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Residents gather to watch as Mount Ili Lewotolok spews ash during a volcanic eruption in Lembata, East Nusa Tenggara on November 29, 2020. (Photo by JOY CHRISTIAN / AFP)
Indonesian volcano belches huge tower of smoke and ash
Residents gather to watch as Mount Ili Lewotolok spews ash during a volcanic eruption in Lembata yesterday. - AFP JAKARTA: Indonesia's Mount Ili Lewotolok erupted yesterday, belching a column of smoke and ash four kilometers into the sky, triggering a flight warning and the closure of the local airport. There were no reports of injuries or damage from the eruption in a remote part of the Southeast Asian archipelago. But authorities raised the...
Ethiopian refugees fill bottles and containers with water at Um Raquba camp in Sudan's eastern Gedaref province on November 28, 2020. - Sudan needs $150 million in aid to cope with the flood of Ethiopian refugees crossing its border from conflict-stricken Tigray, the UN refugee agency chief said during a visit to a camp. (Photo by ASHRAF SHAZLY / AFP)
Tigray military operation 'over'
GEDAREF, Sudan: Ethiopian refugees fill bottles and containers with water at Um Raquba camp on Saturday. - AFP ADDIS ABABA: The Ethiopian government launched a manhunt yesterday for leaders of a rebellious faction in the northern region of Tigray after announcing federal troops had taken over the regional capital and military operations were complete. Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed government has been trying to quell a rebellion by the Tigray...
People wait for a medical examination, outside a Covid hospital, in Sarajevo, on November 5, 2020. - Not enough beds and not enough doctors: a skyrocketing coronavirus caseload is pushing hospitals in the Balkans to the cusp of collapse, in chaotic scenes reminding some medics of the region's 1990s wars. After nearly a year of keeping outbreaks more or less under control, the nightmare scenario that the Balkans feared from the start of the pandemic is now starting to unfold. (Photo by STR / AFP)
'Catastrophic': Balkan healthcare overwhelmed by COVID-19 surge
SARAJEVO: People wait for a medical examination outside a COVID hospital on Nov 5, 2020. - AFP BELGRADE: Not enough beds and not enough doctors: a skyrocketing coronavirus caseload is pushing hospitals in the Balkans to the cusp of collapse, in chaotic scenes reminding some medics of the region's 1990s wars. After nearly a year of keeping outbreaks more or less under control, the nightmare scenario that the Balkans feared from the start of the...
Security personnel are seen after a suicide car bomber struck an army base on the outskirts of Ghazni province on November 29, 2020. - A suicide car bomber struck an army base in Afghanistan on November 29 killing at least 26 security personnel, officials said, in one of the bloodiest attacks in recent months. (Photo by STR / AFP)
Suicide bomber hits Afghan army base, kills 30 security personnel
GHAZNI, Afghanistan: Security personnel are seen after a suicide car bomber struck an army base yesterday. - AFP GHAZNI: A suicide car bomber struck an army base in Afghanistan yesterday killing at least 30 security personnel, officials said, in one of the bloodiest attacks targeting government forces in recent months. The attack occurred on the outskirts of Ghazni city, capital of the eastern province of Ghazni, which has seen regular fighting...
A line of pro-democracy protesters wearing helmets link hands as they walk in front of others carrying large inflatable ducks during a march to the 11th Infantry Regiment as part of an anti-government rally in Bangkok on November 29, 2020. (Photo by Jack TAYLOR / AFP)
Protesters target Thai royal guards unit in latest rally
BANGKOK: A line of pro-democracy protesters wearing helmets link hands as they walk in front of others carrying large inflatable ducks during a march to the 11th Infantry Regiment yesterday. - AFP BANGKOK: Hundreds of protesters marched on a barracks of Thailand's royal guards unit yesterday hoisting inflatable rubber ducks high above their heads, a whimsical show of force by a pro-democracy movement calling for curbs to the power of the...
