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TOKYO: Kuwait's Talal Al-Rashidi competes in the men's trap qualification during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at the Asaka Shooting Range in the Nerima district of Tokyo yesterday. - AFPn

Kuwaiti trap shooters end qualification Day 1

TOKYO: Kuwait's Talal Al-Rashidi competes in the men's trap qualification during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at the Asaka Shooting Range in the Nerima district of Tokyo yesterday. - AFPTOKYO: Kuwaiti shooters Abdurrahman Al-Faihan finished the first day of the Tokyo Olympics men's trap shooting qualification at top position with 74 targets out of 75 yesterday. Meanwhile, Talal Al-Rashidi was 18th, hitting 72 targets. At Asaka Shooting Range,...

TIANJIN: This photo taken yesterday, and released by China's Xinhua News Agency shows Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi (R) meeting with Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, political chief of Afghanistan's Taleban, in Tianjin. - AFPn

Afghanistan will become 'pariah state': US

TIANJIN: This photo taken yesterday, and released by China's Xinhua News Agency shows Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi (R) meeting with Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, political chief of Afghanistan's Taleban, in Tianjin. - AFPNEW DELHI: Afghanistan would become a "pariah state" if the Taleban take control by force, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said yesterday, as a top-level delegation from the insurgent group visited...

TUNIS: People shop from pedlars along a road in the popular souk (market) of Bab el-Fellah in Tunisia's capital Tunis yesterday. – AFPn

Tunisia in political turmoil as president fires more officials

TUNIS: People shop from pedlars along a road in the popular souk (market) of Bab el-Fellah in Tunisia's capital Tunis yesterday. – AFPTUNIS: Tunisia lurched further into political uncertainty yesterday, as President Kais Saied sacked more officials, days after he suspended parliament and assumed executive powers in what opponents labeled a "coup". Key civil society groups warned against any "illegitimate" extension of Saied's 30-day suspension...

Taleban spokesman Mohammad Naeem

Taleban tell China Afghanistan will not be base for separatists

Taleban spokesman Mohammad NaeemBEIJING: A top-level Taleban delegation visiting China yesterday assured Beijing the group will not allow Afghanistan to be used as a base for plotting against another country. The delegation is in China for talks with Beijing officials, as the insurgents continue a sweeping offensive across Afghanistan -- including areas along their shared border.Their frontier is just 76 kilometres (47 miles) long -- and at a...

BERLIN: Passengers stand on an escalator next to a sign pointing to a test center for COVID-19 coronavirus at the BER Willy Brandt airport in Brandenburg, near Schoenefeld und Berlin, yesterday. - AFPn

More than half of German population fully vaccinated

BERLIN: Passengers stand on an escalator next to a sign pointing to a test center for COVID-19 coronavirus at the BER Willy Brandt airport in Brandenburg, near Schoenefeld und Berlin, yesterday. - AFPBERLIN: More than half the population of Germany is now fully vaccinated, Health Minister Jens Spahn said yesterday, but concerns are growing about a slowdown in uptake. "41.8 million Germans now have full protection, while 61.1 percent have...

PAPEETE, FRENCH POLYNESIA: France's President Emmanuel Macron (C) walks with French Polynesia's President Edouard Fritch (centre left) and his wife Angeline Lehartel (centre right) during a visit at the presidency on the final day of his visit in Papeete, French Polynesia. – AFPn

France owes French Polynesia 'a debt' over nuclear tests

PAPEETE, FRENCH POLYNESIA: France's President Emmanuel Macron (C) walks with French Polynesia's President Edouard Fritch (centre left) and his wife Angeline Lehartel (centre right) during a visit at the presidency on the final day of his visit in Papeete, French Polynesia. – AFPPAPEETE: French President Emmanuel Macron said Tuesday that Paris owed "a debt" to French Polynesia over nuclear tests conducted in the South Pacific territory between...

