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(FILES) In this file photo taken on June 23, 2020, Syria's Foreign Minister Walid Muallem holds a press conference on new US sanctions imposed on the country, in the capital Damascus. - Syria's foreign minister, Walid Muallem, died November 16, 2020 at dawn at the age of 79, the government announced on state television. (Photo by LOUAI BESHARA / AFP)

Veteran Syrian foreign minister Muallem dies

Walid Muallem DAMASCUS: Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem, a stalwart of Bashar Al-Assad's regime who held his job through a decade of conflict and several reshuffles, died yesterday at the age of 79. The veteran diplomat was hit with US and European sanctions early on in the conflict that has torn Syria apart since 2011 and was known for his tirades claiming that the war was the result of a Western plot.Muallem, who had been foreign...

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - NOVEMBER 15: Running back Devontae Booker #23 of the Las Vegas Raiders is tackled by inside linebacker A.J. Johnson #45 of the Denver Broncos in the first half of their game at Allegiant Stadium on November 15, 2020 in Las Vegas, Nevada. The Raiders defeated the Broncos 37-12. Ethan Miller/Getty Images/AFP

Steelers rout Bengals; Rams shut down Wilson, Seahawks

LAS VEGAS: Running back Devontae Booker #23 of the Las Vegas Raiders is tackled by inside linebacker AJ Johnson #45 of the Denver Broncos in the first half of their game at Allegiant Stadium on November 15, 2020. - AFP NEW YORK: DeAndre Hopkins caught a 43-yard scoring pass from Kyler Murray with two seconds remaining to give the host Arizona Cardinals a stunning 32-30 victory over the Buffalo Bills on Sunday. Murray scrambled to his left and...

Danish golfer Emily Kristine Pedersen (C) poses next to the trophy after winning the Saudi Ladies International golf tournament on November 15, 2020, at the King Abdullah Economic City, north of Jeddah. (Photo by Amer HILABI / AFP)

Pedersen wins first ever women's golf tournament in Saudi Arabia

KING ABDULLAH ECONOMIC CITY: Danish golfer Emily Kristine Pedersen (center) poses next to the trophy after winning the Saudi Ladies International golf tournament on November 15, 2020, at the King Abdullah Economic City, north of Jeddah. - AFP KING ABDULLAH ECONOMIC CITY: Denmark's Emily Pedersen won the first ever women's golf tournament in Saudi Arabia in a tense playoff, but the event designed to soften the kingdom's austere image has drawn...

Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike (L) bumps elbow with International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach during their meeting in Tokyo on November 16, 2020. (Photo by CHARLY TRIBALLEAU / AFP)

Bach projects confidence in Tokyo Games as coronavirus cases surge

TOKYO: Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike (left) bumps elbow with International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach during their meeting in Tokyo yesterday. - AFP TOKYO: International Olympic Committee (IOC) chief Thomas Bach expressed confidence yesterday that the Tokyo Games will be held successfully next year, even allowing spectators to attend, as the world grapples with a sharp rise in coronavirus infections. Bach's two-day visit to...

In this picture taken on October 19, 2020 Islamic seminary students attend class at the Darul Uloom Haqqania seminary in Akora Khattak. - The Darul Uloom Haqqania seminary has churned out a who's who of Taliban top brass -- including many now on the hardline group's negotiating team holding talks with the Kabul government to end a 20-year war. (Photo by Abdul MAJEED / AFP) / TO GO WITH 'Pakistan-Afghanistan-conflict-Islam - FOCUS' by David STOUT

'University of jihad' proud of alumni

AKORA KHATTAK, Pakistan: In this picture taken on Oct 19, 2020, Islamic seminary students attend class at the Darul Uloom Haqqania seminary. - AFP AKORA KHATTAK: Maulana Yousaf Shah cracks a wide smile as he rattles off a list of former students turned Taleban leaders, reveling in their victories over superpowers on Afghanistan's battlefields after graduating from Pakistan's "university of jihad". The Darul Uloom Haqqania seminary has churned...

