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TAIPEI: Taiwan’s military released an updated civil defense handbook on Tuesday that for the first time includes a section on how to tell the difference between Chinese and Taiwanese soldiers based on their uniforms, camouflage and insignia. Taiwan unveiled the handbook last year amid a rise in tensions with Beijing and after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, detailing how to find

CAIRO: The head of Egypt’s top religious authority will on Wednesday highlight the importance of fraternity, tolerance, and mutual respect in achieving world peace during an address at the UN Security Council. Sheikh Ahmed Al-Tayyeb, grand imam of Al-Azhar, will speak during a panel discussion on ways to promote and sustain global peace. In his speech, Al-Tayyeb, chairman of

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia and Kazakhstan have agreed on a deal to establish a framework for cooperation in the energy sector, further advancing the Kingdom’s energy partnerships. Under the deal, the countries will work on collaborating in the fields of petroleum, gas, refining, petrochemicals and electricity, the Saudi Press Agency reported. Both nations will also join together to

ROME: The UN food agency said Tuesday it will slash aid to Syrians in need of basic food supplies by around half due to a lack of funding. “An unprecedented funding crisis in Syria is forcing the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) to cut assistance to 2.5 million of the 5.5 million people who rely on the agency for their basic food needs,” the organization said.

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s National Debt Management Center announced the closure of the riyal-denominated sukuk program issuance for June with the total bid amount received at SR2.5 billion ($667 million). The total amount allocated was SR7.43 billion with the sukuk issuance divided into tranches — the first has a size of SR622 million maturing in 2030. The second tranche was

RIYADH: The Saudi Arabian Football Federation has announced a partnership with the CIES Football Observatory to launch a SAFF-based online research platform for the men’s professional game. The collaboration agreement will allow CIES Football Observatory to create and develop a platform that will include competitions’ data on demographics, and technical and physical

RIYADH: Kuwait’s crown prince re-appointed Sheikh Ahmad Nawaf Al-Sabah as prime minister and asked him to name a new Cabinet, Kuwait News Agency reported on Tuesday. The prime minister’s previous government resigned following parliamentary elections earlier this month.

RIYADH: Al-Hilal, one of Saudi Arabia’s top football clubs, signed a partnership on Tuesday with Sanabil Investments, a company wholly owned by the Public Investment Fund. As a result of the deal, Sanabil Investments’ logo will be on the sleeve of Al-Hilal first team’s football shirts for the next three seasons of the Saudi Pro League, a media statement said. Abdullah

STOCKHOLM: A Swedish appeals court on Monday said police had no legal grounds to block two gatherings where protesters had planned to burn the Qur'an earlier this year. The burning of Islam’s holy book outside Turkiye’s embassy in Stockholm in January sparked anger in the Muslim world, leading to weeks of protests, calls for a boycott of Swedish goods and further stalled

GLASGOW: Scotland’s former leader Nicola Sturgeon insisted on Sunday that she had done nothing wrong after police arrested her as part of an investigation into the finances of the country’s ruling party. Detectives quizzed the former leader for around seven hours as part of the “Operation Branchform” investigation into the finances of the Scottish National Party (SNP),