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File picture shows North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (C) walking near what a state media report says was a new type inter-continental ballistic missile (ICBM) before its test launch at an undisclosed location in North Korea. - AFP

N Korea's tests stir nuclear debate in South

SEOUL: After firing its largest-ever missile, North Korea is preparing to conduct a nuclear test, officials and analysts say, reviving a longstanding debate south of the border: should Seoul have nukes too? Pyongyang has conducted a blitz of sanctions-busting weapons tests this year, including launching an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) at full range for the first time since 2017.It was a dramatic return to long-range testing after a...

MADRID: Atletico Madrid's Argentinean forward Angel Correa (TOP) vies with Manchester City's Brazilian midfielder Fernandinho during the UEFA Champions League quarter final second leg football match between Club Atletico de Madrid and Manchester City FC on April 13, 2022. - AFP

City see off Atletico in fiery clash

MADRID: Manchester City secured the goalless draw they needed to edge out Atletico Madrid and advance to the Champions League semi-finals on Wednesday but the match was marred by a mass brawl late in the game that continued to rage in the tunnel after full-time. Police were seen in the tunnel at the Wanda Metropolitano as video footage showed heated arguments breaking out between the players, including Atletico's Stefan Savic and City's Jack...

TOKYO: Photo shows Vissel Kobe midfielder Andres Iniesta of Spain (right) and FC Tokyo midfielder Takuya Aoki (left) fighting for the ball during the J-League football match between Vissel Kobe and FC Tokyo at Ajinomoto Stadium in Tokyo. - AFP

Iniesta in relegation mire as Spain legend's Japan move turns sour

TOKYO: Andres Iniesta won pretty much everything with Barcelona and Spain but the legendary midfielder risks seeing out the tail end of his glittering career in the mire of a relegation dogfight. The 37-year-old joined big-spending Vissel Kobe in Japan in 2018 after making more than 600 appearances for Barcelona, where he won the Champions League four times and scooped nine La Liga titles.But the 2010 World Cup winner is now facing the...

MUMBAI: Workers fix a billboard displaying pictures of Mumbai Indians team members for the Indian Premier League's (IPL) in Mumbai.- AFP

Winless Mumbai slump to fifth IPL defeat

MUMBAI: Five-time Indian Premier League champions Mumbai Indians crashed to their fifth consecutive defeat on Wednesday, losing by 12 runs to Punjab Kings. Chasing 199 to win, even 18-year-old South African teenager Dewald Brevis's 49 off 25 balls, with four boundaries and five sixes, was not enough for Mumbai who had won the toss and chose to field first. Mumbai captain Rohit Sharma hit 28 off 17, with two sixes, to give a perfect start to his...

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Fatat Women Basketball team crowned champions

By Abdellatif SharaaKUWAIT: Fatat Club Women Basketball team was crowned champions of Kuwait Women Basketball League after they defeated Qurain 69-65. The final match was held at the Kuwait Basketball Association hall in Sheikh Saad Al-Abdallah Complex. Meanwhile Gulf University team took the third position after defeating Salwa Al-Sabah Club 86-56. Members of KBA board Fadhel Al-Dawood, Ahmad Al-Otaibi and Thamer Al-Shanfa along with Deputy...

Jana Jodasova, director of the National Theatre Ballet Preparatory School, works with Ukrainian children during ballet lesson organized by the School for children affected by the war in Ukraine.—AFP photos

Ukraine refugee children dance in safety in Prague

Six-year-old Eva swings into a backbend with ease, then assesses herself in the large mirror at the end of the dance studio and rewards herself with a contented smile. Two dozen Ukrainian children in the room, including one boy, try to do the same, but only a few manage, while the rest end up sitting and watching in awe. They all attend a free ballet course for Ukrainian refugee children, opened by Prague's National Theatre at the end of March, a...