Ethiopian migrants, who fled intense fighting in their homeland, queue for a food portion in the Um Raquba camp in the town of Gadaref, east of Khartoum, on November 15, 2020, after being transported from the border reception centre. - Around 25,000 Ethiopians fleeing conflict in the Tigray region have crossed into neighbouring Sudan, state news agency SUNA reported, as the UN said it was working to find them shelter. (Photo by Ebrahim HAMID / AFP)

Heat and hunger: Sudan struggles to shelter 25,000 Ethiopia refugees

GADAREF, Sudan: Ethiopians who fled intense fighting in their homeland queue for food at the Um Raquba camp on Sunday after being transported from the border reception center. - AFP UM RAQUBA REFUGEE CAMP: In a sun-baked and dusty wasteland in remote eastern Sudan, crews are laboring to rebuild a refugee camp for the 25,000 people who have fled heavy fighting in neighboring Ethiopia's Tigray region. Exhausted and terrified men, women and...

Muslim devotees pray at a shrine in Mumbai on November 16, 2020, after places of worships in Maharashtra state reopened following more than eight months of shutdown due to the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic. (Photo by Sujit JAISWAL / AFP)

Asia at 'a crossroads' as coronavirus cases surge

MUMBAI: Devotees pray at a shrine yesterday after places of worships in Maharashtra state reopened following more than eight months of shutdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic. - AFP SYDNEY: Countries across the Asia-Pacific region reported record new coronavirus numbers and fresh outbreaks yesterday, with Japan facing mounting pressure to reimpose a state of emergency and South Korea warning it was at a "critical crossroads". The resurgence of the...

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Erdogan says Cyprus to stay divided, visits 'ghost town' in north

VAROSHA, Cyprus: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar make a joint statement in this fenced-off eastern town on Sunday. - AFP NICOSIA: Turkey's president said he favors a permanent "two-state" division of Cyprus during a visit Sunday to the breakaway Turkish-held north condemned as a provocation by the internationally recognized Greek-speaking south. Recep Tayyip Erdogan also visited the beachfront area...

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UN agency chief fears 'disaster' in Gaza as funding runs dry

GAZA: In this file photo taken on Oct 9, 2013 a Palestinian woman raises up a Palestinian flag during a demonstration outside the UNRWA headquarters to protest against the reduction of food aid for Palestinian refugees. - AFP GAZA CITY: The "worst financial crisis" ever faced by the UN's agency for Palestinian refugees could lead to "disaster" in the Gaza Strip and insecurity in Lebanon, the organization's chief has warned. Founded in 1949, the...

TOPSHOT - A woman gestures in front of police officers standing guard as people celebrate outside the Congress in Lima after Peruvian interim president Manuel Merino presented his resignation on November 15, 2020. - Peru's President Manuel Merino resigned Sunday, just five days after taking office, sparking celebrations in the capital Lima following street protests against him and the ousting of his popular predecessor. (Photo by Luka GONZALES / AFP)

Peru left without a president; Merino quits after protest

LIMA: A woman gestures in front of police officers standing guard as people celebrate outside the Congress after Peruvian interim president Manuel Merino presented his resignation on Sunday. - AFP LIMA: Peru was without a president yesterday after Congress failed to agree on a successor to interim leader Manuel Merino, who resigned following days of street protests against him. Merino announced he was stepping down Sunday, following an ultimatum...

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Hurricane Iota closes in on storm-battered Central America

This RAMMB/CIRA satellite image shows Hurricane Iota yesterday as it approaches Central America. - AFP BILWI: Hurricane Iota rapidly strengthened into a "dangerous" Category Four as it headed towards Central America yesterday, the US National Hurricane Center warned, two weeks after powerful storm Eta devastated much of the region and left more than 200 people dead or missing. Iota strengthened to a Category Four out of five on the...

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Ooredoo Kuwait, IOM collaborate to support community initiatives

A group photo of Ooredoo and IOM representatives KUWAIT: Ooredoo Telecom, the first to introduce innovative digital services in Kuwait, collaborated with the International Organization for Migration (IOM), a related organization of the United Nations (UN), that plays a leading role in the field of migration governance globally. The collaboration allows Nojoom members who are also Ooredoo customers to donate their points to IOM on MyOoredoo...

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LIVERPOOL: Police officers face protesters outside the Liver Building in Liverpool on August 3, 2024 during an 'Enough is Enough' anti-immigrant rally. — AFP

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