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North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un looks at the rocket launch of earth observation satellite Kwangmyong 4 yesterday. - AFP
Outrage over N Korea rocket launch
North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un looks at the rocket launch of earth observation satellite Kwangmyong 4 yesterday. - AFPSEOUL: North Korea said yesterday it had successfully put a satellite into orbit, with a rocket launch widely condemned as another defiant step towards developing a missile capable of striking the US mainland. The launch, which violated multiple UN resolutions, amounted to the North doubling down against an international...
SARAJEVO: Hundreds of Muslim women wearing the traditional Muslim headscarf also known as hijab protest in Sarajevo’s historical center. — AFP
Bosnians protest against hijab ban
SARAJEVO: Hundreds of Muslim women wearing the traditional Muslim headscarf also known as hijab protest in Sarajevo’s historical center. — AFPSARAJEVO: Some 2,000 people, mostly women, protested yesterday in downtown Sarajevo against a recent ban on wearing a hijab headscarf in the majority Muslim country's judicial institutions. "We gathered to protest against prejudices, discrimination and marginalization," Samira Zunic Velagic, one of the...
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UAE in favor of US-led ground troops in Syria
ABU DHABI: An international campaign against the Islamic State group in Syria should include a US-led ground intervention, said yesterday the United Arab Emirates' state minister for foreign affairs Anwar Gargash."Our position throughout is that a real campaign against Daesh (Arabic acronym for IS) has to include ground elements," Gargash told reporters in Abu Dhabi. "We are not talking about thousands of troops but we are talking about troops on...
Syrian refugees are pictured in a camp as Syrians fleeing the northern embattled city of Aleppo wait on February 6, 2016 in Bab Al-Salama, near the city of Azaz, northern Syria, near the Turkish border crossing. — AFP
Turkey ready to let in Syrian refugees only 'if necessary' - Thousands remain stranded on border
Syrian refugees are pictured in a camp as Syrians fleeing the northern embattled city of Aleppo wait on February 6, 2016 in Bab Al-Salama, near the city of Azaz, northern Syria, near the Turkish border crossing. — AFPONCUPINAR: Turkey said it was ready "if necessary" to let in tens of thousands of Syrians fleeing a major Russian-backed regime offensive, as aid agencies warned yesterday of a "desperate" situation. Thousands of people, including...
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Famous LA bridge has begun coming down
LOS ANGELES: The end has begun for a downtown bridge that played a supporting role in many Hollywood chase scenes down the concrete-lined Los Angeles River. Giant jackhammers reduced 220 feet of the 6th Street Bridge roadway to rubble by Saturday morning and were working on bringing down three massive support columns, said Mary Nemick of the city's Public Works Department.She said crews were working ahead of schedule and that officials anticipate...
MAIDUGURI: A man digs graves for victims or dead members of Boko Haram Islamists being expected for burial at Gwange Cemetery in Maiduguri. — AFP
The grave-diggers of Maiduguri: Burying Boko Haram and the past - 'They had guns, we had shovels'
MAIDUGURI: A man digs graves for victims or dead members of Boko Haram Islamists being expected for burial at Gwange Cemetery in Maiduguri. — AFPMAIDUGURI: Even the dead weren't safe from Boko Haram when the Islamist insurgency erupted in the northeast Nigerian city of Maiduguri nearly seven years ago. "They began to destroy this one," said Babagana Modu, gesturing to a mound of baked earth and sand-the grave of a prominent Muslim cleric. "We...
