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DARBANDIKHAN: Photo shows the Darbandikhan Dam after the water level has fallen by 7.5 meters in one year, in northeastern Iraq. - AFP n

Iraq blames Iran for decline in river flow

DARBANDIKHAN: Photo shows the Darbandikhan Dam after the water level has fallen by 7.5 meters in one year, in northeastern Iraq. - AFPDARBANDIKHAN: Iraqi officials warned yesterday of a drastic drop in the flow of water in a river from Iran due to low rainfall and dam-building in the neighboring Islamic republic. The Sirwan river begins in Iran, flowing to Darbandikhan Dam in northeastern Iraq before going through the rural province of Diyala...

ALMERIA: Small boats used by migrants to cross The Alboran Sea, are stored in an open-air warehouse in Almeria, southeast Spain. - AFP n

Desperate Algerians ready to die at sea to reach Spain

ALMERIA: Small boats used by migrants to cross the Alboran Sea, are stored in an open-air warehouse in Almeria, southeast Spain. - AFPALMERIA: Cutting through the black night waters of the Mediterranean, a boat carrying Algerian migrants is speeding towards Spain, all of them ready to risk death if it means escaping the despair of their homeland. "I'd rather die at sea than stay in Algeria," says Khaled Dih, his eyes dark, and his Nike trainers...

nBANDAR SERI BEGAWAN: This handout photo released by the host broadcast, ASEAN Summit 2021 shows US President Joe Biden (center) taking part in the ASEAN-US Summit on the sidelines of the 2021 Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) summits held online on a live video conference in Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei. - AFP n

Myanmar's junta boycotts summit in protest at snub

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN: This handout photo released by the host broadcast, ASEAN Summit 2021 shows US President Joe Biden (center) taking part in the ASEAN-US Summit on the sidelines of the 2021 Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) summits held online on a live video conference in Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei. - AFPBANDAR SERI BEGAWAN: Myanmar's junta boycotted a Southeast Asian summit yesterday after its chief was banned from the event,...

QALA I NAW: Sabehreh (right) with her daughter Zakereh, who is betrothed to the grocer's four-year-old son to cover the family's debt, sits at the Zaimat Internally Displaced People (IDP) camp in Qala-i-Naw, Badghis Province. - AFP n

Hunger forces Afghans to sell young daughters into marriage

QALA I NAW: Sabehreh (right) with her daughter Zakereh, who is betrothed to the grocer's four-year-old son to cover the family's debt, sits at the Zaimat Internally Displaced People (IDP) camp in Qala-i-Naw, Badghis Province. - AFPQALA I NAW: Fahima has wept many times since her husband sold their two young daughters into marriage to survive the drought gripping western Afghanistan. Oblivious to the deal, six-year-old Faristeh and 18-month-old...

(Left to right), Zain KSA Chief Technology Officer Abdulrahman Al-Mufadda and Zain Group and Kuwait Chief Technology Officer Nawaf Al-Gharabally receiving the 5G awardnn

Zain wins 3 awards at SAMENA Council endorsed MEA Achievement Awards

(Left to right) Zain KSA Chief Technology Officer Abdulrahman Al-Mufadda and Zain Group and Kuwait Chief Technology Officer Nawaf Al-Gharabally receiving the 5G award.KUWAIT/DUBAI: Zain Group, a leading mobile telecom innovator in seven markets across the Middle East and Africa, announced that it has been presented with three awards at the prestigious SAMENA Council endorsed MEA Business Magazine Technology Achievement Awards 2021, in the...

WASHINGTON: A proposal to levy a tax on the unrealized capital gains of the richest Americans is the latest proposal to raise revenue for President Joe Biden's social spending plan - AFPn

Democrats mull tax on assets of US billionaires

WASHINGTON: A proposal to levy a tax on the unrealized capital gains of the richest Americans is the latest proposal to raise revenue for President Joe Biden's social spending plan - AFPWASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden's Democratic allies are considering imposing a tax on the wealthiest Americans, a longstanding goal of the political left that could finally be enacted to pay for a massive social spending plan. Democratic senators are expected...

