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BORODIANKA, Ukraine: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres (3R) walks during his visit in Borodianka, outside Kyiv, on April 28, 2022. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres arrived to the town of Borodianka outside Kyiv where Russian forces were accused of having killed civilians, an AFP journalist on the scene reported. - AFP

UN chief condemns war in Ukraine visit

BUCHA, Ukraine: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Thursday visited sites of alleged Russian war crimes in Ukraine, decrying war as "an absurdity in the 21st century" and urging Russia to cooperate with an international investigation into atrocities. Making his first visit to Ukraine since Russia launched a full-scale invasion on February 24, Guterres toured several towns and villages outside Kyiv where Russian forces are accused of killing...

OCANA: Relatives of victims attend a hearing organized by the Special Jurisdiction for Peace (JEP) in Ocana, Colombia, on April 27, 2022. For the first time, a Colombian army general was indicted for the murder of more than 100 civilians by soldiers under his command who presented the victims as guerrillas killed in combat. – AFP

Colombian soldiers confess murders to victims' families

OCANA: Rural peasant Eliecer Ortega was on his own at his farm when soldiers burst onto his property to first kidnap and then murder him. His wife, Eduvina Becerra, had to wait 15 years to hear his murderers confess and ask for forgiveness. It happened during a historic two-day hearing of a special peace tribunal set up in Ocana -- a town in northeastern Colombia near to where the 43-year-old's husband was killed.Ortega, a local rural leader who...

GITEGA, Burundi: Participants listens during a seminar at the Grand Interdiocesan Seminar Saint John Paul II of Gitega, in Gitega, Burundi, on March 10, 2022. Since independence in 1962, hundreds of thousands of Burundians have lost their lives to ethnic violence between the Hutu and the Tutsi and to a civil war. - AFP

50 years on, the ghost of the 1972 massacres haunts Burundi

GITEGA, Burundi: She is 60 years old, but Laetitia Ngendakumana still cries like the 10-year-old girl she was in 1972 when her father disappeared in a wave of ethnic massacres in Burundi now been classified as genocide by a government commission. Like thousands of others, Ngendakumana's world collapsed half a century ago when Burundi's Tutsi-dominated government arrested her father, a Hutu banker in the country's largest city, Bujumbura."We never...

ALLAHABAD: Children take a bath from a roadside tap on a hot summer day in Allahabad on April 28, 2022. - AFP

South Asia wilts in heat as Delhi rubbish dump burns

NEW DELHI, India: Millions sweltered in an early summer heatwave across India and Pakistan on Thursday, leading to power and water shortages as annual furnace-like temperatures hit South Asia. In New Delhi, a burning rubbish dump choked residents for a third day with temperatures crossing 45 Celsius (113 Fahrenheit) in parts of South Asia on Thursday-several degrees higher than normal-and forecasters warning that it will get even hotter this...

LIVERPOOL: Villarreal's French midfielder Francis Coquelin fights for the ball with Liverpool's French defender Ibrahima Konate during their UEFA Champions League semifinal first leg match at Anfield Stadium on April 27, 2022. - AFP

Dominant Liverpool roll over Villarreal

LIVERPOOL: Jurgen Klopp warned that Liverpool must remain "on alert" despite putting one foot in the Champions League final with a dominant 2-0 win over Villarreal in the first leg of their semi-final tie at Anfield on Wednesday. Two goals in two minutes undid Villarreal boss Unai Emery's defensive game plan as Pervis Estupinan deflected Jordan Henderson's cross into his own net before Sadio Mane slotted in a second.The Reds remain on course for...

SAN FRANCISCO: Stephen Curry #30 of the Golden State Warriors is guarded by Nikola Jokic #15 of the Denver Nuggets in the second half during Game Five of the Western Conference First Round NBA Playoffs at Chase Center on April 27, 2022. - AFP

Curry shines as Warriors advance, Bucks rout Bulls in NBA playoffs

LOS ANGELES: The defending champion Milwaukee Bucks and resurgent Golden State Warriors completed 4-1 series victories to advance to the second round of the NBA playoffs on Wednesday. In Milwaukee, Giannis Antetokounmpo scored 33 points as the Bucks brushed aside the Chicago Bulls 116-100 to clinch a comfortable series win and advance to an Eastern Conference showdown with the Boston Celtics.In San Francisco, Golden State relied on 30 points from...

