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Kuwaiti emir Sheikh Nawaf dies at 86
AFP, Published on 16/12/2023
» KUWAIT CITY - The emir of oil-rich Kuwait, Sheikh Nawaf al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, died on Saturday, the royal court said, after three years in power. He was 86.
After 17 days trapped in tunnel, India workers say hope kept them alive
AFP, Published on 29/11/2023
» SILKYARA TUNNEL (INDIA) - After 17 days trapped inside a collapsed Himalayan road tunnel they were building, Indian workers described the horror of their ordeal, and the hopes and prayers that kept them strong.
India rescuers make painstaking progress towards 41 trapped in tunnel
AFP, Published on 28/11/2023
» SILKYARA TUNNEL (INDIA) - Indian rescue teams crept forward Tuesday in a painstaking dig by hand through rock and rubble towards 41 workers who have been trapped in a collapsed road tunnel for 17 days.
'If we bathe, we won't drink': Gazans struggle as water supplies dwindle
AFP, Published on 16/10/2023
» RAFAH (PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES) - In the southern Gaza Strip, scores of people line up at bathrooms, many of them not having showered for days after Israel cut off water, electricity and food following Hamas's deadly assault.
Erdogan confronts polarised Turkey after historic win
AFP, Published on 29/05/2023
» ISTANBUL: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday confronted the tough task of uniting his deeply divided country after winning a historic run-off election to extend his two-decade rule to 2028.
Erdogan ascendant as Turkey heads for historic runoff
AFP, Published on 15/05/2023
» ISTANBUL: Turkey on Monday woke up to the prospect of its first presidential runoff vote after conservative President Recep Tayyip Erdogan confounded pollsters and his secular rival to win the first round of the country's pivotal election.
Malaysians vote in tightly contested election
AFP, Published on 19/11/2022
» KUALA LUMPUR - Malaysians headed to the polls on Saturday with jailed ex-leader Najib Razak's graft-tainted party seeking to cement its grip on power in a race analysts say is too close to call.
Kuwait executes seven people, first since 2017
AFP, Published on 16/11/2022
» Kuwait put seven people to death for murder on Wednesday, the public prosecutions service said, as the first executions since 2017 went ahead despite appeals from a prominent rights group.
Two more bodies pulled from Iraq shrine after landslide: rescuers
AFP, Published on 22/08/2022
» KARBALA, Iraq: Two bodies were recovered on Monday from a shrine in Iraq's Karbala province after a landslide caused it to partially collapse, bringing the overall toll to seven dead, rescue services said.
Five pilgrims killed in landslide at Iraq Muslim shrine
AFP, Published on 22/08/2022
» KARBALA (IRAQ) - Rescue workers searched through the rubble of a Shiite Muslim shrine in central Iraq into Sunday night, after a landslide killed at least five people including a child.