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Pakistan rejects 30 deportees from Greece, sends back plane
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan refused to allow 30 migrants deported from Greece to leave a plane at Islamabad yesterday, a week after talks with the European Union to settle a dispute over forced repatriations. The charter plane later took off with the 30 still aboard, though others that Pakistan deemed legitimate deportees were allowed to disembark.A top EU official said last week Pakistan would stick to an agreement to take back citizens deported from...
This photo provided by the Sundance Film Institute shows Michalina Olszanska in a scene from the film, “The Lure,” directed by Agnieszka Smoczynska. — AP photos
Sundance Film Festival reveals drama, documentary contenders
This photo provided by the Sundance Film Institute shows Michalina Olszanska in a scene from the film, “The Lure,” directed by Agnieszka Smoczynska. — AP photosThe dramatic contenders at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival span history, genre and setting, from the slave days in the South to the gay-sex scene today in LA's Korean spas. What unites them, says festival director John Cooper, is excellent storytelling and a "thorough understanding...
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Pantone's color of the year grows to 2 colors
Serenity now, people, with some Rose Quartz mixed in. The experts at the Pantone Color Institute have chosen not one but two colors of the year - named thusly - in a complementary pairing that spans fashion, media, packaging, housewares and a desire for more tranquility and calm in actual life. Or so they say - they being color analysts, who span the globe in search of trends. Rose Quartz is a pale pink and Serenity is close but not quite what...
Judith Hill performs during EBONY magazine’s 30th Annual Power 100 Gala.
Clinton, Hill make Ebony magazine gala musical
Judith Hill performs during EBONY magazine’s 30th Annual Power 100 Gala.Ebony magazine's annual Power 100 list highlights black leaders in business, politics, arts and academia, but the gala celebrating the honorees was a mostly musical affair. Arsenio Hall hosted the private ceremony Wednesday at the Beverly Hilton Hotel, where rapper-singer Jidenna, singer-songwriter Judith Hill, and '70s funk pioneers George Clinton and Parliament...
NEW DELHI, India : Indian pedestrians walk near smog enveloped government offices on Rajpath in New Delhi. — AFP
India to ban old trucks as cities choke on dirty air - Trucks over 15 years old to be forced off roads
NEW DELHI, India : Indian pedestrians walk near smog enveloped government offices on Rajpath in New Delhi. — AFPNEW DELHI: India will force all commercial trucks more than 15 years old off the road from April and is reviewing how it checks vehicle emissions, a senior transport official said, as the government tries to curb soaring urban air pollution. The World Health Organization said last year that India had 13 of the 20 most polluted cities...
VIENNA: Iran’s Minister of Petroleum Bijan Namdar Zangeneh (left) and Saudi Arabia’s Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources Ali Ibrahim Naimi speaks to journalists at a hotel in Vienna prior to the OPEC oil ministers’ meeting today. —AP
OPEC unlikely to boost price amid infighting - Iran insists on ‘right’ to raise oil output
VIENNA: Iran’s Minister of Petroleum Bijan Namdar Zangeneh (left) and Saudi Arabia’s Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources Ali Ibrahim Naimi speaks to journalists at a hotel in Vienna prior to the OPEC oil ministers’ meeting today. —APVIENNA: Cheap oil that could get even cheaper: That's the challenge OPEC ministers face as they try to cut their losses at a time when supply is outstripping demand. But their hands appear tied.Ahead...
PRETORIA: Oscar Pistorius (center) arrives outside the court in Pretoria, South Africa in this file photo. — AP
Pistorius risks 15 years in jail after a murder conviction
PRETORIA: Oscar Pistorius (center) arrives outside the court in Pretoria, South Africa in this file photo. — APBLOEMFONTEIN: Oscar Pistorius was found guilty of murder yesterday after South Africa's Supreme Court of Appeal threw out a manslaughter conviction for killing his girlfriend, and he now faces a 15-year prison term. The judge described the Paralympian's testimony over the 2013 shooting of Reeva Steenkamp as "untruthful" and delivered...
