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NAIROBI: Kenyan police officers and Kenyan National Youth Servicemen search the site of a building collapse in Nairobi, Kenya yesterday. A six-story residential building in a low income area of the Kenyan capital collapsed Friday under heavy rain and flooding, trapping an unknown number of people in the rubble, Kenyan officials said. — AP
10 killed in Kenya building collapse - Rescuers hunt for survivors
NAIROBI: Kenyan police officers and Kenyan National Youth Servicemen search the site of a building collapse in Nairobi, Kenya yesterday. A six-story residential building in a low income area of the Kenyan capital collapsed Friday under heavy rain and flooding, trapping an unknown number of people in the rubble, Kenyan officials said. — APNAIROBI: Rescuers in the Kenyan capital made desperate efforts yesterday to free survivors including a...
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Hindu tailor hacked to death in Bangladesh - Islamic State claims responsibility
TANGAIL: The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for the murder of a Hindu tailor in central Bangladesh yesterday, according to a US-based monitoring group, amid a rise in attacks on religious minorities in the Muslim-majority nation. Police said Nikhil Chandra Joarder, who was hacked to death by at least two attackers outside his shop, may have been killed for making derogatory remarks about the Prophet Mohammed several years...
KUNDUS: An Afghan National Army soldier stands guard at the gate of a Doctors Without Borders hospital in Kunduz, Afghanistan. About 16 US military personnel, including a two-star general, have been disciplined for mistakes that led to the bombing of the civilian hospital in Afghanistan last year that killed 42 people. — AP
16 blamed for mistakes in US attack on Afghan clinic - 'Disproportional response to a threat that didn't exist'
KUNDUS: An Afghan National Army soldier stands guard at the gate of a Doctors Without Borders hospital in Kunduz, Afghanistan. About 16 US military personnel, including a two-star general, have been disciplined for mistakes that led to the bombing of the civilian hospital in Afghanistan last year that killed 42 people. — APWASHINGTON: Human error, violations of combat rules and untimely equipment failures led to the mistaken US aerial attack...
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KFH-Turkey targets Turkey’s top 10
KUWAIT: Group CEO at Kuwait Finance House KFH Mazin Saad Al-Nahedh said that (KFH-Turkey) is the biggest participation bank with % 35 shares in assets, %37.5 shares in credits and %37.9 in deposits in Turkish participation banking sector. It has a pioneer role in participation banking supporting real sector of Turkish economy. He added during his participation in the 11th edition of the Turkish Arab Economic Forum (TAF) 2016 convened in Istanbul...
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Kuwait real estate market Q1 sales down 18 percent - NBK Economic Update
KUWAIT: Heightened oil market volatility, combined with wider fiscal deficits and potential hikes in utility charges and fees, all seemed to impact the real estate market in 1Q16. Real estate sales are still off the pace of 2014-2015, except for the commercial sector. Prices, on the other hand, appear to be holding well amid the subdued activity. Real estate market sales totaled KD 705 million by the end of the first quarter of 2016, down 18%...
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Boubyan Bank obtains approval for up to $250 m sukuk issuance
KUWAIT: Boubyan Bank announced that it has completed all the regulatory approvals to issue and market sukuk to strengthen its capital base through additional Common Equity Tier 1 Capital “CET1” instruments as per the instructions of Basel III through a mudaraba structure.The issuance size is expected to reach $250 million. Boubyan Bank’s Vice Chairman and CEO, Adel Al-Majed, stated that this would be the first sukuk issuance out of Kuwait...
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Sultan Telecom’s ‘iZONE.services’ - join hands with eNet for easy payments
KUWAIT: iZONE.services a service developed by Sultan Telecom Company have signed a cooperation agreement with Automated Services Network Company (eNet). This is a significant partnership towards making the payment of all services easier for all The Sultan Center customers via a wide network of eNet machines covering all areas of Kuwait.This cooperation with eNet expresses the commitment of Sultan Telecom to create, develop and launch the best...
NEW YORK: Dole’s products on display at a grocery store. — AFP
Dole under US probe after deadly Listeria outbreak
NEW YORK: Dole’s products on display at a grocery store. — AFPSPRINGFIELD, OHIO: Dole Food Co Inc said on Friday the US Department of Justice was investigating a deadly Listeria monocytogenes outbreak linked to packaged salad products from its processing plant in Springfield, Ohio.Dole, the world's largest fruit and vegetable producer, said in a statement the agency recently contacted the company and "we will be ... cooperating with the DOJ...
WASHINGTON: First lady Michelle Obama, joined by from left, Terence Blanchard, Bobby Watson, Dee Dee Bridgewater, and Herbie Hancock, speaks to high school students from across the Washington D.C. area in State Dining Room of the White House on Friday.— AP photos
President Obama celebrates jazz at the White House
WASHINGTON: First lady Michelle Obama, joined by from left, Terence Blanchard, Bobby Watson, Dee Dee Bridgewater, and Herbie Hancock, speaks to high school students from across the Washington D.C. area in State Dining Room of the White House on Friday.— AP photosPresident Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama are celebrating International Jazz Day a day early with a concert at the White House. Borrowing a line from trumpet player Dizzy...
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‘Jungle Book’ Dominating with $38 Million Weekend
A screenshot from the Walt Disney movie ‘The Jungle Book’Showing serious staying power, Disney's "The Jungle Book" is dominating American movie going this weekend with an estimated $38 million-the eighth-best third weekend of all time. That's more than four times the closest competitor, New Line's moderate opening for the Key and Peele action-comedy "Keanu" with $9.2 million at 2,658 sites.Open Road's launch of romantic comedy "Mother's Day"...
SAN SEBASTIAN: Real Madrid’s Welsh forward Gareth Bale (C) vies with Real Sociedad’s defender Yuri Berchiche (L) and defender Mikel Gonzalez (R) during the Spanish league football match Real Sociedad de Futbol vs Real Madrid CF at the Anoeta stadium in San Sebastian yesterday. — AFP
Bale hits winner, Griezmann puts Atletico top
SAN SEBASTIAN: Real Madrid’s Welsh forward Gareth Bale (C) vies with Real Sociedad’s defender Yuri Berchiche (L) and defender Mikel Gonzalez (R) during the Spanish league football match Real Sociedad de Futbol vs Real Madrid CF at the Anoeta stadium in San Sebastian yesterday. — AFPMADRID: Gareth Bale’s thunderous header 10 minutes from time inspired an under-strength Real Madrid to a hard-fought 1-0 win at Real Sociedad yesterday....
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