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El-FASHER: A handout file photograph, shot in January 2024, shows a woman and baby at the Zamzam displacement camp, close to El-Fasher in North Darfur, Sudan. - Reuters

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Global hunger crisis deepens as major nations skimp on aid

NEW YORK: It’s a simple but brutal equation: The number of people going hungry or otherwise struggling around the world is rising, while the amount of money the world’s wealthiest nations are contributing toward helping them is dropping. The res...

People stand in a queue to cross the Estonian-Russian border in the Narva crossing on December 15, 2024. --AFP

Russia’s shadow looms over Estonian town

NARVA, Estonia: In heavy snowfall and high winds, around 200 people wearing rain ponchos and fur hoods queued in the Estonian border town of Narva to cross into neighboring Russia. Arriving at the crossing in taxis or buses, some dragged suitcases t...

PHOENIX: US President-elect Donald Trump speaks during Turning Point's annual AmericaFest 2024 on Dec 22, 2024. - AFP

Greenland and Panama reject Trump threats

PANAMA CITY/COPENHAGEN: Panama’s President Jose Raul Mulino on Sunday dismissed recent threats made by US President-elect Donald Trump to retake control of the Panama Canal over complaints of “unfair” treatment of American ships. “Every squa...

YAKUTSK, Russia: This handout picture shows the carcass of a baby mammoth during its presentation on Dec 23, 2024. -AFP

Extremely rare baby mammoth found in Siberia

MOSCOW: Russian scientists on Monday showed off the remarkably well preserved remains of a baby mammoth found in the permafrost-covered region of Yakutia. The 50,000-year-old female mammoth has been nicknamed “Yana” after the river in whose basi...

Veronica Macamo, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation smiles at the end of the annoucemment of the results of the 2024 presidential elections in Maputo on December 23, 2025. - AFP

Mozambique’s top court confirms ruling party win

MAPUTO: Mozambique’s top court on Monday confirmed the ruling party Frelimo’s victory in an October election, which has sparked massive protests by opposition groups who say the vote was rigged. The Constitutional Council has the final say over ...

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Kuwait nationality law amended

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Kuwaiti pastor Emmanuel Gharib, Chairman of the National Evangelical Church Kuwait and Pastor of the Kuwait Presbyterian Church, leads a Christmas mass at a church in Kuwait City on December 24, 2018. — Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat

Kuwait’s unity seen through the eyes of its first pastor

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Former Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in this file photo.

Bangladesh tells India it wants Hasina back for ‘judicial process’

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RIYADH: Minister of Interior Sheikh Fahad Al-Yousef Saud Al-Sabah tours key security facilities accompanied by officials during an official visit to Saudi Arabia on Monday, December 23, 2024. — KUNA photos

Deputy Prime Minister visits key security facilities in Saudi Arabia

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UAB: 7 Kuwaiti banks among top 100 banks