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KHAN YUNIS: A fireball rises following an air strike in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip, late on September 6, 2021. - AFP n
Zionists strike Gaza after incendiary balloon attacks
KHAN YUNIS: A fireball rises following an air strike in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip, late on September 6, 2021. - AFPGAZA: Zionists launched airstrikes against Gaza on Monday night, the army said, retaliating after incendiary balloons launched from the blockaded Palestinian enclave had started fires. Blaming Hamas for the balloons, the Zionist army said it had targeted locations belonging to the militant group that controls the Gaza...
DASHTAK: A burned down Humvee vehicle is seen along a road in Dashtak area in Panjshir province, after the Taleban claimed total control over Afghanistan. - AFP n
Exhausted and abandoned: Why Afghanistan military collapsed
DASHTAK: A burned down Humvee vehicle is seen along a road in Dashtak area in Panjshir province, after the Taleban claimed total control over Afghanistan. - AFPPARIS: When the Taleban swept into Kabul last month, capturing Afghanistan's capital without a fight, the sheer speed of the collapse of the Western-backed and trained army stunned the world. But senior officials in the former Afghan administration said that the lightning victory was not...
CONAKRY: Members of Guinea's armed forces celebrate after the arrest of Guinea's president, Alpha Conde in a coup d'etat in Conakry. - AFP n
Impunity rules as juntas take over in Mali, Chad, Guinea
CONAKRY: Members of Guinea's armed forces celebrate after the arrest of Guinea's president, Alpha Conde in a coup d'etat in Conakry. - AFPBAMAKO: Power grabs in West Africa over the past year - in Chad, Mali and most recently Guinea - are enjoying newfound impunity, leaving citizens angry and distressed. "What's the use of constitutions, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and international diplomacy if after all anything...
NEW YORK: Serbia's Novak Djokovic celebrates his win over USA's Jenson Brooksby during their 2021 US Open Tennis tournament men's singles fourth round match at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York, on Monday. - AFPn
Djokovic tested but wins at US Open to advance Slam quest
NEW YORK: Serbia's Novak Djokovic celebrates his win over USA's Jenson Brooksby during their 2021 US Open Tennis tournament men's singles fourth round match at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York, on Monday. - AFPNEW YORK: Novak Djokovic struggled but advanced within three matches of completing the first men's singles calendar-year Grand Slam in 52 years on Monday by outlasting American Jenson Brooksby at the US Open....
MOGYOROD: In this file photo taken on August 1, 2021, Williams' British driver George Russell looks on during a 'We Race As One' ceremony ahead of the Formula One Hungarian Grand Prix at the Hungaroring race track in Mogyorod near Budapest. - AFPnn
Russell confirmed as Hamilton's new teammate at Mercedes
MOGYOROD: In this file photo taken on August 1, 2021, Williams' British driver George Russell looks on during a 'We Race As One' ceremony ahead of the Formula One Hungarian Grand Prix at the Hungaroring race track in Mogyorod near Budapest. - AFPLONDON: George Russell was confirmed as Lewis Hamilton's new teammate at Formula One team Mercedes for next season yesterday after Valtteri Bottas sealed a switch to Alfa Romeo. The 23-year-old British...
SAO PAULO: In this handout file photo released by WEF and taken on March 14, 2018, Brazilian football legend Pele smiles during the opening plenary at the World Economic Forum on Latin America 2018 in Sao Paulo, Brazil. – AFPn
Brazil legend Pele recovering after tumor operation
SAO PAULO: In this handout file photo released by WEF and taken on March 14, 2018, Brazilian football legend Pele smiles during the opening plenary at the World Economic Forum on Latin America 2018 in Sao Paulo, Brazil. – AFPSAO PAULO: Brazilian football great Pele has undergone surgery for a suspected colon tumor and is recovering, the hospital in Sao Paulo treating him announced on Monday. "The tumor was identified during routine...
