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Gulf Arabs race to release youth potential
DUBAI: Like the prototype drone of Emirati student Talib Alhinai, the ambitions of young people across the Gulf Arab states need to soar if they - and their economies - are to prosper in the age of cheap oil. The 23-year-old now researching for his Ph.D is just the kind of innovator that the region requires, along with youngsters who want the risky life of an entrepreneur rather than a safe but unproductive job working for the state.Wearing a...
BAGHDAD: An Iraqi family returning from Europe waits for their luggage at Baghdad International Airport yesterday. —AP
Dozens of Iraqi migrants return home from Europe Iraq to shrink paramilitary forces
BAGHDAD: An Iraqi family returning from Europe waits for their luggage at Baghdad International Airport yesterday. —APBAGHDAD: An Iraqi government spokesman says dozens of Iraqis who sought refuge in Europe have returned to the country. The Foreign Affairs Ministry spokesman, Ahmed Jamal, says 103 migrants returned home yesterday amid emotional scenes at the Baghdad International Airport, where some of the returnees were kneeling and kissing...
A Syrian Kurdish woman, Bahar, reacts as she waits at the port of the northern island of Lesbos after crossing the Aegean sea from Turkey, in Mytilene, yesterday. — AFP
Hungary charges Syrian with 'terrorism' after border riot - First case of its kind under tough new laws
A Syrian Kurdish woman, Bahar, reacts as she waits at the port of the northern island of Lesbos after crossing the Aegean sea from Turkey, in Mytilene, yesterday. — AFPBUDAPEST: Hungarian prosecutors charged yesterday a Syrian migrant with committing an "act of terror" during fierce clashes with border forces last year, in the first case of its kind under tough new laws.The September 16 disturbances occurred when several dozen migrants...
Migrant children play in a camp after crossing the Macedonian-Greek border, near Gevgelija, yesterday. Macedonia has begun building a new razor-wire fence parallel to an existing one on the Greek border to make it harder for migrants to enter illegally. —AFP
Austria sets asylum limit as E Europe hikes pressure - Merkel urges common stance on migrant issue
Migrant children play in a camp after crossing the Macedonian-Greek border, near Gevgelija, yesterday. Macedonia has begun building a new razor-wire fence parallel to an existing one on the Greek border to make it harder for migrants to enter illegally. —AFPVIENNA: On the eve of a European Union summit to debate Europe's migrant crisis, Austria announced Wednesday a daily limit in the number of asylum requests and eastern EU members set a...
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Nepal PM to mend fences with India
KATHMANDU: Nepali Prime Minister KP Oli begins a state visit to giant neighbor India today, looking to repair ties damaged by a row over the Himalayan republic's first democratic constitution. Nepal had accused India of imposing an economic blockade in support of a protest against the charter by ethnic minorities, many of whom share close ties with Indians across the border. The four-month blockade was lifted this month.Oli will meet his Indian...
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Pakistan's women risking it all to fight for their rights
KARACHI: Kainat Soomro was 13 years old and on her way to buy a toy for her newborn niece when three men kidnapped her, held her for several days and repeatedly raped her. Eight years later, she is still battling for justice. She sits on a steel-framed bed in her parents' three-bedroom home, and holds her blue shawl tight around her body. When she describes the horror of her captivity her voice is barely a whisper, but it gains strength when she...
NEW DELHI: Indian students wave Indian flags and shout slogans during a protest at the Jawaharlal Nehru University against the arrest of a student union leader in New Delhi, India. —AP
Protest spreads across India - 'Just because I don't agree, doesn't mean I am anti-national'
NEW DELHI: Indian students wave Indian flags and shout slogans during a protest at the Jawaharlal Nehru University against the arrest of a student union leader in New Delhi, India. —APNEW DELHI: A protest that rocked a New Delhi university this week spread across India yesterday, with students and teachers in at least 10 cities demanding the release of a student leader arrested on sedition charges and accused of being anti-Indian. The...
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'She's so unusual': Cyndi Lauper goes country
Cyndi LauperCyndi Lauper, one of the flamboyant stars of the pop wave of the 1980s, plans to take a "detour" to country music. The singer on Wednesday announced her first solo album in six years, entitled "Detour," on which the 62-year-old will perform country classics. Lauper will team up with country greats including Willie Nelson, in a collaborative cover of his song "Night Life," as well as Emmylou Harris and Alison Krauss.Lauper grew up in...
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NY Fashion Week: Kors, DKNY, Marchesa
Marchesa, inspired by Sargent's portraitsMany designers get inspiration for their fashion collections from the art world. This season, Marchesa designers Georgina Chapman and Keren Craig chose the art of famed American portrait painter John Singer Sargent, who died in 1925, to inspire their always sumptuous, red-carpet ready designs. "Each girl is going to feel like her own portrait ... so we have different characters weaving through the...
WELLINGTON: New Zealand’s Brendon McCullum (L) receives a cap for 100 test matches from Stephen Boock chairman of New Zealand cricket during day one of the first cricket international five-day Test match between New Zealand and Australia at Basin Reserve. —A
Smash or crash - the McCullum way
WELLINGTON: New Zealand’s Brendon McCullum (L) receives a cap for 100 test matches from Stephen Boock chairman of New Zealand cricket during day one of the first cricket international five-day Test match between New Zealand and Australia at Basin Reserve. —ACHRISTCHURCH: The cap may be tattered but the legacy Brendon McCullum will leave when he calls it quits is of glowing success, destructive batting, record-setting innings and reshaping...
MINDANAO: This photo taken on February 15, 2016 shows Philippine boxing icon Manny Pacquiao wearing shorts and shoes with Nike logos during his training session at a gym in General Santos. — AFP
Nike drops Manny Pacquiao in wake of anti-gay statements
MINDANAO: This photo taken on February 15, 2016 shows Philippine boxing icon Manny Pacquiao wearing shorts and shoes with Nike logos during his training session at a gym in General Santos. — AFPMANILA: Manny Pacquiao’s latest disparaging comments about gays have cost him a contract with Nike. It may not be the only endorsement Pacquiao loses, even as he and promoter Bob Arum scramble to contain the damage done by a television interview in...
ROME: Real Madrid’s Portuguese forward Cristiano Ronaldo (C) celebrates with Real Madrid’s defender Sergio Ramos and Real Madrid’s French coach Zinedine Zidane after scoring during the UEFA Champions League football match AS Roma vs Real Madrid. —AFP
Zidane keeps cool as Real march on
ROME: Real Madrid’s Portuguese forward Cristiano Ronaldo (C) celebrates with Real Madrid’s defender Sergio Ramos and Real Madrid’s French coach Zinedine Zidane after scoring during the UEFA Champions League football match AS Roma vs Real Madrid. —AFPROME: Zinedine Zidane won’t admit it yet, but 10-time winners Real Madrid remain on course for a sixth consecutive Champions League semi-final appearance after a clinical 2-0 win at Roma in...
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KUWAIT CITY: Jassim Al-Awadhi waits at a bus stop as a bus approaches in this file photo.
Disorganized bus network behind lacking transit system
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Kuwait's fencer Yusuf Al-Shamlan
Shamlan leaves Olympic Games
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KUWAIT: Young girls participate in Girl Up Kuwait's first conference which focused on the role of women in Kuwaiti society and politics.
Girl Up Kuwait: Young trailblazers give girls a voice
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Air Force carries out aeromedical evacuation exercise
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Kuwaiti pilots learn to fly Turkish Bayraktar drones