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AL-KHOR, Qatar: Qatar’s Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani and FIFA President Gianni Infantino present Algeria’s goalkeeper and captain Rais M’Bolhi with the FIFA Arab Cup 2021 trophy at the Al-Bayt stadium on Saturday. — AFP

After Arab Cup, Qatar readies for World Cup

AL-KHOR, Qatar: Qatar’s Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani and FIFA President Gianni Infantino present Algeria’s goalkeeper and captain Rais M’Bolhi with the FIFA Arab Cup 2021 trophy at the Al-Bayt stadium on Saturday. — AFPDOHA: Qatar passed their first test with a successful hosting of the Arab Cup but bigger challenges lie ahead when 1.2 million fans and 32 international teams arrive for the World Cup one year from now. Algerian...

ISLAMABAD: (From left) Secretary of Organization of Islamic Cooperation Hissein Brahim Taha, Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan, his Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi and Saudi Arabia’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al-Saud attend the opening of a special meeting of the OIC yesterday. — AFP

Muslim nations pledge to help unlock frozen Afghan assets

ISLAMABAD: (From left) Secretary of Organization of Islamic Cooperation Hissein Brahim Taha, Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan, his Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi and Saudi Arabia’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al-Saud attend the opening of a special meeting of the OIC yesterday. — AFPISLAMABAD: Muslim nations resolved yesterday to work with the United Nations to try to unlock hundreds of millions of...

LONDON, UK: In this file photo taken on December 30, 2020 UK chief trade negotiator, David Frost (left) looks on as Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson signs the Trade and Cooperation Agreement between the UK and the EU, the Brexit trade deal, at 10 Downing Street in central London. —AFP

Johnson left reeling after Brexit minister quits

LONDON, UK: In this file photo taken on December 30, 2020 UK chief trade negotiator, David Frost (left) looks on as Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson signs the Trade and Cooperation Agreement between the UK and the EU, the Brexit trade deal, at 10 Downing Street in central London. —AFPLONDON: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was left reeling yesterday after his Brexit minister resigned, ending a difficult week during which his...

BERLIN: File photo shows the truck that ploughed through the Christmas market in Berlin.

Five years after Berlin attack, Germany remembers its victims

BERLIN: File photo shows the truck that ploughed through the Christmas market in Berlin.BERLIN: Five years after a truck ploughed into a Christmas market in Berlin, Germany will hold a ceremony to honour the victims of the deadliest Islamist attack perpetrated on its soil. Carried out by 24-year-old Tunisian Anis Amri and claimed by the so-called Islamic State (IS) group, the attack on December 19, 2016 killed 12 people and left dozens injured....

PHOENIX, US: A sign advertises COVID testing in downtown Phoenix where new COVID-19 cases are down but health experts warn cases may rise with the introduction of the Omicron strain on Saturday. —AFP

Omicron scrambles anew US firms’ in-person aspirations

PHOENIX, US: A sign advertises COVID testing in downtown Phoenix where new COVID-19 cases are down but health experts warn cases may rise with the introduction of the Omicron strain on Saturday. —AFPNEW YORK: Major US companies are having to reassess their return-to-office plans and getting tough on vaccine or mask requirements as the Omicron COVID variant looks set to extend pandemic-induced work-from-home culture.A resumption of pre-virus...

ANKARA: Turkish pharmacist Berna Yucel Mintas shows boxes of medicines at her pharmacy in Ankara yesterday. — AFP

Turks hunt for vanishing drugs in currency crisis

ANKARA: Turkish pharmacist Berna Yucel Mintas shows boxes of medicines at her pharmacy in Ankara yesterday. — AFPISTANBUL: Fatih Yuksel is one of thousands of Turks rushing from one pharmacy to another in search of imported drugs that are disappearing as quickly as the lira is losing value. “Sometimes I have periods where I don’t have the drugs I need and my illness gets worse. I suffer pains,” said the 35-year-old, who has been taking...

MEKNES, Morocco: A front loader transports organic waste in the Elephant Vert factory in the “Agropolis” industrial zone in Morocco’s northern city of Meknes. — AFP

Meknes firm transforms waste as Morocco faces trash ‘time-bomb’

MEKNES, Morocco: A front loader transports organic waste in the Elephant Vert factory in the “Agropolis” industrial zone in Morocco’s northern city of Meknes. — AFPMEKNES, Morocco: Recycling in Morocco may be in its infancy, but the North African kingdom is making steady progress, helped by a Swiss firm that specializes in processing organic waste.“Nothing’s thrown away here: everything is transformed,” says Mohamed El Kabous...

