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Firefighters free camel trapped in Rahaya desert

KUWAIT: Firefighters freed a camel that was trapped in a hole in Rahaya desert. A Jahra occupational rescue team headed to the scene after the incident was reported, dug around the camel's stuck leg, then pulled it out of the hole. The animal was freed unharmed.Jabriya fireFire in nine story building in Jabriya prompted Hawally Fire Center, supported by Salmiya Fire Center to respond. The fire was in an 8th floor apartment. Residents were...

Binladin Group lays off 77,000 workers

This file photo taken on September 20, 2001 shows the logo of the Saudi BinLadin Group on their headquarters in JeddahRIYADH: One of Saudi Arabia’s most powerful firms, the Saudi Binladin Group, has laid off 77,000 foreign workers and plans to cut thousands of jobs held by Saudi nationals, a Saudi daily reported yesterday, citing an anonymous company official. Saudi Binladin Group confirmed to AFP that some staff have been let go, but gave no...

HAVANA: The first US-to-Cuba cruise ship to arrive in the island nation in decades remains docked at the port of Havana yesterday. — AFP

First US cruise in decades arrives in Havana - Cubans give an enthusiastic welcome to ship

HAVANA: The first US-to-Cuba cruise ship to arrive in the island nation in decades remains docked at the port of Havana yesterday. — AFPHAVANA: The first US cruise ship to travel to Cuba in half a century docked in Havana yesterday, marking a new milestone in the rapprochement between the old Cold War foes. A crowd of onlookers waved Cuban and American flags and filmed with their cell phones as the Adonia, a Carnival cruise liner, sailed into...

NAJAF: Iraqi mourners attend the funeral of a soldier who was killed during a military operation to recapture the town of Bashir yesterday in the holy city of Najaf. — AFP

Iraq in political limbo after Green Zone storming

NAJAF: Iraqi mourners attend the funeral of a soldier who was killed during a military operation to recapture the town of Bashir yesterday in the holy city of Najaf. — AFPBAGHDAD: Iraq's political reform process was in limbo yesterday after protesters demanding a change of government reacted to weeks of stalling by storming parliament. Security concerns were also high due to the presence in Baghdad of thousands of Shiite pilgrims, who were...

PARIS: A picture taken yesterday shows migrants being evacuated by French police officers and gendarmes from a makeshift camp under the Stalingrad metro station in Paris. —AFP

More than 1,000 evacuated from Paris migrant camp

PARIS: A picture taken yesterday shows migrants being evacuated by French police officers and gendarmes from a makeshift camp under the Stalingrad metro station in Paris. —AFPPARIS: Police evacuated more than one thousand people from a makeshift migrant camp near a Paris metro station yesterday, the third time the camp has been cleared in as many months.Shortly after 6:00 am, people who had been staying in the tightly packed tents under an...

IDOMENI, Greece: People pass a former border installation at a makeshift camp for migrants and refugees at the Greek-Macedonian border near the village of Idomeni yesterday. — AFP

Germany demands border controls for 6 more months - Denmark extends ID controls on German border

IDOMENI, Greece: People pass a former border installation at a makeshift camp for migrants and refugees at the Greek-Macedonian border near the village of Idomeni yesterday. — AFPBERLIN: Germany and some other EU countries are planning to ask the EU Commission for an extension of border controls within the Schengen passport-free travel zone for another six months because they fear a new wave of migrants. Interior Minister Thomas de Maizere's...

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Wary of China moves, US, India discuss anti-submarine warfare - India, US, Japan plan anti-sub exercises in June

NEW DELHI/HONG KONG: India and the United States are in talks to help each other track submarines in the Indian Ocean, military officials say, a move that could further tighten defense ties between New Delhi and Washington as China steps up its undersea activities.Both the United States and India are growing concerned at the reach and ambition of the Chinese navy, which is taking an increasingly assertive stance in the South China Sea and is...

MANILA: Salvador Panelo, lawyer of presidential candidate Rodrigo Duterte, gestures as he holds documents before meeting Philippine senator and vice-presidential candidate Antonio Trillanes IV at a bank in Pasig, east of Manila, yesterday. — AP

Wealth question over Filipino mayor’s presidential run

MANILA: Salvador Panelo, lawyer of presidential candidate Rodrigo Duterte, gestures as he holds documents before meeting Philippine senator and vice-presidential candidate Antonio Trillanes IV at a bank in Pasig, east of Manila, yesterday. — APMANILA: Allegations that the Philippine presidential election front-runner had a large sum of money in an undeclared bank account were not resolved yesterday, allowing the issue to hang over the final...

SOUTHAMPTON: Manchester City’s Chilean manager Manuel Pellegrini

No regrets for Pellegrini as City eye Madrid

SOUTHAMPTON: Manchester City’s Chilean manager Manuel PellegriniSOUTHAMPTON: Manuel Pellegrini insisted he had no regrets about making eight changes to his Manchester City side ahead of this week’s trip to face Real Madrid in the second leg of the Champions League semi-final.The City manager admitted his team’s 4-2 defeat against Southampton at St Mary’s stadium could affect confidence as the Premier League club prepare for the visit to...

LAHORE: Pakistan Cricket's chief selector Inzamam-ul-Haq speaks during a press conference in Lahore yesterday. - AP

Pakistan drop Afridi, Akmal Shehzad from England tour

LAHORE: Pakistan Cricket's chief selector Inzamam-ul-Haq speaks during a press conference in Lahore yesterday. - APLAHORE: Pakistan's new selectors yesterday dropped star players Shahid Afridi, Ahmed Shehzad and Umar Akmal from next month's tour of England, stressing there would be no compromises after the country's disastrous exit from the World Twenty20 in India. Former Afghanistan coach Inzamam-ul-Haq, who is heading up the newly formed...

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VIVA to announce players selected to attend Man Utd training program

KUWAIT: VIVA, Kuwait’s fastest-growing and most developed telecom operator, VIVA, will be selecting the top players who will attend Manchester United’s training program in UK. The top players will be selected from over 300 participants who joined the Manchester United’s tryouts, held from 28 to 30 April 2016, at Corner Soccer field near the Kuwait Towers, by a joint judging committee consisting of Manchester United coaches.Players were...

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