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LOS ANGELES: Abortion rights activists protest after the overturning of Roe Vs. Wade by the US Supreme Court, in Downtown Los Angeles. – AFP

Abortion reversal hits divided US

WASHINGTON: Beaming young women chanted in joy as a machine spat out bubbles and party music blared in front of the US Supreme Court, which had just revoked the federal right to abortion. Someone shouted "We won" and another cheer rose from the anti-abortion campaigners, one of whom waved a sign bearing a tombstone marked 1973-2022 -- the lifespan of that right in America."I am so over-the-moon, overjoyed, excited at the overturning of Roe v....

NADOR, Morocco: Photo shows Moroccan security forces on the border fence separating Morocco from Spain's North African Melilla enclave, near Nador in Morocco. The death toll following a mass attempt by a huge crowd of African migrants to cross from Morocco into Spain's Melilla enclave climbed to 18. - AFP

Morocco activists seek probe after 18 migrants die in surge to enter Spain

Nador, Morocco: Moroccan rights activists on Saturday demanded an investigation into the deaths of at least 18 African migrants who were among hundreds that tried a mass crossing into the Spanish enclave of Melilla. The latest deadly drama on the doors of the European Union took place at dawn on Friday when around 2,000 migrants approached the Moroccan border with the tiny territory.More than 500 managed to enter a border control area after...

GAYAN: Afghan men talk amongst themselves as they look for their belongings amid the ruins of damaged houses after an earthquake in Gayan district, Paktika province. - AFP

Taleban pledge no interference with quake aid, but many await relief

SERAI, Afghanistan: Afghanistan's Taleban rulers pledged on Saturday they would not interfere with international efforts to distribute aid to tens of thousands of people affected by this week's deadly earthquake. Even before Wednesday's quake the country was in the grip of a humanitarian crisis, with aid flows and financial assistance severely curtailed since the Taleban's return to power. The 5.9-magnitude quake struck hardest in the rugged...

MADRID: Passengers stand near the Ryanair check-in counters during a strike at Adolfo Suarez Madrid Barajas airport Madrid. - AFP

Ryanair, Brussels Airlines strikes disrupt air travel

MADRID: Strikes by staff at Ryanair and Brussels Airlines over pay and working conditions forced the cancelation of dozens of flights in Europe on Friday as the busy summer travel season gets underway. The strikes are adding more headaches to passengers and the aviation sector, which has struggled with staff shortages as it struggles to recruit people after massive layoffs during the COVID pandemic.Ryanair cabin crew unions in Spain, Portugal and...

MONTEREY PARK: Cars pull in to fill their tanks at an Arco gas station displaying the price per gallon at over $6 in Monterey Park, California.- AFP

No miracle gas price fix as big Oil US govt meet

WASHINGTON: Biden administration officials and oil industry executives huddled in Washington to discuss potential steps to address runaway gasoline prices, and while both sides called the talks constructive, no concrete plans for relief emerged. High prices at the pump are weighing on American consumers - and damaging President Joe Biden's approval rating. Heading into the gathering, Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm said she hoped the meeting...

PUGODA: Motorists queue along a street to buy fuel at a Ceylon petroleum corporation fuel station in Pugoda, some 50 km from Colombo.- AFP

India delivers medicine and food to bankrupt Sri Lanka

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka accepted a rice and pharmaceuticals shipment from neighboring India as the island nation battles an unprecedented economic crisis that has left supermarket shelves and pharmacy cabinets empty. A critical shortage of foreign currency has left Sri Lanka unable to pay for enough imported food, fuel and medicines to meet demand since the end of last year, causing widespread hardship.Its 22 million people have also been forced to...

BAGHDAD: Members of the Iraqi national football team for amputees take part in a training session at Al-Shaab stadium of the 'National Centre for Nurturing Sports Talent' in Iraq's capital Baghdad. - AFP

For Iraq amputees soccer team, healing is the goal

BAGHDAD: As a seven-year-old boy in Baghdad, Mohamed Ali dreamt of becoming a goalkeeper - until a car bomb in the central Tahrir Square ripped away his left arm. The child had become another casualty of the sectarian blood-letting that raged in Iraq in the years after the 2003 US-led invasion that toppled Saddam Hussein. "I was deprived of playing football," he said, recalling the traumatic event of 2007 that also ended his time with the junior...

RIYADH: Kuwaiti players celebrate their victory against Palestine after their quarter finals match at the 2022 Arab Futsal Championship.

Iraq crowned WAFF champs

ERBIL: The Iraqi National Futsal team, dominated by Kurds, were crowned champions of West Asian Football Federation's (WAFF) major Futsal championship for women on Friday, with a Kurdish player finishing as the tournament's top goal scorer. A total of six teams participated in the WAFF's Women's Futsal Championship for 2022, which was held from June 16 to June 24 in Saudi Arabia.The Iraqi team beat their Saudi counterpart in the final - winning...

BUDAPEST: USA's Katie Ledecky competes to take gold in the women's 800m freestyle finals during the Budapest 2022 World Aquatics Championships at Duna Arena in Budapest on June 24, 2022.- AFP

Ledecky, Sjostrom extend their reigns in world championships

BUDAPEST: Katie Ledecky won a record-breaking fifth straight 800m world title on Friday, just over an hour after Sarah Sjostrom surged to her fourth consecutive victory in the women's 50m butterfly. Local hero Kristof Milak sparked delirium in the Duna Arena in Budapest when he grabbed the gold medal in the 100m butterfly, his second of the week.The Australian mixed 100m freestyle team ended the evening by setting a world record in an event only...

EUGENE: Fred Kerley wins the final of the Men 100 Meter during the 2022 USATF Outdoor Championships at Hayward Field on June 24, 2022 in Eugene, Oregon. - AFP

Kerley blazes to 9.76sec in 100m semis at US World Championship

EUGENE: Fred Kerley clocked a world-leading 9.76sec in the semi-finals then followed up with a 9.77 to win the 100m at the US trials on Friday and stamp himself a favorite for the World Championships next month. Kerley's semi-final run, with a legal wind of 1.4m/sec, came a day after he posted a 2022 season-leading 9.83 in the heats. The Tokyo Olympics silver medalist set a tone for the final and didn't disappoint.Although he didn't get off to as...

This undated photo handout on June 24, 2022 shows the remains of a land tortoise, unearthed in a shop near Pompeii's Stabian Bath complex at the Archaeological Park of Pompeii. - AFP photos

Tortoise and her egg unearthed at Pompeii ruins

Archaeologists at Pompeii have discovered the remains of a small, pregnant tortoise, who died before Mount Vesuvius erupted in AD79 and destroyed the city. The 14-cm long reptile provides more clues to the final phase of the city, which was being rebuilt after an earthquake in AD62. The pregnant "Testudo hermanni" appears to have buried into a ruined, unused shop as a safe space to lay her egg but died with her egg still inside her."The animal's...

People gather at the beach, along the shore of Gaza City, on June 13, 2022. - AFP photos

Swimming and surfing, Gazans savor cleaner sea

Palestinians in the Zionist-blockaded Gaza Strip are rediscovering the pleasures of the Mediterranean Sea, after authorities declared the end of a long period of hazardous marine pollution. “It has been a year since I entered the water,” said 22-year-old surfer Sabah Abu Ghanem. “As soon as I enter the water and ride the waves, I feel free and happy; all the negative energy is replaced with positive energy,” she told AFP.Marine pollution...

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