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SEAFDEC ship crew pulling a rope to bring tsunami buoy Thai 23461 back onto the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC) ship in the Andaman Sea. - AFP

Tsunami detection buoys safeguarding lives in Thailand

BANGKOK: Almost 1,000 kilometers off the Thai coast devastated by a tsunami 20 years ago, engineers lower a detection buoy into the waves—a key link in a warning system intended to ensure no disaster is as deadly again. On December 26, 2004, a mag...

An effigy of South Korea's impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol is seen in a mock prison as protesters take part in a rally calling for Yoon's ouster in front of the Gwanghwamun Gate of Gyeongbokgung Palace in Seoul. -- AFP

S Korean oppn puts off plan to impeach acting president

SEOUL: South Korea’s opposition said Tuesday it would hold back a decision to impeach acting president Han Duck-soo until later in the week. The opposition Democratic Party earlier said it would introduce an impeachment motion against Han on Tuesd...

Military personnel stand next an ASCOD 2 Sabrah light tank on static display during a ceremony held to mark the 89th founding anniversary of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) at Camp Aguinaldo in Manila. -- AFP

Philippines says to acquire US Typhon missile system

MANILA: The Philippines said Monday it planned to acquire the US Typhon missile system as part of a push to secure its maritime interests, sparking warnings from China of a regional “arms race”. The US Army deployed the mid-range missile system ...

This photo taken on March 7, 2015 shows Indian sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik creating a sand sculpture of the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 on Puri beach in eastern Odisha state. -- AFP

Malaysia agrees to resume hunt for flight MH370

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia has agreed to resume the search for the wreckage of missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370, its transport minister said on Friday, more than 10 years after it disappeared in one of the world’s greatest aviation mysteries. Fl...

GHAZNI: Afghan men inspect a damaged passenger bus kept outside the traffic police department after an accident on the Kabul-Kandahar highway, in Ghazni on December 19, 2024. - AFP

Accidents kill 52 in central Afghanistan

KABUL: Two bus accidents involving a fuel tanker and a truck on a highway through central Afghanistan killed at least 52 people and injured 68, a provincial official said Thursday. The accidents happened in Ghazni province on the same highway betwee...

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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