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KANDAHAR: An Afghan taxi driver installs a swamp air-cooler system atop his vehicle at a market on July 8, 2025. - AFP

Fatigued Afghan cabbies take novel approach to AC

KANDAHAR: Broken air conditioning? Afghan taxi drivers have cobbled together a creative solution to spare them and their passengers from the sweltering heat. In Kandahar city in southern Afghanistan where temperatures easily exceed 40 degrees Celsiu...

NEW DELHI: A voter casts his ballot during the fifth phase of voting for India's general election, at a polling station in Mumbai on May 20, 2024.

India electoral roll revision sparks fear and fury

NEW DELHI: Indian election officials have given voters in Bihar state just weeks to prove their citizenship, requiring documents few possess in a registration revamp set to be applied nationwide, triggering disenfranchisement fears. The Election Com...

KARACHI: A victim waits with a relative, for recovery of his family members from the debris of collapsed building in Karachi.-- AFP

Pakistan’s building crash survivors worry about future

KARACHI: Survivors of a building collapse that killed 27 people in the Pakistani city of Karachi were trying on Monday to come to terms with the loss of loved ones and their homes. The five-storey building collapsed on Friday in the overcrowded inne...

ISLAM QALA: Afghan refugees arrive from Iran at Islam Qala border between Afghanistan and Iran, on July 5, 2025. -- AFP

‘Emergency’ at Afghan border as migrant returns from Iran surge

ISLAM QALA, Afghanistan: Tens of thousands of Afghans streamed over the border from Iran in the days before a return deadline set for Sunday, the United Nations said, sparking an “emergency” situation at border points. In late May, Iran said und...

MCLEOD GANJ, India: Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama (center) smiles during a prayer ceremony celebrating his 90th birthday at the Main Tibetan Temple in McLeod Ganj, near Dharamsala, on July 6, 2025. -- AFP

‘Simple Buddhist monk’ Dalai Lama marks 90th birthday

MCLEOD GANJ, India: Calling himself a “simple Buddhist monk” who usually didn’t celebrate birthdays, the Dalai Lama marked his 90th on Sunday by praying for peace after China insisted it would have the final say on who succeeded the Tibetan sp...

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