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TEHRAN: Photo shows off-line petrol pumps at a service station in Iran's capital Tehran, amid a nationwide disruption of the petrol distribution system. - AFP n
Iran suspects US, Zionists behind fuel cyber attack
TEHRAN: Photo shows off-line petrol pumps at a service station in Iran's capital Tehran, amid a nationwide disruption of the petrol distribution system. - AFPTEHRAN: An Iranian general has said Zionists and the United States were likely to have been behind a cyber attack that interrupted the distribution of fuel at service stations. Tuesday's attack "technically" resembles two previous incidents whose perpetrators "were unquestionably our...
HOUSTON: Texas Governor Greg Abbott speaks during the Houston Region Business Coalition's monthly meeting in Houston, Texas. - AFP n
Texas governor pursues agenda despite diversity
HOUSTON: Texas Governor Greg Abbott speaks during the Houston Region Business Coalition's monthly meeting in Houston, Texas. - AFPTEXAS: Building on his state's passage of the most restrictive abortion law in the US, Governor Greg Abbott has made Texas a test lab for deeply conservative ideas in a divided America still manifestly marked by the presidency of Donald Trump. A challenge to the law, which bans abortions after six weeks, is to be...
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Aramco profits soar 158% on higher oil prices
RIYADH: Saudi Aramco's earnings rose 158 percent year-on-year in the third quarter on higher oil prices and volumes sold as the global economy recovered, it said yesterday. Aramco's profits surge comes as world leaders prepare for the UN's COP26 climate summit starting in Glasgow later on Sunday, a key meeting in the battle against global warming.Aramco's net income was $30.4 billion in the third quarter, up from $11.8 billion in Q3 last year,...
LE HAVRE, France: The trawler 'Cornelis-Gert Jan Dumfries', which is docked in the northern French port of Le Havre as it waits to be given permission to leave Saturday.—AFPnn
British and French leaders declare truce in fishing row
LE HAVRE, France: The trawler 'Cornelis-Gert Jan Dumfries', which is docked in the northern French port of Le Havre as it waits to be given permission to leave Saturday.—AFPROME: The French and British leaders agreed yesterday to defuse days of sniping over post-Brexit fishing rights, according to Paris, potentially averting a full-blown trade war that would embroil the entire EU. President Emmanuel Macron and Prime Minister Boris Johnson met...
WASHINGTON: In this file photo, US Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell testifies before the House Oversight And Government Reform Committee hearings, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. -- AFPnn
Fed set to begin stimulus taper amid inflation
WASHINGTON: In this file photo, US Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell testifies before the House Oversight And Government Reform Committee hearings, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. - AFPWASHINGTON: The Federal Reserve is set to begin removing a major plank of the stimulus policies it rolled out last year as the pandemic began, a sign of the progress the US economy has posted since the historic downturn. While the American central bank is...
A rider team poses in the Petra touristic site during the fifth and last stage of the Gallops of Jordan in Petra, south Ammam.—AFP photosn
Epic horse race gallops through Jordan's desert
A rider team poses in the Petra touristic site during the fifth and last stage of the Gallops of Jordan in Petra, south Ammam.—AFP photosGalloping across the shimmering red sands of Jordan's spectacular Wadi Rum valley, more than one hundred riders on horses swept through the lunar-like desert as part of an epic long-distance race. The 200-kilometre (125-mile) five-day long "Gallops" race, involving mainly amateur jockeys, started in Wadi Rum...
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Palestinians celebrate olives harvest season
The olives harvest season continued across the Palestinian lands in a cherishing and cozy social atmosphere among dedicated families. The harvest season begins around mid-October every year, and lasts for several weeks with a daily routine starting from dawn to dusk. Palestinians celebrate the season as a symbol for their persistence and love to their lands. - KUNA
Director of Tunisia’s Carthage Film Festival Ridha Behi delivers a speech during the opening ceremony of the 32nd edition of the cinema event in the capital Tunis.—AFP photosn
Tunisia film festival opens with 'taboo' abortion movie
Director of Tunisia’s Carthage Film Festival Ridha Behi delivers a speech during the opening ceremony of the 32nd edition of the cinema event in the capital Tunis.—AFP photosTunisia's prestigious Carthage Film Festival has opened with a screening of "Lingui"-a movie from Chad about a teenage girl who seeks an abortion. The festival showcases 57 diverse films from 45 Arab and African countries, with screenings not only in cinemas, but in...
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Guns can safely be used on film sets, says Matthew McConaughey
Matthew McConaugheyReal guns can safely be used on movie sets so long as protocols are followed, US actor Matthew McConaughey has told AFP in an interview, as calls mount to ban firearms from filmmaking in the wake of the deadly "Rust" shooting. Nearly 80,000 people have signed a petition to permanently remove firearms from sets after Alec Baldwin fatally shot a cinematographer on the New Mexico set of the low-budget Western last week.Baldwin...
LONDON: Tottenham Hotspur's English defender Eric Dier heads towards the Manchester United goal during an English Premier League football match at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium yesterday. - AFP n
Manchester United thump Spurs
LONDON: Tottenham Hotspur's English defender Eric Dier heads towards the Manchester United goal during an English Premier League football match at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium yesterday. - AFPLONDON: Manchester United bounced back with a 3-0 win at Tottenham yesterday as Chelsea took advantage of stumbles by Liverpool and Manchester City to extend their lead at the top of the Premier League to three points. Liverpool blew at 2-0 lead at Anfield as...
DUBAI: England's Jos Buttler plays a shot as Australia's wicketkeeper Matthew Wade watches during the ICC men's Twenty20 World Cup cricket match at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium yesterday. - AFP n
England pummel Australia; Proteas edge Sri Lanka
DUBAI: England's Jos Buttler plays a shot as Australia's wicketkeeper Matthew Wade watches during the ICC men's Twenty20 World Cup cricket match at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium yesterday. - AFPDUBAI: Jos Buttler's unbeaten 71 and inspired bowling by Chris Woakes powered England to an eight-wicket over Australia and close in on a semi-final spot at the Twenty20 World Cup yesterday. Buttler put on an opening stand of 66 with Jason Roy,...
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Kuwait opens COVID vaccine registration for children aged 5-11
KUWAIT: The health ministry has opened COVID-19 vaccine registration for children aged 5 to 11.KUWAIT: Kuwait has opened registration for children aged 5 to 11 to receive the COVID-19 vaccine, the health ministry announced yesterday. After registering online, legal guardians of the children will receive a text message on the date, time and place of vaccination, the ministry said in a statement. Yesterday, Kuwait reported only 12 new coronavirus...
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This undated imageshows a colorized transmission electron micrograph of mpox particles (green) found within an infected cell (pink and purple) cultured in the laboratory. - AFP
Mpox global health emergency, Kuwait monitoring situation
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VARANASI: Medical students shout slogans and hold posters as they protest the rape and murder of a young medic from Kolkata, in Varanasi on August 15, 2024. -- AFP
Protests sweep India over rape and murder of doctor
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Kuwait Society for Relief’s second relief plane. - KUNA photos
Kuwait sends relief planeload to Sudan
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KUWAIT: People watch pearl diving boats as they arrive at the main beach at the end of the 33rd annual pearl diving festival. Pearl-diving trips are held annually under the patronage of the Kuwaiti Amir in order to keep traditions alive.
Pearl diving trip winds up
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NEW DELHI: India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi inspects the guard of honor to mark the country's Independence Day, at the Red Fort in New Delhi on August 15, 2024. -AFP
Modi renews push for common civil code for India