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NEW DELHI: In this file photo taken on August 17, 2021, security personnel stand guard outside the Afghan embassy in New Delhi. – AFPn

Diplomats come under growing pressure from Taleban regime

ISLAMABAD: Afghan embassies around the world that have refused to recognize the new Taleban regime are struggling to stay afloat and facing increasing pressure from Kabul to accept loyalist replacements. None of the country's 60 or so ambassadors, consuls or heads of diplomatic missions who were appointed by Western-backed former president Ashraf Ghani have agreed to serve the hardline Islamist group since it seized power in August last year. The...

ISTANBUL: This file photo shows a woman looking at an armed military vehicle during the opening day of the 13th International Defense Industry Fair (IDEF) in Istanbul. - AFPn

Report: Europe new 'hotspot' for arms imports

BRUSSELS: Europe saw the world's biggest rise in arms imports in the past five years, a trend set to accelerate following recent rearmament commitments amid the threat posed by Russia, researchers said yesterday. While arms exports declined globally by 4.6 percent in 2017-2021 compared to the preceding five years, Europe posted a 19-percent increase, according to a study published by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute...

KYIV: A woman reacts as she stands outside destroyed apartment blocks following shelling in the northwestern Obolon district of Kyiv yesterday.-AFPnn

Chinese media echoes Russia on Ukraine war

BEIJING: As Western sanctions on Moscow mount following its invasion of Ukraine, Chinese media tells a story to domestic readers that avoids blaming Russia and portrays sympathy for President Vladimir Putin's perspective. Beijing has refused to support nor condemn its close ally Moscow, while blaming the United States and NATO's "eastward expansion" for worsening tensions. It is a view that reverberates across state newspapers and television-as...

TAOYUAN, Taiwan: Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen (center) checks a rifle while inspecting reservists training at a military base in Taoyuan on Sunday. -- AFPn

Taiwan military reservists train under cloud of war

TAIPEI: Hundreds of Taiwanese military reservists carried out training exercises yesterday after the island's president called for "unity" as the Ukraine war rattles nerves over the threat of invasion from China. Taiwan last year stepped up its training regime for reservists as tensions rise with Beijing, which sees the self-ruled island as part of its territory to be seized one day, by force if necessary.About 400 personnel took part in target...

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KIPCO announces intent to merge with Qurain Petrochemical Industries

KUWAIT: Kuwait Projects Company (Holding) has announced reaching a preliminary agreement to merge by amalgamation with Qurain Petrochemical Industries Company (QPIC). The two companies signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) whereby they agreed to assess the merger proposition. As per the MoU agreement, KIPCO shall be the merging entity and QPIC shall be the merged entity.The merger is subject to a detailed process as per Kuwaiti laws and...

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First war of TikTok era sees tragedy, humor and deceit

KYIV: Heart-rending videos of artillery strikes are being served up alongside funny snippets such as bomb-shelter cooking tips and invasion misinformation as the war in Ukraine plays out on TikTok. Since Russia invaded Ukraine, millions of people have tuned into the hugely popular social networking service for news and views of what is happening on the battleground. That was not lost on US officials who hosted a video call to brief popular...

TARANTO: A view shows the refinery of Italian multinational oil and gas company ENI on March 09, 2022 in Taranto, southern Italy. - AFPnn

Blast hits Nigeria Eni oil pipeline, cuts exports

YENAGOA, Nigeria: A blast has hit an oil pipeline run by Italian producer Eni in southern Nigeria, cutting some exports and causing a crude spill, its local operating company said yesterday. Eni, the parent of Nigerian Agip Oil Company (NAOC), said the explosion hit its facility in Nembe in Bayelsa State and cut exports from its Brass terminal by 25,000 barrels per day (bpd).Eni did not give more details on the blast, but vandalism, sabotage and...

BERLIN: Germany said its plans to buy up to 35 US-made F-35 fighter jets and 15 Eurofighter jets, a parliamentary source said yesterday. – AFPnn

Germany to buy dozens of US fighter jets in spending spree

BERLIN: Germany plans to buy up to 35 US-made F-35 fighter jets and 15 Eurofighter jets, a parliamentary source said yesterday, as part of a major push to modernize the armed forces in response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine. The F-35 jets made by Lockheed Martin would replace Germany's decades-old Tornado fleet, according to media reports confirmed by the source. Tornados are the only Luftwaffe planes capable of carrying US nuclear bombs...

ASCHHEIM, Germany: This file photo taken shows Markus Braun, then CEO of the technology and financial services company Wirecard, posing at the company's headquarters in Aschheim near Munich, southern Germany. -- AFPnn

Germany charges Wirecard's ex-CEO Braun over fraud

BERLIN: German prosecutors said yesterday they have charged Wirecard's former chief executive Markus Braun and two other high-ranking managers for the colossal commercial fraud that led to the collapse of the payment company. The trio are accused of market manipulation, embezzlement and gang fraud on a commercial scale, said prosecutors in Munich, noting that the indictment itself runs to 474 pages.The German fintech company, once touted as a...

NEW YORK: Evan Fournier #13 of the New York Knicks passes as Goran Dragic #9 of the Brooklyn Nets defends during the second half at Barclays Center on March 13, 2022.- AFPn

Nets edge Knicks 110-107

WASHINGTON: Kevin Durant erupted for 53 points to lead the Brooklyn Nets to a 110-107 victory over the New York Knicks on Sunday while teammate Kyrie Irving couldn't play but attended as a spectator. New York City's private sector COVID-19 vaccine mandates mean unvaccinated Irving still can't play NBA games in New York, at either the Nets' Barclays Center or the Knicks' Madison Square Garden. But relaxed rules meant he could attend the game as a...

BARCELONA: Barcelona's Spanish midfielder Gavi (left) vies with Osasuna's Spanish defender Nacho Vidal during the Spanish league football match between FC Barcelona and CA Osasuna on March 13, 2022. - AFPn

Torres scores twice as Barca thrash Osasuna

MADRID: Barcelona continued their La Liga resurgence on Sunday by blowing away Osasuna, with Ferran Torres and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang on target again in a 4-0 win at Camp Nou. Three goals in 14 minutes in the first half all but ended the match as a contest as Torres scored twice, the first a penalty, before Aubameyang prodded in a third. Riqui Puig rounded off the victory with 15 minutes left. Focus now turns to two crunch games this week,...

BANGALORE: India's captain Rohit Sharma (right) holds the trophy as his teammates Rishabh Pant (center) and Shubman Gill watch after winning the series at the end of the second Test cricket match between India and Sri Lanka yesterday. - AFPn

India thrash Lanka in pink ball Test to sweep series 2-0

BANGALORE: A bowling attack led by Jasprit Bumrah helped India thrash Sri Lanka by 238 runs inside three days at Bangalore's pink ball Test to sweep the series 2-0 yesterday. Chasing 447 for victory, Sri Lanka were bowled out for 208 in the second session after skipper Dimuth Karunaratne's valiant 107, on a pitch that turned from day one. Fast bowler Bumrah ended Karunaratne's spell and got one more to take his match tally to eight wickets while...

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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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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

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KUWAIT: His Excellency the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Oil Dr Imad Mohamed Al-Ateeqi (center) is greeted by Prime Minister His Highness Sheikh Ahmad Al-Abdullah Al-Hamad Al-Sabah (second right) and other officials. — KUNA

Oil minister returns to Kuwait after treatment in Turkey

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JAHRA: Part of the Al-Shagaya Concentrated Solar Power Project is seen in this photo taken from the Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research website.

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