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A member of staff stands before volumes that require restoration during a workshop on the restoration of copies of the Holy Quran, Islam's holy book, in Libya's capital Tripoli.—AFP photos

Libyan artisans restore old Qurans for Ramadan

With the arrival of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan in war-scarred Libya, a group of volunteers work around the clock to restore old or damaged copies of the Quran. Khaled Al-Drebi, one of Libya's best-known restorers of Islam's holy book, is among the artisans who arrive at a Tripoli workshop daily to meet the needs of the influx of customers during Ramadan. For Muslims, Ramadan is a month of spirituality, where a daily dawn-to-dusk fast is...

A shopkeeper selling a sweet dish waits for customers at a market on the first day of the holy fasting month of Ramadan in the old quarters of Delhi. —AFP photos

Sweet smell of Ramadan tempts as South Asia's Muslims fast

Mosques and market streets teem with evening crowds tempted by the scent of syrupy sweets and hefty rice plates, as more than half a billion Muslims across southern Asia break the day's Ramadan fast. The Islamic holy month began over the weekend and during that time believers abstain from eating, drinking, smoking, and sexual relations between sunrise and sunset. The fast is conceived as a spiritual struggle against the seduction of earthly...

Sultan Al-Deghaither and Kamil Hilali with PCCW Global executives

Zain Global Connect to link Jeddah to Marseille through J2M undersea cable

KUWAIT/HONG KONG: Zain Group, a leading telecom innovator in seven markets across the Middle East and Africa, announced that Zain Global Connect (ZGC), its wholly owned subsidiary in charge of consolidating Group's initiatives into the Wholesale Carrier domain, is connecting the Middle East with Europe through the J2M (Jeddah, Saudi Arabia to Marseille, France) submarine cable system.The investment marks ZGC's first subsea cable ownership, in a...

ISTANBUL: Turkey's inflation has soared to a new record on Monday, exacerbating a cost of living crisis, according to the statistics agency.

Turkish inflation hits fresh record at 61.1%

ISTANBUL: Turkey's inflation has soared to a new record, official data showed Monday, as analysts see an impact from Russia's invasion of Ukraine and President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's unorthodox interest rate policy. Exacerbating a cost of living crisis, consumer prices accelerated to 61.14 percent at an annual rate, up from 54.4 percent in February, according to the statistics agency.The weakening lira and runaway inflation have become major...

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KFH receives 'World's Best Islamic Financial Institution 2022' award

KUWAIT: Kuwait Finance House (KFH) received the "World's Best Islamic Financial Institution 2022" award from Global Finance Group within its fifteenth annual awards ceremony for the World's Best Islamic Financial Institutions. The award came in appreciation of KFH contributions in the growth of Islamic Finance, fulfilling customers' needs of Sharia-compliant innovative products through highly effective and advanced service channels, and...

ITCHINGFIELD, UK: National Farmers' Union of England and Wales Vice President and owner of Westons Farm Dave Exwood, walks among his cows in their feeding area at the Westons Farm, in Itchingfield, south England, on March 28, 2022.- AFP

Ukraine war sows more turmoil for UK farms amid COVID, Brexit

ITCHINGFIELD, United Kingdom: Hungry cows at Westons Farm jostle for position at the feeding trough, blissfully unaware that Ukraine's war has sowed more turmoil for UK farms ploughing through COVID and Brexit fallout. Westons-based in the picturesque village of Itchingfield in southern England-uses excrement from the farm's cattle, chickens, pigs and sheep to fertilize arable crops like carrots, pumpkins, spinach and wheat. The agriculture...

MUMBAI: (Left-right) Housing Development Finance Corporation (HDFC) MD and CEO Sasidharan Jagdishan, HDFC chairman Deepak Parekh, HDFC Bank chairman Atanu Chakraborty and HDFC vice chairman and CEO, Keki Mistry pose for pictures during a media briefing in Mumbai on April 4, 2022. - AFP

India's HDFC Bank to absorb parent, making behemoth

MUMBAI: India's largest private bank will merge with its largest mortgage lender to form a $237 billion financial giant, both companies said Monday, as low interest rates send demand for home loans soaring. HDFC Bank will absorb its parent company, the Housing Development Finance Corporation (HDFC), in what will be one of the country's biggest-ever merger deals.The twin firms together manage assets worth 25.61 trillion rupees ($339 billion) and...

US singer/songwriter Billie Eilish arrives for the 64th Annual Grammy Awards at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.—AFP photos

Music's top stars burn up the Grammys red carpet

Music's biggest night is the awards season event with the boldest looks, and moving the Grammys to Sin City certainly amped up the edginess-the industry's top names sizzled Sunday on the red carpet, showing lots of skin. Some of the most iconic fashion looks ever have emerged at the Grammy Awards, like Jennifer Lopez's dramatic plunging green Versace gown in 2000 or Cardi B's vintage Thierry Mugler "Venus" gown in 2019.On Sunday, there was more...

US singer Jon Batiste poses in the press room with his Grammys during the 64th Annual Grammy Awards at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.—AFP photos

Jon Batiste crowned king with five wins including best album

Industry watchers had tipped pop superstars as the likely big winners at Sunday's Grammys-but jazzman Jon Batiste instead was crowned king, taking home five awards including the prestigious Album of the Year prize. At the star-studded gala, held for the first time in Las Vegas, Silk Sonic-the 70s revival project of Bruno Mars and Anderson .Paak-won all four of their potential prizes, including both Record and Song of The Year for their single...

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Al-Safat Investment is open for merger, Al-Terkait says

KUWAIT: Chairman of the Board of Safat Investment Company Abdullah Hamad Al-Terkait said the company is open for merger with other local companies. This, he said, will be an added value to shareholders of various groups. The process requires extensive technical studies according to the standards and legal rules. The concept will be presented to the concerned regulatory authorities when a final deal is reached. Abdullah Al-TerkaitAl-Terkait was...

KUWAIT: A vendor waits for customers at a market during the holy month of Ramadan in downtown Kuwait City. For Muslims across the world, the beginning of the ninth month in the Muslim lunar calendar which marks the start of Ramadan is a time for spiritual reflection, prayers and fasting. During Ramadan practicing Muslims do not eat, drink, smoke or have sex between sunrise and sunset.- Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat

Social life returns to Kuwait; experts give Ramadan tips

KUWAIT: Social and economic life returned to normal in Ramadan this year following two years of lockdowns and curfews because of the coronavirus pandemic, with people keen on resuming gatherings and normal shopping. "Psychologically, most people feel positive during this year's Ramadan following the lifting of the coronavirus restrictions, which encouraged them to return to their normal Ramadan practices," Dr Saud Al-Ghanem, Sociology professor...

ISLAMABAD: Supporters of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party of Prime Minister Imran Khan shout slogans outside the Parliament House building in Islamabad on April 3, 2022. - AFP

Pakistan's PM Khan outfoxes opposition

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan foiled an attempt to boot him from office Sunday by getting the president to dissolve the national assembly, meaning fresh elections must be held within three months. On a day of high drama, the assembly deputy speaker refused to accept a motion of no confidence in the government, as Khan simultaneously appeared on TV to say there had been "foreign interference" in Pakistan's democratic...

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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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Interior Minister orders removal of violations in Failaka

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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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EL KFOUR: Lebanon: People inspect the damage to a building after a Zionist airstrike in the southern town of Kfour, in the Nabatiyeh district, on August 17, 2024, amid the ongoing cross-border clashes between Zionist troops and Hezbollah fighters. – AFP

Hezbollah reveals its military muscle