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Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau
Boko Haram’s Shekau reappears looking dejected in new video
Boko Haram leader Abubakar ShekauKANO, Nigeria: Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau appeared on video for the first time in more than a year yesterday, rejecting rumours about his death but appearing to signal his time in charge of the Nigerian jihadist group may be coming to an end. In a message that contained none of the defiant bluster, taunts and denunciation of political leaders of previous videos and will likely be interpreted as an...
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Bangladesh upholds Islamist militant’s death sentence
DHAKA: Bangladesh’s top court has upheld the death sentence of an Islamist militant over fatal suicide blasts targeting secular activists 10 years ago, a prosecutor said yesterday. Asaduzzaman Chowdhury, who is also known as Panir, was sentenced to death in 2008 for his role in the December 2005 bombings that killed eight people and injured 40 more. “The decision means he can now be executed within months unless he is pardoned by the...
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Japan fleet kills 333 whales in Antarctic hunt
TOKYO: Japanese whalers returned to port yesterday after an Antarctic hunt that killed more than 300 of the mammals, the government said. The fleet had set sail for the Southern Ocean in December, with plans to slaughter 333 minke whales, despite a worldwide moratorium and opposition led by Australia and New Zealand.Japan’s Fisheries Agency announced Thursday that the target number of “scientific research” kills had been achieved. The...
BRADFORD: Former England footballer Adam Johnson arrives at Bradford Crown. — AP
England winger Johnson jailed for under-age sex offences
BRADFORD: Former England footballer Adam Johnson arrives at Bradford Crown. — APLONDON: Former England footballer Adam Johnson was sentenced to six years in prison at Bradford Crown Court yesterday after being found guilty of sexual activity with a 15-yearold fan. Johnson, once a winger with Sunderland and Manchester City, was found guilty following an incident in his Range Rover car in County Durham, north-east England, last year. The...
Johan Cruyff
Dutch legend Johan Cruyff dies at 68 after cancer battle
Johan CruyffBARCELONA: Johan Cruyff, one of the greatest footballers in history, died yesterday at the age of 68 from lung cancer, his family announced. The Dutchman “died peacefully in Barcelona, surrounded by his family after a hard-fought battle with cancer”, said a statement on Cruyff’s official website. “It’s with great sadness that we ask you to respect the family’s privacy during their time of grief.” Cruyff won three...
Iranian actress Golshifteh Farahani
Iranian star Farahani to make European stage debut
Iranian actress Golshifteh FarahaniIranian film star Golshifteh Farahani is to make her European stage debut in May playing the tragic heroine Anna Karenina in Paris. The 32-year-old, who made her name internationally in Asghar Farhadi’s modern classic “All About Ely”, was the first top Iranian actor to star in a Hollywood film, raising eyebrows in her homeland when she appeared in Ridley Scott’s “Body of Lies” in 2008.Authorities...
This production still handout released to AFP from Ten Years Production Limited from the Hong Kong movie “Ten Years” shows actor Liu Kai-chi (left) playing a character who sells local Hong Kong eggs. — AFP photos
Hong Kong movie riles China and taps city’s deepest fears
This production still handout released to AFP from Ten Years Production Limited from the Hong Kong movie “Ten Years” shows actor Liu Kai-chi (left) playing a character who sells local Hong Kong eggs. — AFP photosIn Hong Kong, a woman sets herself on fire in protest, a taxi driver despairs at the eradication of the local language and young children in military uniform prowl the streets, echoing the horrors of China’s Cultural Revolution....
SONIPAT: Indian tuberculosis (TB) patient Sonu Verma, 25, poses with his chest x-ray in Sonipat. — AFP
Drug resistance adds to India’s tuberculosis menace
SONIPAT: Indian tuberculosis (TB) patient Sonu Verma, 25, poses with his chest x-ray in Sonipat. — AFPSONIPAT: After three years of battling tuberculosis, a disease that claimed the lives of his father and younger brother, Sonu Verma, a patient in northern India, hopes a cure for his illness may be within reach. “Only a few more months and my nightmare will end... it will be my rebirth, free from tuberculosis,” the 25-year-old scrap...
KUWAIT: Ooredoo Kuwait General Assembly Meeting is chaired by the company’s Chairman, Sheikh Saud bin Nasser Al-Thani. General Manager and CEO Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulla Al-Thani, board members and shareholders attended the meeting. — Photos by Yasser Al-Zayyat
Ooredoo market share reaches 30% in 2015 - Customer base reached 2.3 million* 93.24% of shareholders attend AGM
KUWAIT: Ooredoo Kuwait General Assembly Meeting is chaired by the company’s Chairman, Sheikh Saud bin Nasser Al-Thani. General Manager and CEO Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulla Al-Thani, board members and shareholders attended the meeting. — Photos by Yasser Al-ZayyatKUWAIT: Ooredoo Kuwait, a member of the international Ooredoo Group, has presented its achievements and financial results for 2015 during its annual general meeting which was held at...
BANGALORE: Indian players including Hardik Pandya (L) and captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni (C) celebrate the wicket that led to the victory of India by 1 run during the World T20 cricket tournament match between India and Bangladesh at The Chinnaswamy Stadium. — AFP
Dhoni: Managing chaos key to nail biting win
BANGALORE: Indian players including Hardik Pandya (L) and captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni (C) celebrate the wicket that led to the victory of India by 1 run during the World T20 cricket tournament match between India and Bangladesh at The Chinnaswamy Stadium. — AFPBANGALORE: Mahendra Singh Dhoni said India’s nail biting one-run win over Bangladesh to keep their World Twenty20 dream alive was all about holding their nerve and being able to...
Bader Nasser Al-Kharafi
Telecom giant records KD 1.14 billion - in revenues; Innovation, digital strategic focus for Zain: Al-Khorafi
Bader Nasser Al-KharafiKUWAIT: Zain Group held its 2015 General Assembly at the company's headquarters in Shuwaikh yesterday. The leading mobile telecom, with operations in eight markets across the Middle East and Africa, recorded revenues of KD 1.14 billion ($3.78 billion) for 2015 and a net income of KD 154 million ($513 million) for 2015. Zain also achieved a customer base reach of 45.6 million in 2015, a 3 percent increase year-on-year. The...
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Kuwait sports laws 'not the reason for IOC suspension'
KUWAIT: Kuwait's sports laws are not the real reason that led the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to suspend the country, the head of the Kuwaiti government negotiation delegation with the IOC Dr Mohammad Alfili said. Sports laws similar to the Kuwaiti ones exist in many world countries, Alfili told a press conference at the Public Authority for Sports yesterday, adding that the IOC took the suspension decision, then tried to find a...
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Kuwait under unsteady northern and northwesterly winds triggering dust. - KUNA
Kuwait weather to remain unstable
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Overstayers, sponsors to be deported
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MAJDAL SHAMS: Druze elders and mourners surround the coffins of 10 of the 12 people killed in a rocket strike from Lebanon a day earlier, during a mass funeral in this Druze town in the Zionist-annexed Golan Heights on July 28, 2024. - AFP
Mideast seethes amid carnage
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KUWAIT: Photo provided by the Al-Zour oil Refinery shows a view of the facility, in Al-Zour, south of Kuwait City. – AFP
The impact of oil discoveries
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Official commends Kuwait and China military cooperation