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TOKAR, Sudan: A Sudanese doctor performs a medical check on a patient at a hospital in Red Sea State in eastern Sudan on Oct 10, 2024.- AFP

Sudan’s doctors bear brunt of war

CAIRO: Sudanese doctor Mohamed Moussa has grown so accustomed to the constant sound of gunfire and shelling near his hospital that it no longer startles him. Instead, he simply continues attending to his patients. “The bombing has numbed us,” th...

This combination of pictures shows Rwanda's President Paul Kagame (left) and President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Felix Tshisekedi. - AFP

DR Congo and Rwanda peace talks cancelled

LUANDA: Talks due Sunday between the leaders of Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo to end conflict in the eastern DRC were called off after negotiations deadlocked, officials said. Since 2021 a Rwanda-backed rebel militia has seized swathes...

MAYOTTE: This photograph shows a pile of debris of metal sheets and wood after the Cyclone Chido hit France’s Indian Ocean territory of Mayotte on December 14, 2024. - AFP

14 killed as Cyclone devastates Mayotte

SAINT-DENIS DE LA REUNION: At least 14 people were killed in Mayotte when a fierce cyclone battered the French Indian Ocean territory, authorities said Sunday, with officials warning it will take days to know the full toll. Rescue workers and suppli...

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176 killed in two days of intense Sudan battles

PORT SUDAN: At least 176 people were killed in two days of army and paramilitary strikes across Sudan, according to an AFP tally of tolls provided by officials, activists and lawyers on Tuesday. In Omdurman, part of the Sudanese capital, paramilitar...

GHANA TOWN: An aerial view of Brufut, Ghana Town. Gambian citizenship has long been an elusive goal for the residents of Ghana Town, most of whom were born in the tiny West African country but whose parents or grandparents emigrated from Ghana decades ago.- AFP

Gambian fishing village seeks elusive statehood

GHANA TOWN: As Paul Techy queued with dozens of others in his coastal Gambian fishing village, he hoped to move one step closer towards finally belonging in the only country he had ever called home. Gambian citizenship has long been an elusive goal ...

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KUWAIT: HH the Amir Sheikh Meshal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah meets Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the opening ceremony of Khaleeji Zain 26 at Sheikh Jaber International Stadium on Dec 21, 2024.

Modi on landmark visit to Kuwait, hails Indian expats’ contributions

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KUWAIT: HH the Amir Sheikh Meshal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah attends the inauguration ceremony of Khaleeji Zain 26, along with HH the Crown Prince Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, FIFA President Gianni Infantino, HH the Prime Minister Sheikh Ahmad Al-Abdullah Al-Sabah, HH Sheikh Nasser Al-Mohammad Al-Sabah and senior sheikhs at Jaber Al-Ahmad International Stadium on Dec 21, 2024. - Amiri Diwan photos

Amir launches Khaleeji Zain 26

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KUWAIT: Healthcare professionals who were part of the medical team participating in the surgery in Kuwait pose for a group photo. — KUNA

Kuwaiti doctor performs region’s first remote robotic prostatectomy

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Kuwait's Deputy Prime Minister, Defense Minister, and Interior Minister Sheikh Fahad Al-Yousef Saud Al-Sabah (right) welcomes India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi (left) upon his arrival. — KUNA

Trade, commerce key pillars of strong Kuwait-India ties: Modi

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MAGDEBURG, Germany: German Chancellor Olaf Scholz speaks to the press during a visit to the site of a car-ramming attack on a Christmas market on Dec 21, 2024. - AFP

Deadly attack on German Xmas market