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GAZA CITY: Palestinian mourners gather around bodies of members of the Abu Hatab and Al-Hadidi families during a funeral procession in Gaza city. - AFPn
Bereaved Gaza father clutches wounded boy
GAZA CITY: Palestinian mourners gather around bodies of members of the Abu Hatab and Al-Hadidi families during a funeral procession in Gaza city. - AFP photosGAZA CITY: Inside a Gaza hospital, Mohammad Al-Hadidi cradled his baby boy Omar-his only surviving child after Zionist air strikes killed his wife and four other sons in the night. "I have no one left in the world but you," the 37-year-old father said. After the strikes, rescue workers...
A Spanish Civil Guard holds a migrant who arrived swimming at the Spanish enclave of Ceuta, yesterday. - AFPn
Morocco intervenes after record migrant influx to Spanish enclaves
A Spanish Civil Guard holds a migrant who arrived swimming at the Spanish enclave of Ceuta, yesterday. - AFPFNIDEQ, Morocco: Moroccan security forces intervened yesterday after a record 6,000 migrants crossed largely unimpeded into a Spanish North African enclave amid diplomatic tensions between Rabat and Madrid. Reinforcements deployed at Morocco's Fnideq border crossing with the enclave of Ceuta and fired tear gas to disperse a large crowd of...
SYDNEY: People cross a street in front of a mural of Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison on a building in Sydney. - AFP n
Shuttered Australia is becoming a 'hermit nation', warn experts
SYDNEY: People cross a street in front of a mural of Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison on a building in Sydney. - AFPSYDNEY: Prime Minister Scott Morrison defended his "Fortress Australia" COVID-19 restrictions yesterday, as experts warned that plans to keep the borders closed for another year will create a "hermit nation". "Everyone is keen to get back to a time that we once knew," the conservative leader said in the face of growing...
Rockets are launched towards Zionist state from the southern Gaza Strip. - AFPn
With Iran's help, Hamas can muster ample firepower
Rockets are launched towards Zionist state from the southern Gaza Strip. - AFPPARIS: Hamas can count on abundant stocks of rockets and other weaponry in its ongoing conflict with Zionist entity, with the Palestinian militant group boasting an even deeper and more effective arsenal than in previous standoffs. Analysts say Hamas is able to fire more frequently and further into Zionist state compared with past conflicts over Gaza, partly due to...
This representational image shows a boat tragedy in Mediterranean Sean
Over 50 missing after boat from Libya sinks
This representational image shows a boat tragedy in Mediterranean Sea. - AFPTUNIS: More than 50 people were missing yesterday when their boat sank after leaving Libya heading to Europe, Tunisia's defense ministry said, with 33 others rescued. Defense ministry spokesman Mohamed Zikri said the survivors of the shipwreck were picked up after clinging to an oil platform off the southern coast of Tunisia. "There are 33 survivors, all apparently from...
DHAKA: Police escort investigative journalist Rozina Islam (center) to a court in Dhaka yesterday, a day after being arrested on accusation of stealing documents and taking images by the health ministry.-AFP n
Bangladesh journalist faces court
DHAKA: Police escort investigative journalist Rozina Islam (center) to a court in Dhaka yesterday, a day after being arrested on accusation of stealing documents and taking images by the health ministry. - AFPDHAKA: The arrest of a top Bangladesh reporter, who wrote scathing stories on the country's response to the coronavirus pandemic, sparked protests by hundreds of reporters yesterday. Rozina Islam, an investigative journalist for Prothom Alo...
HONG KONG: Newly appointed Bishop of Hong Kong Rev Stephen Chow (center) says a prayer after a press conference with Cardinal John Tong (left) and Auxiliary Bishop Joseph Ha in Hong Kong yesterday.-AFP n
New HK bishop says religious freedom must stay
HONG KONG: Newly appointed Bishop of Hong Kong Rev Stephen Chow (center) says a prayer after a press conference with Cardinal John Tong (left) and Auxiliary Bishop Joseph Ha in Hong Kong yesterday. - AFPHONG KONG: Hong Kong's newly appointed Catholic bishop yesterday said he would need to tread carefully with Beijing as it cracks down on dissent-but vowed to plead with authorities to defend religious freedoms. The Vatican announced Monday that...
