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ARSAL: A general view of Arsal, a Sunni Muslim town eastern Lebanon near the Syrian border. A bomb exploded in the Lebanese town of Arsal yesterday, killing and wounding several people including clerics who were holding a meeting at the time, security officials and state media said. — AP

Suicide bomber kills 5 on Lebanon border with Syria - Blast targets Syrian clerics

ARSAL: A general view of Arsal, a Sunni Muslim town eastern Lebanon near the Syrian border. A bomb exploded in the Lebanese town of Arsal yesterday, killing and wounding several people including clerics who were holding a meeting at the time, security officials and state media said. — APBEIRUT: A bomb exploded in a Lebanese town near the Syria border yesterday, killing and wounding several people including clerics who were holding a meeting at...

CESME: A group of refugees, led by Turkish police, are escorted to buses in place of sailing to the Greek island of Chios via raft, at a beach in the western Turkish coastal town of Cesme, in Izmir province, yesterday.—AFP

Syrian Americans push to allow refugee havens in US homes

CESME: A group of refugees, led by Turkish police, are escorted to buses in place of sailing to the Greek island of Chios via raft, at a beach in the western Turkish coastal town of Cesme, in Izmir province, yesterday.—AFPNEW YORK: S yrian-American Lina Sergie Attar, a mother of two, has a spare bedroom in her suburban Chicago home, which she would like to use to host a Syrian refugee family. But like many Syrian-Americans willing to pay out...

ANTIOCH, IL: A tribute to Fox Lake, Illinois police officer Lt Joe Gliniewicz remains outside a home in Antioch, Illinois. — AP

Illinois village shocked, over news about officer - Employees pull down white ribbons

ANTIOCH, IL: A tribute to Fox Lake, Illinois police officer Lt Joe Gliniewicz remains outside a home in Antioch, Illinois. — APFOX LAKE, Ill: Public works employees were pulling down the blue ribbons that residents had tied to trees and poles as a tribute to their slain hero. Signs around the small town that had praised the cop known as "GI Joe" suddenly disappeared, replaced in one case by another that labeled him "GI Joke."The friends and...

LAHORE: Pakistan army soldiers take part in a rescue work with volunteers. — AP

Rescuers search for survivors of Pakistan factory collapse - Many of the workers are children

LAHORE: Pakistan army soldiers take part in a rescue work with volunteers. — APLAHORE: Pakistani rescuers have pulled more than 100 survivors from the rubble of a collapsed factory and are searching for dozens of others believed still trapped in a disaster that has killed at least 19, officials said yesterday.Soldiers and rescuers in Lahore were carefully cutting through steel and using cranes to lift the debris of the building in a bid to...

KABUL: In this photograph taken on October 29, 2015, Afghan psychologist Fatima Sadat Alawi ,23, walks along the road next to the Wazir Akbar Khan Park. — AFP

Fears for Afghan woman who secretly filmed Taleban on bus - Rare insight into Taleban's 'charm offensive'

KABUL: In this photograph taken on October 29, 2015, Afghan psychologist Fatima Sadat Alawi ,23, walks along the road next to the Wazir Akbar Khan Park. — AFPKABUL: Halfway through the journey home to Kabul, a Taleban militant stopped Fatima's bus, boarded, and began making a speech so extraordinary that the 23-year-old began to surreptitiously film it on her phone. The footage, partially obscured by Fatima's fingers as she tried to hide what...

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IS claims Bangladesh policeman’s murder

DHAKA: The Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for the murder this week of a Bangladesh policeman, as fears of Islamist violence grow in the moderate Muslim-majority country. A group of unknown men stabbed a police officer to death on Wednesday just outside the capital Dhaka, while another was badly injured, the second such attack in less than a month.Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan blamed local hardline Islamists, whom the government...

