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WASHINGTON: In this file photo US State Department spokesman Ned Price speaks during a press briefing at the State Department in Washington, DC. -AFP n

US, Iran to start indirect talks to salvage nuclear deal

WASHINGTON: In this file photo US State Department spokesman Ned Price speaks during a press briefing at the State Department in Washington, DC. - AFPBRUSSELS, Belgium: The United States and Iran will open indirect talks next week in Vienna as the European Union spearheads efforts to bring President Joe Biden's administration back into a nuclear accord. Participants in the accord over Tehran's nuclear ambitions-including China, France, Germany,...

YANGON: A protester makes the three-finger salute as other make noise by hitting metal objects and singing revolutionary songs during a demonstration against the military coup in Yangon's Ahlone township yesterday.-AFP n

Myanmar's rebel groups voice support for protesters as junta continues crackdowns

YANGON: A protester makes the three-finger salute as other make noise by hitting metal objects and singing revolutionary songs during a demonstration against the military coup in Yangon's Ahlone township yesterday.-AFPYANGON: Ten of Myanmar's major rebel groups threw their support behind the country's anti-coup movement yesterday, fanning fears that a broader conflict could erupt in a country plagued for decades by on-and-off fighting between...

MIAMI: In this file photo Florida Governor Ron DeSantis arrives at the Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse and Museum for a campaign event with US President Donald Trump in Jupiter, Florida. -AFP n

Florida prohibits vaccine passports, citing 'freedom'

MIAMI: In this file photo Florida Governor Ron DeSantis arrives at the Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse and Museum for a campaign event with US President Donald Trump in Jupiter, Florida. -AFPMIAMI: Florida Governor Ron DeSantis on Friday banned the use of "vaccine passports" in the southeastern US state, citing "individual freedom." The Republican governor's executive order prohibits government offices from issuing any "standardized documentation"...

ABIDJAN: Amade Oueremi (right), a former warlord accused of mass killings in western Ivory Coast in 2011, arrives under police escort at the high court for his trial in Abidjan.-AFP n

A decade on, women recount horrors of Ivory Coast massacres

ABIDJAN: Amade Oueremi (right), a former warlord accused of mass killings in western Ivory Coast in 2011, arrives under police escort at the high court for his trial in Abidjan.-AFPABIDJAN: Odette Klahon took the witness stand, her burgundy red wrap a sign of mourning, then recounted the violence a decade ago that left her without her husband, her grandson and her left hand. "In the Carrefour neighborhood, they didn't waste any time, breaking...

MAE SAM LAEP, Thailand: Hkara, an ethnic Karen resident in Mae Sam Laep town, walks alongside the Salween river in Mae Hong Son province.-AFP n

Fresh Myanmar conflict keeps Thai village on edge

MAE SAM LAEP, Thailand: Hkara, an ethnic Karen resident in Mae Sam Laep town, walks alongside the Salween river in Mae Hong Son province.-AFPTHAILAND: A sleepy village in remote northern Thailand became a hub of activity this week when it received refugees fleeing Myanmar-a sight that brought back vivid memories for its ethnic Karen residents. Hkara, 70, said she had spent roughly 30 years crisscrossing the Salween river, which marks the...

WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden speaks to reporters after talking about the March jobs report in the State Dining Room of the White House on April 2, 2021. - AFP n

Biden hails recovery as jobs surge

WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden speaks to reporters after talking about the March jobs report in the State Dining Room of the White House on April 2, 2021. - AFPWASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden celebrated a massive rebound in US jobs Friday as a sign of hope "at long last" that the end of the pandemic is within sight, with. New Labor Department data showing the economy regained 916,000 jobs in March come as a boon to millions of Americans...

GOLEMO SELO, Bulgaria: A picture taken on March 25, 2021 shows smoke and vapor billowing from the Bobov Dol Thermal Power Plant near this village. - AFP n

In coal-addicted Bulgaria, EU climate goal faces hurdles

GOLEMO SELO, Bulgaria: A picture taken on March 25, 2021 shows smoke and vapor billowing from the Bobov Dol Thermal Power Plant near this village. - AFPGOLEMO SELO, Bulgaria: With its belching smokestacks, Bulgaria's Bobov Dol coal plant symbolizes the type of industry the EU aims to eliminate - and the hurdles it faces in its green transition. Environmental issues barely made a blip ahead of elections taking place today, while critics fear that...

