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GAZA: Members of a Palestinian family, who fled their home in Beit Lahia on foot, receive medical attention upon their arrival at the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir Al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip on November 20, 2024.- AFP

Hospital chief decries ‘extreme catastrophe’ in north Gaza

GAZA: The World Health Organization expressed grave concern on Tuesday for hospitals still partly operating in war-stricken northern Gaza, where one hospital director described the situation as an “extreme catastrophe”. “We are very, very conc...

GAZA: Palestinians bury relatives killed in a Zionist airstrike in Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip on Nov 20, 2024. - AFP

US vetoes Gaza truce; Hezbollah ready for long war

GAZA/BEIRUT: The United States on Wednesday vetoed a UN Security Council resolution for a ceasefire in Gaza, drawing criticism of the Biden administration for once again blocking international action aimed at halting the Zionist war. The 15-member c...

TYRE, Lebanon: Smoke billows following a Zionist airstrike which targeted the area of Al-Hosh on Nov 19, 2024. - AFP

Over 200 children killed in Lebanon in under two months

GENEVA: The UN said Tuesday that over 200 children have been killed in Lebanon since the Zionist entity escalated attacks targeting Hezbollah in September. “Despite more than 200 children killed in Lebanon in less than two months, a disconcerting ...

TEHRAN: Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi (right) and his Syrian counterpart Bassam Al-Sabbagh (left) give a joint press conference in Tehran on November 19, 2024. – AFP

Tehran slams new EU, UK sanctions as unjustified

TEHRAN: Iran’s foreign ministry Tuesday slammed as unjustified the new sanctions by the European Union and Britain against Tehran over its support for Russia’s war on Ukraine. “While the president of Ukraine has admitted that no Iranian ballis...

GAZA: Displaced Palestinians fleeing Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip walk on the main Salah Al-Din road on November 17, 2024.- AFP

Desperate for cash, Gazans sell clothes plucked from rubble

GAZA: Moein Abu Odeh clambered up a pile of rubble in southern Gaza, searching for clothes, shoes, anything he could sell to raise cash more than a year since Zionist entity started its relentless bombardments. The father-of-four delved under blocks...

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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