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‘Emergence’ of religious intolerance in Australia

SYDNEY: Australia is experiencing an "alarming emergence" of religious intolerance, Attorney-General George Brandis said yesterday, calling for greater efforts to counter discrimination, particularly against Muslims and Christians. Brandis, who spoke at an inaugural Religious Freedom Roundtable, said he was fearful for religious freedom and tolerance in Australia."Members of the Islamic community are sometimes the victims of suspicion and...

Booker Prize-winning novelist Arundhati Roy

Bollywood figures, writer Roy join protest over intolerance

Booker Prize-winning novelist Arundhati RoyBooker Prize-winning novelist Arundhati Roy and two dozen Bollywood award winners added their voices to the artists, scientists and historians who say they are alarmed by a climate of religious intolerance and violence in India. Filmmaker Sanjay Kak, who was among Indian film industry figures returning National Film Awards in Mumbai yesterday, said that those protesting "have deployed their visibility -...

Justin Timberlake, left, and Chris Stapleton perform on stage

Timberlake shines at CMAs, hosts joke about Shelton divorce

Justin Timberlake, left, and Chris Stapleton perform on stageJustin Timberlake, who grew up in Memphis, Tennessee, tapped into his country roots with a show-stopping performance at the Country Music Association Awards. Timberlake sang alongside popular songwriter and singer Chris Stapleton at the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee, on Wednesday night. They strummed their guitars while singing "Tennessee Whiskey," which Stapleton wrote,...

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Sierra Leone emerges from Ebola nightmare

FREETOWN: The Ebola epidemic is expected to be declared over in Sierra Leone on Saturday, when the west African nation will have gone 42 days without any new infections. But jubilation over ending the outbreak in the impoverished nation, where almost 4,000 deaths have been reported, has been tempered by caution, with neighboring Guinea still battling the virus. Ebola was found in a 25-year-old pregnant Guinean woman and two of her children in...

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Cheap oil eats into Saudi corporate profits - Total net profits shrink 14% on year in Q3

DUBAI: Saudi Arabian corporate earnings shrank during the third quarter of this year as low oil prices began hurting the wider economy, and are unlikely to achieve anything more than modest growth while the energy market languishes. The slowdown comes at an awkward time for the world’s top crude exporter, which has so far made little headway in attracting more international money to the bourse since opening it to direct purchases by foreign...

Bayern Munich’s Dutch midfielder Arjen Robben scores the fourth goal past Arsenal’s Czech goalkeeper Petr Cech during the UEFA Champions League Group F second-leg football match between FC Bayern Munich and Arsenal FC in Munich, southern Germany on November 4, 2015. — AFP

Bayern hammer Arsenal

Bayern Munich’s Dutch midfielder Arjen Robben scores the fourth goal past Arsenal’s Czech goalkeeper Petr Cech during the UEFA Champions League Group F second-leg football match between FC Bayern Munich and Arsenal FC in Munich, southern Germany on November 4, 2015. — AFPPARIS: Arsenal’s hopes of reaching the Champions League knockout phase were left hanging by a thread on Wednesday after they were thrashed 5-1 by Bayern Munich, while...

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BAGHDAD: Iraqi Prime Minister Mohamed Shia Al-Sudani poses with ministers and delegates from the region, including Kuwaiti Deputy PM and Interior and Defense Minister Sheikh Fahad Al-Yousef Al-Sabah, attending an anti-drug trafficking conference on July 22, 2024. - AFP

Iraq becoming major drug conduit

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The Petrochemical Industries Company (PIC) CEO Nadia Al-Hajji. KUNA

Petrochemical Industries Co.: KD 39 mln net profit 2023-24 fiscal year

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KOLKATA: Students take part in a demonstration in Kolkata on July 22, 2024, demanding an end to government crackdowns against protesters in Bangladesh. — AFP

Bangladesh students suspend protests

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Councilmembers approve projects and specifications

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Undersecretary of the Kuwaiti Ministry of Higher Education, Lamia Al-Melhem holds talks with the Omani Minister of Higher Education, Scientific Research, and Innovation, Dr Rahma Al-Mahruqiya. - KUNA

Kuwait, Oman discuss education, research