Demonstrators clashes with French riot police during a protest against the 'global security' draft law, which Article 24 would criminalise the publication of images of on-duty police officers with the intent of harming their 'physical or psychological integrity', in Paris, on November 28, 2020. - Dozens of rallies are planned on November 28 against a new French law that would restrict sharing images of police, only days after the country was shaken by footage showing officers beating and racially abusing a black man. (Photo by ALAIN JOCARD / AFP)
French police risk charges over black man's beating
PARIS: Demonstrators clash with French riot police during a protest against the 'global security' draft law on Saturday. - AFP PARIS: Four French police yesterday risked being charged over the beating and racial abuse of a black music producer that shocked France and intensified controversy over new security legislation. Tens of thousands protested across France Saturday against the security bill-which would restrict the right of the press to...
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Iran assassination could undercut Biden's options
MASHHAD, Iran: A handout picture shows servants of the Imam Reza shrine carrying the coffin of Iran's assassinated top nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh during his funeral procession yesterday. - AFP WASHINGTON: The assassination of a top Iranian nuclear scientist, which Tehran has blamed on Israel, risks not only sharpening tensions across the region but also severely complicating plans by US President-elect Joe Biden to resume dialogue with...
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Kuwait remains committed to creating balance in global market: Oil Minister
Oil Minister Dr Khaled Al-Fadhel KUWAIT: Kuwait's Minister of Oil and Acting Minister of Electricity and Water Dr Khaled Al-Fadhel and Kuwait's Governor of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) Haitham Al-Ghais are set to participate in the OPEC 180th Ministerial Meeting today and the 12th OPEC plus Ministerial Meeting tomorrow through videoconference.Fadhel said in a statement released by the Oil Ministry that Kuwait...
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Court ruling a win for press freedom in Kuwait
KUWAIT: In a new court ruling seen as a victory to liberties in general and freedom of the press in Kuwait in particular, the felonies court chaired by Judge Abdullah Al-Othman confirmed that newspapers will not be indicted if they publish genuine news, even if the names of concerned officials are mentioned.The criminal court exonerated an editor-in-chief for publishing the name of an engineer after an MP demanded to hold him to account through...
Dr. Abdullah Al-Ajeel from the Kuwait Ministry of Health wins 2020 Professional Award at Global Awards in Morocco
Kuwaiti doctor wins at Global Awards in Morocco
Dr. Abdullah Al-Ajeel from the Kuwait Ministry of Health wins 2020 Professional Award at Global Awards in Morocco KUWAIT: Dr Abdullah Al-Ajeel from the Kuwait Ministry of Health received the Professional Excellence Award for the year 2020 in the field of health at the level of Arab countries. The award is part of the fifth session of the Global Awards of Arab Best Foundation for the year 2020, held recently in Marrakesh, Morocco. The...
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Amir, Crown Prince receive state officials
KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah meets His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah. - Amiri Diwan and KUNA photos KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah received yesterday at Bayan Palace His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah. His Highness the Amir also received National Assembly Speaker Marzouq Al-Ghanem.Furthermore,...
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Kuwait's Foreign Minister meets Bahraini counterpart
KUWAIT: Kuwait's Foreign Minister Sheikh Dr Ahmad Nasser Al-Mohammad Al-Sabah meets Bahrain's Foreign Minister Dr Abdullatif Al-Zayani. - KUNA KUWAIT: Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Dr Ahmad Nasser Al-Mohammad Al-Sabah met yesterday with the visiting Foreign Minister of Bahrain Dr Abdullatif Al-Zayani and his accompanying delegation. The talks dealt with bilateral relations and latest regional as well as international developments.The...
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(Left) Demonstrators brandish placards and flags of Palestine during a rally in Rabat on Aug 3, 2024, protesting the killing of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh. (Right) Protesters rally in London during the "National March for Gaza", calling to end the genocide, stop arming the Zionist entity and no Middle East war on Aug 3, 2024. - AFP photos
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