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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan's opposition parties leaders Shahbaz Sharif (2L), Asif Ali Zardari (C), Fazlur Rehman (L) and Bilawal Bhutto Zardari (R) speak during a press conference in Islamabad on March 28, 2022. – AFP
Pakistan PM's future in doubt as coalition ally switches sides
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan's future looked increasingly in doubt Wednesday after a key coalition partner switched allegiance ahead of a parliamentary no-confidence vote this weekend. The cricket-star-turned premier was expected to address the nation in the evening, as weeks of political turmoil come to a head-including allegations of foreign interference. No prime minister in the country's history has seen out a full term, and...
NEW DELHI: File photo taken on May 27, 2016, Indian journalist and author, Rana Ayyub speaks during the launch of her self published book 'Gujarat Files' in New Delhi. – AFP
Government critic prevented from leaving India
NEW DELHI: A prominent Indian activist and writer has said she was prevented from flying to Europe to speak about intimidation of journalists and rights in the world's largest democracy. Journalists and activists have long complained of harassment under Prime Minister Narendra Modi, whose government has been accused of trying to silence critical reporting.Rana Ayyub, a fierce critic of Modi and his Hindu nationalist government, was due to take a...
DALLAS: Talen Horton-Tucker #5 of the Los Angeles Lakers drives to the basket during the game against the Dallas Mavericks on March 29, 2022. - AFP
LeBron-less Lakers fall to Mavs
LOS ANGELES: Milwaukee star Giannis Antetokounmpo scored 40 points and rejected a Joel Embiid shot with seconds remaining to propel the NBA champion Bucks to a key 118-116 victory over the Philadelphia 76ers on Tuesday. Khris Middleton scored 22 points and Jrue Holiday added 18 for the Bucks, who moved a half-game behind the Miami Heat for first place in the Eastern Conference.The Sixers dropped two places to fourth, but still just 1 1/2 games...
COPENHAGEN: Denmark's Joakim Maehle scores the opening goal during the friendly football match Denmark v Serbia at the Parken Stadion on March 29, 2022. - AFP
England, France, Italy win friendlies; Germany, Netherlands play out draw
PARIS: Denmark midfielder Christian Eriksen scored Tuesday on his return to the Copenhagen stadium where he suffered a cardiac arrest last year as England and France also won the latest round of pre-World Cup friendlies. The Dane, wearing the captain's armband, struck in the 57th minute to round off Denmark's 3-0 friendly win against Serbia in the Parken Stadium where he collapsed and nearly died in a European championship match against Finland...
CAIRO: Egypt supporters watch the second leg of the 2022 Qatar World Cup African Qualifiers football match between Senegal and Egypt on March 29, 2022.- AFP
Bitter disappointment in Cairo as Egypt lose World Cup shot
CAIRO: Heads in Cairo hung heavy as the Pharaohs lost their place in the Qatar World Cup to the Senegalese Lions of Teranga after a nailbiting penalty shootout on Tuesday. Portuguese coach Carlos Queiroz tweeted after the game that the "dream is over", after once again finding his team in a shootout with the hopes of Egypt's 103-million strong population hanging in the balance.Tuesday's match in Senegal was an eagerly awaited second chance for...
A photograph shows a drawing dubbed “Le Serment du Jeu de Paume” by Luc-Olivier Merson, an interpretation of Jacques-Louis David’s painting in the original format based on David’s wash study and Jean-Pierre-Marie Jazet’s engraving, at the Jeu de Paume hall in Versailles, near Paris. – AFP
Versailles reopens room where French democracy was founded
The Palace of Versailles is reopening the site of on an often-overlooked part of its history on Friday with a fully restored Jeu de Paume Room that hosted the founding of French democracy. The room was made in 1686 for Louis XIV to play Jeu de Paume—also known as “real tennis”, an early version of the modern game. But more than a century later, it became the unlikely venue for a key moment of the French Revolution.On June 20, 1789, a group...
Russian cosmonauts Pyotr Dubrov (right) and Anton Shkaplerov (center) and NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei (left) are seen inside the Soyuz MS-19 space capsule shortly after the landing in a remote area outside Dzhezkazgan (Zhezkazgan), Kazakhstan.—AFP photos
Russian, US ISS record-holders return to earth
A record-breaking US astronaut and two Russian cosmonauts reached Earth Wednesday, with tensions between Moscow and the West soaring over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Russia’s space agency Roscosmos said. “The crew of Roscosmos cosmonauts Anton Shkaplerov and Pyotr Dubrov, as well as NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei, has returned to Earth,” Roscosmos said after footage showed the Soyuz descent module touching down at the expected time of...
In this file photo Jeff Koons is seen.
Koons on the Moon - sculptures to be placed on lunar surface
American pop artist Jeff Koons is to send sculptures to the Moon later this year on a spacecraft blasting off from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, his gallery said Tuesday. Koons, one of the most celebrated and expensive living artists, is famed for kitsch pieces such as "Ballon Dog" and "Rabbit," and his work is exhibited in galleries around the world. His latest project "Moon Phases" consists of physical sculptures that will be left...
Picture taken on March 18, 2022 of Foo Fighters’ drummer Taylor Hawkins on stage at the Lollapalooza 2022 music festival in Santiago.—AFP
Foo Fighters cancel tour after Taylor Hawkins death
Foo Fighters on Tuesday announced the cancellation of all scheduled tour dates "in light of the staggering loss of our brother Taylor Hawkins." Hawkins, the 50-year-old drummer for the Grammy award-winning rock group, died over the weekend in a hotel in Bogota shortly before the band was set to perform at the Festival Estereo Picnic on the city's outskirts. In its statement posted to social media, Foo Fighters said "we're sorry for and share in...
In this file photo US actor Will Smith (left) and Jada Pinkett Smithattend the 94th Oscars at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, California.—AFP
Jada Pinkett Smith breaks silence after Oscars slap
Jada Pinkett Smith took to Instagram on Tuesday in her first public comments since husband Will Smith slapped comic Chris Rock at the Oscars. "This is a season for healing and I'm here for it," she wrote in a post that had been liked more than 65,000 times within the first couple of hours.There was no elaboration and comments on the post were restricted.The brief statement came less than 24 hours after Smith issued an apology to Rock over the...
KUWAIT: A cattle egret is seen at a beach in Jahra Governorate on March 28, 2022. - Xinhua
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KUWAIT: HH the Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Sabah speaks during a National Assembly session on Tuesday. - Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat
Premier refutes all allegations made against him in grilling
By B IzzakKUWAIT: Ten opposition lawmakers filed a non-cooperation motion against HH the Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Sabah on Tuesday after a nine-hour grilling in which he strongly refuted accusations made against him. The prime minister insisted that since he was appointed to the post in Dec 2019, he has focused most of his efforts in fighting the COVID-19 pandemic and its impacts on the society, adding that his governments greatly...
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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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Massive fuel shortage forces electricity cuts in Kuwait
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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