LONDON: England's manager Gareth Southgate attends an England training session at Hotspur Way, the Tottenham Hotspur training ground, in Enfield, north of London yesterday ahead of their FIFA World Cup 2022 qualifying matches against Poland. – AFPn
Southgate fears two-year World Cup risks tradition
LONDON: England's manager Gareth Southgate attends a training session at Hotspur Way, the Tottenham Hotspur training ground, in Enfield, north of London yesterday ahead of their FIFA World Cup 2022 qualifying matches against Poland. – AFPLONDON: England boss Gareth Southgate voiced fears yesterday that the World Cup could lose some of its luster if it were held every two years, warning other competitions would have to be sacrificed to make it...
VATICAN CITY, Holy See: In this file photo taken on August 6, 2021 visitors show their UE digital COVID-19 certificate for scanning before entering the Vatican Museums in the Vatican.-AFPn
European tourists boost sector, but can't top Americans, Asians
VATICAN CITY, Holy See: In this file photo taken on August 6, 2021 visitors show their UE digital COVID-19 certificate for scanning before entering the Vatican Museums in the Vatican.-AFPPARIS: European travellers helped plug a gap left by Asian and North American tourists stranded at home by the pandemic, staving off a total washout this year for Europe's hospitality industry. After a disastrous 2020 tourism season, the sector had banked on...
MUNICH: Visitors inspect a Volkswagen ID.3 car by German carmaker Volkswagen (VW) at the International Motor Show (IAA) Germany, yesterday in Munich.-AFPnn
VW's electric push 'can't go any faster': CEO
MUNICH: Visitors inspect a Volkswagen ID.3 car by German carmaker Volkswagen (VW) at the International Motor Show (IAA) Germany, yesterday in Munich.-AFPMUNICH: Volkswagen chief executive Herbert Diess said it was "impossible" for the German car giant's electric transformation to happen any faster, but he accused Angela Merkel's government of holding back change with generous diesel subsidies. In an interview with AFP and the Financial Times at...
BEIJING: This file photo shows CEO of JD.com, Richard Liu (Qiangdong), posing after signing an agreement during a meeting between French leaders and business leaders in Beijing. –AFPnn
Tycoon JD.com founder steps back as scrutiny deepens
BEIJING: This file photo shows CEO of JD.com, Richard Liu (Qiangdong), posing after signing an agreement during a meeting between French leaders and business leaders in Beijing. – AFPBEIJING: The billionaire founder of Chinese e-commerce giant JD.com is to step back from daily operations, his company announced, making him the latest A-list CEO to retreat from the limelight as Beijing squeezes the tech industry. Richard Liu, who founded the...
A man paints over murals on a concrete wall along a street in Kabul.—AFP photosn
Afghan art activist defiant as Taleban erase Kabul murals
A man paints over murals on a concrete wall along a street in Kabul.—AFP photosAfghan activist Omaid Sharifi's art collective spent seven years transforming stretches of Kabul's labyrinthine concrete blast walls with colorful murals-then the Taleban marched in. Within weeks of the Islamists taking the capital, many of the street art pieces have been painted over, replaced by drab propaganda slogans as the Taleban reimpose their austere vision...
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Cardi B has given birth to her second child
The 28-year-old rap star has taken to social media to announce the arrival of her new baby, posting a behind-the-scenes photo of herself, her child and husband Offset in a hospital bed. Alongside the sweet snap, Cardi - who also has Kulture, three, with Offset - wrote on Instagram: "9/4/21 [dinosaur, heart and teddy bear emojis] (sic)" In the snap, Cardi's baby is wrapped in a blue blanket, while the rapper's legs are covered by a brown Louis...
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AUCKLAND, New Zealand: Boats are moored in waters in front of the Auckland city skyline, New Zealand. People are leaving New Zealand in record numbers as unemployment rises, interest rates remain high and economic growth is anemic, government statistics show. – AFP
People leave New Zealand amid rising economic crisis
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INCHEON, South Korea: This photo taken on Aug 8, 2024 shows a sniffer dog taking part in a demonstration of bedbug detection in passengers' luggage at Incheon International Airport. - AFP
S Korea sniffer dog searches for Paris bedbugs