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KAMPALA: Uganda's veteran opposition figure Kizza Besigye gestures as he arrives at the Makindye Martial Court in Kampala, on November 20, 2024. - AFP

'Kidnapped' Uganda oppn figure appears in military court

KAMPALA: Uganda faced international condemnation as veteran opposition figure Kizza Besigye appeared in a military court on Wednesday following his apparent abduction from neighboring Kenya. The United Nations and multiple rights groups expressed co...

NOUAKCHOTT: A young boy fills jerry cans in the Tarhil district, in Nouakchott. - AFP

Taps run dry in the sprawling suburb of Mauritania’s capital

NOUAKCHOTT: Khadidjatou Taher has lived for a decade in her ramshackle neighborhood on the far outskirts of Mauritania’s capital, but is yet to have running water in her home. Created around 15 years ago to tackle uncontrolled building in Nouakcho...

BAKU: UAE Minister of Industry and Advanced Technology and COP28 President Sultan Ahmed Al-Jaber and COP29 president Mukhtar Babayev attend the official handover of the COP presidency during the opening of the 2024 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP29) in Baku.- AFP

'Cut the theatrics', UN climate chief to nations at COP29

BAKU: The UN's climate chief on Monday told countries at the deadlocked COP29 summit to 'cut the theatrics', as pressure mounts on G20 leaders to deliver a breakthrough. As the UN climate talks limp into a second week in Azerbaijan, t...

DAKAR: Voters wait in the line outside a voting station in Dakar on November 17, 2024, during Senegal’s parliamentary elections.- AFP

Senegal votes as new leaders eye parliamentary win

DAKAR: Senegal on Sunday voted in parliamentary elections, with the new leaders aiming for a resounding majority to see through the promise of ambitious reform that swept them to power eight months ago. President Bassirou Diomaye Faye secured victor...

A voter casts his ballot at a polling station during Gabon’s referendum in Libreville, on November 16, 2024. -AFP

Gabon votes on new constitution hailed by junta

LIBREVILLE, Gabon: Gabon extended a night curfew Saturday as it held a referendum on a new constitution the ruling junta says will mark a new chapter after 55 years of dynastic rule in the oil-rich African nation. The estimated 860,000 registered vo...

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Mohammad Al-Wasmi, Minister of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs.

Kuwait’s International Quran competition announces winners

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OPEC Secretary-General Haitham Al-Ghais.

OPEC to COP29: Oil gift from God

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DOHA: Kuwait’s Minister of Interior Sheikh Fahad Yusuf Saud Al-Sabah speaks at the 41st meeting of the Interior Ministers of the Gulf Cooperation Council. — KUNA photos

Interior minister calls for uniting GCC security efforts

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Automak’s founding members, including Group President Hussam Fawzi Al-Kharafi and CEO Ghazi Al-Omar, along with ROX Motor’s representatives, CEO and Co-founder Yan Feng, and Vice President Wu Yue, during the launch ceremony.

Automak launches ROX Motor in Kuwait with all-new ROX01 model

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ALIAGA, Philippines: Residents using battery operated hooks and improvised inflatable bouys made from car tyre tubes fish along a swollen river in Aliaga, Nueva Ecija province on November 19, 2024, days after Super Typhoon Man-yi hit the area. - AFP

Burst dike leaves Filipino farmers under water