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× Visitors carry their dogs in pet strollers and a bag at Interpets, an international fair for pet related products and services, in Tokyo, Japan, April 1, 2021. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon 1/4 The Lava flows from an eruption of a volcano on the Reykjanes Peninsula in southwestern Iceland on Wednesday, March 31, 2021. (AP Photo/Marco Di Marco) 2/4 The sun sets over outlying islands as a plane prepares to land on the resort island of Phuket, Thailand on Wednesday, May 22, 2019. (AP Photo/Adam Schrec...

× Visitors carry their dogs in pet strollers and a bag at Interpets, an international fair for pet related products and services, in Tokyo, Japan, April 1, 2021. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon 1/4 The Lava flows from an eruption of a volcano on the Reykjanes Peninsula in southwestern Iceland on Wednesday, March 31, 2021. (AP Photo/Marco Di Marco) 2/4 The sun sets over outlying islands as a plane prepares to land on the resort island of Phuket, Thailand on Wednesday, May 22, 2019. (AP Photo/Adam Schrec...

Thursday, 1 April, 2021 - 10:30 US and Russian military vehicles in the countryside of Qamishli, northeastern Syria, in May 2020 (AFP) London - Ibrahim Hamidi The Brussels V Conference on Supporting the Future of Syria and the Region, which took place on March 29-30, has successfully re-energized international attention given to ending the conflict in the war-torn country. International interest in the battle-weary country had ...

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Wednesday, 17 March, 2021 - 05:45 A woman tries to cross a blocked road with burning tires during a protest against the fall in Lebanese pound currency and mounting economic hardships in Khaldeh, Lebanon March 8, 2021. Reuters Asharq Al-Awsat Lebanons worst economic downturn in decades has pushed a battered population to the brink with no solution in sight as the countrys barons wrangle over forming a new government. In the absenc...

Wednesday, 17 March, 2021 - 05:30 FILE PHOTO: Workers walk by the perimeter fence of what is officially known as a vocational skills education center, under construction in Dabancheng in Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region, China September 4, 2018. REUTERS/Thomas Peter/File Photo Asharq Al-Awsat A visit by European Union ambassadors to the Xinjiang region of China has stalled over their request for access to jailed Uighur academic I...

× A boy slides down a muddy bank in pouring rain at King Edward Park in Newcastle, Sunday, March 21, 2021. (AAP Image/Darren Pateman) 1/4 A view of Lake Atitlan at sunset during the spring equinox, from San Antonio Palopo, Solola, Guatemala, 20 March 2021. EPA/Esteban Biba 2/4 A State Emergency Service rescue team uses an inflatable raft to bring a local resident to safety from a flooded home as the state of New South Wales experiences widespread flooding and severe weather, in Sydney, Austral...

Wednesday, 17 March, 2021 - 09:00 The pandemic has consumed a large part of the Palestinian budget. (AFP) Ramallah - Asharq Al-Awsat Secretary-General of the Palestinian government Amjad Ghanem revealed the draft state budget has a deficit of $1.2 billion, which is a result of forecasts of revenues and spending in 2021. He noted that it will not be an emergency budget, unlike last year’s which was necessary due to the coronaviru...

× A boy slides down a muddy bank in pouring rain at King Edward Park in Newcastle, Sunday, March 21, 2021. (AAP Image/Darren Pateman) 1/4 A view of Lake Atitlan at sunset during the spring equinox, from San Antonio Palopo, Solola, Guatemala, 20 March 2021. EPA/Esteban Biba 2/4 A State Emergency Service rescue team uses an inflatable raft to bring a local resident to safety from a flooded home as the state of New South Wales experiences widespread flooding and severe weather, in Sydney, Austral...

Wednesday, 17 March, 2021 - 06:15 National Assembly Speaker Marzouq al-Ghanim. (KUNA) Kuwait - Merza al-Khuwaldi Kuwait dropped on Tuesday the Interior Ministry’s legal charges against several opposition MPs for flouting coronavirus preventive measures. Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah al-Khalid al-Sabah said the political leadership ordered that the charges filed by the ministry against the 38 lawmakers be dropped. The political lea...