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× 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 - 07:00 Yemeni forces west of Taiz on Tuesday. (AFP) Aden – Ali Rabih The Yemeni army continued to make advances in the battlefronts in the Marib, Taiz and Hajjah provinces dealing the Iran-backed Houthi militias heavy losses. Military media said at least 250 Houthis were killed in the fiercest battles yet to take place in the three provinces. Defense Minister Mohammed al-Maqdashi stressed on Tuesday th...

A An emerging flashpoint in America’s relationship with the European Union is the question of who gets to set climate-related standards — on energy efficiency, emissions disclosure and other issues. An early indicator of the brewing conflict came last week, when US climate envoy John Kerry cautioned Europeans against adopting a carbon border-adjustment mechanism. Given its recent leadership in global standard-setting and its desire to show independence from the US, Europe may well go a...

Wednesday, 17 March, 2021 - 07:15 United Nations Special Envoy Martin Griffiths. Washington - Ali Barada United Nations Special Envoy Martin Griffiths said Tuesday it was urgent now more than ever for warring parties in Yemen to stop fighting, warning of a dramatic deterioration of the conflict following Iran-backed Houthi militias’ offensive on the Marib province, which puts civilians, including an estimated one million interna...

Wednesday, 17 March, 2021 - 07:15 US envoy to Yemen Tim Lenderking Washington - Moaz al-Omari US envoy to Yemen Tim Lenderking stressed that he found a strong commitment from the Saudi leadership to end the Yemeni conflict. In a television interview with the British BBC channel and the American PBS, Lenderking said, “what I hear is a consistent message from the Saudi leadership that they want to do their part to bring the confli...

Wednesday, 17 March, 2021 - 09:00 COVID-19 patients lie in beds at the intensive care unit of Sasan Hospital in Tehran, Iran, on March 30, 2020. Wana News Agency, Reuters Asharq Al-Awsat Mishaps during an annual fire festival in Iran have left at least 10 people dead and hundreds more injured around the country, state TV reported Wednesday. State TV reported the casualties Wednesday but news outlets including the semiofficial ISNA...

Wednesday, 17 March, 2021 - 09:45 Real Madrids Sergio Ramos celebrates scoring his sides 2nd goal during the match against Atalanta at the Alfredo di Stefano stadium in Madrid, Spain, Tuesday, March 16, 2021. (AP) Asharq Al-Awsat Real Madrid took advantage of Atalantas costly goalkeeping change to make it back to the Champions League quarterfinals. Madrid defeated Atalanta 3-1 on Tuesday to advance 4-1 on aggregate after two conse...

Wednesday, 17 March, 2021 - 10:30 Nasser al-Kidwa. Reuters file photo Ramallah - Asharq Al-Awsat A decision taken by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to cut off funding to the Yasser Arafat Foundation is “temporary” and “will not affect the institution’s staff,” said Munir al-Jaghoub, who heads Fatah’s Information Department in the Office of Mobilization and Organization. The move aims to prevent the institution fr...

Wednesday, 17 March, 2021 - 18:00 Syria will take delivery within weeks of its first COVID-19 vaccines from the global vaccine sharing platform COVAX. (AP) Asharq Al-Awsat Syria will take delivery within weeks of its first COVID-19 vaccines from the global vaccine sharing platform COVAX, allowing it to kick off its national inoculation program as early as next month, the UN health agency’s country head said on Wednesday. The fir...

Wednesday, 17 March, 2021 - 18:45 A protester blocks a bridge with burning tires on the Sidon-Ghazieh highway, southern Lebanon, after demonstrations erupted following the sharp drop of the Lebanese pound, March 16, 2021. (AFP) Asharq Al-Awsat Lebanese President Michel Aoun called on Prime Minister-designate Saad al-Hariri on Wednesday to form a new cabinet immediately or else make way for someone who can. Aoun and Hariri have bee...