General Delegate of the Cannes Film Festival Thierry Fremaux (left) speaks past President of the Cannes Film Festival Pierre Lescure during the presentation of the 75th Cannes Film Festival Official Selection at the UGC Normandie cinema in Paris.—AFP

Hollywood stars and cult directors announced for Cannes

The Cannes Film Festival announced the line-up for its 75th edition on Thursday with a mix of cult arthouse directors and Hollywood glamour heading for the French Riviera in May. Canadian horror maestro David Cronenberg and France's Claire Denis will compete among 18 films nominated for the top prize Palme d'Or, along with Russia's Kirill Serebrennikov who was recently allowed to leave Russia following a controversial travel ban.Among the films...

US actor Johnny Depp during a break in the trial at the Fairfax County Circuit Court in Fairfax, Virginia.—AFP photos

Johnny Depp lawyers seek to discredit ex-wife domestic violence claims

Lawyers for actor Johnny Depp sought on Wednesday to discredit a claim by his ex-wife Amber Heard that he threw a mobile telephone at her in May 2016 and hit her in the face. The testimony, by Isaac Baruch, a longtime friend of Depp, came on the second day of the blockbuster defamation case filed by the "Pirates of the Caribbean" star against Heard. Depp, 58, filed the suit after Heard, 35, wrote a column for The Washington Post in December 2018...

Photos show art installations using ceramic doves is pictured in an alley in old Damascus, as part of an exhibition titled 'Once Upon a Time… Windows', in the Syrian capital.—AFP photos

Damascus art installation turns ceramic doves into war symbol

Hundreds of ceramic doves are suspended over the streets of the Old City of Damascus, part of an art installation that had been set to debut before the start of Syria's war. The lifelike figurines crafted by Buthaina al-Ali, a professor at Damascus University's faculty of arts, had been gathering dust in a basement since the outbreak of Syria's conflict in 2011. Eleven years on, the 15,000 ceramic birds are finally airbound, appearing in an...

DURBAN: Residents salvage the remains of what use to be the United Methodist Church of South Africa in Claremont, near Durban, on April 13, 2022, following heavy rains in the area. - AFP

Devastating floods kill 259 in South Africa city

DURBAN: Devastating floods killed 259 in the South African city of Durban and surrounding areas, a senior government official said Wednesday, after hillsides were washed away, homes collapsed, and more people were still feared missing. The heaviest rains in 60 years pummeled Durban's municipality, known as eThekwini. According to an AFP tally, the storm is the deadliest on record in South Africa."At the moment the confirmed figures of people that...

ASWAN: A picture shows the scene of a bus accident which occurred in early hours of April 13, 2022 when the vehicle collided with a car as it was transporting tourists on a road between Aswan and the famed Abu Simbel temple further south. - AFP

Egypt bus crash leaves 10 dead

CAIRO: Four French and one Belgian were among 10 people killed in a bus crash Wednesday in Egypt, whose tourism industry is only just emerging from a decade of political upheaval and the Covid-19 pandemic. Fourteen others-eight French and six Belgians-were taken to hospital with "broken bones, bruises and superficial injuries" but all were in a stable condition, the governor of the southern province of Aswan said.The other five people killed were...

TUNIS: Tunisian actors Fethi Haddaoui and Rim Riahi play out a scene during the filming of the Tunisian television series 'Baraa' (innocence) in the capital Tunis.- AFP

TV series sparks polygamy row in Tunisia

TUNIS: A Ramadan TV series dealing with polygamy has sparked a heated debate in Tunisia, an Arab pioneer in women's rights that banned the practice decades ago. "Baraa" (Arabic for "innocence") has also been criticized by rights activists and secular politicians for its portrayal of customary "orfi" marriage, religious unions not sanctioned by the state.Both practices are punishable by up to a year in prison under the country's 1956 family code....

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This photograph taken in 1967 shows French actor Alain Delon accompanied by his wife Nathalie Delon. --AFP photos

Alain Delon: Women he loved and left

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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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Schools reopening amid extreme heat sparks concerns

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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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MEW: Power cuts in high-consumption Industrial areas in Kuwait