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FAYZABAD: Students attend a class in the Badakshan University after Afghanistan's main universities reopened yesterday. - AFP

Few women return to Afghan universities

KABUL: Afghanistan's main universities reopened yesterday six months after the Taleban returned to power, but only a trickle of women returned to now-segregated classes. Most secondary schools for girls and all public universities were shuttered following the Taleban's August 15 takeover, sparking fears women would be barred from education-as happened during the first rule of the hardline Islamists, from 1996-2001. The Taleban insist they will...

LAHORE: Lahore Qalandars' Phil Salt (left) runs out Islamabad United Liam Dawson (right) during the Pakistan Super League (PSL) Twenty20 eliminator 2 cricket match at the Gaddafi Cricket Stadium on Friday. - AFP

Lahore target Multan for elusive PSL title

LAHORE: Lahore Qalandars seek the elusive Pakistan Super League title as they take on in-form defending champions Multan Sultans in the final in Lahore today. The Shaheen Shah Afridi-led Qalandars are the only team in the six-team league who have not won the competition title since the Twenty20 league started in 2016. They lost to Karachi Kings in the only final they played in 2020.But the task for Qalandars is tough as they face a rampaging...

WASHINGTON: Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, with US President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris, speaks after being nominated for the US Supreme Court at the White House on Friday. - AFP

Biden picks first black woman for Supreme Court

WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden lauded "uniquely accomplished" Ketanji Brown Jackson Friday as he nominated her to be the first black woman in US history to serve on the Supreme Court. Jackson was appointed to the federal bench in 2013, and was backed by three Republican senators last year when she was elevated to the DC Circuit Court of Appeals, seen as a staging ground for aspiring Supreme Court justices."She steps up to fill Justice...

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Arabs fear for wheat supplies after invasion

CAIRO: Russia's invasion of Ukraine could mean less bread on the table in Egypt, Lebanon, Yemen and elsewhere in the Arab world where millions already struggle to survive. The region is heavily dependent on wheat supplies from the two countries which are now at war, and any shortages of the staple food have potential to bring unrest.If those supplies are disrupted, "the Ukraine crisis could trigger renewed protests and instability" in several...

KYIV: Ukrainian service members are seen at the site of a fight with Russian raiding group yesterday morning. - AFP

Fighting in Kyiv as 198 Ukraine civilians killed

KYIV: Ukrainian forces repulsed a Russian attack on Kyiv but "sabotage groups" infiltrated the capital, officials said yesterday, as Ukraine reported 198 civilian deaths, including children, following Russia's invasion. A defiant Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky vowed his pro-Western country would never give in to the Kremlin even as Russia said it had fired cruise missiles at military targets.With explosions echoing around Kyiv on the...

A 2,742-sq-m Kuwaiti flag is unfurled on the summit of Oman's Jebel Shams.

Kuwait raises largest flag on Oman mountain

KUWAIT: Kuwait has set a new Guinness world record for raising the largest Kuwaiti flag (2,742 square meters) on the summit of Oman's Jebel Shams, one of the highest mountains in the Arab world. In a statement to KUNA yesterday, head of the voluntary team KFlag Fuad Qabazard said he was proud of raising the flag on the summit, which stands at 3,028 m above the ground. He dedicated this big achievement to the Kuwaiti leadership, government and...

Models present creations during the Versace Women Fall/Winter 2022-2023 collection as part of the Milan Fashion Week in Milan.-AFP photos

Amir congratulates citizens, expatriates on national days

KUWAIT: HH the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah congratulated yesterday both citizens and expats on the 61st National Day and the 31st Liberation Day of Kuwait. HH the Amir expressed appreciation and delight over the fervor shown by people for the two dear occasions and their participation in celebrations and festivals held across the country.HH the Amir said these celebrations embodied loyalty and allegiance to the dear homeland and...

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EU envoy thanks Kuwait for supporting Ukraine

EU Ambassador to Kuwait and Qatar Cristian Tudor thanked Kuwait for supporting a UN Security Council vote condemning Russia's invasion of Ukraine. "Today marks 31 years since Kuwait’s liberation," he posted on his Twitter account. "Just as the international community stood with Kuwait in 1991, we are united behind Ukraine and its people in the face of Russia’s agression. Thank you Kuwait for supporting the Vote of the UNSC condemning the...

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Kuwaitis in Ukraine urged to contact embassies in neighboring countries

The Consular Affairs Department at the Foreign Ministry urged Kuwaitis in Ukraine who are planning to leave to a neighboring country to contact the Kuwaiti embassy in their intended destination on the following numbers: Kuwaiti embassy in Romania: 0040725922222 - 0040746151512; embassy in Hungary: 0036308980000 - 0036301670000; embassy in Poland: 0048795542647 - 0048664555444; and embassy in Slovakia: 00421908732868 - 00421918953442.

A woman chops vegetables as another passes by as Russian President Vladimir Putin is seen on TV news in a restaurant in Hong Kong on February 24, 2022 as his troops invade Ukrainian territory. - AFP

Virus-hit HK invokes emergency powers to allow in China medics

HONG KONG: Hong Kong's government invoked emergency powers yesterday to allow doctors, nurses and other personnel from the Chinese mainland to help combat a spiralling coronavirus outbreak. The densely populated metropolis is in the throes of its worst-ever COVID wave, registering thousands of cases every day, overwhelming hospitals and government efforts to isolate all infected people in dedicated units.Hong Kong authorities have followed a...

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Hunger blights the future of newborn babies in Chad

N'DJAMENA: Her tiny mouth is constantly open, trying to suck in air. Adama Assan is four months old, but tips the scales at a pitiful 3.3 kilograms (7.3 pounds) - not even the average weight at birth of a typical newborn in Europe. "Normally, a baby of her age would weigh six kilos," said Ousmane Ahmat Mahamat, a supervisor nurse at a ward in a hospital in N'Djamena, the capital of Chad, that specialises in infant malnutrition.In respiratory...

Local newspapers hang from a newsstand in Srinagar. - AFP

Kashmir news archives vanish

SRINAGAR, India: One of the most comprehensive NGO reports on decades of violence and killings in Indian-administered Kashmir is Alleged Perpetrators, published by the most respected rights group in the disputed region. But clicking on the Greater Kashmir newspaper report it cites in the killing of a 16-year-old named Ishtiyaq Ahmad Khanday and two other people now generates a “404 Oops... Page not found!” error.For Sajad Ahmad Dar, who died...

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HATHRAS, India: Policemen carry a person who died in a melee during a sermon in Uttar Pradesh state on July 2, 2024. - AFP

Stampede at India religious event kills 116

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BEIRUT: Lebanese Uber driver Hussein Khalil shows his GPS jammed geolocation as Gaza's southern city of Rafah, as he sits in his vehicle in Beirut's Hamra Street on June 11, 2024.- AFP

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GAZA: Displaced Palestinians from areas in east Khan Yunis flee after the Zionist army issued a new evacuation order for parts of the city and Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on July 2, 2024. - AFP

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NAVI MUMBAI, India: Billionaire tycoon Mukesh Ambani (front third left) along with his family attends a mass wedding ceremony at Reliance Corporate Park in Navi Mumbai on July 2, 2024. -- AFP

Ambanis celebrate son’s nuptials with mass wedding