Karachi, Sindh : Security officials examine a vehicle that was carrying Chinese nationals in Pakistan's port city of Karachi on July 28, 2021, as at least one Chinese national was wounded in a gun attack in the southern Pakistani megacity of Karachi, police said, in the latest assault targeting Chinese citizens in the country. (Photo by Rizwan TABASSUM / AFP)n

Chinese wounded in gun attack in Karachi

KARACHI: Security officials examine a vehicle that was carrying Chinese nationals in Pakistan's port city of Karachi on July 28, 2021. - AFPKARACHI: At least one Chinese national was wounded in a gun attack in the southern Pakistani megacity of Karachi yesterday, police said, in the latest assault targeting Chinese citizens in the country. Local police said two masked assailants riding on a motorbike fired at a car carrying two Chinese...

TOKYO: Gold medalist USA's Kathleen Ledecky poses on the podium after the final of the women's 1500m freestyle swimming event during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre in Tokyo yesterday. – AFPn

Relentless Ledecky finally wins Tokyo gold in 1500m free

TOKYO: Gold medalist USA's Kathleen Ledecky poses on the podium after the final of the women's 1500m freestyle swimming event during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre in Tokyo yesterday. – AFPTOKYO: Katie Ledecky shrugged off disappointment in the 200m freestyle yesterday by winning the grueling 1500m just 75 minutes later, as the American finally claimed gold in Tokyo. Ledecky succumbed again to Australian Ariarne...

TOKYO: Russia's Daniil Medvedev is assisted by a physio during Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games men's singles third round tennis match against Italy's Fabio Fognini at the Ariake Tennis Park in Tokyo yesterday. – AFPn

Djokovic rolls at Olympics as Medvedev suffers in extreme heat

TOKYO: Russia's Daniil Medvedev is assisted by a physio during Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games men's singles third round tennis match against Italy's Fabio Fognini at the Ariake Tennis Park in Tokyo yesterday. – AFPTOKYO: Novak Djokovic set up a quarter-final with Japan's Kei Nishikori at the Tokyo Olympics yesterday as gold medal rival Daniil Medvedev struggled with the heat, even asking the chair umpire who would be responsible if he died. World...

SAITAMA: Brazil's midfielder Reinier (top right) shoots past Saudi Arabia's defender Abdulbasit Hindi (lower right) while Saudi Arabia's goalkeeper Amin Bukhari (left) looks on during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games men's group D first round football match between Saudi Arabia and Brazil at the Saitama Stadium in Saitama yesterday. – AFPn

Richarlison fires Brazil into Olympics quarters, Germany out

SAITAMA: Brazil's midfielder Reinier (top right) shoots past Saudi Arabia's defender Abdulbasit Hindi (lower right) while Saudi Arabia's goalkeeper Amin Bukhari (left) looks on during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games men's group D first round football match between Saudi Arabia and Brazil at the Saitama Stadium in Saitama yesterday. – AFPTOKYO: Richarlison continued his fine form at the Olympics with a double as Brazil eased into the...

TOKYO: Kevin Durant #7 of the USA Men's National Team dunks the ball against the Iran Men's National Team during the 2020 Tokyo Olympics yesterday at Saitama Super Arena in Tokyo, Japan. – AFP n

USA thrash Iran to get Olympic basketball challenge back on track

TOKYO: Kevin Durant #7 of the USA Men's National Team dunks the ball against the Iran Men's National Team during the 2020 Tokyo Olympics yesterday at Saitama Super Arena in Tokyo, Japan. – AFP TOKYO: The USA easily beat Iran 120-66 in the Olympic men's basketball tournament yesterday to bounce back from their shock opening defeat-and players and coaches from the geopolitical rivals chatted afterwards. The Americans had their 25-game Olympic...

TOKYO: USA's teammates celebrate after winning at the end of the women's gold medal 3x3 basketball final match between US and Russia at the Aomi Urban Sports Park in Tokyo yesterday during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. – AFPnn

USA women take first Olympic 3x3 basketball gold

TOKYO: USA's teammates celebrate after winning at the end of the women's gold medal 3x3 basketball final match between US and Russia at the Aomi Urban Sports Park in Tokyo yesterday during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. – AFPTOKYO: The USA women's team won the first Olympic 3x3 basketball title yesterday as they beat the Russian Olympic Committee team 18-15 in the final in Tokyo. Stefanie Dolson of WNBA team Chicago Sky was the Americans' top...

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