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AL-MIDAINA DISTRICT: A boy dives into the Euphrates river to cool off during a heatwave in the Midaina district in the north of Iraq’s southern province of Basra.- AFP

‘Silent killer’: The science of tracing climate deaths

PARIS: A heatwave scorching Europe had barely subsided in early July when scientists published estimates that 2,300 people may have died across a dozen major cities during the extreme, climate-fuelled episode. The figure was supposed to “grab some...

KYIV: Local residents comfort each other as rescuers clear debris as they work at the site of a destroyed residential building following a Russian air attack in Kyiv on July 31, 2025. -- AFP photos

Zelensky urges ‘regime change’ in Russia

KYIV: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Thursday urged his allies to bring about “regime change” in Russia, hours after a Russian drone and missile attack on Kyiv killed 11 people including a six-year-old boy. The overnight strikes reduc...

MOSCOW: Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov shows the way to Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad Al-Shaibani during a meeting in Moscow on July 31, 2025. -- AFP

Russia and Syria to bolster ties, review Assad-era deals

MOSCOW: Russia and Syria signaled Thursday they would bolster ties and review agreements made under the previous pro-Moscow government of Bashar Al-Assad amid uncertainty over the future of two Russian military bases in the country. Syrian Foreign M...

GAZA: Palestinians bring back aid parcels they managed to procure as they walk on a coastal path west of Beit Lahia after aid trucks entered the besieged Gaza Strip from the northern Zikim border crossing. - AFP

France, 14 other countries urge recognition of Palestinian state

PARIS: France and 14 other Western nations called on countries worldwide to move to recognize a Palestinian state, France’s top diplomat said Wednesday. The foreign ministers of 15 countries late Tuesday issued a joint statement following a confer...

GAZA CITY: Smoke billows after a Zionist strike on the Shejaiya suburb east of Gaza City on July 30, 2025. -- AFP

Why is Britain recognizing a Palestinian state

LONDON: Britain has said it will formally recognize a Palestinian state in September unless the Zionist government takes substantive steps to end suffering in Gaza and meets other conditions. What did Starmer say? He said Britain would make the move...

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KUWAIT: Ambassador Sheikha Jawaher Ibrahim Al-Duaij Al-Sabah is seen with officials during an event held to mark World Day Against Trafficking in Persons. — KUNA

Kuwait vows protection for migrant workers as it reviews related laws

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MoH warns of rare but serious ‘dry drowning’ risk in children

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GAZA: Palestinians bring back aid parcels they managed to procure as they walk on a coastal path west of Beit Lahia after aid trucks entered the besieged Gaza Strip from the northern Zikim border crossing. - AFP

France, 14 other countries urge recognition of Palestinian state

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KUWAIT: Minister Subaih Al-Mukhizeem tours the Expo 965 exhibition acompanied by officials. — KUNA photos

Expo 965 exhibition highlights atrocities of the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait on its 35th anniversary

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KUWAIT:Officers monitor traffic camera feeds in this illustrative file photo. - KUNA

Traffic deaths cut by half after applying new law