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PATNA: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, center, is surrounded by media personnel as he greets supporters after victory in Bihar state elections in Patna on Sunday. The alliance led by Kumar defeated Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ruling Hindu nationalist party in a crucial election in one of India’s most populous states. —AP

Soul searching for Modi after crushing Bihar rout - Indian PM urged to change tack after election defeat

PATNA: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, center, is surrounded by media personnel as he greets supporters after victory in Bihar state elections in Patna on Sunday. The alliance led by Kumar defeated Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ruling Hindu nationalist party in a crucial election in one of India’s most populous states. —APNEW DELHI: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi met leaders of his party yesterday to discuss whether to...

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani

Afghanistan, US condemn beheadings of women, child

Afghan President Ashraf GhaniKANDAHAR: Afghan President Ashraf Ghani yesterday condemned the beheading of a group of Shiite Hazaras, including a child, in the southern province of Zabul, the scene of deadly clashes between rival Taleban groups.Local officials in Zabul province said the headless bodies of four men, two women and one child, who were kidnapped by armed men in October from neighboring Ghazni province, were found in Khak-i-Afghan...

BARCELONA: Catalan deputies of the PPC (Popular Party of Catalonia) hold up Spanish and Catalan flags following the vote on a proposed resolution to secede from the rest of the country during a session at the Catalan Parliament in Barcelona yesterday. —AFP

Catalan parliament kicks off secession from Spain - 72 pro-independence lawmakers vote for a resolution to secede

BARCELONA: Catalan deputies of the PPC (Popular Party of Catalonia) hold up Spanish and Catalan flags following the vote on a proposed resolution to secede from the rest of the country during a session at the Catalan Parliament in Barcelona yesterday. —AFPBARCELONA: Lawmakers in Catalonia officially kicked off a process to secede from Spain by 2017 despite impassioned pleas against independence, in an unprecedented showdown with Madrid's...

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Saudi carries out 146th execution

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia yesterday executed a citizen convicted of killing a policeman, the Interior Ministry announced, bringing to 146 the number of death sentences carried out in the kingdom this year. Ayed Al-Jahdali was convicted of shooting dead a policeman who was trying to arrest him for drug trafficking, the ministry said in a statement carried by the official SPA news agency. He was executed in the western Mecca region, it said. Saudi...

AMMAN: Jordanian and US special forces take part in a hijacked plane rescue simulation at the King Abdullah Special Operations Training Centre (KASOTC) in the Jordanian capital Amman, during their “Eager Lion” military exercise. A Jordanian policeman shot dead two US instructors and a South African before being gunned down at a police training centre east of the capital yesterday. — AFP

Jordanian policeman kills US, S African instructors - Attack coincides with 10th anniversary of hotel bombings

AMMAN: Jordanian and US special forces take part in a hijacked plane rescue simulation at the King Abdullah Special Operations Training Centre (KASOTC) in the Jordanian capital Amman, during their “Eager Lion” military exercise. A Jordanian policeman shot dead two US instructors and a South African before being gunned down at a police training centre east of the capital yesterday. — AFPAMMAN: A Jordanian policeman shot dead two US...

PARIS: (Left to right) RATP CEO, public transport operator for Paris’ area, Elisabeth Borne, Junior minister for Transports Alain Vidalies and French Junior minister for Women’s Rights Pascale Boistard answer journalists questions after unveiling the poster of an awareness campaign on gender harassment within public transports yesterday. — AFP

France fights sexual violence on public transport

PARIS: (Left to right) RATP CEO, public transport operator for Paris’ area, Elisabeth Borne, Junior minister for Transports Alain Vidalies and French Junior minister for Women’s Rights Pascale Boistard answer journalists questions after unveiling the poster of an awareness campaign on gender harassment within public transports yesterday. — AFPPARIS: France launched an awareness campaign yesterday in a bid to halt the crude comments,...

