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LAHAL, MYANMAR: In this photograph taken on December 25, 2014, Naga tribes women and children gather in the grounds of Lahal township in the remote Sagaing region nearly two years before the town and nearby areas were hit by disease that left many children dead. —AFP

Measles behind Myanmar outbreak that has killed 30

LAHAL, MYANMAR: In this photograph taken on December 25, 2014, Naga tribes women and children gather in the grounds of Lahal township in the remote Sagaing region nearly two years before the town and nearby areas were hit by disease that left many children dead. —AFPYANGON: Myanmar health officials have confirmed that a measles outbreak is behind the deaths of more than 30 people, mostly children, in a remote part of the country as authorities...

TEHRAN: Iranians play on the Pokemon Go app in northern Tehran’s Mellat Park on August 3, 2016. — AFP photos

Iranians hunt Pokemon despite ban

TEHRAN: Iranians play on the Pokemon Go app in northern Tehran’s Mellat Park on August 3, 2016. — AFP photosTEHRAN: Iran was quick to ban global gaming craze Pokemon Go, but as with many of the Islamic republic's internet controls, tech-savvy youths have carried on regardless.In the ornate grounds of Mellat Park in Tehran, a teenage boy, buried in his phone, suddenly stops in front of a man sitting on a bench with his wife and young...

LOS ANGELES: This image released by Warner Bros. Pictures shows, from left, Jai Courtney as Boomerang, Margot Robbie as Harley Quinn, Will Smith as Deadshot, Karen Fukuhara as Katana, Joel Kinnaman as Rick Flag, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje as Killer Croc and Jay Hernandez as Diablo, in a scene from “Suicide Squad.” — AP

‘Suicide Squad’ is a mess of epic proportions

LOS ANGELES: This image released by Warner Bros. Pictures shows, from left, Jai Courtney as Boomerang, Margot Robbie as Harley Quinn, Will Smith as Deadshot, Karen Fukuhara as Katana, Joel Kinnaman as Rick Flag, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje as Killer Croc and Jay Hernandez as Diablo, in a scene from “Suicide Squad.” — APIt's been 8 years since 'Iron Man' and 'The Dark Knight' graced our cinema screens and brought the Summer Movie Season into a...

American teen Thrasher wins first gold of Rio Games

American Thrasher hits first gold on Games debut

American teen Thrasher wins first gold of Rio GamesRIO DE JANEIRO: Virginia Thrasher went through a three-week spring whirlwind, winning three NCAA titles and a spot on the US Olympic Shooting team.The precocious 19-year-old closed out the summer with her biggest surprise yet. Keeping her nerve on sport's biggest stage, Thrasher yesterday earned the first gold medal of the Rio Olympics, outlasting two-time gold medalist Du Li to capture the...

RIO DE JANEIRO: India’s Raghunath Vokkaliga fights for the ball with Ireland’s Chris Cargo during the men’s field hockey India vs Ireland match of the Rio 2016 Olympics Games at the Olympic Hockey Centre in Rio de Janeiro yesterday. — AFP

Hockey grapples with Olympics ‘wake up call’ in Rio Games

RIO DE JANEIRO: India’s Raghunath Vokkaliga fights for the ball with Ireland’s Chris Cargo during the men’s field hockey India vs Ireland match of the Rio 2016 Olympics Games at the Olympic Hockey Centre in Rio de Janeiro yesterday. — AFPRIO DE JANEIRO: With its future as Olympic sport under scrutiny, there are more than just medals at stake for hockey players at the Rio Games and the pressure is on to produce a crowd-pleasing...

GALLE: Sri Lanka’s captain Angelo Mathews, (C) and teammates Rangana Herath (L) and Dilruwan Perera leave the grounds with the stumps after victory in the second Test match between Sri Lanka and Australia at The Galle International Cricket Stadium in Galle yesterday. — AFP

Perera wrecks Australia as S Lanka seal series

GALLE: Sri Lanka’s captain Angelo Mathews, (C) and teammates Rangana Herath (L) and Dilruwan Perera leave the grounds with the stumps after victory in the second Test match between Sri Lanka and Australia at The Galle International Cricket Stadium in Galle yesterday. — AFPGALLE: Dilruwan Perera laid bare Australia’s spin frailties again yesterday to spin Sri Lanka to a series-clinching 229-run victory inside three days of the second test...

