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Filipina escapes kidnapping; Pregnant Egyptian woman beaten
Kuwait: A Filipina escaped kidnapping by a roaming taxi driver in Salmiya. She filed a complaint at the area police station, as police are looking for him. The Filipina told police that she got into a taxi driven by an Egyptian, who attempted to lure her with money, but she refused. He took her to a different area then what she had requested, so she opened the door and threatened to jump out. When he stopped the car to calm her down, she escaped....
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Tunisian and Kuwaiti get into fisticuffs over shared husband
KUWAIT: A Tunisian expat beat her Kuwaiti husband's other wife, also a citizen, according to a complaint in Adailiya police station. The beating took place in the Tunisian wife's home, as the Kuwaiti wife went there looking for their shared husband. A security source said the victim who lives in Andalus, went to the house of the Tunisian wife because she had not seen her husband in some time. The woman was surprised by the Tunisian woman...
Syrians holding photos of Syrian President Bashar Assad and Russian flags, during a protest to thank Moscow for its intervention in Syria, in front of the Russian embassy in Damascus, Syria
'Kill Russians' urges Syrian Al-Qaeda as Putin slams US
Syrians holding photos of Syrian President Bashar Assad and Russian flags, during a protest to thank Moscow for its intervention in Syria, in front of the Russian embassy in Damascus, SyriaBEIRUT: Al-Qaeda's Syrian affiliate called for jihadists to attack Russia over its air strikes in Syria, as rockets hit Moscow's Damascus embassy yesterday where demonstrators had gathered to back the intervention. Russian President Vladimir Putin slammed...
Israeli Zaka volunteers stand next to a body following a Palestinian shooting attack on a bus in the east Jerusalem Jewish settlement of Armon Hanatsiv, adjacent to the Palestinian neighbourhood of Jabal Mukaber, yesterday. Two Palestinian attackers opened fire on a bus while another assailant carried out a car and knife assault in Jerusalem, leaving two people dead and five wounded in two separate incidents, Israeli authorities said. — AFP
Violence intensifies on Palestinian 'Day of Rage' - Two stabbing incidents in Tel Aviv suburb
Israeli Zaka volunteers stand next to a body following a Palestinian shooting attack on a bus in the east Jerusalem Jewish settlement of Armon Hanatsiv, adjacent to the Palestinian neighbourhood of Jabal Mukaber, yesterday. Two Palestinian attackers opened fire on a bus while another assailant carried out a car and knife assault in Jerusalem, leaving two people dead and five wounded in two separate incidents, Israeli authorities said. —...
Guinea’s President and presidential candidate Alpha Conde casts his ballot at a polling station in Conakry. — AFP
'Don't take Guinea election row onto streets' warns EU - Opposition leaders call for a re-run of vote
Guinea’s President and presidential candidate Alpha Conde casts his ballot at a polling station in Conakry. — AFPCONAKRY: EU election observers yesterday slammed the poor organisation of Guinea's first-round presidential ballot this weekend but urged the opposition to take its complaints to the courts rather than onto the streets. At a highly-awaited press conference after the tense Sunday ballot, the European Union observer mission chief,...
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Cameron to press Saudi over Briton facing 350 lashes
LONDON: British Prime Minister David Cameron will intervene in the case of an elderly Briton facing 350 lashes in Saudi Arabia after being caught with homemade wine - a punishment which his family said could kill him. Karl Andree, 74, was jailed for 12 months in August last year but remains in prison awaiting further punishment for breaking strict Saudi laws prohibiting alcohol after police found the wine in his car, his family said. “This is...
This undated image grab taken yesterday from a video uploaded on YouTube shows gunmen standing behind three foreign men (not pictured) and a Filipina (not pictured) who were kidnapped last month in the southern Philippines. — AFP
Three foreign hostages in Philippines appear in video
This undated image grab taken yesterday from a video uploaded on YouTube shows gunmen standing behind three foreign men (not pictured) and a Filipina (not pictured) who were kidnapped last month in the southern Philippines. — AFPMANILA: Three foreign men and a Filipina kidnapped last month in the southern Philippines have appeared in a video posted online, making demands for the Islamic militants who abducted them. Gunmen raided a luxury...
Indian activist Sudheendra Kulkarni (L), whose face was blackened by ink in an alleged attack, looks on as former Pakistani foreign minister Khurshid Mahmud Kasuri speaks to media in Mumbai yesterday. —AFP
Indian police arrest six over ink attack
MUMBAI: Indian police said yesterday they had arrested six members of a far-right political group over an ink attack on an activist who organised the launch of a former Pakistani foreign minister's book.As he left his Mumbai home on Monday, Sudheendra Kulkarni had ink thrown on him by a group of activists from the Hindu nationalist Shiv Sena party, in the latest apparent attack on free speech in the country."We have arrested six men, they are all...
Twitter chief executive officer Dick Costolo
Twitter purging 336 workers as new CEO slashes costs
Twitter chief executive officer Dick CostoloSAN FRANCISCO: Twitter is laying off 336 employees, signaling CEO Jack Dorsey's resolve to slash costs while the company struggles to make money. The cutbacks announced yesterday equate to about 8 percent of Twitter's workforce of 4,100 people.The purge comes two weeks after Twitter brought back one of its co-founders as permanent CEO in hopes that Dorsey would be able to resolve problems that have...
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Hospital workers often transfer germs when removing gloves, gowns
NEW YORK: Florescent lotion and black light revealed that health care workers often contaminate their skin and clothing while removing their protective gear, researchers say. This contamination can spread germs and place the health care workers at risk for infection, the authors write in JAMA Internal Medicine. "It was surprising for the participants in the study to see that they frequently contaminated themselves during (personal protective...
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Review: ‘Bridge of Spies’ is an absorbing slow burn
Steven Spielberg’s “Bridge of Spies,” much like its misunderstood litigator, is a film that plays the long game. This complex Cold War drama soaked in shadows, blues, greys and furrowed brows, is a slow burn that challenges the audience to trust where it’s going. In this fictional rendering of how a Brooklyn insurance lawyer ended up negotiating a high-stakes prisoner exchange at the height of the Cold War, Spielberg and writers Matt...
Indonesian author Okky Madasari
Little-known Indonesian writers tackle taboos on world stage
Indonesian author Okky MadasariLittle-known Indonesian writers will take centre stage at the world’s largest book fair this week, led by trailblazing women tackling taboos in their conservative homeland, from historic injustices to sex and religion. Indonesia is the guest of honor at this year’s Frankfurt Book Fair, the industry’s biggest annual get-together for publishers, editors and writers from around the globe, with 200 titles from...
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LYON: A photo shows containers being loading and unloading onto barges on the Rhone at the Edouard Herriot Port in Lyon, eastern France. A new French cargo fret shipowner CMA-CGM is established in the port of Lyon. - AFP
Credit ratings agency hands France surprise downgrade
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DAMASCUS: Syria's interim prime minister Mohammad Al-Bashir addresses worshippers during Friday prayers at Umayyad Mosque on Dec 13, 2024. - AFP (See Page 5)
Syria too exhausted for Zionist conflict amid Hezb warning
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Kuwait, US reaffirm strong ties
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SAO PAULO: Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva walks with his neurosurgeon Dr Marcos Stavale in the Syrian-Lebanese Hospital on Dec 13, 2024. - AFP
Lula says he’s ‘strong’ after surgery
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Dr Hamed Al-Shaibani
Khaleeji Zain preparations complete