GENOA: Atalanta's Italian coach Gian Piero Gasperini looks on during the Italian Serie A football match Genoa vs Atalanta Bergamo on May 15, 2021 at the Luigi-Ferraris stadium in Genoa. – AFPnn
Gasperini targets first Atalanta trophy against Juventus as fans return for Coppa Italia final
GENOA: Atalanta's Italian coach Gian Piero Gasperini looks on during the Italian Serie A football match Genoa vs Atalanta Bergamo on May 15, 2021 at the Luigi-Ferraris stadium in Genoa. – AFPREGGIO EMILIA: Gian Piero Gasperini can cap his transformation of Atalanta into a team now among the elite of European football with his first coaching trophy in the Italian Cup final against Juventus in Reggio Emilia tonight. The 63-year-old has...
BERLIN: Leipzig's German headcoach Julian Nagelsmann reacts after the German Cup (DFB Pokal) final football match RB Leipzig v BVB Borussia Dortmund, in Berlin on May 13, 2021. – AFPnn
Data, tracking technology 'very important' for young coaches
BERLIN: Leipzig's German headcoach Julian Nagelsmann reacts after the German Cup (DFB Pokal) final football match RB Leipzig v BVB Borussia Dortmund, in Berlin on May 13, 2021. – AFPPARIS: Player tracking and live data in football offer tactical boosts to coaches, with incoming Bayern Munich boss Julian Nagelsmann saying modern technology is "very important". Teams are using technology which transmits data immediately to a computer screen with...
LONATO: Talal Al-Rashidi (left) receives his gold medal. – KUNAn
Kuwait's Rashidi wins gold at shooting world cup
LONATO: Talal Al-Rashidi (left) receives his gold medal. – KUNALONATO: International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) congratulated Kuwait for the latest achievement of shooter Talal Al-Turki Al-Rashidi, who won the gold medal at the ISSF World Cup Shotgun in Lonato, Italy. Kuwait's delegation said ISSF President Vladimir Lisin and Secretary General Alexandar Ranter congratulated President of Kuwait and Arab Shooting Federations Duaij...
LONDON: In this file photo taken on May 16, 2021 Crystal Palace's English manager Roy Hodgson arrives for the English Premier League football match between Crystal Palace and Aston Villa at Selhurst Park in south London. – AFP nn
Hodgson to step down as Palace boss at season's end
LONDON: In this file photo taken on May 16, 2021 Crystal Palace's English manager Roy Hodgson arrives for the English Premier League football match between Crystal Palace and Aston Villa at Selhurst Park in south London. – AFPLONDON: Roy Hodgson is to step down as Crystal Palace manager at the end of the season, the club announced yesterday. The 73-year-old will bring the curtain down on his four-year spell at his boyhood club against one of...
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Darwin's Arch in Galapagos collapses due to 'erosion'
The famous rock formation off the Galapagos Islands known as Darwin's Arch has collapsed due to "natural erosion," the Ecuadoran Ministry of Environment said Monday. "The collapse of Darwin's Arch, the attractive natural bridge found less than a kilometer from the main area of Darwin Island, was reported," the ministry said in a statement. The ministry said its collapse was a "consequence of natural erosion" and images distributed by officials...
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MOSCOW: Muscovites crowd the counter of a Soviet bank to change their rubles into foreign currency in Moscow in this file photo. -- AFP
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An operator with the call sign Yuri demonstrates the capabilities of a robot dog at an undisclosed location in Ukraine on Aug 7, 2024. - AFP
Ukraine to let robodogs loose on frontlines
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VINHEDO, Brazil: An aerial view of the wreckage of an airplane that crashed with 62 people on board on Aug 10, 2024. - AFP
Brazil plane crash kills 62
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VIENNA: Fans of US singer Taylor Swift, swifties, gather after the singer's concerts were cancelled in Vienna, Austria, on August 8, 2024. — AFP
Plot to attack Taylor Swift show in Austria linked to Islamic State