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An aerial view shows pilgrims gathering on Mount Arafat on Arafat Day yesterday, which is the climax of the hajj pilgrimage — AFP

Pilgrims throng Mount Arafat for peak of hajj

An aerial view shows pilgrims gathering on Mount Arafat on Arafat Day yesterday, which is the climax of the hajj pilgrimage — AFPMOUNT ARAFAT, Saudi Arabia: Their palms facing the sky, around two million Muslims gathered yesterday on Saudi Arabia's Mount Arafat for the highlight of the hajj pilgrimage, one of the world's largest annual gatherings. With temperatures pushing 40 degrees Celsius under the desert sun, the faithful climbed the hill...

MAKKAH: Muslim worshippers, pray at Namirah mosque near Mount Arafat, also known as Jabal al-Rahmah (Mount of Mercy), where the Prophet Mohammed (PBUH) is believed to have given his final sermon ahead of the climax of hajj.—AP/AFP photos

Iran hajj pilgrims torn between joy, bitter memories

MAKKAH: Muslim worshippers, pray at Namirah mosque near Mount Arafat, also known as Jabal al-Rahmah (Mount of Mercy), where the Prophet Mohammed (PBUH) is believed to have given his final sermon ahead of the climax of hajj.—AP/AFP photosMECCA: Reza from Iran is torn between the joy of taking part in this year's annual hajj pilgrimage to Islam's holiest sites and bitter memories of the 2015 stampede that killed hundreds of his compatriots....

TAL AFAR: A Brazillian-made EE-9 Cascavel armored vehicle and a US-made Humvee, belonging to the Hashed al-Shaabi (Popular Mobilization) paramilitaries, are seen towed on a trailer departing the northern city of Tal Afar.—AFP

Iraq announces major victory over IS jihadists

TAL AFAR: A Brazillian-made EE-9 Cascavel armored vehicle and a US-made Humvee, belonging to the Hashed al-Shaabi (Popular Mobilization) paramilitaries, are seen towed on a trailer departing the northern city of Tal Afar.—AFPBAGHDAD: Iraq declared yesterday that its forces had retaken the northern city of Tal Afar and the surrounding region in another major victory over Islamic State group jihadists. Tal Afar was the last major population...

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Policeman stabbed in Stockholm, suspect arrested

BERLIN: German prosecutors called yesterday for the case of a 96-year-old former Nazi medical orderly at the Auschwitz death camp to be thrown out because he is deemed unfit for trial. Hubert Zafke had faced 3,681 counts of being an accessory to murder at the concentration camp in Nazi-occupied Poland. But concerns over his mental and physical health led to repeated postponements of the trial, which began in February 2016 in the northeastern...

SEOUL: This handout photo provided by South Korean Defense Ministry in Seoul shows South Korean F-15K fighter jets and US F-35B stealth jet fighters flying over South Korea during a joint military drill aimed to counter North Korea’s latest missile test. — AFP

US heavy bombers, jets in show of force against North Korea

S Korea, US conduct air interdiction exercise SEOUL: This handout photo provided by South Korean Defense Ministry in Seoul shows South Korean F-15K fighter jets and US F-35B stealth jet fighters flying over South Korea during a joint military drill aimed to counter North Korea’s latest missile test. — AFPSEOUL: US heavy bombers and stealth jet fighters took part in a joint live fire drill in South Korea yesterday, intended as a show of force...

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Rains in Pakistan leave eight dead

KARACHI: Monsson rains in Pakistan's port city of Karachi left at least eight people dead in flood-related mishaps, officials said yesterday. The destruction came on the heels of days-long downpours in neighboring India that especially caused havoc in Mumbai. The heavy downpour in Karachi flooded streets and disrupted normal life in Pakistan's largest city. People in some areas were seen wading through waist-high water.Karachi Mayor Wasim Akhtar...

MUMBAI: Rescuers work at the site of a building that collapsed in Mumbai, India.—AP

Mumbai building collapse kills 18 after heavy rains

MUMBAI: Rescuers work at the site of a building that collapsed in Mumbai, India.—APMUMBAI: At least 18 people died yesterday when a building collapsed in India's financial capital Mumbai following heavy rains that have wreaked havoc in many parts of South Asia. A dozen others were pulled from the rubble of the four-storey residential building, which gave way around 8:40 am in the densely populated area of Bhendi Bazaar. It was the most recent...

