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KUWAIT: Kuwait’s stock traders follow the stock market activity at the Kuwait Stock Exchange (KSE) yesterday. — Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat
KSE wraps up 2015 on bearish note
KUWAIT: Kuwait’s stock traders follow the stock market activity at the Kuwait Stock Exchange (KSE) yesterday. — Photo by Yasser Al-ZayyatKUWAIT: Kuwait Stock Exchange (KSE) ended yesterday’s session in the mixed zone capping the year 2015 on a bearish note. The price index gained 2.64 points reaching 5,615.12 points, the weighted index lost 0.14 points reaching 381.7 points and the KSX 15 moved down 1.87 points reaching 900.43. The number...
ROSZKE: In this Thursday, Aug 27, 2015 photo, a child is helped cross from Serbia to Hungary through the barbed wire fence. -- AP n
European Union faces year of living dangerously
ROSZKE: In this Thursday, Aug 27, 2015 photo, a child is helped cross from Serbia to Hungary through the barbed wire fence. -- AP BRUSSELS: If the year that was turned out to be daunting, 2016 is shaping up as the European Union's year of living dangerously. The cliffhanger to keep Greece from bankruptcy and in the euro currency during high summer was chilling enough, even before nations like Hungary ramped up their rhetoric over the influx of...
A Kuwaiti stock trader monitors the stock market activity at the Kuwait Stock Exchange (KSE) yesterday on the last trading day of 2015. Stock markets in the energy-rich Gulf states ended 2015 in negative territory impacted by a massive decline in oil prices and regional turmoil.
Oil ends 2015 in downbeat mood - Hangover to be long, painful; Outlook for 2016 remains bleak
A Kuwaiti stock trader monitors the stock market activity at the Kuwait Stock Exchange (KSE) yesterday on the last trading day of 2015. Stock markets in the energy-rich Gulf states ended 2015 in negative territory impacted by a massive decline in oil prices and regional turmoil.LONDON: Oil prices headed for a second year of steep losses in their last trading hours of 2015 as record OPEC supply created an unprecedented global glut that may take...
DHAKA: Bangladeshi policemen escort three of the eight people accused of killing an atheist blogger in 2013, to a court. — AP
2 sentenced to death for blogger murder in Bangladesh
DHAKA: Bangladeshi policemen escort three of the eight people accused of killing an atheist blogger in 2013, to a court. — APDHAKA: A Bangladesh court sentenced two students to death yesterday for the 2013 murder of a secular blogger, delivering the first convictions over a series of brutal killings that have rocked the Muslim-majority nation.Ahmed Rajib Haider, 35, was hacked to death by machete-wielding attackers in February 2013, in the...
FARYAB PROVINCE: In this photograph taken on October 16, 2015, an Anti-Taleban armed Afghan commander Farooq (2R) speaks with AFP during an interview at his outpost during a patrol against Taleban insurgents at Qara Ghoily in Almar district of northern Faryab province. — AFP
Freed Afghan village reveals reason for Taleban 'success' - Restoring order through sharia-inspired law
FARYAB PROVINCE: In this photograph taken on October 16, 2015, an Anti-Taleban armed Afghan commander Farooq (2R) speaks with AFP during an interview at his outpost during a patrol against Taleban insurgents at Qara Ghoily in Almar district of northern Faryab province. — AFPQARA GHOILY: Flanked by shaggy-haired gunmen, Commander Ghulam Farooq peered out from a hilltop at the biggest military prize of his storied career as a warlord-a...
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Indonesia arrests three with IS links
JAKARTA: Indonesian police yesterday arrested three men with suspected links to Islamic State as part of an operation in the province of Central Sulawesi to capture the country's most-wanted man, state media reported.The arrests came as the US embassy in Jakarta issued an "emergency message" for US citizens warning of potential security threats at tourist beaches on the island of Lombok surrounding the New Year's celebrations. Counter-terrorism...
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Jackie Chan to produce Korea-China sci-fi Film 'Reset'
"Fatal Countdown: RESET," a high profile Korean-Chinese co- production has begun production with Jackie Chan taking a supervisory executive role. The sci fi tale is directed by Korean filmmaker Chang, who previously directed Cannes Midnight entry "The Target" in 2014. The picture stars Chinese actress Mini Yang ("The Witness") and actor Wallace Huo ("Swordsman"). The futuristic story involves a single mother and a scientist, who time travel to...
BARCELONA: Real Betis' goalkeeper Antonio Adan (up) hits Barcelona's Argentinean forward Lionel Messi during the Spanish league football match FC Barcelona vs Real Betis Balompie at the Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona on December 30, 2015. - AFP
Messi hits 500 in style, Barca keep La Liga lead
BARCELONA: Real Betis' goalkeeper Antonio Adan (up) hits Barcelona's Argentinean forward Lionel Messi during the Spanish league football match FC Barcelona vs Real Betis Balompie at the Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona on December 30, 2015. - AFPBARCELONA: Luis Suarez struck twice and Lionel Messi scored on his 500th appearance for Barcelona who set a new Spanish record of goals in a calendar year with a 4-0 win over Real Betis that lifted them top...
Rana Abdelhamid speaks during an interview in New York.
Accosted for her hijab, woman now teaches Muslim empowerment
Rana Abdelhamid speaks during an interview in New York.When she was 16, Rana Abdelhamid was accosted on the streets of New York by a man who tried to pull off the head scarf she wears as a symbol of her commitment to her Muslim faith. Rather than withdraw, as she'd seen other Muslim women do, she turned her anger into a program that is now working with young Muslim women to teach them self-defense while encouraging them to become leaders and...
NELSON: Tillakaratne Dilshan (R) of Sri Lanka plays a shot in front of New Zealand wicketkeeper Luke Ronchi during the 3rd One Day International cricket match between New Zealand and Sri Lanka at Saxton Oval in Nelson yesterday. -- AFP
Fiery net spell sees S Lanka turn tables on New Zealand
NELSON: Tillakaratne Dilshan (R) of Sri Lanka plays a shot in front of New Zealand wicketkeeper Luke Ronchi during the 3rd One Day International cricket match between New Zealand and Sri Lanka at Saxton Oval in Nelson yesterday. -- AFPNELSON: A cracking 91 by Tillakaratne Dilshan after a fiery net session set Sri Lanka up for an eight-wicket victory over New Zealand in Nelson yesterday to keep their one-day series alive.Sri Lanka knocked off...
TOKYO: Nicaraguan challenger Oliver Flores, right, send a left to Japanese champion Takashi Uchiyama in the first round of their WBA world super featherweight boxing title match in Tokyo, yesterday. Uchiyama defended his title with a technical knockout in the third round. – AP
Uchiyama fends off challenge to WBA title
TOKYO: Nicaraguan challenger Oliver Flores, right, send a left to Japanese champion Takashi Uchiyama in the first round of their WBA world super featherweight boxing title match in Tokyo, yesterday. Uchiyama defended his title with a technical knockout in the third round. – APTOKYO: Undefeated champion Takashi Uchiyama of Japan on Thursday successfully defended his World Boxing Association super featherweight title for the 11th time, beating...
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Kuwait set to follow as Oman hikes fuel prices - MP slams govt's 'agitated' push to cut subsidies
KUWAIT: As Oman yesterday became the latest Gulf state to announce the lifting of subsidies on fuel and other services after Saudi Arabia, UAE and Bahrain, the government inched closer to hiking the price of petrol and some other services and now it appears the decision is only a matter of time. The ministry of finance yesterday began what looks like an organized campaign, posting messages on its Twitter account to explain that the goal of any...
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