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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...

TUBAN, Indonesia : Passengers look at an electronic board displaying cancelled flights after the nearby Mount Lewotobi Laki-Laki volcano catapulted an ash tower miles into the sky, at the Ngurah Rai International Airport.- AFP

Airlines ground Bali flights after volcano erupts

DENPASAR: Airlines cancelled flights to and from the Indonesian resort island of Bali on Wednesday, leaving travelers stranded after a nearby volcano catapulted an ash tower miles into the sky. At least 16 international routes were affected after Mo...

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RIO DE JANEIRO: Leaders pose for a group photo after the first session of the G20 Leaders' Meeting on Nov 18, 2024. - AFP

Biden out of the picture as world leaders gather

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Amir, Trump reaffirm strong ties

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A Ukrainian serviceman fires a self-propelled howitzer towards Russian positions at an undisclosed location near Chasiv Yar in Donetsk region on Nov 8, 2024. - AFP

Moscow lowers nuclear threshold

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KUWAIT: Cabinet ministers, led by Acting Prime Minister Sheikh Fahad Yusuf Saud Al-Sabah (right) are seen during their weekly meeting on Tuesday. — KUNA

Cabinet approves appointments, supports violation removal efforts

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EU-GCC Business Forum to foster trade with Kuwait