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NEW DELHI: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader and former chief minister of Delhi Arvind Kejriwal (right), gestures as he leaves the Lieutenant Governor of Delhi's office on September 17, 2024. — AFP photos

Modi’s opponent Kejriwal quits

NEW DELHI: A top political opponent of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi quit as chief minister of the capital Delhi on Tuesday, days after being released on bail in a corruption case. Arvind Kejriwal, a key leader in an opposition alliance that b...

IMPHAL: Security personnel fire tear gas shells to disperse protesters during a curfew in Imphal on September 10, 2024. India's strife-torn northeastern state of Manipur ordered an internet blackout on September 10, after imposing a curfew. ---- AFP

Indian police arrest 33 after riots in Manipur

NEW DELHI: Indian police have arrested 33 people after a surge in ethnic violence in Manipur state, where a curfew and an Internet blackout have been imposed, officers said Thursday. Fighting broke out in Manipur in May 2023, between the predominant...

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party leader and senior lawyer Muhammad Shoaib Shaheen, shows a victory sign as he and other MPs appear before an anti-terrorism court on September 10, 2024. — AFP

Six Pakistan MPs held by court over new protest law

ISLAMABAD: Six Pakistan MPs from jailed former prime minister Imran Khan’s party were among more than 30 people remanded in custody on Tuesday under a new law restricting protests. It comes after thousands of supporters of Khan’s Pakistan Tehree...

ISLAMABAD: Activists of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party of former country’s prime minister Imran Khan, take part in a public rally on the outskirts of Islamabad on September 8, 2024. — AFP

Thousands defy roadblocks in rally for Imran Khan

ISLAMABAD: Thousands of supporters of Pakistan’s former prime minister Imran Khan gathered in Islamabad on Sunday despite authorities’ attempts to block the protesters’ main routes into the capital, AFP journalists noted. The demonstration, le...

DHAKA: Demonstrators wave Bangladesh's national flag during Martyr March, a rally organized by Students Against Discrimination to mark one month to the ousting of the country's former PM Sheikh Hasina, in Dhaka on Sept 5, 2024. -- AFP

Bangladesh ex-PM should ‘keep quiet’ until trial: Yunus

DHAKA: Bangladesh’s ousted premier Sheikh Hasina should “keep quiet” while exiled in India until she is brought home for trial, interim leader Muhammad Yunus told Indian media on Thursday. Hasina, 76, fled to India by helicopter one month ago ...

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KUWAIT: With eagerness and perseverance, first graders took the first steps in their educational journey on Monday morning. The Ministry of Education took all necessary measures to ensure that the first graders are cared for to guarantee a successful school year. – KUNA photos

School buses: Safe and reliable solution to Kuwait traffic jams

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Zain wins the ‘Best 5G Business Development Strategy’ award

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TEHRAN: Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian gestures as he speaks to reporters during a press conference on Sept 16, 2024. - AFP

Pezeshkian backs missile program, reassures women