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DAMASCUS: The Syrian flag flies at Damascus International Airport outside Syria's capital. All flights to and from Syria's capital were halted on June 10, 2022 after the Zionist entity's air strikes wounded at least one civilian and reportedly caused damage to an airport runway. - AFP

Syria Landmine explosion kills 11

BEIRUT: Eleven people were killed and dozens wounded when their pick-up truck ran over a landmine near Syria's southern city of Daraa, a war monitor said Saturday. "Eleven people, including five children under 16 and three women, were killed and around 34 people were injured" in the explosion, said the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, adding that some were in critical condition. Most of the victims were laborers harvesting wheat, Syria's...

France's forward Kylian Mbappe falls as he scores the 1-1 during the UEFA Nations League football match Austria v France at the Ernst Happel stadium in Vienna, Austria on June 10, 2022. (Photo by Joe Klamar / AFP)

Nations League: Mbappe salvages draw for France

PARIS: Kylian Mbappe came off the bench to score a late equalizer as France settled for a 1-1 draw with Austria in their Nations League encounter in Vienna on Friday. Mbappe appeared as a second-half replacement for Antoine Griezmann at the Ernst-Happel Stadium and burst through in characteristic fashion to smash in the 83rd-minute leveller, cancelling out Andreas Weimann's opener. The result leaves France, who won last year's edition of the...

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Handball Teams Cup winner tournament

By Abdellatif SharaaKUWAIT: The 38th Handball Teams Cup winner tournament will conclude on Sunday with the final match between Saudi Arabia's Mudhar and Bahrain's Najma teams. The Saudi team reached the final after beating Kuwait Club in the semifinal match 25-23 while Najma booked semi-final by beating Qatar's Ahli team 28-21 on Thursday.Meanwhile, Kuwait Sports Club Chairman Khalid Al-Ghanim held a dinner in honor of heads of participating...

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Swimming federation to organize course in Gaza

KUWAIT: President of Palestinian Swimming Federation and Aquatic Sports (PSFAS) Fawaz Zalloum said the federation has decided to organize a refereeing course under the supervision and support of International Swimming Federation (Federation Internationale de Nation - FINA) in Gaza next month and will continue for six days. Zalloum said Oman's international referee Abdelmonem Alawi will lecture during the program.The course is a continuation of...

AUCKLAND: Blues’ Akira Ioane (center) is tackled by Brumbies’ Andy Muirhead (left) and Pete Samu during the Super Rugby Pacific semifinal match between Australia’s Brumbies and New Zealand’s Blues at Eden Park in Auckland on June 11, 2022. - AFP

Blues narrowly beat Brumbies, book Super Rugby Pacific final

AUCKLAND: Attacking brilliance from Beauden Barrett carried the Auckland Blues to a desperate 20-19 semi-final win over the ACT Brumbies on Saturday, setting up an all-New Zealand Super Rugby Pacific decider against the Canterbury Crusaders. After conceding an early try to the Australian visitors, the Blues dominated the middle stages of the game before barely holding on over the closing minutes to record a 15th successive victory.The...

KUWAIT: Kuwait City high rise buildings seen at sunset. - Photo by Fouad Al-Shaikh

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WASHINGTON: A tweet from former President Donald Trump is shown on a screen during the House Select Committee hearing to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the US Capitol, in the Cannon House Office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC.- AFP

US Capitol probe skewers Trump

WASHINGTON: Americans were served up an engrossing night of television as a congressional panel laid out damning evidence of Donald Trump's culpability in last year's US Capitol insurrection. Yet 17 months after the mayhem, the biggest challenge for the House of Representatives committee investigating the riot could be ensuring the brutal images of violence it played in prime time will pack the intended political punch.Thursday's presentation was...

LYSYCHANSK: A house burns after being shelled during an artillery duel between Ukrainian and Russian troops in the city of Lysychansk, eastern Ukrainian region of Donbas, on June 11, 2022. - AFP

First Russian passports handed out to Ukrainians in the south

MOSCOW: Authorities in the Moscow-occupied city of Kherson in southern Ukraine handed out Russian passports to local residents for the first time on Saturday, news agencies reported. Russia's TASS agency said 23 Kherson residents received a Russian passport at a ceremony through a "simplified procedure" facilitated by a decree signed by Russian President Vladimir Putin in May."All our Kherson residents want to obtain a passport and (Russian)...

TEHRAN: A handout picture provided by the Iranian presidency shows Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi (right) and Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro (left) giving a joint statement after their meeting in the capital Tehran on June 11, 2022. - AFP

Sanctions-hit Iran, Venezuela sign 20-year cooperation deal

TEHRAN: Iran and Venezuela signed a 20-year deal on cooperation between the two allies subject to US sanctions during a visit Saturday to the Islamic republic by Venezuela's President Nicholas Maduro. The inking of the agreement "shows the determination of the high-level officials of the two countries for development of relations in different fields," Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi said.Maduro, speaking at a joint news conference in the Iranian...

Pakistan's textile exports are set to dramatically dip as the vital sector is hobbled by a nationwide energy crisis forcing daily power cuts on factories. - AFP

Textile industry set to unravel under Pakistan's power crisis

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan's textile exports are set to dramatically dip as the sector is hobbled by a nationwide energy crisis forcing daily power cuts on factories, with an industry leader warning about "a state of emergency" for the manufacturing hub. The South Asian nation is in the midst of a dire economic crisis, with runaway inflation, a depleted rupee and dwindling foreign exchange reserves hampering energy imports.Meanwhile a heatwave has...

LOS ANGELES: Leaders pose for a family photo during the 9th Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles, California, June 10, 2022. – AFP

Biden leads Americas pledge on migration after contested summit

LOS ANGELES: US President Joe Biden on Friday led a pledge by 20 nations in the Americas to work together on migration, seeking to step up action on a growing political priority at a summit beset by disputes. The weeklong Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles wound down with promises by Biden to do more, and a joint declaration on migration that largely formalized existing arrangements rather than setting new policy.The declaration called for...

Ugears CEO, Oleksiy Lysianyi (left), presents models in an office at the facilities of wooden models manufacturing company Ugears, in Gorenka village, north of the Ukrainian capital Kyiv. — AFP photos

Hit by war, Ukraine toy maker back in business

Sweet-smelling wood chips cover the factory floor again at the toy manufacturer where Robert Milayev works now that production has restarted after the withdrawal of Russian troops. Thanks to donations, the factory outside Kyiv is back making wooden toys following a three-month hiatus that started when fighting with Moscow's army left the factory damaged."When the electricity came back on and the sound of the machines came back, we were crazy with...

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