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In this file photo taken on March 11, 2019, Britain's Prince Harry and Meghan leave after attending a Commonwealth Day Service at Westminster Abbey in central London. - AFP n
Harry and Meghan permanently quit British royal life
In this file photo taken on March 11, 2019, Britain's Prince Harry and Meghan leave after attending a Commonwealth Day Service at Westminster Abbey in central London. - AFPPrince Harry and his American wife Meghan have permanently quit royal duties, Buckingham Palace said Friday, just over a year after they rocked the British monarchy by announcing plans to "step back" from their roles. Queen Elizabeth II ordered the Duke and Duchess of Sussex,...
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GCC concerned over Somalia developments
RIYADH: The Gulf Cooperation Council described the death and injury of several people in Somalia amid clashes as "tragic," saying it was concerned about these recent developments. According to reports, armed clashes erupted on Friday between security forces and gunmen at the capital, Mogadishu, leading to the casualties. In a statement, GCC Secretary General Dr Nayef Al-Hajraf urged calm and for the sides to resolve their differences peacefully,...
In this picture taken on Jan 6, 2021, Vaqar Zakaria, member of the Islamabad Wildlife Management Board (IWMB), speaks during an interview with AFP in Dino Park, located in the Margalla Hill National Park in Islamabad. - AFP photosn
Pakistan zoo begins mammoth makeover after elephant's departure
In this picture taken on Jan 6, 2021, Vaqar Zakaria, member of the Islamabad Wildlife Management Board (IWMB), speaks during an interview with AFP in Dino Park, located in the Margalla Hill National Park in Islamabad. - AFP photosA rundown Pakistan zoo once home to what was dubbed the "world's loneliest elephant" and notorious for housing animals in cramped concrete enclosures has launched an ambitious $7.5 million makeover plan. Animal rights...
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Six rescued from Um Al-Haiman house fire
KUWAIT: Firemen rescued six persons who were trapped in a house in Um Al-Haiman yesterday. Um Al-Haiman and Mina Abdullah Fire Stations responded to an emergency call reporting the fire, and they were able to evacuate the house before tackling the blaze. Five children and a woman were taken to hospital as investigations are underway to determine the cause of the fire, Kuwait Fire Force said in a press statement. 
Asylum seekers wait outside the El Chaparral border crossing port as they wait to cross into the United States in Tijuana, Baja California state, Mexico on Friday.-AFPn
First group of 25 asylum-seekers enters US
Asylum seekers wait outside the El Chaparral border crossing port as they wait to cross into the United States in Tijuana, Baja California state, Mexico on Friday.-AFPTIJUANA, Mexico: A first group of 25 asylum-seekers crossed the US border Friday under President Joe Biden's sweeping immigration reforms, while thousands more waited in Mexico hoping that they, too, would be allowed in. Under former president Donald Trump's "Remain in Mexico"...
WASHINGTON, DC: US President Joe Biden speaks virtually from the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, to the Munich Security Conference in Germany yesterday.-AFPn
Biden declares America and transatlantic alliance 'back'
WASHINGTON, DC: US President Joe Biden speaks virtually from the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, to the Munich Security Conference in Germany yesterday.-AFPWASHINGTON: President Joe Biden declared the "transatlantic alliance is back" Friday in a powerful speech seeking to reestablish the United States as leader of the West against what he called a global assault on democracy. The remarks to the annual Munich Security...
MANDALAY: A wounded man is carried on a stretcher by a medical team after security forces opened fire on protesters during a demonstration against the military coup in Mandalay yesterday.-AFPn
Six people shot with live rounds at Myanmar anti-coup protest
MANDALAY: A wounded man is carried on a stretcher by a medical team after security forces opened fire on protesters during a demonstration against the military coup in Mandalay yesterday.-AFPMANDALAY, Myanmar: A raid on a shipyard in Myanmar's second-largest city turned violent yesterday when police and soldiers fired live rounds and rubber bullets at protesters gathering to stop arrests. At least five people were injured by rubber bullets, a...
MOGADISHU: Supporters of different opposition presidential candidates demonstrate in Mogadishu on Friday. - AFPn n
Gunfire in Mogadishu as political tensions soar
MOGADISHU: Supporters of different opposition presidential candidates demonstrate in Mogadishu on Friday. - AFPMOGADISHU: Gunfire broke out in Mogadishu on Friday when the opposition tried to march against delayed elections in the Somali capital, sending months of political tensions bursting into the open. Somalia missed a deadline to hold an election by February 8, when President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed, better known by his nickname Farmajo,...
MOSCOW: Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny stands inside a glass cell during a court hearing at the Babushkinsky district court in Moscow yesterday.-AFPn
Moscow court upholds prison term for Navalny
MOSCOW: Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny stands inside a glass cell during a court hearing at the Babushkinsky district court in Moscow yesterday.-AFPMOSCOW: A Moscow court yesterday upheld a ruling to jail the Kremlin's most prominent opponent Alexei Navalny, sealing his first lengthy prison sentence in a decade of legal battles with Russian authorities. Judge Dmitry Balashov dismissed Navalny's appeal against a recent decision to...
Army soldiers build a temporary bridge for residents near Raini village of Chamoli district following a flash flood thought to have been caused when a glacier broke off on February 7. - AFPn
India's glacier disaster highlights Himalayan dangers
Army soldiers build a temporary bridge for residents near Raini village of Chamoli district following a flash flood thought to have been caused when a glacier broke off on February 7. - AFPCHAMOLI: Long before this month's deadly flash flood in a remote Indian Himalayan valley, Kundan Singh Rana knew that all the construction work in the fragile region would one day mean disaster. "The rivers, mountains and trees are like our gods and any...
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Set up, demolish, repeat: Israel targets Bedouin tent community
KHIRBAT HUMSAH, Palestinian Territories: With a mosaic of shattered glass lying at her feet, remnants of a solar panel smashed by Israeli soldiers, Fadwa Abdelghani wearily recounted the military's latest order to leave her home. "The (Israeli) soldiers came here 30 minutes ago and told us we had to go," the Palestinian Bedouin told AFP."We're afraid they will come back and destroy everything," she said, referring to her tent community in Humsah...
WASHINTON, DC: In this file photo, Gita Gopinath, the Chief Economist of the International Monetary Fund, speaks in Washington, DC. Fears that inflation could spiral out of control due to a massive US stimulus package are overblown, IMF chief economist Gopinath said on Friday.-AFPn
IMF dismisses inflation concerns over massive US stimulus plan
WASHINTON, DC: In this file photo, Gita Gopinath, the Chief Economist of the International Monetary Fund, speaks in Washington, DC. Fears that inflation could spiral out of control due to a massive US stimulus package are overblown, IMF chief economist Gopinath said on Friday.-AFPWASHINGTON: Fears that inflation could spiral out of control due to a massive US stimulus package are overblown, IMF chief economist Gita Gopinath said Friday. Her...
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MUMBAI: A vendor counts a wad of Indian rupees. - AFP
Indian rupee hits record low amid geopolitical jitters
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Flag of Kuwait, visa application form and passport on table
Why small-scale project visas can be problematic
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KUWAIT: Kuwaitis walk inside the Avenues Mall, the country’s largest shopping centre. The Public Authority for Civil Information (PACI) issued the latest detailed statistics on population and employment at the end of June 2024. The data shows that total population in Kuwait reached 4.919 million people. - Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat
Kuwait population hits 4.919 million
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DHAKA: Anti-government protestors display Bangladesh's national flag as they storm Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's palace on Aug 5, 2024. - AFP
People power rocks Bangladesh
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Al-Sawaber Complex
Kuwait’s historic buildings should be preserved