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DAMASCUS: Handout picture released by the official Facebook page of the Syrian Presidency shows President Bashar al-Assad arriving to the swearing-in ceremony for his fourth term, in the capital Damascus, yesterday. – AFPn

Syria's Assad takes oath after criticised re-election

DAMASCUS: Handout picture released by the official Facebook page of the Syrian Presidency shows President Bashar al-Assad arriving to the swearing-in ceremony for his fourth term, in the capital Damascus, yesterday. – AFPDAMASCUS: President Bashar al-Assad took the oath of office for a fourth term in war-ravaged Syria yesterday, after taking 95 percent of the vote in a controversial election dismissed abroad. Assad was sworn in on the...

HYDERABAD: Telangana State Photo Journalist Association (TSPJA) members pay tribute to Reuters journalist Danish Siddiqui, in Hyderabad yesterday a day after the Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer with the Reuters news agency was killed covering fighting between Afghan security forces and the Taliban. - AFPn

Pulitzer Prize-winning Indian photographer killed in Afghanistan

HYDERABAD: Telangana State Photo Journalist Association (TSPJA) members pay tribute to Reuters journalist Danish Siddiqui, in Hyderabad yesterday a day after the Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer with the Reuters news agency was killed covering fighting between Afghan security forces and the Taliban. - AFPNEW DELHI: A Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer with Reuters news agency was killed Friday covering fighting between Afghan security forces...

HAVANA: Supporters of the Cuban Government participate in a demonstration in Havana, yesterday. - AFPn

Domestic politics tie Joe Biden's hands on Cuba

HAVANA: Supporters of the Cuban Government participate in a demonstration in Havana, yesterday. - AFPWASHINGTON: Hopes that President Joe Biden would ease draconian trade and travel restrictions with Cuba laid down by his predecessor are caught hostage to domestic politics and the vocal Cuban-American community opposed to Havana, analysts say. Biden was vice president when Barack Obama thawed relations with the Caribbean country in 2014,...

BEIRUT: Supporters of Lebanon's prime minister-designate Saad Hariri, who stepped down saying he was unable to form a government, hurl stones at a Lebanese armoured personnel carrier (unseen) in the capital Beirut. - AFPn

Lebanon in freefall as France announces aid conference

BEIRUT: Supporters of Lebanon's prime minister-designate Saad Hariri, who stepped down saying he was unable to form a government, hurl stones at a Lebanese armoured personnel carrier (unseen) in the capital Beirut. - AFPPARIS: Lebanon was hit by fresh protests Friday after premier-designate Saad Hariri failed to form a government, and as France prepares to host an aid conference on the first anniversary of the country's port blast. Hariri's exit...

CHAMAN: Pakistani people return from Afghanistan after crossing the border point in Pakistan's town of Chaman yesterday, as Pakistan partially reopened its southern crossing with Afghanistan, shut off since the Taleban seized control of the strategic border town on the other side. - AFPnn

Pakistan allows Afghans to cross into border town

CHAMAN: Pakistani people return from Afghanistan after crossing the border point in Pakistan's town of Chaman yesterday, as Pakistan partially reopened its southern crossing with Afghanistan, shut off since the Taleban seized control of the strategic border town on the other side. - AFPCHAMAN: Pakistan yesterday partially reopened its southern crossing with Afghanistan, shut off since the Taleban seized control of the strategic border town on...

CHIKUN: The remaining wares of students of Bethel Baptist High School are seen inside the school premises as parent of abducted students pray for the return of their children whom were abducted by gunmen in the Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna state, northwest Nigeria. - AFPn

Nigerian parents living through student abduction nightmare

CHIKUN: The remaining wares of students of Bethel Baptist High School are seen inside the school premises as parent of abducted students pray for the return of their children whom were abducted by gunmen in the Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna state, northwest Nigeria. - AFPCHIKUN: Judith is 14, sings in her church choir, dreams of becoming a lawyer and likes nothing more than offering her hairstyling skills to her neighbours. Sophie is...

(WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.nn

WHO eyes China lab audits next in COVID origin probe

(WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.WASHINGTON: The World Health Organization said on Friday that the second stage of an investigation into the origins of COVID-19 should include further studies in China and lab audits. In a closed-door briefing to member states, WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus proposed five priorities for the next phase of the investigation.They included "audits of relevant laboratories and research...

TOKYO: This picture shows the National Stadium, the main venue for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games, lit up at dusk in Tokyo on Friday. - AFPn

Olympics chief urges Japan to support Games as COVID hits Village

TOKYO: This picture shows the National Stadium, the main venue for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games, lit up at dusk in Tokyo on Friday. - AFPTOKYO: IOC chief Thomas Bach urged the Japanese people to get behind the Tokyo Olympics yesterday as the first coronavirus case hit the Games Village, prompting fresh jitters about the health risks posed by the giant event. Bach, who has faced scattered protests since arriving in Japan, appealed...

SHANGHAI: This handout photo taken and released on July 12, 2021 by China's Sitting Volleyball Women's Team shows team member Tang Xuemei taking part in a training session in Shanghai. – AFPnn

Chinese Paralympian survived 28 hours buried in quake rubble

SHANGHAI: This handout photo taken and released on July 12, 2021 by China's Sitting Volleyball Women's Team shows team member Tang Xuemei taking part in a training session in Shanghai. – AFPSHANGHAI: Tang Xuemei was just a teenager when her school dormitory began shaking violently before the floor crumbled in a powerful earthquake, sending her spiraling into a dark void. But 13 years on from the trauma of losing part of her leg in a disaster...

HANNO: This photo taken on March 31, 2021 shows Emi Yamamoto (front) and other players of Japan's women football team Chifure AS Elfen Saitama warming up during a training session in Hanno, Saitama prefecture. – AFPnn

Eyes on the goal: women's football goes pro in Japan

HANNO: This photo taken on March 31, 2021 shows Emi Yamamoto (front) and other players of Japan's women football team Chifure AS Elfen Saitama warming up during a training session in Hanno, Saitama prefecture. – AFPTOKYO: As global interest in women's football approaches fever pitch, former champions Japan are eyeing a return to glory with the country's first professional league for female players. A decade since winning the 2011 Women's...

GROS-ISLET, Saint Lucia: West Indies players celebrate with the winning trophy at the end of the 5th and final T20I between Australia and West Indies at Darren Sammy Cricket Ground, Gros Islet, Saint Lucia, on Friday. - AFPn

Lewis powers West Indies past Australia in final of T20 series

GROS-ISLET, Saint Lucia: West Indies players celebrate with the winning trophy at the end of the 5th and final T20I between Australia and West Indies at Darren Sammy Cricket Ground, Gros Islet, Saint Lucia, on Friday. - AFPGROS-ISLET, Saint Lucia: Opening batsman Evin Lewis was at his rampaging best with an innings of 79 in setting the West Indies on their way to a 16-run victory over Australia in the final T20 International of their five-match...

NOTTINGHAM: Pakistan's Babar Azam runs during the T20 cricket match between England and Pakistan at Trent Bridge, Nottingham, England on Friday. - AFPn

Azam leads Pakistan to T20 win over England despite Livingstone ton

NOTTINGHAM: Pakistan's Babar Azam runs during the T20 cricket match between England and Pakistan at Trent Bridge, Nottingham, England on Friday. - AFPNOTTINGHAM: Babar Azam led from the front as Pakistan beat England by 31 runs in the first Twenty20 international at Trent Bridge on Friday despite a blistering hundred from Liam Livingstone. Pakistan captain Azam made 85 and shared an opening stand of 150 with Mohammad Rizwan in a national record...

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