MYANMAR: In this photo, Myanmar Border Guard Police (BGP) officers travel in a wooden boat operated by Rohingya Muslim men at Tin May village in which Myanmar government and military claim the existence of alleged Muslim terrorists in Buthidaung, Rakhine State, Myanmar. — AP

17 Rohingya drown fleeing Myanmar

MYANMAR: In this photo, Myanmar Border Guard Police (BGP) officers travel in a wooden boat operated by Rohingya Muslim men at Tin May village in which Myanmar government and military claim the existence of alleged Muslim terrorists in Buthidaung, Rakhine State, Myanmar. — APCOX'S BAZAR: Bangladesh coastguards yesterday found the bodies of 17 Rohingya, many of them children, who drowned when their boats capsized as they fled violence in Myanmar...

RAWALPINDI: A Pakistani anti-terrorism court official, center, announces the verdict for ex-prime minister Benazir Bhutto’s murder trial at Adyala Prison in Rawalpindi. — AFP

Musharraf declared fugitive in ex-PM Bhutto's murder trial

Court acquits five men accused in assassination RAWALPINDI: A Pakistani anti-terrorism court official, center, announces the verdict for ex-prime minister Benazir Bhutto’s murder trial at Adyala Prison in Rawalpindi. — AFPRAWALPINDI, Pakistan: A Pakistan court yesterday branded former military ruler Pervez Musharraf a fugitive in ex-prime minister Benazir Bhutto's murder trial, but acquitted five men accused of being involved in the 2007...

NEW YORK: Maria Sharapova of Russia celebrates after defeating Timea Babos of Hungary in their second round Women’s Singles match on Day Three of the 2017 US Open at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on Wednesday in the Flushing neighborhood of Queens borough. —AFP

Shapovalov: From Davis Cup villain to US Open sensation

NEW YORK: Maria Sharapova of Russia celebrates after defeating Timea Babos of Hungary in their second round Women’s Singles match on Day Three of the 2017 US Open at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on Wednesday in the Flushing neighborhood of Queens borough. —AFPNEW YORK: Denis Shapovalov became the youngest man in 10 years to reach the US Open third round Wednesday and credited his breakthrough to being defaulted from a...

SAITAMA, Japan: Australia’s Tom Rogic competes for the ball with Japan’s Yosuke Ideguchi (right) and Makoto Hasebe during their World Cup Group B qualifying football match yesterday. — AP

Japan secure World Cup berth with Australia win

SAITAMA, Japan: Australia’s Tom Rogic competes for the ball with Japan’s Yosuke Ideguchi (right) and Makoto Hasebe during their World Cup Group B qualifying football match yesterday. — APSAITAMA, Japan: Takuma Asano and Yosuke Ideguchi were on target as Japan beat Australia 2-0 at home yesterday to qualify for their sixth successive World Cup. Asano steered home a left-foot volley four minutes before half-time and Ideguchi sealed the...

This file photo shows Dinah Jane, from left, Ally Brooke, Normani Kordei, and Lauren Jauregui of Fifth Harmony at the MTV Video Music Awards in Inglewood, Calif. — AP photos

Like Destiny's Child, Fifth Harmony survives after the storm

This file photo shows Dinah Jane, from left, Ally Brooke, Normani Kordei, and Lauren Jauregui of Fifth Harmony at the MTV Video Music Awards in Inglewood, Calif. — AP photosIt's been a year of transition for Fifth Harmony: The pop stars parted ways with member Camila Cabello, switched management teams, negotiated a new contract with their label and won greater creative control of their brand. Luckily the newly-minted quartet, who released...

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This undated imageshows a colorized transmission electron micrograph of mpox particles (green) found within an infected cell (pink and purple) cultured in the laboratory. - AFP

Mpox global health emergency, Kuwait monitoring situation

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NEW DELHI: India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi inspects the guard of honor to mark the country's Independence Day, at the Red Fort in New Delhi on August 15, 2024. -AFP

Modi renews push for common civil code for India

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VARANASI: Medical students shout slogans and hold posters as they protest the rape and murder of a young medic from Kolkata, in Varanasi on August 15, 2024. -- AFP

Protests sweep India over rape and murder of doctor

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KUWAIT: People watch pearl diving boats as they arrive at the main beach at the end of the 33rd annual pearl diving festival. Pearl-diving trips are held annually under the patronage of the Kuwaiti Amir in order to keep traditions alive.

Pearl diving trip winds up

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