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Kuwait won't send troops to Syria
DUBAI: Kuwait backs international efforts against hardline Islamist groups in Iraq and Syria although the state's constitution prevents it from sending troops to fight abroad, a senior Kuwaiti official said. Kuwait, a US ally and neighbor of Saudi Arabia and Iraq, is part of a 34-nation alliance announced by Riyadh in December aimed at countering Islamic State and Al-Qaeda in Iraq, Syria, Libya, Egypt and Afghanistan.Several Gulf Arab states...
ADEN: Cars drive past the Shamel shopping centre in the Mansura suburb of Aden in the aftermath of clashes between forces loyal to Yemen’s Saudi-backed President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi and Al-Qaeda members. Yemeni forces clashed with Al-Qaeda militants in Aden as the Saudi-led coalition provided air cover, in a bid to drive the jihadists out of the city, security officials said. — AFP
Wave of Aden killings tests Gulf role in Yemen - Coalition, local security forces blame Saleh for unrest
ADEN: Cars drive past the Shamel shopping centre in the Mansura suburb of Aden in the aftermath of clashes between forces loyal to Yemen’s Saudi-backed President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi and Al-Qaeda members. Yemeni forces clashed with Al-Qaeda militants in Aden as the Saudi-led coalition provided air cover, in a bid to drive the jihadists out of the city, security officials said. — AFPDUBAI: The recapture of Aden by Gulf Arab coalition troops...
BAD AIBLING, Germany: An aerial view shows firefighters and emergency doctors working at the site of a train accident yesterday. - AFP
10 killed as trains crash in Germany
BAD AIBLING, Germany: An aerial view shows firefighters and emergency doctors working at the site of a train accident yesterday. - AFPBAD AIBLING, Germany: German authorities were investigating how two commuter trains fitted with automatic braking systems to prevent accidents collided in southern Germany yesterday, leaving at least ten dead and dozens injured. Rescuers were still searching for one missing person in the mangled wreckage in a...
In this photo made from the footage taken from Russian Defense Ministry official website, an aerial image shows what it says is a column of heavy trucks carrying ammunition hit by a Russian air strike near Aleppo, Syria. — AP
Border camps overflow as Syrians flee regime assault - Five-year-old conflict claims 260,000 lives
In this photo made from the footage taken from Russian Defense Ministry official website, an aerial image shows what it says is a column of heavy trucks carrying ammunition hit by a Russian air strike near Aleppo, Syria. — APBEIRUT: Emergency camps along Syria's border with Turkey are overwhelmed by a flood of displaced families, aid workers warned, as the regime kept up an assault against embattled rebels yesterday. In and around the Syrian...
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US Prof leaves Christian college after hijab row
CHICAGO: A professor at a US Christian college who courted controversy after donning a hijab in solidarity with Muslims has agreed to leave her tenured position. Larycia Hawkins was placed on administrative leave from Wheaton College in December after posting a picture of herself wearing a hijab on Facebook. Hawkins said she was standing “in religious solidarity with Muslims because they, like me, a Christian, are people of the book.” Her...
KATHMANDU: Prakash Man Singh (centre left), former deputy prime minister and minister of local development, vice president of the Nepali Congress Party Ram Chandra Poudel (center), former deputy prime minister Sher Bahadur Deuba (centre right), and Foreign Minister Sujata Koirala (4th right) pay final tributes next to the body of late Nepali Congress Party president Sushil Koirala in Kathmandu yesterday. —AFP
Death of former leader poses potential problems for Nepal - Nepal in turmoil; constitution issues linger
KATHMANDU: Prakash Man Singh (centre left), former deputy prime minister and minister of local development, vice president of the Nepali Congress Party Ram Chandra Poudel (center), former deputy prime minister Sher Bahadur Deuba (centre right), and Foreign Minister Sujata Koirala (4th right) pay final tributes next to the body of late Nepali Congress Party president Sushil Koirala in Kathmandu yesterday. —AFPKATHMANDU: Former Nepali Prime...
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No kidding: India police arrest a goat for grazing in garden
RAIPUR: Police in central India arrested a goat and its owner for repeatedly damaging a senior bureaucrat's garden, a local official said yesterday. Police in Chhattisgarh state sprang into action on Monday, registering a case against the man and his animal for chewing up the district magistrate's garden. They were later released on bail but face initial charges of causing mischief and damage to property, said officer Ram Sewak Paikra from...
South Africa's batsman Hashim Amla
De Kock, Amla centuries help SA sink England
South Africa's batsman Hashim AmlaCENTURION" Centuries by openers Quinton de Kock and Hashim Amla kept South Africa alive in the one-day series against England as the host won the third game by seven wickets yesterday.Chasing England's formidable 318-8, De Kock made 135 and Amla 127 as South Africa reached 319-3 at SuperSport Park, the highest second innings score in one-dayers at the ground.De Kock made his second century of the series, and...
PUNE: Sri Lanka's captain Dinesh Chandimal (L) reacts as he alongwith others run to greet teammate Dusmantha Chameera (R) after taking the wicket of India's Yuvraj Singh during the first T20 international match between India and Sri Lanka at the MCA International Cricket Stadium in Pune yesterday. -- AFP
S Lanka stun India by 5-wkts in first T20
PUNE: Sri Lanka's captain Dinesh Chandimal (L) reacts as he alongwith others run to greet teammate Dusmantha Chameera (R) after taking the wicket of India's Yuvraj Singh during the first T20 international match between India and Sri Lanka at the MCA International Cricket Stadium in Pune yesterday. -- AFPPUNE: Debutant Kasun Rajitha picked up three crucial wickets to help a depleted Sri Lanka stun the top-ranked Indians by clinching a five-wicket...
SANTA CLARA: In this Sunday photo, Denver BroncosÌ Peyton Manning holds the Lombardi Trophy after the NFL Super Bowl 50 football game against the Carolina Panthers in Santa Clara, Calif. No, Anheuser-Busch didn’t pay Peyton Manning to say he’d be drinking a lot of Budweiser after winning the Super Bowl. — AP
Record $132.5m bet on Super Bowl at Nevada sports books
SANTA CLARA: In this Sunday photo, Denver BroncosÌ Peyton Manning holds the Lombardi Trophy after the NFL Super Bowl 50 football game against the Carolina Panthers in Santa Clara, Calif. No, Anheuser-Busch didn’t pay Peyton Manning to say he’d be drinking a lot of Budweiser after winning the Super Bowl. — APNEVADA: So you thought the Panthers and Broncos would put up a lot more points in Super Bowl 50, that Carolina quarterback Cam Newton...
Sheikh Athbi Al Naif Al Sabah
Kuwait International Rally 2016 on schedule time
Sheikh Athbi Al Naif Al SabahKUWAIT: The president of the higher organizing committee - Kuwait International Rally 2016 Sheikh Athbi Al Naif Al Sabah declined some news circulated at a number of media channels about discarding the idea of organizing the International Rally of Kuwait this year, he said that this news is false and has nothing to do with the reality, it was disseminated only to disorder the good reputation of Kuwait motor sport...
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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