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LONDON: Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak gestures as he takes a pancake from a stall at the London Wonderground comedy and music festival venue in London.-AFPn
UK economy rebounds in second quarter
LONDON: Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak gestures as he takes a pancake from a stall at the London Wonderground comedy and music festival venue in London.-AFPLONDON: Britain's economy rebounded 4.8 percent in the second quarter as the government began relaxing lockdown restrictions, official data showed yesterday. The strong growth recovery was fuelled by consumer spending, while the government continued to provide massive...
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Lebanese block roads after de facto end to fuel subsidies
BEIRUT: A demonstrator poses next to a sign of "wanter posters" showing the faces of government officials including Prime Minister Hassan Diab in the Gemmayze neighborhood as protesters head towards the port of Lebanon's capital.-AFPBEIRUT: Angry residents blocked roads across Lebanon yesterday, a day after the central bank said it could no longer afford to prop up fuel imports except at the black market rate. As Lebanon's economy crumbles and...
BEIJING: An employee of Chinese electric car company Li Auto works at its retail store at a shopping mall in Beijing yesterday.-AFPnn
China's Tesla rival Li Auto makes HK debut after $1.5 billion IPO
BEIJING: An employee of Chinese electric car company Li Auto works at its retail store at a shopping mall in Beijing yesterday. - AFPHONG KONG: Chinese electric car maker Li Auto began trading in Hong Kong yesterday after a $1.5 billion initial public offering it hopes will help it break out from its mainland market. The listing of the company regarded as a possible rival to Elon Musk's Tesla comes as firms already traded in New York-such as...
GHAZNI, Afghanistan: Taleban fighters stand along the roadside in Ghazni yesterday, as Taleban move closer to Afghan capital after taking Ghazni city. - AFP n
Taleban inch closer to Afghan capital
GHAZNI, Afghanistan: Taleban fighters stand along the roadside in Ghazni yesterday, as Taleban move closer to Afghan capital after taking Ghazni city. - AFPKABUL: The Taleban seized the strategic Afghan city of Ghazni yesterday, just 150 kilometers (95 miles) from Kabul, their most important gain in a lightning offensive that has seen them overrun 10 provincial capitals in a week. The interior ministry confirmed the fall of the city, which lies...
ANKARA: Men smash up shops and homes believed to be owned by Syrian families during an unrest, which broke out in response to a fight between locals and migrants in Ankara, yesterday.-AFP n
Dozens detained after Syrian shops attacked in Turkey
ANKARA: Men smash up shops and homes believed to be owned by Syrian families during an unrest, which broke out in response to a fight between locals and migrants in Ankara, yesterday. - AFPANKARA, Turkey: Turkish police yesterday detained dozens of people after a mob of angry men smashed up shops and cars believed to belong to Syrian migrants in the capital Ankara. The unrest broke out late Wednesday in response to a fight between locals and...
GOUVES, Greece: This file picture taken near the village of Gouves, on Euboea Island, second largest Greek island, shows a raging fire. - AFP n
Greece facing 'ecological disaster' from wildfires
GOUVES, Greece: This file picture taken near the village of Gouves, on Euboea Island, second largest Greek island, shows a raging fire. - AFPATHENS, Greece: Hundreds of firefighters battled yesterday to contain new flare-ups in wildfire-ravaged areas of Greece, where summer infernos have caused what the prime minister described as the country's "greatest ecological disaster in decades". However, rain overnight in some areas and falling...
GHAZNI, Afghanistan: A Taleban fighter stands guard at the entrance of the police headquarters in Ghazni yesterday as Taleban move closer to Afghan capital after taking Ghazni city. - AFP n
France suspends expulsions of migrants to Afghanistan
GHAZNI, Afghanistan: A Taleban fighter stands guard at the entrance of the police headquarters in Ghazni yesterday as Taleban move closer to Afghan capital after taking Ghazni city. - AFPPARIS: France last month suspended expelling Afghan migrants whose asylum applications had been rejected, due to the deteriorating security situation in the country as the Taleban presses an offensive, the government said yesterday. The French interior ministry...