Andrea Pirlo, Paul Scholes, Carles Puyol and Ronaldinho De Assis Moreira
World's best players to play with Kuwait team
Andrea Pirlo, Paul Scholes, Carles Puyol and Ronaldinho De Assis MoreiraKUWAIT: The Higher Organizing Committee of the Jaber International Stadium activities has revealed the names of the first six star legends who will play with Kuwait soccer stars Dec 18th. The committee said in a press statement that Brazilian Ronaldinho De Assis Moreira, Spanish Carles Puyol, UK's Paul Scholes, Italy's Andrea Pirlo, Gianluca Zambrotta and France's Robert...
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More FIFA officials arrested as scandal widens
ZURICH: The unprecedented corruption scandal engulfing FIFA widened yesterday with the arrests of two more top officials in another dramatic dawn raid at a luxury hotel in Zurich. Swiss authorities again acted on a request from the US justice department, a repeat of the sweeping arrests in May that set off the scandal which has shaken world football’s governing body to its core. A source inside FIFA, who requested anonymity said that the two...
BARCELONA: Barcelona’s forward Sandro Ramirez (left) and Barcelona’s Belgian defender Thomas Vermaelen (center-up) vies with Villanovense’s midfielder Pajuelo (center) and Villanovense’s midfielder Anxo (right) during the Spanish Copa del Rey (King’s Cup) Round of 32 second leg football match FC Barcelona vs CF Villanovense at the Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona on December 2, 2015. —AFP
Real red-faced after Cup fiasco - Barcelona beats 3rd-tier Villanovense 6-1
BARCELONA: Barcelona’s forward Sandro Ramirez (left) and Barcelona’s Belgian defender Thomas Vermaelen (center-up) vies with Villanovense’s midfielder Pajuelo (center) and Villanovense’s midfielder Anxo (right) during the Spanish Copa del Rey (King’s Cup) Round of 32 second leg football match FC Barcelona vs CF Villanovense at the Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona on December 2, 2015. —AFPMADRID: Under-fire Real Madrid coach Rafa Benitez...
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MP calls for suspending transactions for Indians - Workers' union wants to abolish kafeel system
MP Kamel Al-AwadhiKUWAIT: MP Kamel Al-Awadhi yesterday called on the Interior Ministry to suspend all residency transactions for the Indian community in retaliation to the Indian Embassy's KD 700 deposit rule for domestic helpers. Awadhi, who has been campaigning against the Indian embassy decision, called on the interior ministry to suspend family visits for Indians living in Kuwait, but insisted that he "respected Indians".The row was...
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MPs: Prosecute 24 ex-officials over Dow deal
KUWAIT: The National Assembly called on the government yesterday to refer 24 former oil officials to the public prosecution for legal action over the joint venture with US firm Dow Chemical which was scrapped, and as a result, Kuwait paid a $2.2 billion penalty. A parliamentary probe report charged the officials, including two former oil ministers and ex-top executives, of squandering public funds and making illegal profits. During the debate...
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Defense praises Arifjan, Beuhring military chief
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(Left) Mahmoud Al-Aloul, Vice Chairman of the Central Committee of Fatah, China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi, and Musa Abu Marzouk, senior member of Hamas, attend an event at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing on July 23, 2024. - AFP photos
Palestinians to form unity govt
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BAGHDAD: First Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Defense and Minister Interior Sheikh Fahad Yusuf Saud Al-Sabah met with former Iraqi prime minister Nouri Al-Maliki, and leader of the Iraqi National Wisdom Movement Ammar Al-Hakim on Monday. Following his participation in the International Drug Control Conference, Sheikh Fahad Al-Yusuf had friendly discussions with Al-Maliki and Al-Hakim which reflected the deep-rooted brotherly relations between the two nations. – KUNA photos
Kuwait affirms coordination to combat drug trafficking