YONGIN: This picture taken on March 29, 2021 shows retired South Korean professor Han Min-hong looking at his 21-year-old self-driving car in front of his office. - AFP photosn

The road not taken: S Korea's self-driving prof

YONGIN: This picture taken on March 29, 2021 shows retired South Korean professor Han Min-hong looking at his 21-year-old self-driving car in front of his office. - AFP photosYONGIN, South Korea: Decades before the race to build a self-driving car became a multi-billion-dollar contest between tech giants such as Tesla and Google, a South Korean professor built an autonomous vehicle and test-drove it across the country - only for his research to...

STOCKHOLM: In this file photo taken on Dec 10, 2014, Nobel Physics laureate Isamu Akasaki poses with the Nobel Prize during the 2014 award ceremony at the Stockholm Concert Hall. - AFP n

Japan scientist given Nobel for LED lamp dies

STOCKHOLM: In this file photo taken on Dec 10, 2014, Nobel Physics laureate Isamu Akasaki poses with the Nobel Prize during the 2014 award ceremony at the Stockholm Concert Hall. - AFPTOKYO: Japanese Nobel laureate Isamu Akasaki, who won the physics prize for pioneering energy-efficient LED lighting - a weapon against global warming and poverty - has died aged 92, his university said Friday. Akasaki won the 2014 prize with two other scientists,...

LONDON: West Bromwich Albion's Senegalese striker Mbaye Diagne (second right) celebrates with teammates after scoring his team's fourth goal during the English Premier League football match between Chelsea and West Bromwich Albion at Stamford Bridge in London yesterday. - AFPn

Five-star Albion hammer Chelsea

LONDON: West Bromwich Albion's Senegalese striker Mbaye Diagne (second right) celebrates with teammates after scoring his team's fourth goal during the English Premier League football match between Chelsea and West Bromwich Albion at Stamford Bridge in London yesterday. - AFPLONDON: Chelsea manager Thomas Tuchel suffered the first defeat of his reign as struggling West Bromwich Albion took advantage of Thiago Silva's red card to earn a stunning...

MELBOURNE: In this file photo taken on Feb 9, 2020, former Indian player Sachin Tendulkar signs autographs during a celebrity cricket match to raise funds for people affected by the Australian bushfires. – AFP n

India legend Tendulkar in hospital after contracting coronavirus

MELBOURNE: In this file photo taken on Feb 9, 2020, former Indian player Sachin Tendulkar signs autographs during a celebrity cricket match to raise funds for people affected by the Australian bushfires. – AFPMUMBAI: The cricket world united to send support to Indian legend Sachin Tendulkar after he announced that he was hospitalized Friday as a precautionary measure to combat the coronavirus. The 47-year-old "little master" of batting is...

PODGORICA: Norway's Erling Haaland (right) fights for the ball with Montenegro's Aleksandar Scekic (left) and Igor Vujacic during the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 qualification Group G football match between Montenegro and Norway at the Podgorica City Stadium in Podgorica on March 30, 2021. - AFPnn

Solskjaer, Tuchel play down Haaland talk

PODGORICA: Norway's Erling Haaland (right) fights for the ball with Montenegro's Aleksandar Scekic (left) and Igor Vujacic during the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 qualification Group G football match between Montenegro and Norway at the Podgorica City Stadium in Podgorica on March 30, 2021. - AFPLONDON: Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and Chelsea boss Thomas Tuchel have played down reports their clubs will go head to head in the race...

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KUWAIT: First Deputy Prime Minister and Interior and Defense Minister Sheikh Fahad Al-Yousef Al-Sabah holds talks with senior defense ministry officials on Aug 7, 2024. - KUNA

Kuwait army alert, govt prepared

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Ahmed Al-Basat celebrating his birthday at the office.

A forgotten courtesy: The silent struggle of Kuwait’s expatriates

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PARIS: Bangladesh's finance pioneer Muhammad Yunus is escorted by French police personnel as he arrives at Roissy-Charles de Gaulle Airport on Aug 7, 2024, enroute to Bangladesh, where he is set to lead a caretaker government. - AFP

Yunus: Get ready to build Bangladesh

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The second phase of the Avenues Roads Project, the exit leading to the Fifth Ring Road towards Jahra and the opposite U-turn. – KUNA photos

Second phase of roads project leading to The Avenues mall opened

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Video grab taken from a video footage shows rescuers helping a person out of a hotel that partly collapsed on August 7, 2024 in Kroev, western Germany, killing one person and burying eight others. - A floor in the hotel in Kroev, a town some 110 kilometres (68 miles) west of Frankfurt, collapsed for unknown reasons, police said in a statement. Of the 14 people inside at the time, five managed to get out. — AFP

One dead, several buried in German hotel collapse