CESME: Migrants and refugees walk towards a dinghy to travel to the Greek island of Chios from Cesme in the Turkish province of Izmir yesterday. Nearly 500 people have died trying to cross the Aegean Sea from neighboring Turkey this year, many of them in the narrow but treacherous stretch separating Lesbos from Turkey. — AFP

Europe urged to move faster on migrant crisis - EU-Africa summit in Malta tomorrow

CESME: Migrants and refugees walk towards a dinghy to travel to the Greek island of Chios from Cesme in the Turkish province of Izmir yesterday. Nearly 500 people have died trying to cross the Aegean Sea from neighboring Turkey this year, many of them in the narrow but treacherous stretch separating Lesbos from Turkey. — AFPBRUSSELS: European Union interior ministers faced renewed pressure to deliver on their promises for tackling the...

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Swedish support for migrants falls: poll

STOCKHOLM: A growing number of Swedes want their country to take in fewer migrants, a poll showed yesterday, as Sweden struggles to manage an unprecedented influx of asylum seekers.The poll by Sifo, published in the Svenska Dagbladet newspaper, found 41 percent said Sweden should grant fewer residency permits to refugees-compared to just 29 percent in September. Of the 1,000 people questioned on November 2-5, a quarter wanted the number to remain...

SEVILLE: Real Madrid’s Jese Rodriguez, right, and Sevilla’s Michael Krohn-Dehli fight for the ball during their La Liga soccer match at the Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan stadium, in Seville, Spain on Sunday.— A

Defeated Madrid lacked know-how to fight back

SEVILLE: Real Madrid’s Jese Rodriguez, right, and Sevilla’s Michael Krohn-Dehli fight for the ball during their La Liga soccer match at the Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan stadium, in Seville, Spain on Sunday.— AMADRID: Rafael Benitez lamented his side’s inability to react after going behind for the first time this season as he suffered his first defeat as Madrid boss 3-2 at Sevilla on Sunday. Defeat leaves Madrid trailing Barcelona by three...

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Pacers and Kayes steer Bangladesh to series win

DHAKA: Pacemen Mustafizur Rahman and Al-Amin Hossain shared five wickets between them as Bangladesh beat Zimbabwe by 58 runs in the second oneday international to take the three-match series 2-0 in Dhaka yesterday. Chasing a modest target after Bangladesh posted 241-9, Zimbabwe recovered from a top-order collapse of 78-4 to pose a real threat to the hosts before Mustafizur and Al-Amin derailed the visitors again.Mustafizur finished with 3-33 but...

New Zealand’s batsman James Neesham

Australia wrap up victory after McCullum defiance

New Zealand’s batsman James NeeshamBRISBANE: Australia were held up by Brendon McCullum but dismissed New Zealand for 295 before lunch on the final day of the first test yesterday to win by 208 runs and take a 1-0 lead in the three-match series. The hosts had dominated the match since their new-look top order racked up 389-2 on the opening day and never looked like losing a first test at the Gabba since 1988. New Zealand captain McCullum...

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China top medals table on day six - 13th Asian Shooting Championship

KUWAIT: China reclaimed its first place on top of the medals list of the 13th Asian Shooting Championship at the end of the sixth day championship which witnessed fierce battles with India and South Korea in the rifle and pistol events, while Lebanon’s Ray Basil was outstanding and claimed the women’s skeet silver medal.Kuwait and Arab Shooting Federations Obaid Al-Qsaimi said the 13th Asian Championship is approaching its end, with an...

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KUWAIT: Security officers process the data information as residents submit their biometrics.- Photos by Yasser Al-Zayyat

Expats require biometrics to exit

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Lieutenant General Sabah Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, Deputy Chief of Staff of Kuwait’s Army, welcomes Turkish General Metin Gürak as the Kuwait Army Band delivers a performance. — KUNA photos

Kuwait, Turkey strengthen military relations during official meetings

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KUWAIT: A map provided by the Communication and Information Technology Regulatory Authority (CITRA) shows Kuwait’s new international gateway for connectivity and transit.

CITRA launches new int’l gateway for faster, secure connectivity

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KUWAIT: Cabinet ministers, led by HH the Prime Minister Sheikh Ahmad Abdullah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, convene for their weekly meeting on Wednesday January 8, 2025. — KUNA

Plan to reform Kuwait’s education system gets green light from Cabinet

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Dr Nader Abdullah Mohammad Al-Jallal

Committee uncovers 13 new cases of university degree forgers