
Kuwait marks 34th invasion anniversary, remembers support
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(Left) Iranians take part in a funeral procession for late Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran on Aug 1, 2024, ahead of his burial in Qatar. (Right) Hezbollah fighters and mourners carry the casket of slain top commander Fuad Shukr during his funeral in Beirut's southern suburbs on Aug 1, 2024. - AFP photos
Hamas, Hezbollah vow revenge
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Being in Kuwait during invasion: Soldier’s sister shares story
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British Ambassador to the State of Kuwait, Belinda Lewis
British envoy reaffirms UK’s commitment to Kuwait’s security