This combo shows file photos taken in October 2015 of Philippines presidential and vice-presidential candidates, (top L to R) the head of the main opposition party and current vice president Jejomar Binay and his running mate Senator Gringo Honasan; the adopted daughter of a late movie star, Senator Grace Poe, and her running mate Senator Chiz Escudero; (bottom L to R) current President Benigno Aquino’s preferred successor and US-educated investment banker, Mar Roxas, and his running mate Congresswoman Leni Robredo; and late dictator Ferdinand Marcos’s son and vice-presidential candidate Bongbong Marcos with his mother and former first lady Imelda Marcos. — AFP
Philippines' election season gets started
This combo shows file photos taken in October 2015 of Philippines presidential and vice-presidential candidates, (top L to R) the head of the main opposition party and current vice president Jejomar Binay and his running mate Senator Gringo Honasan; the adopted daughter of a late movie star, Senator Grace Poe, and her running mate Senator Chiz Escudero; (bottom L to R) current President Benigno Aquino’s preferred successor and US-educated...
COLOMBO: UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Raad al-Hussein, right, pauses to speak to media as he leaves a hotel. — AP
Sri Lanka's Tamil leaders call for UN help on 4,000 missing
COLOMBO: UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Raad al-Hussein, right, pauses to speak to media as he leaves a hotel. — APJAFFNA: Sri Lanka's ethnic Tamil leaders yesterday asked the top UN human rights official to help determine the fate of more than 4,000 civilians reported missing in the country's long civil war amid the government's assertion that most of them are probably dead.The UN official, Zeid Raad al-Hussein, met with the chief...
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4th Golf Tournament of Crowne Plaza Kuwait Al Thuraya City
KUWAIT: Crowne Plaza Kuwait Al Thuraya City is proud to announce the continuous success of its annual golf tournament. The fourth edition took place on Saturday, 6th February, at Sahara Kuwait, a 18-hole championship golf course built to PGA standards. The 27 participating teams of four were composed of Crowne Plaza management officials and their business partners. The tournament kicked off at 7 am with registration, a continental breakfast, and...
LONDON: Chelsea's Cesar Azpilicueta, right, competes for the ball with Manchester United's captain Wayne Rooney during the English PremiernLeague soccer match between Chelsea and Manchester United at Stamford Bridge stadium in London, yesterday. - APn
Costa, Chelsea keep heat on Van Gaal - Man Utd 1 / Chelsea 1
LONDON: Chelsea's Cesar Azpilicueta, right, competes for the ball with Manchester United's captain Wayne Rooney during the English PremierLeague soccer match between Chelsea and Manchester United at Stamford Bridge stadium in London, yesterday. - APLONDON: Diego Costa pounced in stoppage time as Chelsea nipped Manchester United's mini-revival in the bud with a 1-1 draw in the Premier League yesterday.Jesse Lingard's smartly taken 61st-minute...
VALENCIA: Barcelona's Brazilian forward Neymar (L) vies with Levante's Mozambican midfielder Simao during the Spanish league football match Levante UD vs FC Barcelona at the Ciutat de Valencia stadium in Valencia yesterday. -- AFP
Barcelona equal unbeaten record with Levante win
VALENCIA: Barcelona's Brazilian forward Neymar (L) vies with Levante's Mozambican midfielder Simao during the Spanish league football match Levante UD vs FC Barcelona at the Ciutat de Valencia stadium in Valencia yesterday. -- AFPMADRID: Barcelona did just enough to defeat last-place Levante 2-0 and tie its all-time record of 28 consecutive games without losing yesterday. Barcelona took the lead with an own goal by Levante defender David Navarro...
This file photo taken on November 5, 2015 shows Pakistan's Yasir Shah delivering a ball during the fifth and last day of the third cricket Test match between Pakistan and England at The Sharjah Cricket Stadium in the Gulf Emirate of Sharjah.
Yasir Shah of Pakistan gets three month drugs ban: ICC
This file photo taken on November 5, 2015 shows Pakistan's Yasir Shah delivering a ball during the fifth and last day of the third cricket Test match between Pakistan and England at The Sharjah Cricket Stadium in the Gulf Emirate of Sharjah.DUBAI: Pakistan leg-spinner Yasir Shah has been banned for three months after pleading guilty for a failed dope test last year, the International Cricket Council (ICC) said yesterday.“Shah has been...
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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