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LUXEMBORG: Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Mustafa )left) shakes hands with EU High Representative and Vice-President for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Kaja Kallas ahead of a meeting in Luxembourg City on April 14, 2025. — AFP

EU announces 1.6 bn euros in aid for Palestinian Authority

LUXEMBORG: The European Union on Monday announced a new three-year financial support package for the Palestinian Authority (PA) worth up to 1.6 billion euros ($1.8 billion). The fresh aid pledge came just ahead of a meeting between Palestinian Prime...

LOPERA, Spain: A solar panel is pictured near olive trees amid a project to install photovoltaic plants, in Lopera, near Jaen, on March, 24, 2025. — AFP photos

Solar park boom threatens Spain’s centuries-old olive trees

LOPERA, Spain: At his farm in southern Spain, Francisco Campos looked worriedly at a green sea of centuries-old olive trees that he fears will face the axe to make way for a proposed solar park. “Cutting down olive trees to install solar panels is...

BARCELONA: The Sagrada Familia (Holy Family) basilica, designed by Spanish architect Antoni Gaudi, is pictured in this 2016 file photo. — AFP

Pope puts Sagrada Familia architect Gaudi on path to sainthood

VATICAN CITY: The Catholic Church has put Antoni Gaudi, the designer of Barcelona’s Sagrada Familia basilica, on the path to sainthood, the Vatican said Monday. Pope Francis recognized the Catalan architect’s “heroic virtues” and authorized ...

SUMY, Ukraine: The covered body of a person killed is seen following a deadly missile attack missile attack on April 13, 2025. - AFP

Russian ballistic missile strike in Ukraine kills 34

SUMY, Ukraine: A Russian missile strike on Sunday in the city center of Ukraine’s city of Sumy killed at least 34 people, Kyiv said, with European and US officials condemning the attack — one of the deadliest in months. Kyiv said Moscow hit the ...

SPRINGFIELD, Virginia: News anchors speak during a broadcast at Alhurra station headquarters in this June 15, 2004 file photo. - AFP

US-funded Arabic network Alhurra ends broadcasts

WASHINGTON: Alhurra, the Arabic-language network created by the US government after the Iraq invasion, said Saturday it would cease broadcasts and lay off most staff after President Donald Trump’s administration shut off funds. The network went on...

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KUWAIT: A gold jeweler arranges items in a shop in Kuwait City. - Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat

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