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PARIS: French President Francois Hollande (right) meets with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani (3rd L) yesterday at the Elysee presidential Palace in Paris. — AFP
Rouhani hails 'new relationship' with France - Iran, France to sign host of post-sanctions deals
PARIS: French President Francois Hollande (right) meets with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani (3rd L) yesterday at the Elysee presidential Palace in Paris. — AFPPARIS: President Hassan Rouhani hailed a "new relationship" between Iran and France during a visit yesterday that saw the signing of a host of post-sanctions business deals. "Let us forget the resentment," Rouhani said, calling for both countries to take advantage of the "positive...
AIN AL-HANASH: Syrian pro-government troops hold positions in the Syrian town of Ain Al-Hanash near l-Bab in Aleppo’s eastern countryside as regime forces have recaptured the area from Islamist jihadists.— AFP
Syria opposition groups meet; clock ticks down on UN talks - 'Russian strikes' kill at least 54
AIN AL-HANASH: Syrian pro-government troops hold positions in the Syrian town of Ain Al-Hanash near l-Bab in Aleppo’s eastern countryside as regime forces have recaptured the area from Islamist jihadists.— AFPRIYADH: Syrian opposition members met for a third day yesterday to decide whether to attend UN peace talks, with less than 24 hours before the negotiations were due to open in Geneva. The Saudi-backed High Negotiations Committee-formed...
JUBA: Displaced people walk next to a razor wire fence at the United Nations base in the capital Juba, South Sudan. When a delegation of South Sudanese rebels returned to the government-controlled capital Juba last month after two years of war, many refugees thought they would finally return to the homes they fled.— AP
Sudan opens border with South Sudan
JUBA: Displaced people walk next to a razor wire fence at the United Nations base in the capital Juba, South Sudan. When a delegation of South Sudanese rebels returned to the government-controlled capital Juba last month after two years of war, many refugees thought they would finally return to the homes they fled.— APKHARTOUM/JUBA: Sudan's President Omar Hassan al-Bashir ordered the opening of his country's border with South Sudan for the...
BERLIN: Travel agent Alaa Hadrous (left), hands over a passport to traveler Hussein Hotuman from Iraq (right) at the ‘Golf Reisen’ (Gulf Travels) travel agency in Berlin, Germany. Homesick and tired of waiting for Germany’s backlogged bureaucracy, a steady stream of Iraqis are heading home on their own. —AP
Bettered Iraqi refugees in Germany head home - A change of heart for many after a few months
BERLIN: Travel agent Alaa Hadrous (left), hands over a passport to traveler Hussein Hotuman from Iraq (right) at the ‘Golf Reisen’ (Gulf Travels) travel agency in Berlin, Germany. Homesick and tired of waiting for Germany’s backlogged bureaucracy, a steady stream of Iraqis are heading home on their own. —APBERLIN: It's a change of heart that Iraqi immigrant Sekvan Agho never saw coming. Agho was among the wave of nearly 1.1 million...
PESHAWAR: Pakistani Elite Police Force take part in a drill to fight against militants at a school in Peshawar yesterday. A Pakistan university attacked by the Taleban last week has demanded the government arm its staff as it seeks to boost security after the deadly assault in which 21 people were killed, officials said. — AFP
Pakistani cleric willing to review blasphemy law - Misuse of law led to hundreds of deaths
PESHAWAR: Pakistani Elite Police Force take part in a drill to fight against militants at a school in Peshawar yesterday. A Pakistan university attacked by the Taleban last week has demanded the government arm its staff as it seeks to boost security after the deadly assault in which 21 people were killed, officials said. — AFPISLAMABAD: The head of a powerful religious body said yesterday he is willing to review Pakistan's harsh blasphemy laws...
