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COLOGNE: In this Dec 31, 2015 picture, people gather at the Cologne main station. — AP

Merkel under fire after New Year sex assaults - Victims blamed men of 'Arab or North African' appearance

COLOGNE: In this Dec 31, 2015 picture, people gather at the Cologne main station. — APBERLIN: German Chancellor Angela Merkel came under mounting pressure yesterday over her welcoming stance toward migrants, which opponents have linked to a shocking rash of apparently coordinated sex attacks in Cologne on New Year's Eve.Police in the western city said they have received more than 100 complaints by women reporting assaults ranging from groping...

NABLUS: Ramiz Hassoneh holds a photo of his daughter, Maram, in the West Bank city of Nablus. Maram, a top English student at An-Najah University and a devout Muslim, was shot and killed when she tried to stab Israeli soldiers at a West Bank checkpoint. —AP

Palestinian violence marked by an increased female role - Brewing desperation of a younger generation

NABLUS: Ramiz Hassoneh holds a photo of his daughter, Maram, in the West Bank city of Nablus. Maram, a top English student at An-Najah University and a devout Muslim, was shot and killed when she tried to stab Israeli soldiers at a West Bank checkpoint. —APNABLUS, West Bank: When Palestinian youths began a wave of grassroots and often suicidal stabbing attacks against Israeli soldiers and civilians several months ago, it wasn't his three sons...

ABIDJAN: This file photo taken on September 17, 2015 shows Ivorian Prime Minister Daniel Kablan Duncan speaking during the Africa Islamic Finance Forum. —AFP

Ivory Coast government resigns

ABIDJAN: This file photo taken on September 17, 2015 shows Ivorian Prime Minister Daniel Kablan Duncan speaking during the Africa Islamic Finance Forum. —AFPABIDJAN: Ivory Coast's government resigned yesterday in a move President Alassane Ouattara said would bring more "efficiency" to the West African state just two months after he was re-elected. Prime Minister Daniel Kablan Duncan presented his resignation and that of his government at what...

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Bangladesh upholds death sentence for nation's largest Islamist leader - 'Long and painful wait for justice for the families'

Motiur Rahman NizamiDHAKA: Bangladesh's highest court yesterday upheld the death sentence for the leader of the country's largest Islamist party for crimes during its 1971 independence struggle, paving the way for his execution within months. The Supreme Court dismissed an appeal by Motiur Rahman Nizami, head of the Jamaat-e-Islami party, who was convicted of murder, rape and orchestrating the killing of top intellectuals when he was the leader...

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Filipinos raped by Japanese WWII troops demand compensation

MANILA: A group of elderly Filipino women raped by Japanese troops during World War II called for compensation from Japan yesterday, following Tokyo's pledge of $8.3 million for South Korean women forced into Japanese military-run brothels during the war.The women's lawyers said they were also exploring the possibility of filing cases with United Nations bodies and holding Philippine President Benigno Aquino III liable for allegedly failing to...

SAKHIR: The sun sets behind an oil pump in the desert oil fields of Sakhir, Bahrain. Oil futures spiked briefly after Saudi Arabia cuts diplomatic ties with Iran, a development that could be seen as a threat to oil supplies. Investors quickly discounted those fears, however. — AP

Iran trying to avoid oil price war - Tehran pledges to moderate exports

SAKHIR: The sun sets behind an oil pump in the desert oil fields of Sakhir, Bahrain. Oil futures spiked briefly after Saudi Arabia cuts diplomatic ties with Iran, a development that could be seen as a threat to oil supplies. Investors quickly discounted those fears, however. — APNEW DELHI: Iran wants to avoid an oil price war with rival producers and only gradually lift exports once sanctions against it are lifted, a senior official said, in...

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MENA markets end 2015 in red over decline in oil prices - Markaz Monthly Market Research report

KUWAIT: Kuwait Financial Centre 'Markaz' recently released its Monthly Market Research report. In this report, Markaz examines and analyzes the performance of equity markets in the MENA region as well as the global equity markets for the month of December. Most MENA markets ended in red during the month of December 2015, with Saudi Arabia (-4.5%) declining the most, followed by Kuwait price (-3.2%) and weighted (-2.9%) indices.Decline in oil...

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GCC's fixed income market expected to grow further - KAMCO Research

KUWAIT: The MENA fixed income market is expected to continue to grow during 2016 after a marginal growth of 4% in 2015. Sukuk issuance in MENA is expected to outpace bond issuance in 2016 (as against a 38% decline in sukuks in 2015) primarily due to still abundant liquidity in that market as against tight liquidity with conventional banks. Also supporting the expected issuance is the oil price led fiscal deficit gap and the need to invest in...

ST LOUIS: File photo shows water swells on Highway 141, underneath a closed Interstate 44 overpass in Fenton, Mo, a suburb of St Louis. — AP photos

Floodwaters draw warnings anew about wastewater, pollutants - 'It came up through the sewers'

ST LOUIS: File photo shows water swells on Highway 141, underneath a closed Interstate 44 overpass in Fenton, Mo, a suburb of St Louis. — AP photosKANSAS CITY: Veronica Tate knew from the stench that sewage was among the 8 feet of water that swamped the basement of her ranch-style home after the nearby Meramec River overflowed. The larger concern for residents of her suburban St Louis neighborhood is the unknown of what else the noxious blend...

Voodoo worshippers walking barefoot in procession, dressed in white robes and draped with long strings of multicolored beads, through the dusty streets of the Heve village, near Come, southwest Benin, during a film shoot. “

'Blood Diamond' star returns to Benin to film 'true' voodoo

Voodoo worshippers walking barefoot in procession, dressed in white robes and draped with long strings of multicolored beads, through the dusty streets of the Heve village, near Come, southwest Benin, during a film shoot. “As the drumming rumbles on, Hollywood actor Djimon Hounsou walks shirtless with a voodoo procession making its way through the dusty streets of Heve in his native Benin. "I am like an African who has come home, who needs to...

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Bollywood's 'Deadly Dutt' set for prison release

Sanjay DuttBollywood actor Sanjay Dutt will be released from prison next month after serving a sentence for possessing weapons supplied by gangsters behind the 1993 Mumbai bomb blasts, reports said yesterday. The disgraced star will walk free from Yerwada Central Jail in the western state of Maharashtra on February 27, slightly ahead of schedule, the Press Trust of India (PTI) reported. Dutt was originally sentenced to a six-year term after...

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Why 'Creed' was Sylvester Stallone's toughest role

Nearly 40 years after Sylvester Stallone introduced audiences to Rocky Balboa, the actor's return for his seventh shot at the character in "Creed" has propelled him into a surprise awards-season contender-a status he hasn't claimed for a long time. "I actually am startled," says Stallone, 69, in a recent interview at an upscale Beverly Hills hotel. "It's a character that I love and never thought I'd play again. I didn't think it would resonate...

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KUWAIT: Oil Minister Tariq Al-Roumi with the officials of the Ministry of Oil on Sunday. -- KUNA

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JEDDAH: Kuwait and Saudi Arabia discus arrangements for the annual Haj pilgrimage. – KUNA

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RIYADH: Top diplomats from the Middle East and Europe gathered to discuss Syria pose for a picture on Jan 12, 2025. - AFP

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