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In Mecca's sweltering heat, pilgrims start this year's Hajj pilgrimage   14 Jun 2024 - 11:19 am
Worshippers pray before and touch the doors of the Kaaba, Islam's holiest shrine, at the Grand Mosque in Saudi Arabia's holy city of Mecca on June 13, 2024. (Photo by Fadel Senna / AFP)
Indian relatives grieve as bodies of 45 Kuwait fire victims return 14 Jun 2024 - 11:03 am
Policemen stand guard as mourning relatives await coffins of the deceased arriving on an Indian Air Force plane from Kuwait at the Cochin International Airport in Kochi on June 14, 2024. (Photo by Arun Chandrabose / AFP)
G7 leaders agree to use €50 billion of Russian assets for Ukraine's benefit 13 Jun 2024 - 11:08 pm
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky (left) and US President Joe Biden leave after signing a security agreement during a press conference at the Masseria San Domenico on the sidelines of the G7 Summit hosted by Italy in Apulia region, on June 13, 2024 in Savelletri. (Photo by Mandel Ngan / AFP)
More than half of agricultural land in Gaza destroyed by Israeli aggression: UN 13 Jun 2024 - 10:21 pm
Peninsula
BTS mania hits Seoul ahead of 'huggathon' with Jin 13 Jun 2024 - 07:48 pm
Fans of K-pop boy band BTS pose during the annual BTS FESTA, organised by HYBE, the band's agency, in Seoul on June 13, 2024. (Photo by ANTHONY WALLACE / AFP)
European police say 'major' cocaine smuggling ring busted 13 Jun 2024 - 07:39 pm
Spain's Civil Guard Lieutenant Colonel Oscar Esteban Remacha (head of the department against drug trafficking and money laundering) attends a press conference on an international anti drug operation, in Madrid, on June 13, 2024.(Photo by Thomas COEX / AFP)
Kuwait Public Prosecution remands citizen, expat in Al-Mangaf fire case 13 Jun 2024 - 05:28 pm
The building which was engulfed by fire, in Kuwait City, on June 12, 2024. (Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat / AFP)
Unusually heavy monsoon rains in Pakistan will affect 200,000 people, a top UN official warns 13 Jun 2024 - 04:24 pm
A vendor carries chicks in a cage as he rides a bicycle along a street amid rainfall in Islamabad on June 5, 2024. Photo by Aamir QURESHI / AFP.
Fire at Iraqi oil refinery injures 10: civil defence 13 Jun 2024 - 03:15 pm
Flames rise after a massive fire broke out at the asphalt storage facility of an oil refinery in Arbil on Jun 13, 2024. (Photo by Safin Hamid / AFP)
Record 120 mn people forcibly displaced globally: UN 13 Jun 2024 - 08:04 am
A displaced Palestinian girl sits in a damaged building in which she took refuge in al-Bureij refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip on June 12, 2024. (Photo by Eyad Baba / AFP)
'Flying taxis' to be tested during Paris Olympics: minister 12 Jun 2024 - 07:23 pm
A VoloCity air taxi made by Volocopter is displayed during the Vivatech technology startups and innovation fair at the Porte de Versailles exhibition center in Paris on May 22, 2024. Photo by JULIEN DE ROSA / AFP.
Gabon artists dream of taking music born in prison to global stage 12 Jun 2024 - 07:14 pm
Patrons dance to the rythm of N'Tcham at a bar in Libreville on April 2, 2024. Photo by WILFRIED MBINAH / AFP.
Death toll in Kuwait building fire rises to 49 12 Jun 2024 - 05:39 pm
People walk past a building which was ingulfed by fire, in Kuwait City, on June 12, 2024. Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat / AFP.
Trio gets at least 25 years for Dutch reporter's murder 12 Jun 2024 - 04:34 pm
This photograph taken on June 23, 2021, shows Dutch crime reporter Peter R. de Vries as he addresses a press conference in Naarden. Photo by Remko de Waal / ANP / AFP
Japan enacts law ensuring access to third-party apps 12 Jun 2024 - 03:05 pm
A visitor takes a photo out the window toward the 240m tall (790 ft.) NTT Docomo Yoyogi highrise building (back C) from the viewing deck at the Tokyo Metropolitan Government building in the Shinjuku area of central Tokyo on June 12, 2024. (Photo by Richard A. Brooks / AFP)
Denmark recalls South Korean noodles for being too spicy 12 Jun 2024 - 02:48 pm
Peninsula
LIVE UPDATES: Israel strikes 30 Gaza targets, launches raids in southern Lebanon  12 Jun 2024 - 02:33 pm
Palestinian men walk along a narrow street past destroyed buildings in Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza Strip on June 11, 2024. Photo by Eyad BABA / AFP
More than 35 dead, dozens injured in Kuwait building fire 12 Jun 2024 - 12:47 pm
A member of the Kuwaiti security forces stand outside a building which was ingulfed by fire, in Kuwait City, on June 12, 2024. (Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat / AFP)