TOYOYAMA: The first domestically-made stealth aircraft, X-2, is shown to the media at Nagoya Airport in Toyoyama town, central Japan, yesterday. —AP
Japan unveils first stealth fighter jet
TOYOYAMA: The first domestically-made stealth aircraft, X-2, is shown to the media at Nagoya Airport in Toyoyama town, central Japan, yesterday. —APKOMAKI, Japan: Japan yesterday unveiled its first stealth fighter jet, officials said, with the maiden test flight planned for next month. The defence ministry's acquisition agency showed off the domestically developed, radar-dodging X-2 fighter at a regional airport near the central city of...
MELBOURNE: Serbia's Novak Djokovic hits a return during his men's singles semi-final match against Switzerland's Roger Federer on day eleven of the 2016 Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne yesterday. -- AFP
Djokovic, Williams win Australian Open s-finals
MELBOURNE: Serbia's Novak Djokovic hits a return during his men's singles semi-final match against Switzerland's Roger Federer on day eleven of the 2016 Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne yesterday. -- AFPMELBOURNE: Like Serena Williams before him, Novak Djokovic moved into another Australian Open championship decider with a relatively untroubled semifinal win.Top-ranked Djokovic had a 6-1, 6-2, 3-6, 6-3 victory over No. 3 Roger...
MANCHESTER: Everton's English defender Leighton Baines (L) and Everton's English midfielder Tom Cleverley (R) vies with Manchester City's Spanish midfielder Jesus Navas during the English League Cup semi-final second leg football match between Manchester City and Everton the Etihad Stadium in Manchester, north west England, on Wednesday. - AFPn
Martinez 'hurt' by Everton's Cup exit
MANCHESTER: Everton's English defender Leighton Baines (L) and Everton's English midfielder Tom Cleverley (R) vies with Manchester City's Spanish midfielder Jesus Navas during the English League Cup semi-final second leg football match between Manchester City and Everton the Etihad Stadium in Manchester, north west England, on Wednesday. - AFPMANCHESTER: Everton manager Roberto Martinez complained that his team had been unjustly denied a place...
BARCELONA: FC Barcelona's Lionel Messi, center, duels for the ball against Athletic Bilbao's Eneko Boveda during quarterfinal, second leg,nCopa del Rey soccer match at the Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona, Spain, Wednesday. - AP
Barca into Cup semis as Celta dump Atletico out
BARCELONA: FC Barcelona's Lionel Messi, center, duels for the ball against Athletic Bilbao's Eneko Boveda during quarterfinal, second leg,Copa del Rey soccer match at the Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona, Spain, Wednesday. - APMADRID: Copa del Rey holders Barcelona had to weather a first-half storm from Athletic Bilbao before progressing to the semi-finals for the seventh consecutive season with a 3-1 win to seal a 5-2 aggregate victory.Atletico...
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Kuwait Handicapped Sports Club congratulates Amir
HH the Amir (right) with Shafi Al-Hajiri.KUWAIT: Kuwait Handicapped Sports Club congratulated HH the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah on the 10th anniversary of his assumption of his constitutional duties.President of the club Shafi Al-Hajiri said HH unlimited support of the handicapped sport is the direct reason for its development and making achievements one after the other, to have Kuwait flag hoisted high in world...
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'Kung Fu Panda 3' to deliver a punch to the US box office
This image released by DreamWorks Animation shows character Mei Mei, voiced by Kate Hudson performing a ribbon dance in a scene from "Kung Fu Panda 3."-AP"Kung Fu Panda 3" should win the upcoming weekend box office in the US with at least $40 million at 3,955 theaters. Fox is distributing the animated comedy for DreamWorks Animation five years after "Kung Fu Panda 2" opened in late May with $47.7 million domestically on its way to $162.5...
File Photo: Pope Francis met Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed in 2016 in the Vatican - Reuters
DiCaprio bonds with Pope over protecting planet
This handout picture released by the Vatican press office yesterday shows Pope Francis exchanging gifts with US actor Leonardo DiCaprio (left) during a private audience at the Vatican.-AFPPope Francis received US film star Leonardo DiCaprio at the Vatican yesterday, with the pair bonding over their shared passion for defending the environment.Blue-eyed DiCaprio was spotted listening earnestly as the Argentine pontiff explained that he was...
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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