HACHINOHE, Japan: The Panamanian-registered Crimson Polaris ship running aground in Hachinohe, Aomori prefecture yesterday.-AFPn
Ship snaps in two off Japan coast, crew safe
HACHINOHE, Japan: The Panamanian-registered Crimson Polaris ship running aground in Hachinohe, Aomori prefecture yesterday. - AFPTOKYO: A cargo ship ran aground and broke into two off northern Japan, the coastguard said yesterday, with the crew of the Panama-flagged vessel taken to safety. Aerial images showed the separated stern of the Crimson Polaris tipped upwards and the other part of the stricken boat listing into the sea.A fuel leak from...
BARCELONA: People queue to receive a dose of J&J/Janssen COVID-19 vaccine in an itinerant vaccination truck sponsored by Spanish carmaker Seat in collaboration with the Catalan regional health service at the Triumphal Arch in Barcelona. - AFPn
How Spain took the lead on vaccinations
BARCELONA: People queue to receive a dose of J&J/Janssen COVID-19 vaccine in an itinerant vaccination truck sponsored by Spanish carmaker Seat in collaboration with the Catalan regional health service at the Triumphal Arch in Barcelona. - AFPBARCELONA: Spain has become a leader of Europe's virus vaccination drive against COVID-19, due to a deep trust in the public health system and close-knit family ties that encourage people to get the jab to...
ZARANJ, Afghanistan: Sami Sadat (right), commander of the 215 Maiwand Afghan Army Corps, shakes hands with a local man in the city of Zaranj in Nimruz province. - AFPn
Young Afghan general takes fight against Taleban to social media
ZARANJ, Afghanistan: Sami Sadat (right), commander of the 215 Maiwand Afghan Army Corps, shakes hands with a local man in the city of Zaranj in Nimruz province. - AFPKABUL: As a string of Taleban victories show Afghan government forces in disarray, a young general is advancing his reputation on the battlefield and on social media. Provincial cities in the north have fallen like dominoes this week-in some cases after government forces retreated...
QUENTEL, Germany: Andreas Braeutigam, veteran of the German army Bundeswehr who served in Afghanistan for eight months in 2003-2004 and whose last name was Roehrig before his marriage, shows a certificate he was given during his deployment, at his home in Quentel (Hessisch-Lichtenau), central Germany.-AFPn
Scars and trauma but no regret for Afghan campaign veterans
QUENTEL, Germany: Andreas Braeutigam, veteran of the German army Bundeswehr who served in Afghanistan for eight months in 2003-2004 and whose last name was Roehrig before his marriage, shows a certificate he was given during his deployment, at his home in Quentel (Hessisch-Lichtenau), central Germany. - AFPPARIS: As international forces complete a pullout from Afghanistan against the background of a rampant Taleban offensive, campaign veterans...
LUSAKA: Voters wait at noon in long queues to cast their ballots outside the Post Office in central Lusaka, yesterday. - AFPn
Debt-ridden Zambia votes in closely contested polls
LUSAKA: Voters wait at noon in long queues to cast their ballots outside the Post Office in central Lusaka, yesterday. - AFPLUSAKA: Zambians were voting in a general election yesterday after a tense campaign dominated by economic woes, a debt crisis and the impact of the coronavirus pandemic. Sixteen presidential candidates are vying for the top job, but the frontrunners are incumbent Edgar Lungu, 64, and his long-time rival Hakainde Hichilema,...
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His Highness Sheikh Salem Al-Ali Al-Sabah
Sheikh Salem Al-Ali passes away
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GAZA: People inspect the damage in Gaza City's Sheikh Radwan neighborhood following Zionist bombardment on August 11, 2024. — AFP
US orders nuclear submarine to Mideast
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His Highness Sheikh Salem Al-Ali Al-Sabah
Kuwait mourns Al-Sabah Family patriarch, KNG Chief Sheikh Salem Al-Ali Al-Sabah
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KURSK: This handout photograph taken and released by the Government of Kursk region of Russia on August 9, 2024, shows women and children being evacuated from the town of Rylsk in Kursk region. — AFP
Putin orders Russian army to ‘dislodge’ Ukrainian forces
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HERAT, Afghanistan: Afghan female workers sort and process dry Saffron at a facility in Herat. – AFP
Three years after return of Taleban, Afghan economic woes loom large