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Fighters loyal to Yemen's Saudi-backed government mans a position near the frontline facing Iran-backed Houthi rebels in the country's northeastern province of Marib.-AFPn
Iran's Zarif backs ceasefire in talks with Yemen's rebel leader
Fighters loyal to Yemen's Saudi-backed government mans a position near the frontline facing Iran-backed Houthi rebels in the country's northeastern province of Marib. - AFPMUSCAT: Iran's foreign minister met the Yemeni rebel spokesman in Oman on Wednesday, reiterating Tehran's support for a ceasefire and a return to talks to end the country's long conflict. Mohammad Javad Zarif's comments came a day after Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman,...
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Algeria arrests top opposition figure weeks ahead of election
In this file photo taken on July 2, 2020 Karim Tabbou, one of the most prominent figures of "Hirak", is greeted upon his release from prison outside the Kolea Prison near the city of Tipasa, west of the capital Algiers. - AFPALGIERS: A leading Algerian opposition activist has been detained and was to appear before prosecutors yesterday, his lawyer said, weeks ahead of elections he and other opponents have pledged to boycott. Karim Tabbou, a key...
GENEVA: UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres arrives to press conference yesterday at the end of a 5+1 Meeting on Cyprus.-AFPn
Cyprus settlement talks fail to make breakthrough at UN
GENEVA: UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres arrives to press conference yesterday at the end of a 5+1 Meeting on Cyprus. - AFPGENEVA: Talks with rival Cypriot leaders failed to find common ground that could pave the way towards resolving the decades-old division of Cyprus, the UN chief concluded yesterday. The United Nations is trying to mediate a deal for the eastern Mediterranean island, nearly six decades since it first deployed...
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Palestinian leaders weigh delay of long-awaited vote
JERUSALEM: Palestinian supporters of Mohammed Dahlan's "Future" party rally against a possible delay of elections in Jerusalem. — AFPRAMALLAH: Palestinian leaders were set to decide whether to hold elections next month as scheduled or call a delay that could trigger further frustration in a divided society which last voted in 2006. Palestinians in the Israeli-occupied West Bank and blockaded Gaza Strip have voiced hope that the polls could...
A Philippine coastguard ship is seen sailing past a Chinese coastguard ship near Scarborough shoal, in the South China Sea. - AFPn
Philippines' Duterte refuses to stop South China Sea patrols
A Philippine coastguard ship is seen sailing past a Chinese coastguard ship near Scarborough shoal, in the South China Sea. - AFPMANILA: Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has said he will not withdraw navy and coast guard boats patrolling the disputed South China Sea, insisting the country's sovereignty over the waters is not negotiable. Tensions over the sea-which China claims almost entirely-have spiked as Beijing refuses to pull out...
KOLKATA: Voters queue up to cast their ballot during the final phase of West Bengal's state legislative assembly elections in Kolkata yesterday.-AFPn
Millions vote in final phase of marathon India election
KOLKATA: Voters queue up to cast their ballot during the final phase of West Bengal's state legislative assembly elections in Kolkata yesterday. - AFPKOLKATA: Millions voted in the final phase of a marathon election in India's West Bengal yesterday, despite a record-breaking spike in COVID-19 infections and deaths that has devastated the country. Long queues of voters appeared outside polling booths as temperatures soared. Many in rural parts of...
People watch a Long March 5B rocket, carrying China's Tianhe space station core module, as it lifts off from the Wenchang Space Launch Center in southern China's Hainan province yesterday.-AFPn
China launches first module for space station 'Heavenly Palace'
People watch a Long March 5B rocket, carrying China's Tianhe space station core module, as it lifts off from the Wenchang Space Launch Center in southern China's Hainan province yesterday. - AFPBEIJING: China launched the first module of its "Heavenly Palace" space station yesterday, a milestone in Beijing's ambitious plan to establish a permanent human presence in space. Billions of dollars have been poured into space exploration as China seeks...
