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BANDAR ABBAS, Iran: An image grab taken from a broadcast by Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB) shows what they say is the boat of a fuel-smuggling ring in the Strait of Hormuz that Iran seized and arrested the Filippino crew on board. - AFP

Iran seizes boat in the Strait of Hormuz, arrests Filipinos

Tehran fires up advanced centrifuges in latest nuclear stepTEHRAN: Iran seized a boat and arrested 12 Filipinos as it busted a "fuel-smuggling ring" in the Strait of Hormuz yesterday, the semi-official news agency ISNA reported. "A foreign tugboat was confiscated as well as 283,900 liters (75,000 gallons) of petrol worth 233.71 billion rials (about $2 million)," ISNA said, citing the coast guard chief in the southern province of Hormozgan....

SRINAGAR: Indian paramilitary troopers stand guard. —AFP

India says lifting of Kashmir restrictions 'depends on Pakistan'

NEW DELHI: The lifting of New Delhi's communications restrictions in Indian Kashmir depends on Pakistan stopping deploying "terrorists" and fomenting unrest there, India's national security advisor said yesterday. More than a month after India stripped the restive region of its autonomy and severely restricted movement, mobile phone networks and the internet remain cut off in all but a few pockets. National Security Advisor Ajit Doval said that...

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Hurricane Dorian death toll hits 43

MARSH HARBOR: The death toll from Hurricane Dorian's devastating rampage across the Bahamas rose to 43 and was likely to climb "significantly," officials said, with hundreds missing even as rescuers plucked desperate survivors from the debris. More than 260 residents of the brutally damaged Abaco Islands arrived in the capital city of Nassau after spending more than seven hours on a government-chartered ferry, a second of which was expected to...

BANGALORE: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi (centre right) speaks with Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) scientists at the ISRO headquarters in Bangalore. - AFP

India loses contact with Moon lander

BANGALORE: India's space program suffered a huge setback yesterday after losing contact with an unmanned spacecraft moments before it was due to make a historic soft landing on the Moon. Prime Minister Narendra Modi sought to comfort glum scientists and a stunned nation from mission control in Bangalore, saying India was still "proud" and clasping the visibly emotional space agency head in a lengthy hug. Blasting off in July, the emerging Asian...

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Zimbabwe mourns founder Mugabe

HARARE: Zimbabweans yesterday mourned the death of their founding father Robert Mugabe, but there was confusion over when his body would be returned from abroad for burial, two years after he was toppled in a coup. Mugabe died on Friday aged 95 in Singapore, where he had long received medical treatment. He was one of the most polarizing figures in African history, a giant of national liberation movements whose 37-year rule ended in ignominy when...

WASHINGTON DC: In this file photo taken on September 4, 2019, US President Donald Trump and Acting US Secretary of Homeland Security Kevin McAleenan update the media on Hurricane Dorian preparedness from the Oval Office at the White House. - AFP n

Trump and the US media just can't let go of 'Sharpie-gate'

The bizarre episode has taken on an even more bizarre mascotWASHINGTON: It's been six days and Donald Trump and the US media can't seem to let go of a tit-for-tat involving the danger Alabama faced during Hurricane Dorian. The bizarre episode has taken on an even more bizarre mascot -- a Sharpie marker used to alter a map of the storm's trajectory. Trump has insisted via Twitter to his more than 60 million followers that he was correct about the...

KABUL: In this photograph taken on August 29, 2019, Afghan co-founder and president of ArtLords Omaid Sharifi, 32, speaks during an interview with AFP at his studio. - AFP

Young Afghans pen 'letters of pain'

Finding freedom by sharing their passions and emotions in written form KABUL: In this photograph taken on August 29, 2019, Afghan co-founder and president of ArtLords Omaid Sharifi, 32, speaks during an interview with AFP at his studio. - AFP KABUL: Omaid Sharifi, who heads a Kabul-based art collective, sits in his studio and leafs through a stack of dozens of hand-written letters, reading out sentences at random. A line in one missive, written...

SULTAN KUDARAT: Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) rebels wait for transportation to a weapons decommissioning ceremony at Camp Darapanan, Sultan Kudarat town on the southern Philippine island of Mindanao. —AFP

Muslim rebels hand over their guns in Philippines peace deal

'The war is over… I have no firearms left' SULTAN KUDARAT: Muslim rebels in the mainly Catholic Philippines began handing over their guns to independent foreign monitors yesterday, as part of a treaty aimed at ending a decades-long separatist insurgency that has left about 150,000 people dead. Just over a thousand guerrillas in the country's restive south were turning in 940 weapons in a single day, the start of a graduated decommissioning...

KARACHI: Young boys wade and play among floodwaters during heavy monsoon rains. —AFP

Flies overwhelm Pakistan's Karachi in monsoon 'hell'

KARACHI: Swarms of flies are descending on Pakistan's commercial capital in what residents say are record numbers this rainy season, adding to the misery of Karachi's monsoon "hell". Heavy rains have inundated the sprawling port city of nearly 20 million people for weeks, overwhelming shoddy drainage systems clogged with mountains of uncollected garbage and flooding neighborhoods with raw sewage. "I have never seen such a fierce presence of...

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Nadal advances to US Open final

Serena eyes historic 24th Slam against teen upstart AndreescuNEW YORK: Rafael Nadal will play for his 19th Grand Slam title, one shy of Roger Federer's all-time men's record, after battling past Italy's Matteo Berrettini and into his fifth US Open final. The 33-year-old Spaniard dispatched Berrettini 7-6 (8/6), 6-4, 6-1 at Arthur Ashe Stadium to reach today's showdown against Russian fifth seed Daniil Medvedev, who ousted Bulgarian Grigor...

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Kuwait awards $358m contracts for developing Al-Mutlaa Residential City

Global equity markets subdued in AugustKUWAIT: Kuwait has awarded $358 million worth of contracts for the development of the Al-Mutlaa Residential City, one of the country's most vital housing projects, reported state news agency Kuna. The establishment, completion, and maintenance contract covers the development works of roads and intersections in the residential project, stated the report. Saudi Arabia's economy is expected to continue its...

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CSCEC supports 'Kuwait Vision 2035'

Top Chinese construction company seeks to bolster partnership in KuwaitKUWAIT: Heading toward modernization of Kuwait in line with Kuwait Vision 2035, many foreign companies have come forward in participating in the development programs of the country. China State Construction Engineering Corporation (CSCEC) Middle East is one of the pioneering companies that opened its first overseas office in Kuwait in late 1970s. The China State Construction...

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