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Saudi executes Filipino - 153rd death sentence in 2015
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia yesterday executed a Filipino man convicted of murder, bringing to 153 the number of people put to death this year in the ultra-conservative kingdom. Joselito Lyda San was found guilty of killing Sudanese national Saleh Imam Ibrahim with a hammer following a dispute, the interior ministry said in a statement published by the official SPA news agency. He was executed in Riyadh on Tuesday, it said. According to AFP tallies,...
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Pakistan hangs four
PESHAWAR: Pakistan yesterday hanged four men sentenced to death by military courts for assisting in suicide bombings and attacks on soldiers, officials said. The executions were carried out at a prison in the northwestern garrison town of Kohat and the bodies were handed over to relatives, a prison official said. A senior security official confirmed the hangings and identified those executed as Noor Saeed, Murad Khan, Inayat Ullah and Israr...
BRUSSELS: A police officer stands outside a police station yesterday in Brussels. After several searches in Brussels, Vlaams-Brabant and Liege the past two days, two suspects were arrested. - AFP
Belgium arrests 2 over New Year's terror plot
BRUSSELS: A police officer stands outside a police station yesterday in Brussels. After several searches in Brussels, Vlaams-Brabant and Liege the past two days, two suspects were arrested. - AFPBRUSSELS: Belgian police have arrested two people suspected of plotting attacks in Brussels during New Year celebrations, just weeks after the jihadist bombings and shootings in Paris which were allegedly planned in Belgium. The federal prosecutor's...
PESHAWAR: Pakistani paramedics transport a bomb blast victim to a hospital in Peshawar yesterday. - AFP
23 killed as Taleban suicide bomber targets govt office
PESHAWAR: Pakistani paramedics transport a bomb blast victim to a hospital in Peshawar yesterday. - AFPPESHAWAR: At least 23 people were killed and dozens wounded when a Taleban suicide bomber on a motorbike crashed into the main gate of a government office in the northwest Pakistan town of Mardan, officials said. The blast highlights the Pakistani Taleban's continued ability to carry out attacks despite a major military offensive against its...
BANGKOK: In this file photo, Thai King Bhumibol Adulyadej holds the leash of his dog while sitting in a wheelchair at a hospital in Bangkok. — AFP
Thai king's favorite dog dies, after 'insult' arrest
BANGKOK: In this file photo, Thai King Bhumibol Adulyadej holds the leash of his dog while sitting in a wheelchair at a hospital in Bangkok. — AFPBANGKOK: The favorite dog of Thailand's ailing monarch has died, days after a man was arrested under the kingdom's strict royal defamation laws for allegedly making a satirical online remark about the beloved canine. The dog, called Tongdaeng (Copper), became both a household name and a publishing...
PESHAWAR: Pakistani improvised explosive device (IED) victims sit at the Pakistan Institute of Prosthetic and Orthotic Sciences (PIPOS) in Peshawar. —AFP
Prosthetic limbs put Pakistani terror survivors together again
PESHAWAR: Pakistani improvised explosive device (IED) victims sit at the Pakistan Institute of Prosthetic and Orthotic Sciences (PIPOS) in Peshawar. —AFPPESHAWAR: Pakistani teen Ali Shah was on his way to school when he lost half of his right hand and his left leg after stepping on an IED-the Taleban's weapon of choice in its decade long insurgency. Now the 13-year-old, along with hundreds of others maimed by such bombs every year, is learning...
Turkish journalists gather to protest against the jailing of opposition Cumhuriyet newspaper’s editor-in-chief Can Dundar and Ankara representative Erdem Gul, in Istanbul. The journalists accused the government of silencing critics and attempting to cover-up a scandal after Dundar and Gul were jailed on terror and espionage charges for their reports on alleged Turkish arms smuggling to Syria. —AP
110 journalists killed in 2015, most in 'peaceful' countries - India 'deadliest' Asian country
Turkish journalists gather to protest against the jailing of opposition Cumhuriyet newspaper’s editor-in-chief Can Dundar and Ankara representative Erdem Gul, in Istanbul. The journalists accused the government of silencing critics and attempting to cover-up a scandal after Dundar and Gul were jailed on terror and espionage charges for their reports on alleged Turkish arms smuggling to Syria. —APPARIS: A total of 110 journalists were killed...
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KSF issues statement on ISSF interference
KUWAIT: Kuwait Shooting Federation (KSF) Board of Directors reviewed the statement issued by the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) on December 15, in which it defends Sheikh Ahmad Al-Fahad in a case that is in Kuwait courts and is not related to sports in any way, which is a strange and unprecedented step, and from the domain of the ISSF activities, as Sheikh Ahmad Al-Fahad is not a member of ISSF, and has no designation at the ISSF,...
MELBOURNE: Australia’s Usman Khawaja, left, avoids a shot from West Indies’ Marlon Samuels, right, during their cricket test match in Melbourne, Australia, yesterday. — AP
Lyon, Marsh bowl Aussies to big series win over Windies
MELBOURNE: Australia’s Usman Khawaja, left, avoids a shot from West Indies’ Marlon Samuels, right, during their cricket test match in Melbourne, Australia, yesterday. — APMELBOURNE: Nathan Lyon and Mitchell Marsh bowled Australia to a 177-run victory over the West Indies in the second Test yesterday, to win the series and retain the Frank Worrell Trophy.The Australians, who won the first Test in Hobart by an innings and 212 runs, dismissed...
RIYADH: A picture provided by the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) on Monday shows Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz (6thL) heading the Council of Ministers meeting in the capital Riyadh. — AFP
Saudi bracing for a long period of cheap oil - OPEC heavyweight shows no signs of wavering in long-term oil strategy
RIYADH: A picture provided by the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) on Monday shows Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz (6thL) heading the Council of Ministers meeting in the capital Riyadh. — AFPDUBAI: Saudi Arabia's planned cuts in spending and energy subsidies signal that the world's largest crude exporter is bracing for a prolonged period of low oil prices.The OPEC heavyweight shows no signs of wavering in the long-term oil strategy it has orchestrated...
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Kirby Building Systems and KIMMCO participate in Big5 Exhibition in Dubai
KUWAIT: Alghanim industries, one of the largest privately owned companies in the region, had two companies represent it in the Big5 Exhibition, held from 23 to 26 November 2015 at the Dubai World Trade Center, and considered to be the region's largest building and construction exhibition, bringing together suppliers and buyers since 1979. Kirby Building Systems, the global leader in the design and manufacturing of pre-engineered steel buildings...
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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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Riding smart: Motorcycle expert shares safety tips for riders in Kuwait
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MILWAUKEE: US Vice President Kamala Harris speaks at West Allis Central High School during her first presidential campaign rally on July 23, 2024. - AFP
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