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Firemen battle Kuwait City high rise building blaze
KUWAIT: Damage left by the fire in the high rise building in Kuwait City.KUWAIT: Firemen battled a blaze that started in a high rise building in Kuwait City yesterday. The fire started outside a window on the second floor of the 42-storey building. Firefighters were able to put out the flames as no injuries were reported, Kuwait Fire Force (KFF) said.An investigation was opened to reveal the cause of the fire, it added. Separately, firemen...
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Two deported for insult, harassment
KUWAIT: Two residents were sent to the deportation department after one of them insulted Kuwait, while the other was accused of harassing women. Families of the two Egyptian men were asked to hand over the suspects' passports and airline tickets, Al-Anbaa Arabic daily reported yesterday.Bribe suspects sentencedThe criminal court sentenced to prison a Kuwaiti lawyer and an Arab resident for bribing an employee at Kuwait Airport. The lawyer was...
LONDON: Serbia's Novak Djokovic slips on the grass as he plays a return against Britain's Jack Draper during their men's singles first round match on the first day of the 2021 Wimbledon Championships at The All England Tennis Club in Wimbledon, southwest London, yesterday. - AFPnn
Djokovic slides to victory as Wimbledon makes soggy return
LONDON: Serbia's Novak Djokovic slips on the grass as he plays a return against Britain's Jack Draper during their men's singles first round match on the first day of the 2021 Wimbledon Championships at The All England Tennis Club in Wimbledon, southwest London, yesterday. - AFPLONDON: Novak Djokovic overcame an early scare before getting his bid for a sixth Wimbledon and record-equaling 20th Grand Slam title off to a winning start yesterday...
KUWAIT: National Assembly Speaker Marzouk Al-Ghanem and Interior Minister Sheikh Thamer Al-Sabah with other officials attending the military funeral held for Abdulaziz Mohammad Al-Rasheedi at Sulaibkhat cemetery yesterday.-Photos by Yasser Al-Zayyatnn
Arab man kills two in brutal rampage that shocks nation
KUWAIT: National Assembly Speaker Marzouq Al-Ghanem, Interior Minister Sheikh Thamer Al-Sabah and other officials attended the military funeral held for Abdulaziz Mohammad Al-Rasheedi at Sulaibikhat cemetery yesterday. - Photos by Yasser Al-ZayyatBy B IzzakKUWAIT: A 19-year-old Syrian man yesterday went on a deadly rampage, allegedly stabbing to death his own Kuwaiti mother and then hitting a traffic policeman in Mahboula before stabbing him to...
In this image grab taken from a broadcast by Syria TV yesterday shows smoke billowing from a facility used by Iran-backed groups following US air strikes on the Syrian-Iraqi border. - AFPn
Iraq slams US strikes against pro-Iran groups
In this image grab taken from a broadcast by Syria TV yesterday shows smoke billowing from a facility used by Iran-backed groups following US air strikes on the Syrian-Iraqi border. - AFPBAGHDAD: Iraq yesterday condemned overnight US air strikes against Iran-backed armed groups on the Syrian-Iraqi border that killed at least seven fighters and sparked calls for revenge from Iraqi armed factions. The second such raid on pro-Iran targets since US...
PYONGYANG: In this file photo, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un attending the fourth day sitting of the 3rd Plenary Meeting of the 8th Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea.-AFPnn
North Korean leader Kim 'emaciated'
PYONGYANG: In this file photo, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un attending the fourth day sitting of the 3rd Plenary Meeting of the 8th Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea. - AFPPYONGYANG: North Korean state television has aired a citizen's comment about Kim Jong Un's "emaciated" condition, a highly unusual broadcast in a country where public discussion of the leader's health and personal life has always been off-limits. Analysts say...
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UN calls for dismantling 'systemic racism'
WASHINGTON: Democratic lawmakers take a knee to observe a moment of silence on Capitol Hill for George Floyd and other victims of police brutality in Washington, DC. States must take "immediate action" against the "systemic racism" suffered by Blacks, demanded Michelle Bachelet, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights yesterday. - AFPGENEVA: The UN rights chief called yesterday for systemic racism against black people to be immediately dismantled...
KHARTOUM: In this file photo, Members of Sudan's Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitaries stand on guard outside the offices of the anti-corruption prosecution in the capital Khartoum. - AFPn
Sudan transition faces hurdle of merging paramilitary into army
KHARTOUM: In this file photo, Members of Sudan's Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitaries stand on guard outside the offices of the anti-corruption prosecution in the capital Khartoum. - AFPKHARTOUM: Integrating a powerful paramilitary force into the army has emerged as the latest stumbling block in Sudan's transition to civilian rule following three decades under ousted strongman Omar Al-Bashir. A civilian-military administration has led Sudan...
SHAOSHAN, China: This photo taken on May 26, 2021 shows statues of late Chinese communist leader Mao Zedong at a factory in Shaoshan, in China's central Hunan province. – AFPn
With propaganda push, China's Communist Party marks 100 years
SHAOSHAN, China: This photo taken on May 26, 2021 shows statues of late Chinese communist leader Mao Zedong at a factory in Shaoshan, in China's central Hunan province. – AFPBEIJING: Hair windswept, handsome and 32-metres high, a statue of Mao Zedong presides over a crowd of millennials alternating between selfies and bubble teas-drawing a thread through the past, present and future of China's Communist Party in its red heartland. As the...
STOCKHOLM: Sweden's Prime Minister Stefan Loefven addresses a press conference yesterday at Rosenbad in Stockholm, where he announced his resignation one week after he lost a vote of no confidence in parliament. - AFPn
Swedish PM resigns after no-trust vote
STOCKHOLM: Sweden's Prime Minister Stefan Loefven addresses a press conference yesterday at Rosenbad in Stockholm, where he announced his resignation one week after he lost a vote of no confidence in parliament. - AFPSTOCKHOLM: Sweden's Prime Minister Stefan Lofven resigned yesterday, one week after he lost a vote of no confidence, leaving it up to the speaker of parliament to begin the search for a replacement. Lofven could have either called a...
ROME: Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs Luigi Di Maio (right) welcomes US Secretary of State Antony Blinken (left) upon his arrival for a meeting of the US-led coalition against the Islamic State (IS) group, at the Fiera di Roma, in Rome, as part of Blinken's three-nation tour of Europe yesterday.-AFPnn
US presses allies to repatriate IS fighters
ROME: Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs Luigi Di Maio (right) welcomes US Secretary of State Antony Blinken (left) upon his arrival for a meeting of the US-led coalition against the Islamic State (IS) group, at the Fiera di Roma, in Rome, as part of Blinken's three-nation tour of Europe yesterday.-AFPROME: Secretary of State Antony Blinken yesterday pressed US allies to bring back citizens arrested overseas for joining the Islamic State group,...
MUNSHIGANJ: People walk with their belongings before boarding a ferry as authorities ordered a new lockdown to contain the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus, in Munshiganj Sunday. — AFPnn
Thousands stranded in Bangladesh ahead of COVID lockdown
MUNSHIGANJ: People walk with their belongings before boarding a ferry as authorities ordered a new lockdown to contain the spread of the COVID-19 in Munshiganj Sunday. — AFPDHAKA: Thousands of people were stranded in Bangladesh's capital yesterday as authorities halted almost all public transport ahead of a sweeping lockdown imposed to combat a deadly resurgence of COVID-19 infections. The country reported 119 deaths on Sunday, its...
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People walk past a poster of slain Palestinian Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Iran's capital Tehran on August 10, 2024, amid regional tensions during the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip. - AFP
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