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Russia-backed offensive pushes towards border; Turkey threatens action on Syria
ATAREB, Syria: Turkish troops patrol on foot and in military vehicles in the town of Atareb in the rebel-held western countryside of Syria's Aleppo province yesterday. - AFP ANKARA: Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan said yesterday a Turkish military operation to push back a Syrian government offensive against rebel strongholds in northwest Syria was now "a matter of time" after talks with Russia failed to halt the assault. Turkish troops have...
Fog covers the skies in the region of Dahr al-Baidar east of Beirut in Lebanon on the main road linking the capital to Damascus, at an altitude of 1,320 meters above sea level, on January 12, 2020. (Photo by JOSEPH EID / AFP)
Crisis drives Lebanese abroad in search of better future
DAHR EL BAIDAR: Fog covers the skies in the region of Dahr Al-Baidar east of Beirut in Lebanon on the main road linking the capital to Damascus. - AFP BEIRUT: Sick of Lebanon's political instability, Habib Rahhal had been mulling leaving since 2018 to seek a better future. But the final straw came in November when he was unable to get money out of the bank because of a national financial crisis. He stepped up his job search abroad and found one...
People wearing protective facemasks walk along a street in Shanghai on February 19, 2020. - The death toll from China's new coronavirus epidemic jumped past 2,000 on February 19 after 136 more people died, with the number of new cases falling for a second straight day, according to the National Health Commission. (Photo by NOEL CELIS / AFP) / China OUT
China expels Wall Street Journal reporters over a 'racist' headline
SHANGHAI: People wearing protective facemasks walk along a street in Shanghai yesterday. - AFP BEIJING: China yesterday ordered three reporters from American newspaper the Wall Street Journal to leave the country over what Beijing deemed a racist headline, in one of the harshest moves against foreign media in years. The expulsion came as Beijing also slammed Washington's decision to tighten rules on Chinese state media organizations in the...
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UK faces a backlash over new post-Brexit immigration plans
LONDON: A handout photograph released by the UK Parliament shows Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaking in the House of Commons in central London. - AFP LONDON: Britain's government yesterday faced a backlash over its new post-Brexit immigration plans, which are designed to cut "cheap Labor from Europe" in favor of high-skilled English speakers. The points-based system is due to start on January 1, 2021, and was billed as "taking back...
(FILES) In this file photo taken on August 6, 2016 Edward DeBartolo, Jr., former San Francisco 49ers Owner, speaks during his Pro Football Hall of Fame induction speech during the NFL Hall of Fame Enshrinement Ceremony at the Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium in Canton, Ohio. - US President Donald Trump on February 18, 2020 in Washington, DC, granted a full pardon to the former San Francisco 49ers owner convicted in a gambling fraud scandal. DeBartolo Jr., whose San Francisco 49ers won five Super Bowls under his leadership, stepped down as owner in 1997 after two Louisiana newspapers reported he would be indicted for gambling fraud. The White House announced the surprise decision on Tuesday, along with NFL greats Jerry Rice, Jim Brown, Ronnie Lott and Charles Haley. (Photo by Joe Robbins / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / AFP)
Trump commutes sentence of corrupt former US politician
OHIO: In this file photo, Edward DeBartolo Jr, former San Francisco 49ers Owner, speaks during his Pro Football Hall of Fame induction speech in Canton. US President Donald Trump has granted a full pardon to the former San Francisco 49ers owner convicted in a gambling fraud scandal. - AFP WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump on Tuesday commuted the sentence of a former Illinois governor jailed for corruption, as well as pardoning a New York City...
In this picture taken on February 7, 2020, cancer patients rest inside a hospital ward in Srinagar. - In August, India's Hindu-nationalist government stripped the Himalayan region of its semi-autonomous status and imposed restrictions on movement and a communications blackout, virtually cutting it off from the outside world. Life for Kashmir's seven-million inhabitants came to a standstill, including for doctors and patients who rely heavily on the internet to consult specialists outside the region, communicate with patients and order vital medicine. (Photo by Tauseef MUSTAFA / AFP) / TO GO WITH India-Kashmir-unrest-politics-health,FOCUS by Parvaiz Bukhari
Sick Kashmiris feel deadly consequences of blackout
SRINAGAR: Cancer patients rest inside a hospital ward in Srinagar. - AFP SRINAGAR: Sanaullah Dar was due to undergo surgery to remove a tumor in his bladder. Four months later, he was dead, with doctors blaming a lockdown imposed by New Delhi on the restive part of Kashmir it controls. In August, India's Hindu-nationalist government stripped the Himalayan region of its semi-autonomous status and imposed restrictions on movement and a...
