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EU demands halt to Russia strikes on Syrian rebels - Russia's intervention an unwelcome 'game-changer'
Syrian army soldiers walk in Achan, Hama provinceLUXEMBOURG: The EU demanded yesterday the "immediate" halt of Russian air strikes against moderate Syrian rebel groups and warned a lasting peace was impossible under Moscow-backed President Bashar al-Assad. EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini called Russia's military intervention in Syria an unwelcome "game-changer" that jeopardised peace efforts and risked clashes with western aircraft...
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 far-right protest Pakistani book launch
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. —AFPMUMBAI: An Indian activist yesterday accused far-right protesters of dousing him in black ink over the launch of a former Pakistani foreign minister's book, in the latest apparent attack on free speech in the country.Sudheendra Kulkarni, who...
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Bangladesh arrests Islamists for slashing pastor’s throat
DHAKA: Bangladesh police said yesterday they had arrested five Islamists for the attempted murder of a Christian pastor whose throat was slashed in the latest of a string of attacks blamed on religious extremists. The five members of the outlawed Jamayetul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) group have been detained on suspicion of planning or carrying out last week’s attack on Baptist pastor Luke Sarker in the town of Iswardi. One of those arrested...
Philippine President Benigno Aquino III, 6th from left, raises hands with the ruling Liberal Party presidential candidate Mar Roxas, 5th from left, and his running mate Maria Leonor “Leni” Robredo, 6th from right, as they announce the senatorial slate for next year’s elections in suburban Quezon city, north of Manila, Philippines yesterday. — AP
Philippines' turbulent election season kicks off - Mayor of southern island of Mindanao shot dead
Philippine President Benigno Aquino III, 6th from left, raises hands with the ruling Liberal Party presidential candidate Mar Roxas, 5th from left, and his running mate Maria Leonor “Leni” Robredo, 6th from right, as they announce the senatorial slate for next year’s elections in suburban Quezon city, north of Manila, Philippines yesterday. — APMANILA: The Philippines' election season kicked off yesterday with politicians registering for...
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Missionaries of Charity ends adoption services in India
KOLKATA: The Missionaries of Charity, the Roman Catholic order founded by Mother Teresa, has decided to close its adoption services in India after the country amended its rules to make single parents eligible to adopt.The religious order said that allowing single or divorced parents to adopt goes against its beliefs. India’s Central Adoption Resource Authority reviewed its guidelines in July in an effort to make adoptions more transparent and...
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US to suspend Syrian Rebel Training Program
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Ireland top group but at a heavy cost
LONDON: Ireland beat France 24-9 in a brutal Cardiff encounter to earn a quarter-final meeting with Argentina, leaving the well-beaten French the daunting prospect of facing New Zealand as the Rugby World Cup’s pool phase came to a close on Sunday. In the most eagerly-awaited match outside of Pool A, Ireland overcame their Six Nations rivals for the first time in four World Cup meetings. But the win came at a heavy cost, with the flyhalf Johnny...
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‘The Finisher’ finished? India debate on Dhoni
NEW DELHI: The “helicopter shot” has disappeared, the boundaries are not flowing from his bat and the whisper is now growing louder that Mahendra Singh Dhoni is no more the middle-order finisher who could single-handedly get India over the line. Even for his ardent fans, and he is still the most popular player in the cricket-mad country, it was painful to watch Dhoni struggle in Sunday’s one-day series opener against South Africa. Time and...
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FIFA ethics committee says Platini complaints ‘not valid’
ZURICH: FIFA’s ethics committee has rejected criticism from UEFA president Michel Platini over the manner of his suspension, saying the argument that he was not allowed to defend himself is “not valid.” Platini, the head of European soccer’s governing body, was suspended for 90 days last Thursday along with FIFA president Sepp Blatter pending a full investigation against them. The announcement intensified a scandal around world soccer’s...
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Germany edge Georgia
LEIPZIG: Three-times European champions Germany needed a 79th minute goal from substitute Max Kruse to edge past Georgia 2-1 on Sunday and book their spot at the Euro 2016 finals after another wasteful performance in their final Group D qualifier. World Cup winners Germany, who needed only a draw, squandered over a dozen clear chances in the first half alone before Thomas Mueller’s 50th minute penalty finally put them ahead. Georgia, already...
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Poland defeat Ireland to secure Euro spot
WARSAW: Striker Robert Lewandowski scored the winner to secure Poland a place at Euro 2016 with a 2-1 victory in Warsaw on Sunday that consigned a battling Ireland side to the playoffs. Lewandowski’s header just before halftime in the Group D match was his 15th goal in the last six games for his club Bayern Munich and country. He also equalled Northern Ireland forward David Healy’s scoring record for a Euro qualifying campaign with 13...
US-British economist Angus Deaton
Poverty expert Angus Deaton wins Nobel Economics Prize
US-British economist Angus DeatonSTOCKHOLM: US-British economist Angus Deaton won the Nobel Economics Prize yesterday for ground-breaking work using household surveys to show how consumers, particularly the poor, decide what to buy and how policymakers can help them. “By emphasising the links between individual consumption decisions and outcomes for the whole economy, his work has helped transform modern microeconomics, macroeconomics and...
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DHAKA: An unidentified man bleeds after being shot during a clash between police and anti-quota protesters on July 19, 2024. - AFP
Bangladesh court winds back job quotas that sparked unrest
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People call for transparency as concerns mount over food poisoning and safety
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KUWAIT: Interior Ministry Undersecretary Lt Gen Sheikh Salem Al-Nawaf Al-Sabah chairs a meeting of the Supreme Traffic Council on July 21, 2024. - KUNA
Smooth flow traffic eyed
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HODEIDA: This handout satellite image shows a view of burning oil tanks in the port of Yemen’s Houthi-held city of Hodeida on July 21, 2024, a day after Zionist airstrikes. - AFP
Kuwait expresses concern as Zionists attack Yemen