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Star all-rounder Ben Stokes named England Test captain

LONDON: Star all-rounder Ben Stokes was named as England's new Test captain on Thursday, replacing Joe Root, who stood down earlier this month after a string of painful defeats. The 30-year-old, who served as Root's deputy, was the overwhelming favorite to take charge of a struggling team that have won just one of their past 17 matches.Stokes, whose career is peppered with staggering performances with bat and ball, has been a loyal lieutenant to...

KUWAIT: The winning teams pose with their trophies.

Fatat win triple table tennis titles

By Abdellatif SharaaKUWAIT: The women's table tennis team at Fatat Club won the open title for 2021-2022 Wednesday, giving it a triple crown, as besides this win they also won in the singles and doubles categories. The tournament began Saturday at Salwa Al-Sabah Club Hall in Qurain with the participation of Al-Arabi, Salwa Al-Sabah and Fatat. Salwa Al-Sabah came second and Arabi was third. In the under-13 category, Salwa Al-Sabah team won first...

The conscripts who completed the course

Conscripts complete shooting course

By Abdellatif SharaaKUWAIT: Kuwait Shooting Federation concluded the first conscripts' course for those in the military national service department at Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Olympic Complex. The participants were recognized by President of Kuwait and Arab Shooting Federations Duaij Khalaf Al-Otaibi, Secretary General Obaid Munahi Al-Osaimi and Commander of the National Service Brigade Maj Gen Khalil Fadel Al-Fadli."We are happy for graduating this...

TOKYO: The Japanese flag flutters over the Bank of Japan (BoJ) head office building (bottom) in Tokyo.—AFP

BoJ hikes inflation forecast on soaring energy prices

TOKYO: Japan's central bank hiked its full-year inflation forecast on Thursday but cautioned that it sees rising prices, driven by a surge in commodity costs caused by the Ukraine war, as a temporary and volatile trend. Despite climbing prices and a slump in the yen to a 20-year low against the dollar, the Bank of Japan left its ultra-loose monetary policy unchanged.It revised its inflation projection for the 2022-23 financial year to 1.9...

Musk's Twitter purchase puts moral champion in crosshairs

SAN FRANCISCO: The fate of Twitter's top attorney, deemed a moral champion of the platform, was in doubt Wednesday after Elon Musk tweeted displeasure with content moderation she had carried out. Musk, the world's richest man, has vowed to be a free speech absolutist when he takes control of the global messaging platform as part of a $44 billion deal. The lawyer, Vijaya Gadde, has led efforts to battle bullying and posts that could lead to...

PEKANBARU, Indonesia: A worker weighs palm oil seed in Pekanbaru, Riau province on April 28, 2022. - AFP

Indonesia bans exports of palm oil

JAKARTA: Indonesia began imposing a complete ban on palm oil exports Thursday, as the world's largest producer of the commodity risked destabilizing a global vegetable oil market already hitting peak prices. The archipelago nation is facing a domestic shortage of cooking oil as well as soaring prices, with consumers in several cities having to queue for hours in front of distribution centers to buy the essential commodity at subsidized...

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Schools reopening amid extreme heat sparks concerns

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The sun sets behind electricity pylons in this file photo. -- Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat

Kuwait swelters amid power cuts

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KUWAIT: HH the Crown Prince Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah receives India’s External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar on Aug 18, 2024. — KUNA

India looks to upgrade bilateral ties with Kuwait: Dr Jaishankar

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GAZA: Friends and relatives mourn over the body of photojournalist Ibrahim Muhareb, who was killed as he was covering the advance of Zionist forces north of Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip the previous day, at Al-Nasser Hospital on Aug 19, 2024. - AFP

Palestinian fighters claim Tel Aviv bombing, threaten more attacks

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KUWAIT: Inmates line up at the new deportation center in Sulaibiya.

New deportation center opens