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Breaking news and barriers: S Korea's first female anchor
SEOUL: South Korean news anchor Lee So-jeong attends a rehearsal of a primetime newscast at KBS, South Korea's national public broadcaster, in Seoul. - AFP SEOUL: Under gleamingly bright studio lights, Lee So-jeong reads straight from a teleprompter, rehearsing her lines ahead of the primetime newscast for South Korea's national public broadcaster, KBS. Five times a week, she is beamed into living rooms across the country leading its "News 9"...
A general view shows the Westerdam cruise ship in Sihanoukville on February 19, 2020. - Dozens of passengers stuck for nearly a week on a US cruise ship in Cambodia disembarked on February 19, after being given the all-clear from the deadly COVID-19 novel coronavirus. (Photo by TANG CHHIN Sothy / AFP)
IMF: Virus hitting a fragile global economy
SIHANOUKVILLE, Cambodia: A general view shows the Westerdam cruise ship in Sihanoukville yesterday. In the best-case scenario, the economic hit from the epidemic in China will be short-lived, but it comes as the global economy remains fragile, IMF chief Kristalina Georgieva said yesterday. - AFP. WASHINGTON: In the best-case scenario, the economic hit from the epidemic in China will be short-lived, but it comes as the global economy remains...
This photo taken on December 5, 2019 shows 19-year-old Afghan artist Robaba Mohammadi painting in her studio in Kabul. - Unable to use her hands, arms, or legs, Afghan artist Robaba Mohammadi has defied unlikely odds in a country that routinely discriminates against women and disabled people. Denied access to school, as a child she taught herself to paint by holding a brush in her mouth, clenching it between her teeth to create elaborate and colourful portraits. (Photo by NOORULLAH SHIRZADA / AFP) / TO GO WITH Afghanistan-disabilities-woman-social,FOCUS by Mushtaq MOJADDIDI
Afghan artist brushes aside disability to open arts Centre
These photos show 19-year-old Afghan artist Robaba Mohammadi painting in her studio in Kabul. -AFP photos Unable to use her hands, arms, or legs, Afghan artist Robaba Mohammadi has defied unlikely odds in a country that routinely discriminates against women and disabled people. Denied access to school, as a child she taught herself to paint by holding a brush in her mouth, clenching it between her teeth to create elaborate and colorful...
A child receives an oral cholera vaccine from a health worker during a vaccination campaign in Dhaka on February 19, 2020. - Bangladesh on February 19 kicked off its drive to vaccinate more than one million people against cholera, where the disease infects thousands every year, as part of an international campaign to eliminate transmission by 2030. (Photo by MUNIR UZ ZAMAN / AFP) / To go with story 'BANGLADESH-HEALTH'
Bangladesh kicks off vaccination blitz to eliminate cholera
DHAKA: A child receives an oral cholera vaccine from a health worker during a vaccination campaign in Dhaka yesterday. - AFP DHAKA: Bangladesh yesterday kicked off a drive to vaccinate more than a million people against cholera, which infects tens of thousands a year, as part of an international campaign to eliminate transmission by 2030.The delta nation has sought to reduce the impact of the disease - which causes acute diarrhea and spreads...
South Korean director Bong Joon-ho (top C) poses with the cast and crew members of the film Parasite during a press conference in Seoul on February 19, 2020, after his film won the Oscar for Best Picture. - Bong's movie Parasite -- about the widening gap between rich and poor -- became the first non-English-language film to win Hollywood's biggest prize on February 10, prompting celebrations in South Korea. (Photo by Jung Yeon-je / AFP)
Black-and-white 'Parasite' a more intimate film: Director Bong
South Korean director Bong Joon-ho (top center) poses with the cast and crew members of the film Parasite during a press conference in Seoul yesterday, after his film won the Oscar for Best Picture.-AFP Watching a black-and-white re-release of his multi-Oscar-winning movie "Parasite" will give viewers a "different" and "strange" experience, director Bong Joon-ho said yesterday ahead of the new version opening next week. The director has always...
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Huawei Mate 30 Pro 5G's video features are unique!
KUWAIT: Have you ever felt a jolt of inspiration to start working on your next big video project, but then felt disheartened thinking of all the work you have to put in? Or worse, the expensive equipment you thought you would need? Well don't worry you budding director, we have a solution for you! Huawei's latest 5G powered flagship the Huawei Mate 30 Pro 5G, packs some powerful hardware, meaning you won't need to carry big professional cameras...
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KUWAIT CITY: Jassim Al-Awadhi waits at a bus stop as a bus approaches in this file photo.
Disorganized bus network behind lacking transit system
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Kuwait's fencer Yusuf Al-Shamlan
Shamlan leaves Olympic Games
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KUWAIT: Young girls participate in Girl Up Kuwait's first conference which focused on the role of women in Kuwaiti society and politics.
Girl Up Kuwait: Young trailblazers give girls a voice
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Air Force carries out aeromedical evacuation exercise
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Kuwaiti pilots learn to fly Turkish Bayraktar drones