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PARIS: Policemen stand by a man shot dead in front of a police station yesterday in Paris. French police shot dead a knife-wielding man yesterday as he attacked a police station in Paris, a year to the day since jihadist gunmen killed 12 people at Charlie Hebdo newspaper. — AFP
Paris police shoot dead man on Hebdo 'versary - Man wearing fake suicide belt tries to enter police station
PARIS: Policemen stand by a man shot dead in front of a police station yesterday in Paris. French police shot dead a knife-wielding man yesterday as he attacked a police station in Paris, a year to the day since jihadist gunmen killed 12 people at Charlie Hebdo newspaper. — AFPPARIS: Paris police shot dead yesterday a man wielding a knife after he tried to enter a police station shouting 'God is Great' in Arabic and wearing what turned out to...
COLOGNE: A poster promoting the city of Cologne can be seen in front of the western city’s landmark, the Cologne Cathedral, near the main railway station yesterday. Police in the western city told AFP they have received more than 100 complaints by women reporting assaults ranging from groping to rapes, allegedly committed in a large crowd of revellers during year-end festivities outside the city’s main train station and its famed Gothic cathedral. — AFP
Fear and anger grip Cologne after New Year's Eve rampage - Merkel wants authorities to get to bottom of Cologne attacks
COLOGNE: A poster promoting the city of Cologne can be seen in front of the western city’s landmark, the Cologne Cathedral, near the main railway station yesterday. Police in the western city told AFP they have received more than 100 complaints by women reporting assaults ranging from groping to rapes, allegedly committed in a large crowd of revellers during year-end festivities outside the city’s main train station and its famed Gothic...
DAMASCUS: Syrians bury the body of a victim who reportedly died in a mortar shell attack at a layered cemetery yesterday in the rebel-held city of Douma, northeast of the capital Damascus. — AFP
In besieged Syrian town, peace talks seen pointless - World Food Program says 40,000 at risk in Madaya
DAMASCUS: Syrians bury the body of a victim who reportedly died in a mortar shell attack at a layered cemetery yesterday in the rebel-held city of Douma, northeast of the capital Damascus. — AFPBEIRUT: Warnings of widespread starvation are growing as pro-government forces besiege an opposition-held town in Syria and winter bites, darkening the already bleak outlook for peace talks the United Nations hopes to convene this month.The blockade of...
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Pakistan expels Bangladeshi diplomat; 'spy row' worsens
DHAKA: A Bangladeshi diplomat will leave the Pakistani capital of Islamabad yesterday, officials said, amid a deepening row between the two countries that has also seen a Pakistani diplomat in Dhaka expelled after being accused of spying. Maushumi Rahman, the political counselor at the Bangladeshi high commission in Islamabad, was declared persona non grata by Pakistani authorities and will now travel to the Portuguese capital of Lisbon, said...
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Do more to rescue women trafficked to Goa, charity tells India government
MUMBAI: A prominent charity in India's beach resort state of Goa called on the government yesterday to do more to rescue thousands of women and children who are trafficked to the popular tourism spot every year for sexual exploitation and forced labor. Home Ministry data show more than 5,000 women and children were rescued from various forms of modern day slavery in Goa in the first 10 months of 2015. But charities and police working to end human...
SRINAGAR, JAMMU AND KASHMIR, India : Kashmiri mourners carry the coffin of the chief minister of the state of Jammu and Kashmir Mufti Mohammad Sayeed during funeral prayers in Srinagar yesterday. —AFP photos
Indian Kashmir chief minister dies
SRINAGAR, JAMMU AND KASHMIR, India : Kashmiri mourners carry the coffin of the chief minister of the state of Jammu and Kashmir Mufti Mohammad Sayeed during funeral prayers in Srinagar yesterday. —AFP photosSRINAGAR, India: Mufti Mohammad Sayeed, chief minister of India's restive Kashmir region and one of the country's best-known Muslim politicians, died yesterday, an official said. The 79-year-old, whose party is in a controversial coalition...
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Iran embassy in Yemen ‘bombed’ - Tehran accuses Saudi as tension escalations
TEHRAN: Iran yesterday accused Saudi warplanes of deliberately bombing its embassy in Yemen, in a new escalation of diplomatic tensions that have reverberated across the Middle East. Shiite-dominated Iran also announced a ban on imports of all products from its Sunni-ruled rival, following a dramatic chill in relations that has triggered international alarm. It comes days after Saudi Arabia broke off diplomatic ties with Iran in response to an...
Adele performs at Radio City Music Hall in New York
Adele, streaming services lift 2015 music sales
Adele performs at Radio City Music Hall in New YorkThe rapid growth of streaming and sensational success of Adele triggered a rebound of overall music consumption last year in the United States and Britain, industry trackers said Wednesday. The growth came despite a persistent fall in CD sales and a growing decline in digital downloads on service such as iTunes as consumers turn to online streaming services and their unlimited, on-demand...
This photo provided by Universal Pictures shows, from left, Tyrese Gibson as Roman, Michelle Rodriguez as Letty, Paul Walker as Brian, and Chris Ludacris as Tej, in a scene from ‘Furious 7.’ — AP
'Furious 7,' 'Big Bang Theory' win at People's Choice Awards
This photo provided by Universal Pictures shows, from left, Tyrese Gibson as Roman, Michelle Rodriguez as Letty, Paul Walker as Brian, and Chris Ludacris as Tej, in a scene from ‘Furious 7.’ — AP"Furious 7" was named favorite movie, "The Big Bang Theory" won top TV show, and Ellen DeGeneres set a record at the People's Choice Awards. The fan-voted prizes were presented Wednesday night in Los Angeles at a ceremony hosted by Jane Lynch....
WASHINGTON: The US Federal Reserve building in Washington, DC. Stocks were edging slightly higher in midday trading as investors waited for news about interest rates from the Federal Reserve. — AFP
Fears for world economy wreak carnage - Gulf markets plunge as oil, global stocks crash
WASHINGTON: The US Federal Reserve building in Washington, DC. Stocks were edging slightly higher in midday trading as investors waited for news about interest rates from the Federal Reserve. — AFPKUWAIT: Share prices in the energy-rich Gulf states fell sharply yesterday as oil dived to an 11-year low and China triggered a global markets rout. The gloomy economic indicators and tensions between regional heavyweights Saudi Arabia and Iran...
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Federer breezes past German Qualifier
BRISBANE: Top seed Roger Federer barely broke a sweat as he breezed past German qualifier Tobias Kamke 6-2, 6-1 in the second round of the Brisbane International yesterday. Federer, who had a first round bye, took just 55 minutes to see off Kamke, playing in the main draw of an ATP tournament for the first time since April.The Swiss maestro had been suffering from the flu earlier in the week but showed no signs of illness in a commanding...
Pranav Dhanawade
India greats say don't knock Mumbai boy's record 1,009
Pranav DhanawadeMUMBAI: A Mumbai teenager's record-breaking 1,009 not out wasn't the match's only startling statistic-one of the boundaries was only 30 yards long, while the opposition was so meagre that one bowler conceded 142 runs in just six overs. Fifteen-year-old Pranav Dhanawade also reportedly escaped 21 dropped catches on his way to obliterating a 117-year-old world record for runs scored in a single innings earlier this week.But India's...
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KOLKATA: Gold jewelry kept on display inside a shop in Kolkata. India's Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on July 23 announced a reduction in custom duty on gold and silver to 6 percent and platinum to 6.4 percent in Budget 2024. -- AFP
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KATHMANDU: Relatives of the passengers who died in the Saurya Airlines' plane crash, mourn at a hospital in Kathmandu on July 24, 2024. -- AFP
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