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Kuwait CEOs confident, expect aggressive growth: KPMG survey

KUWAIT: The first edition of KPMG 2021 Kuwait CEO Outlook presents thoughts, perspectives, strategies, and concerns from 30+ CEOs in Kuwait. The survey, conducted through August and September this year, provides quantitative and qualitative insights from several market leaders across various sectors in Kuwait.Overall, our results show that Kuwait's CEOs are starting to feel optimistic and confident, expecting aggressive growth. 96 percent of the...

Abdulwahab Al-Rushood signing the agreement with the Kuwait Red Crescent Society nn

KFH signs an agreement with Kuwait Red Crescent Society

Abdulwahab Al-Rushood signing the agreement with the Kuwait Red Crescent SocietyKUWAIT: Kuwait Finance House (KFH) has signed an agreement with Kuwait Red Crescent Society (KRCS) to execute relief and medical projects for Syrian refugees in Jordan in cooperation with the Jordan Red Crescent Society (JNRCS). The agreement represents a new affirmation of KFH's pioneering role in social responsibility and an addition to its long record of...

Abdulrahman Al-Mannai, president of the Qatar Motor and Motorcycle Federation (QMMF), speaks during an interview in the Qatari capital Doha.n

Qatar won't muzzle F1 drivers over human rights: motorsports chief

Abdulrahman Al-Mannai, president of the Qatar Motor and Motorcycle Federation (QMMF), speaks during an interview in the Qatari capital Doha.DOHA: Formula One drivers will be free to "speak their minds" on controversial issues such as human rights when Qatar hosts its first Grand Prix next month, its motorsports chief said. The Gulf Arab country has been the target of protests by several national football teams over its treatment of foreign...

SEVILLE: In this file photo taken on December 08, 2009 Ranger's coach Walter Smith smiles during a press conference in Seville, on the eve of their UEFA Champions League football match against Sevilla. - AFPnn

Legendary former Rangers manager Walter Smith dies

SEVILLE: In this file photo taken on December 08, 2009 Ranger's coach Walter Smith smiles during a press conference in Seville, on the eve of their UEFA Champions League football match against Sevilla. - AFPLONDON: Former Rangers and Scotland manager Walter Smith has died at the age of 73, the Glasgow giants confirmed yesterday. "It is with profound sadness that we announce the passing of our former manager, chairman and club legend, Walter...

Painter David Kryemadhi, 32, poses for a photograph next to portraits painted with coffee in his studio in Durres, western Albania.—AFP photosn

Albanian artist offers 'therapy' with portraits painted in coffee

Painter David Kryemadhi, 32, poses for a photograph next to portraits painted with coffee in his studio in Durres, western Albania.—AFP photosAlbanian artist David Kryemadhi douses his brush with coffee and carefully sketches the face of a cafe customer, hoping the offer of a free portrait will bring cheer amid the anxiety of the pandemic. Many Albanians regard cafes as a vital institution and punctuate most days with caffeinated outings-the...

An employee checks a book at the Al-Nouri bookstore, which was founded in 1930 and is threatened with closure, in the Syrian capital Damascus on October 17, 2021. - The Damascus bookshops and publishing houses that once stood as beacons of Syria's intellectual life are being replaced with shoe shops and money changers, as culture falls casualty to crisis. (Photo by LOUAI BESHARA / AFP)

Damascus bookshops disappear as crisis hits culture

An employee checks a book at the Al-Nouri bookstore, which was founded in 1930 and is threatened with closure, in the Syrian capital Damascus.—AFP photos The Damascus bookshops and publishing houses that once stood as beacons of Syria's intellectual life are being replaced with shoe shops and money changers, as culture falls casualty to crisis. Syria is home to some of the Arab world's literary giants, and Damascus boasted an abundance of busy...

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