The Filipina suspect, named as Livani Azvilo Pescaeda

MoI arrests Filipina who pledged allegiance to IS - Suspect was ready to carry out terrorist attack

The Filipina suspect, named as Livani Azvilo PescaedaKUWAIT: Kuwaiti security forces captured a 32-year-old Filipina for pledging allegiance to the so-called Islamic State (IS), who confessed she intended to carry out a terrorist act once she got the opportunity, the Ministry of Interior (MoI) said yesterday. The ministry said in a statement that security authorities were monitoring an email account run by the Filipina, named as Livani Azvilo...

EPA Chairman Sheikh Abdullah Ahmad Al-Humoud Al-Sabah visits the floating station.— KUNA photos

Kuwait EPA launches project to float anti-pollution stations

EPA Chairman Sheikh Abdullah Ahmad Al-Humoud Al-Sabah visits the floating station.— KUNA photosKUWAIT: The Environment Public Authority (EPA) has launched a project to build floating stations to stave off any forms of pollution in territorial waters and detect potential threats. Four stations have already been erected to ward off chemical and air pollutants, EPA Chairman Sheikh Abdullah Ahmad Al-Humoud Al-Sabah said, adding that a total of 15...

Deputy Foreign Minister Khaled Suleiman Al-Jarallah and Pierre Krahenbuhl Commissioner-General of the UN Relief hold talksnin Kuwait City. — KUNA

Deputy FM and UNRWA official hold talks over Palestinians

Deputy Foreign Minister Khaled Suleiman Al-Jarallah and Pierre Krahenbuhl Commissioner-General of the UN Relief hold talksin Kuwait City. — KUNAKUWAIT: Deputy Foreign Minister Khaled Suleiman Al-Jarallah met with Pierre Krahenbuhl, Commissioner-General of the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), currently on a visit to the country. The two sides discussed the issue of aid for Palestinian refugees. The...

TOPSHOT - Olympic torch bearer Brazilian former volleyball player Maria Isabel Barroso Salgado (R) holds up the torch of Rio 2016 Olympic games with the City Mayor Eduardo Paes (L) and Archbishop of Rio de Janeiro Orani Tempesta in front of the statue of Christo the Redeemer atop Corcovado Hill in Rio de Janeiro on August 5, 2016. The carnival capital of Rio de Janeiro will host a glittering Olympics opening ceremony party, hoping to draw a line under a turbulent seven-year build-up dogged by recession, drugs scandals, crime and infrastructure stumbles. / AFP / YASUYOSHI CHIBA

Let the Games begin! Rio set for carnival - Archer sets record * Boxer held over sex attacks

Olympic torch bearer Brazilian former volleyball player Maria Isabel Barroso Salgado (R) holds up the torch of Rio 2016 Olympic games with the City Mayor Eduardo Paes (L) and Archbishop of Rio de Janeiro Orani Tempesta in front of the statue of Christo the Redeemer atop Corcovado Hill in Rio de Janeiro on August 5, 2016. The carnival capital of Rio de Janeiro will host a glittering Olympics opening ceremony party, hoping to draw a line under a...

Brazil's Neymar walks on the field during a group A match of the men's Olympic football tournament between Brazil and South Africa at the National stadium, in Brasilia, Brazil, Thursday, Aug. 4, 2016. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

Brazil booed off as Neymar flops - Draw against 10-man South Africa leaves fans angry

Brazil's Neymar walks on the field during a group A match of the men's Olympic football tournament between Brazil and South Africa at the National stadium, in Brasilia, Brazil, Thursday, Aug. 4, 2016. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)RIO DE JANEIRO: Brazil and superstar Neymar were booed off as their quest for a maiden Olympic football gold medal began with a 0-0 draw against 10-man South Africa on Thursday. Barcelona ace Neymar is by far the biggest name...

Farwaniya detectives have arrested a citizen forndestroying an ATM machine in Ardhiya

Cash-strapped thief wrecks ATM with axe

Farwaniya detectives have arrested a citizen for destroying an ATM machine in ArdhiyaKUWAIT: Farwaniya detectives have arrested a citizen for destroying an ATM machine in Ardhiya. A call about a damaged ATM machine in an Ardhiya bank prompted detectives to launch an investigation. They later identified the suspect as a young Kuwaiti man in his 20s (Saud Mohammad). He was later arrested. The suspect confessed to damaging the ATM with an axe. He...

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