PARIS: Manchester City's Algerian midfielder Riyad Mahrez celebrates after scoring a goal during the UEFA Champions League first leg semifinal football match between Paris Saint-Germain PSG and Manchester City at the Parc des Princes stadium on Wednesday. - AFP n
Mature Man City move closer to Champions League glory
PARIS: Manchester City's Algerian midfielder Riyad Mahrez celebrates after scoring a goal during the UEFA Champions League first leg semifinal football match between Paris Saint-Germain PSG and Manchester City at the Parc des Princes stadium on Wednesday. - AFPLONDON: After 10 years of trying and billions spent to make it possible, Manchester City are closer to winning the Champions League than they have ever been. A come-from-behind 2-1 win...
DALIAN, China: This photo taken on Oct 7, 2018 shows Jacob Mulenga (right) of Liaoning Hongyun FC heading the ball during the China League One football match between Dalian Transcendence FC and Liaoning Hongyun FC. - AFP n
'Club is dead': Footballers unpaid and angry as Chinese teams fold
DALIAN, China: This photo taken on Oct 7, 2018 shows Jacob Mulenga (right) of Liaoning Hongyun FC heading the ball during the China League One football match between Dalian Transcendence FC and Liaoning Hongyun FC. - AFPSHANGHAI: The team bus of Liaoning Hongyun will be auctioned to help pay its former players, but it will take much more than that to raise the $850,000 that Jacob Mulenga says he is owed. The Zambian striker is not the only...
NEW DELHI: A policeman walks outside the Arun Jaitley Stadium on Wednesday during the 2021 Indian Premier League (IPL) Twenty20 cricket match between the Sunrisers Hyderabad and the Chennai Superkings with no spectators in attendance. - AFP n
Australian cricketers beat flight ban to flee COVID-hit India
  NEW DELHI: A policeman walks outside the Arun Jaitley Stadium on Wednesday during the 2021 Indian Premier League (IPL) Twenty20 cricket match between the Sunrisers Hyderabad and the Chennai Superkings with no spectators in attendance. - AFPSYDNEY: Two Australian cricketers arrived back home yesterday after withdrawing from the Indian Premier League and fleeing the COVID-stricken country, circumventing a ban on flights by travelling via the...
WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden addresses a joint session of Congress as US Vice President Kamala Harris and US Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi applaud at the US Capitol on Wednesday. – AFP n
Taxing the rich back in spotlight
WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden addresses a joint session of Congress as US Vice President Kamala Harris and US Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi applaud at the US Capitol on Wednesday. – AFPPARIS: It's an idea championed by US President Joe Biden, leading economists and even the International Monetary Fund - make the rich pay more taxes to replenish public coffers and narrow huge wealth gaps. Biden wants to end his predecessor Donald...
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Fed's Powell stomps on inflation fears, pledges continued stimulus
Jerome PowellWASHINGTON: Temporary price jumps will not spook the Federal Reserve into pulling back on the stimulus it has pumped into the US economy during the COVID-19 pandemic, the central bank's chair Jerome Powell said on Wednesday. While the world's largest economy is coming back from the depths of last year's crisis, the recovery has ways to go and it is too soon to even talk about easing off the gas, Powell said as the policy-setting...
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GAZA: Palestinians surround bodies lying on the ground at the Al-Maamadani hospital after they were killed in a Zionist strike on a school used as a refuge by displaced Palestinians in Gaza City on Aug 8, 2024. - AFP
Iran says Zionists seeking war
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DHAKA: Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus (center) takes the oath of office as the chief adviser of Bangladesh's new interim government, administered by President Mohammed Shahabuddin (left) on August 8, 2024. - AFP
Yunus sworn in as Bangladesh leader
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Digital nomads: New-age employees freely roaming around ever-changing job market
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KUWAIT: Workers take shelter from the sun under a tree in Kuwait City amidst a heatwave. - Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat
‘Inadequate’ heat protection for Gulf migrant workers
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Minister of Information and Bahrain's Minister of Tourism sign an executive program of tourism cooperation agreement for 2024, 2025, and 2026. – KUNA photos
Kuwait and Bahrain ink executive program for tourism cooperation