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SAN JOSE: Philippine Marines take positions during a beach landing as part of the 11-day “Balikatan” (shoulder-to-shoulder) annual joint US and Philippine military exercises at San Jose airport in Antique province in the central Philippines yesterday. US and Philippine troops began major exercises on April 4 as China’s state media warned “outsiders” against interfering in tense South China Sea territorial disputes. — AFP
Philippines military on the defensive after bloody clash
SAN JOSE: Philippine Marines take positions during a beach landing as part of the 11-day “Balikatan” (shoulder-to-shoulder) annual joint US and Philippine military exercises at San Jose airport in Antique province in the central Philippines yesterday. US and Philippine troops began major exercises on April 4 as China’s state media warned “outsiders” against interfering in tense South China Sea territorial disputes. — AFPMANILA: The...
MOGADISHU: Hassan Hanafi Haji, a former journalist accused of belonging to Al-Shabaab and involvement in the killings of five Somali journalists, is tied to a wooden post as he is prepared to be executed by firing squad. — AP
Somalia publicly executes Al Shabaab ex-spokesman
MOGADISHU: Hassan Hanafi Haji, a former journalist accused of belonging to Al-Shabaab and involvement in the killings of five Somali journalists, is tied to a wooden post as he is prepared to be executed by firing squad. — APMOGADISHU: A former media officer for the Somali Islamist group Al Shabaab was publicly executed by a government firing squad yesterday for ordering the death of six journalists, court officials said. Hassan Hanafi, who...
MADRID: Wolfsburg’s Carlos Ascues, left, vies for the ball with teammate Dante during a training session at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium in Madrid, yesterday. Wolfsburg will play a Champions League soccer match against Real Madrid today. — AP
Zidane seeks patience in Madrid recovery mission
MADRID: Wolfsburg’s Carlos Ascues, left, vies for the ball with teammate Dante during a training session at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium in Madrid, yesterday. Wolfsburg will play a Champions League soccer match against Real Madrid today. — APMADRID: Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane insisted he remains positive his side will overcome a 2-0 first-leg deficit to reach the Champions League semi-finals against Wolfsburg today. Madrid need to...
Kevin Pietersen
Pietersen mulls playing for SA
Kevin PietersenNEW DELHI: Former England batsman Kevin Pietersen has said he is considering playing international cricket for his native South Africa after he was sacked from the England side two years ago. The flamboyant batsman, who was born in Pietermaritzburg but left for England more than a decade ago, would be eligible to play for South Africa in 2018. The 35-year-old has not played an international match since he was controversially...
Finalist TKMCE being awarded the winners trophy.
TKMCE wins inaugural CETAA Kids football tournament
Finalist TKMCE being awarded the winners trophy.KUWAIT: The first inter alumni KIDs Football tournament conducted by College of Engineering Trivandrum Alumni Association (CETAA) saw TKMCE beat MACE 1-0 in a thrilling grand finale at SKELPS Football Academy Mehboula on April 1. The football tournament had six Alumni Associations of Kuwait Engineers Forum (KEF) fraternity.The matches were conducted in a league cum knock out format with 3 teams in...
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KUWAIT: United Real Estate Company (URC) Chairman Tariq Abdul Salam addresses the Annual General Assembly Meeting at the Chairmanís Club in KIPCO tower.
URC reports 8.3% rise in net profit for 2015
KUWAIT: United Real Estate Company (URC) Chairman Tariq Abdul Salam addresses the Annual General Assembly Meeting at the Chairmanís Club in KIPCO tower.KUWAIT: United Real Estate Company (URC), Kuwait’s leading development and property services company, today announced an 8.3 percent increase in net profit of KD 8 million for the 2015 year at its Annual General Assembly Meeting. The company’s Chairman Tariq Abdul Salam also announced a 34...
This file photo shows French designer Thomas Jacob (right) posing with inmates before the presentation of creations made in the framework of his social project ‘Pieta’, at the San Pedro prision in Lima. — AFP photos
Peru prisoners launch fashion label behind bars
This file photo shows French designer Thomas Jacob (right) posing with inmates before the presentation of creations made in the framework of his social project ‘Pieta’, at the San Pedro prision in Lima. — AFP photosSantos Arce Ramos is doing 18 years for aggravated robbery, but today he is carefully cutting organic cotton cloth in a workshop at San Pedro, a notorious prison in Peru's capital Lima. With the help of a French designer who cut...
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May Al-Najjar: A woman's passion with a call of healing
May Al-NajjarAs soon as you meet May Al-Najjar, you cannot but notice her strong positive energy that fills the place, and her smile that rarely misses her face. She is an established Pranic healer as well as an instructor and facilitator of group meditation sessions at the Pranic Healing Center.Najjar, a young Kuwaiti woman who graduated from BBS in 1998 to pursue an undergraduate degree in Biomedical Engineering from Boston University, worked...
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Commerce ministry freezes prices of consumer goods - MPs flatly against new power tariffs ; Moves to revoke Dashti's membership
KUWAIT: Minister of Commerce and Industry Youssef Al-Ali yesterday issued a total freeze on consumer prices to prevent any "artificial" hikes as the Assembly prepares to approve raising power charges and the government plans to raise petrol prices. The preemptive ministry move seeks to ensure that prices of consumer goods remain unchanged after the increase in power and petrol prices, which is expected to take place this year.To ensure prices are...
Attorney Fajer Ahmed
Fired, then rehired with lower salary/less benefits
Attorney Fajer Ahmed Lower oil prices have had a considerable impact on Kuwait. Therefore it is no surprise that Kuwaiti oil companies are trying to reduce their spending budgets, cutting costs left and right. This is also true for other sectors in Kuwait, where cuts are directly affecting employees and their families. Some employees have faced layoffs and redundancies. Others may see their benefits cut or taken away entirely. This has raised...
KUWAIT: A plane flies through the clouds. Kuwait is expected to continue experiencing rainy weather through the weekend according to weather forecasts. — KUNA
Unstable weather until Thursday
KUWAIT: Kuwait's weather is currently affected by a general state of instability over the Arabian Peninsula and predicted scattered rainfall from tomorrow, Meteorologist Essa Ramadan said. Ramadan also expected unstable weather to prevail until Thursday, noting that rain would mainly fall on the northern borders and Abdaly farms amidst high temperature and humidity till the weekend.Fake degreesMinister of Education Bader Al-Essa said a special...
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Group photo of Zain interns. - Photos by Yasser Al-Zayyat
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