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Czech Republic's Karolina Pliskova serves the ball to Latvia's Jelena Ostapenko during their women's singles second round tennis match on Day 5 of The Roland Garros 2020 French Open tennis tournament in Paris on October 1, 2020. (Photo by MARTIN BUREAU / AFP)
Ostapenko stuns Pliskova; Djokovic targets 70th win
PARIS: Czech Republic’s Karolina Pliskova serves the ball to Latvia’s Jelena Ostapenko during their women’s singles second round tennis match on Day 5 of The Roland Garros 2020 French Open tennis tournament yesterday. – AFP PARIS: Former champion Jelena Ostapenko swept second seed Karolina Pliskova out of Roland Garros yesterday as Novak Djokovic set his sights on a 70th career win in the French capital. In a women's tournament reeling...
Bayern Munich's German goalkeeper Manuel Neuer and teammates celebrate with the trophy after winning the German Supercup football match FC Bayern Munich v BVB Borussia Dortmund in Munich, Southern Germany, on September 30, 2020. (Photo by ANDREAS GEBERT / POOL / AFP) / DFL REGULATIONS PROHIBIT ANY USE OF PHOTOGRAPHS AS IMAGE SEQUENCES AND/OR QUASI-VIDEO
Bayern win German Super Cup to lift 5th title in 2020
BAVARIA: Bayern Munich's German goalkeeper Manuel Neuer and teammates celebrate with the trophy after winning the German Supercup football match FC Bayern Munich v BVB Borussia Dortmund on September 30, 2020. - AFP MUNICH: Bayern Munich claimed their fifth title of the year on Wednesday as a late Joshua Kimmich goal sealed their 3-2 win over Borussia Dortmund to land the German Super Cup. Hosts Bayern built a 2-0 lead with first-half goals by...
Manchester United's Dutch midfielder Donny van de Beek (L) vies with Brighton's German midfielder Pascal Gross during the English League Cup fourth round football match between Brighton and Hove Albion and Manchester United at the American Express Community Stadium in Brighton, southern England on September 30, 2020. (Photo by Andy Rain / POOL / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE. No use with unauthorized audio, video, data, fixture lists, club/league logos or 'live' services. Online in-match use limited to 120 images. An additional 40 images may be used in extra time. No video emulation. Social media in-match use limited to 120 images. An additional 40 images may be used in extra time. No use in betting publications, games or single club/league/player publications. /
Man City, United ease into League Cup quarter-finals
BRIGHTON: Manchester United's Dutch midfielder Donny van de Beek (left) vies with Brighton's German midfielder Pascal Gross during the English League Cup fourth round football match between Brighton and Hove Albion and Manchester United at the American Express Community Stadium in Brighton on September 30, 2020. - AFP LONDON: Pep Guardiola admitted it was vital to keep a clean-sheet as League Cup holders Manchester City got back on track with a...
TOPSHOT - A member of the National Students' Union of India (NSUI) places a candle besides placards after a candlelight vigil following accusations of Indian Police forcibly cremating the body of a 19-year-old woman victim, who was allegedly gang-raped by four men in Bool Garhi village of Uttar Pradesh state, in Ahmedabad on September 30, 2020. - Indian police were accused on September 30 of forcibly cremating the body of a 19-year-old alleged gang-rape victim as anger grew over the latest horrific sexual assault to rock the country. The teenager from India's marginalised Dalit community suffered serious injuries in a brutal sexual attack two weeks ago, according to her family and police, and died at a New Delhi hospital on September 29. (Photo by SAM PANTHAKY / AFP)
Dalit woman dies after gang-rape
AHMEDABAD: A member of the National Students' Union of India (NSUI) places a candle besides placards after a candlelight vigil on Wednesday following accusations of Indian police forcibly cremating the body of a 19-year-old woman who was allegedly gang-raped by four men in Uttar Pradesh. – AFP NEW DELHI: A woman from India's marginalized Dalit community has died after being gang-raped, police said yesterday, days after the death of a teenager...
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Turkey, Iran deploy 'game changing' drones in Iraq
This combination of pictures created yesterday shows (top) a Turkish-made Bayraktar TB2 drone and (bottom) an Iranian-made Shahed-129 drone. - AFP SULAIMANIYAH, Iraq: Turkey and Iran are increasingly adopting "game-changing" drones as their weapon of choice against Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq, prompting fears for the safety of civilians and stoking geopolitical tensions. "Not a day goes by without us seeing a drone," said Mohammad Hassan,...
A view taken on September 30, 2020 shows a household which is said was damaged by recent shelling during fighting between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the breakaway Nagorny Karabakh region, in the settlement of Zorocuq in Azerbaijan's F¸zuli district. (Photo by TOFIK BABAYEV / AFP)
Heavy Armenia, Azerbaijan shelling despite calls for halt
A household damaged by recent shelling during fighting between Armenia and Azerbaijan Wednesday over the breakaway Nagorny Karabakh region is seen on Wednesday in the settlement of Zorocuq in Azerbaijan's Fuzuli district. - AFP STEPANAKERT, Azerbaijan: Heavy shelling between Armenian and Azerbaijani forces persisted yesterday despite fresh calls from world leaders for an end to days of fighting over the disputed Nagorny Karabakh region. In the...