HONG KONG: A voter leaves a polling station during the Legislative Council election in Hong Kong’s Choi Hung area yesterday. —AFP

HK ‘patriots only’ polls see muted turnout

HONG KONG: A voter leaves a polling station during the Legislative Council election in Hong Kong’s Choi Hung area yesterday. —AFPHONG KONG: Turnout was looking muted yesterday as Hong Kongers cast ballots for city lawmakers under Beijing’s new “patriots only” rules which drastically reduce the number of directly elected seats and control who can run for office.It is the first legislature poll under the new political blueprint China...

SURIGAO CITY, Philippines: Fallen electric pylons block a road while a sign asking for food (L) is displayed along a road in Surigao City, Surigao del norte province, yesterday, days after super Typhoon Rai devastated the city. —AFP

Over 100 dead in Philippines Typhoon Rai: Officials

SURIGAO CITY, Philippines: Fallen electric pylons block a road while a sign asking for food (L) is displayed along a road in Surigao City, Surigao del norte province, yesterday, days after super Typhoon Rai devastated the city. —AFPMANILA: More than 100 people have been killed in the strongest typhoon to hit the Philippines this year, official tallies showed yesterday, as efforts to deliver water and food to devastated islands ramped up. More...

SANTIAGO: A man arrives to a polling station in Santiago, during the runoff presidential election in Chile, yesterday. —AFP

Hope vies with fear in Chile election

SANTIAGO: A man arrives to a polling station in Santiago, during the runoff presidential election in Chile, yesterday. —AFPSANTIAGO: Chile chooses yesterday between far-right and leftist candidates for a president to lead the country through a period of constitutional change amid a clamor for social reform. The country of 19 million people is on edge, fearing renewed mass protests in response to the outcome of the neck-and-neck race between...

GOMA, North Kivu, DR Congo: Major General Camille Bombele (L), coordinator of the Joint Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (FARD) - Ugandan People’s Defence Froces (UPDF) Military Operations, and Major General Kayanja Muhanga (R), commander of the UPDF soldiers talk near the Military Camp of Semulki on the Mbau-Kamango road section. —AFP

Uganda and DRC claim 35 rebels held in fighting

GOMA, North Kivu, DR Congo: Major General Camille Bombele (L), coordinator of the Joint Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (FARD) - Ugandan People’s Defence Froces (UPDF) Military Operations, and Major General Kayanja Muhanga (R), commander of the UPDF soldiers talk near the Military Camp of Semulki on the Mbau-Kamango road section. —AFPBENI, DR Congo: The Democratic Republic of Congo army and its Ugandan allies said...

ISLAMABAD: Kuwait’s Foreign Minister Sheikh Dr Ahmad Al-Nasser Al-Sabah attends the Organization of Islamic Cooperation’s talks on Afghanistan. — KUNA

Kuwait stresses Afghanistan aid amid pan-Islamic body talks

ISLAMABAD: Kuwait’s Foreign Minister Sheikh Dr Ahmad Al-Nasser Al-Sabah attends the Organization of Islamic Cooperation’s talks on Afghanistan. — KUNAISLAMABAD: Kuwait believes that it is imperative that Afghans get access to much needed aid as Kabul copes with a worsening humanitarian crisis, its foreign minister said yesterday. Leading Kuwait’s delegation to the Pakistan-hosted Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) talks on...

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DAMASCUS: Syria's interim prime minister Mohammad Al-Bashir addresses worshippers during Friday prayers at Umayyad Mosque on Dec 13, 2024. - AFP (See Page 5)

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KUWAIT: Exam proctors search students before they enter the exam hall to take their final exams in this file photo. — KUNA

MoE forms new exam printing press committee after violations found

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SINGAPORE: World chess champion Gukesh Dommaraju signs an autograph during a meet and greet session in Singapore. Indian teen prodigy Gukesh became the youngest undisputed world chess champion on December 12 after beating China’s Ding Liren in the final match of their series in Singapore. - AFP

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KUWAIT: Health Minister Ahmad Al-Awadhi poses for a photo with a delegation from the University of Houston during their visit to Kuwait.

MoH taps University of Houston for medical scholarships, training