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RIYADH: Aljazi Al-Hossaini, a candidate for the municipal council in the town of Diriyah shows an electoral campaign license issued by the central municipal elections committee yesterday. — AFP
Saudi women launch maiden election bid - 3 activists barred
RIYADH: Aljazi Al-Hossaini, a candidate for the municipal council in the town of Diriyah shows an electoral campaign license issued by the central municipal elections committee yesterday. — AFPRIYADH: Hundreds of Saudi women began campaigning for public office yesterday, in a first for women in the conservative Muslim kingdom's slow reform process, even as three activists were disqualified. More than 900 women are standing alongside thousands...
LONDON: Climate change demonstrators march to demand curbs to carbon pollution yesterday on the eve of the climate summit in Paris. - AFP
Rallies pressure UN climate summit - Clashes erupt at Paris demo
LONDON: Climate change demonstrators march to demand curbs to carbon pollution yesterday on the eve of the climate summit in Paris. - AFPPARIS: Tens of thousands of people from Sydney to London joined one of the biggest days of climate change activism yesterday, telling world leaders gathering for a summit in Paris there is "No Planet B" in the fight against global warming. In the French capital, where demonstrations were banned by the...
ARIHA, Syria: A Syrian man weeps near the body of a victim who was killed by airstrikes carried out by Russian warplanes in the center of this town in the northwestern province of Idlib yesterday. — AP
18 civilians killed in Syria air strikes - Assad says enemies boost support for rebels
ARIHA, Syria: A Syrian man weeps near the body of a victim who was killed by airstrikes carried out by Russian warplanes in the center of this town in the northwestern province of Idlib yesterday. — APBEIRUT: At least 18 civilians were killed and 40 wounded in "probably Russian" air strikes on a rebel-held town in northwestern Syria yesterday, a monitoring group said. The strikes hit the Idlib province town of Ariha, which is controlled by the...
A migrant carries his child after crossing the Greek-Macedonian border, near Gevgelija, yesterday. A group of migrants trying to enter Macedonia pelted the police with stones injuring several officers as the small Balkan country became the latest to build a border fence aimed at checking the flow of newcomers. — AFP
Germany outlines plan to support fight against IS - Mass brawls erupt in crowded migrant shelters in Germany
A migrant carries his child after crossing the Greek-Macedonian border, near Gevgelija, yesterday. A group of migrants trying to enter Macedonia pelted the police with stones injuring several officers as the small Balkan country became the latest to build a border fence aimed at checking the flow of newcomers. — AFPFRANKFURT: Germany could send 1,200 soldiers to the Middle East by the end of the year to support a coalition battling Islamic...
BIRGUNJ: Nepalese police walk protesters throwing rocks during clashes near the Nepal-India border at Birgunj, some 90 km south of Kathmandu. —AFP
Nepal arrests 38 in strike against 'Indian blockade'
KATHMANDU: Police in Nepal arrested 38 protesters yesterday for trying to enforce a strike against neighbouring India, which is accused of orchestrating a weeks-long border blockade that has caused crippling fuel shortages. Many shops were closed in the capital Kathmandu and traffic was thin on the roads after the strike called by a small hardline opposition Communist party."We have arrested 38 people for trying to block roads and vandalise...
NEW DELHI: A participant holds a rainbow flag during a gay pride parade in New Delhi yesterday. Hundreds of gay rights activists danced to drum beats and held colorful balloons as they marched celebrating what they call the diversity of gender and sexuality. —AP
Gay rights activists march in New Delhi
NEW DELHI: A participant holds a rainbow flag during a gay pride parade in New Delhi yesterday. Hundreds of gay rights activists danced to drum beats and held colorful balloons as they marched celebrating what they call the diversity of gender and sexuality. —APNEW DELHI: Hundreds of gay rights activists danced to drum beats and held colorful balloons as they marched in a parade in New Delhi yesterday, celebrating what they call the diversity...
ADELAIDE: Australia’s team members pose with the winning trophy after defeating New Zealand in the first day-night cricket Test match at the Adelaide Oval yesterday. — AFP
Australia win day-night Test in tense finish
ADELAIDE: Australia’s team members pose with the winning trophy after defeating New Zealand in the first day-night cricket Test match at the Adelaide Oval yesterday. — AFPADELAIDE: Australia beat New Zealand inside three days to win cricket’s first ever day-night test match, wrapping up a three-wicket win yesterday evening. Paceman Peter Siddle struck the winning runs under the Adelaide Oval floodlights to seal the series-clinching victory...
LIVERPOOL: Liverpool’s English midfielder James Milner (C) has an unsuccessful shot during the English Premier League football match between Liverpool and Swansea City at the Anfield stadium in Liverpool, north-west England yesterday. — AFP
Milner gives Klopp first league win
LIVERPOOL: Liverpool’s English midfielder James Milner (C) has an unsuccessful shot during the English Premier League football match between Liverpool and Swansea City at the Anfield stadium in Liverpool, north-west England yesterday. — AFPLIVERPOOL: Liverpool gained their first Premier League home win under manager Jurgen Klopp as James Milner’s penalty secured a 1-0 home win over struggling Swansea City yesterday. Milner lifted his...
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Kenny Belaey’s bike tour of Kuwait concludes
KUWAIT: Red Bull’s Trial Biker Kenny Belaey from Belgium concluded his tour in Kuwait by performing several shows starting at Kuwait University Shuwaikh followed by a show at the American University of Kuwait and concluded at Marina Crescent with four shows in two days. “Kuwait is a nice country and people here are really friendly.There was a great atmosphere and energy at all the shows and people were really enjoying it. I am here to show...
DUSSELDORF: British Tyson Fury celebrates after the WBA, IBF, WBO and IBO title bout against Ukrainian world heavyweight boxing champion Wladimir Klitschko in Duesseldorf, western Germany, on Saturday. Fury won the fight after 12 Rounds of Boxing. — AFP
Fury beats Klitschko to become new world heavyweight champion
DUSSELDORF: British Tyson Fury celebrates after the WBA, IBF, WBO and IBO title bout against Ukrainian world heavyweight boxing champion Wladimir Klitschko in Duesseldorf, western Germany, on Saturday. Fury won the fight after 12 Rounds of Boxing. — AFPDUESSELDORF: Tyson Fury defeated Wladimir Klitschko by unanimous decision Saturday to end the Ukrainian’s 9-1/2-year reign as heavyweight champion and fulfill his father’s prophesy from the...
NEW DELHI: United Arab Emirate’s Ahmed Khalil, stands after receiving the player of the year award during the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) annual awards in New Delhi, India, yesterday. —AP
Sharpshooter Khalil bags Asian player of the year
NEW DELHI: United Arab Emirate’s Ahmed Khalil, stands after receiving the player of the year award during the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) annual awards in New Delhi, India, yesterday. —APGURGAON: UAE sharpshooter Ahmed Khalil stunned compatriot Omar Abdulrahman and China’s Zheng Zhi yesterday as he was named Asian player of the year at a glittering ceremony in India. The 24-year-old former youth player of the year could hardly...