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One dead, four wounded in Iraqi Kurdistan bombing
ARBIL: Iraqi Kurd Himen Gabriel, 28, a taxi driver who wants to immigrate to Europe, is pictured during an interview with AFP in Arbil, the capital of Iraq's northern Kurdish autonomous region. - AFP n

Despite the dangers, many Iraqi Kurds dream of reaching Europe
KHALES, Iraq: The Iranian-backed Hashed Al-Shaabi paramilitary forces taking part in a parade to celebrate the 7th anniversary of their founding at Camp Ashraf in Khalis, in the Diyala province, yesterday.-AFPnnn

Drones hit Arbil near US consulate
ARBIL, Iraq: The model of an aeroplane decorates a square near Arbil's International airport in the capital of Iraq's autonomous northern Kurdish region yesterday.-AFPn

Drone blast hits Iraq airport
MOSUL: Pope Francis releases a white dove at a square near the ruins of the Syriac Catholic Church of the Immaculate Conception (Al-Tahira-l-Kubra) in the old city of Mosul yesterday. — AFP

Pope visits Mosul, holds mass in Arbil
An Iraq man sells nuts in the old bazaar in Arbil, the capital of the northern Iraqi Kurdish autonomous region.-AFP photosn

In Iraq, generous Mideast tradition of 'istiftah' lives on
DUBAI: An Israeli man shows his passport while giving a thumbs-up upon arrival from Tel Aviv on Nov 26, 2020 on the first scheduled commercial flight following the normalization of ties between the UAE and Israel. — AFP

Kurds look on as Israel befriends old Arab foes
Ranj Abderrahman Cohen, an Iraqi Kurdish Jewish man, walks next to a ruined Jewish synagogue in Arbil, the capital of the autonomous Kurdish region of northern Iraq, on July 5, 2020. - Jews were historically Iraq's second-largest religious sect, comprising 40 percent of Baghdad's population according to a 1917 census. But since the creation of Israel in 1948, regional tensions skyrocketed and anti-Semitic campaigns took hold, pushing most of Iraq's Jews to flee. Today, Iraqis have fond memories of Jewish friends and neighbours, including 82-year-old Farhadi, whose father owned a shop in a Jewish-majority district of Arbil. (Photo by SAFIN HAMED / AFP)

Iraq's Jews fled long ago, heritage struggles on
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SAP appoints new Managing Director for Kuwait
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Indian ambassador Dr Adarsh Swaika poses for group photo. - Photos by Yasser Al-Zayyat
India hails trade relations with Kuwait, eyes more investments
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GAZA: A Palestinian doctor tends to the baby of Sabreen Al-Sakani, who reached the emergency unit of the Kuwait Hospital in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip in critical condition after she was gravely wounded in the head and abdomen in a Zionist air strike, on April 20, 2024. - AFP
‘Miracle’ baby delivered from dying mother’s womb in Gaza
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KUWAIT: Aid officials pose before a plane carrying relief supplies for Sudan on April 23, 2024. - KUNA
Kuwait sends first relief aid plane to Sudan
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KUWAIT: HH the Amir Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah is welcomed and honored by Jordanian King Abdullah II during a state visit on April 23, 2024. – KUNA photos
Jordan honors Amir on state visit