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Trump backpedals over racist group, Biden blasts him as 'embarrassment'
ALLIANCE, United States: Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden speaks during a campaign stop at the Alliance Train Station in Ohio on Wednesday. - AFP WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump scrambled Wednesday to quell an uproar over his failure to explicitly denounce white supremacist groups during his debate debacle with Joe Biden, who branded his election rival a "national embarrassment". The bitter adversaries returned to the campaign...
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Vowing return to Russia, Navalny accuses Putin over poisoning
This combination of pictures shows Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny (left) and Russian President Vladimir Putin. - AFP BERLIN: Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny accused President Vladimir Putin of being behind his poisoning, as he vowed to return to Russia to press on with his opposition campaign. In the first media interview since his poisoning, Navalny gave harrowing details of his collapse on a flight from Tomsk to Moscow after he was...
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Trump slashes US refugee admissions to record low
WASHINGTON: In this file photo taken on Oct 15, 2019, activists hold a civil disobedience protest against "the decimation of the US refugee resettlement program" in front of the US Capitol. - AFP WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump's administration said late Wednesday the United States will admit a record low of no more than 15,000 refugees over the coming year despite surging global displacement, stepping up its hard line one month before...
Orthodox Jewish people not wearing a facemask are seen in a Brooklyn neighborhood on September 29,2020 in New York. - New York Governor Andrew Cuomo warned of growing coronavirus clusters in large Orthodox Jewish communities around New York City. State health officials are investigating some of the stateís Zip codes where Covid-19 is growing. (Photo by TIMOTHY A. CLARY / AFP)
Virus rebounds in NY neighborhoods with significant Jewish populations
NEW YORK: Orthodox Jewish people not wearing a facemask are seen in a Brooklyn neighborhood on Sept 29, 2020. - AFP NEW YORK: As cases of coronavirus tick up again in New York, particularly in neighborhoods with significant populations of Orthodox Jews, some residents of those areas say they feel attacked or insulted, accusing authorities of creating a stigma based on their faith. For two weeks the positivity rate - the proportion of positive...
In this picture taken on September 29, 2020, Ghulam Mustafa, brother of Hassan Arshad (R in mobile picture), an 18-year-old Pakistani born who injured two people in a meat cleaver attack in Paris, shows a picture on a mobile phone of his brother in front of the Eiffel Tower, at his home in Kothli Qazi village some 130 kms from Islamabad. - Pakistani farmer Arshad Mehmood has been filled with pride since his son stabbed two people outside the former offices of satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo in Paris last week, in the latest attack to expose the violent consequences of blasphemy allegations. Zaheer Hassan Mehmood, who was born in Pakistan, has confessed to the attack, saying he was motivated by the magazine's recent republication of cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed, which are proscribed in Islam. (Photo by Farooq NAEEM / AFP)
In Pakistan, Paris attacker's family praise his actions
KOTHLI QAZI, Pakistan: Ghulam Mustafa shows a picture on a mobile phone of his brother Zaheer Hassan Mehmood (right in mobile picture), who injured two people in a meat cleaver attack in Paris, in front of the Eiffel Tower. – AFP KOTHLI QAZI, Pakistan: Pakistani farmer Arshad Mehmood has been filled with pride since his son stabbed two people outside the former offices of satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo in Paris last week, in the latest...
TOPSHOT - Police officers escort men into a police van following a demonstration during China's National Day in Hong Kong on October 1, 2020, which commemorates the 71st anniversary of the establishment of the People's Republic of China. (Photo by May JAMES / AFP)
China anniversary arrests as Hong Kong leader hails 'return to peace'
HONG KONG: Police officers escort men into a police van following a demonstration during China's National Day yesterday. - AFP HONG KONG: Dozens of democracy supporters were arrested in Hong Kong yesterday for defying a protest ban as the city marked China's National Day and its leader hailed Beijing's new security law for restoring stability to the restive finance hub. The People's Republic of China celebrates its founding on Oct 1 with a...
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A helicopter flied over burning oil fields which were set on fire by Iraqi soldiers before they retreated from Kuwait.
How Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait upended lives of expatriates
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ADDIS ABABA: Pedestrians walk on the newly built walkway in Addis Ababa. The Ethiopian birr weakened by 28 percent against the dollar this week after the central bank adopted a market-determined foreign exchange rate. – AFP
Ethiopian authorities crack down on price hikes after currency float
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KUWAIT: Oil wells were set ablaze by Iraqi troops. – KUNA
Kuwait marks 34th invasion anniversary, remembers support
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(Left) Iranians take part in a funeral procession for late Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran on Aug 1, 2024, ahead of his burial in Qatar. (Right) Hezbollah fighters and mourners carry the casket of slain top commander Fuad Shukr during his funeral in Beirut's southern suburbs on Aug 1, 2024. - AFP photos
Hamas, Hezbollah vow revenge
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Being in Kuwait during invasion: Soldier’s sister shares story