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KUWAIT: Dr Mohammed Al-Suleimi, consultant bariatric surgeon at Al-Sabah Hospital, announced on Wednesday the successful treatment of a rare medical condition, superior mesenteric artery syndrome, which affects only 0.1 percent of the global population. The operation was performed using a surgical endoscope and involved a laparoscopic duodenojejunostomy, a procedure that reroutes the third part of the duodenum.Dr Al-Suleimi said the surgery was conducted on a 17-year-old patient who had been suffering from chronic regurgitation and an inability to eat or drink. The patient was previously misdiagnosed with a diaphragmatic hernia at another hospital and underwent repair surgery, which failed to…

On Monday, the last 20 living Israeli captives were released by Hamas in exchange for 1,968 Palestinian prisoners and detainees. For Israel, it marked the end of a chapter of history where the fate of Israelis captured on 7 October 2023 had loomed over society. For Palestine, meanwhile, more than 9,000 Palestinian prisoners remain in Israeli jails – nearly double the number before Israel’s genocide in Gaza began. Now, the bodies of the last dead captives are being recovered by Hamas and delivered to Israel. Middle East Eye breaks down what we know about the Israeli captives, how they were…

Wales Women midfielder Jess Fishlock has announced her retirement from international football.The 38-year-old has played for Wales for almost two decades, becoming their most capped player (165) and all-time goalscorer (48) across both men’s and women’s football. She made history this summer as Wales appeared at their first major tournament, competing in Euro 2025 – a long-held dream for Fishlock, who captained the side. She scored their first-ever goal on the big stage against France.She will bid farewell to Wales on Saturday October 22 when the Dragons play Australia in an international friendly at the Cardiff City Stadium – the…

Liverpool’s trip to high-flying Tottenham Hotspur is one of 27 mouthwatering Premier League clashes to be shown live on Sky Sports in December.The pre-Christmas schedule gets under way with a blockbuster midweek round of games between Tuesday December 2 and Thursday December 4, with every match live on Sky Sports, including Fulham’s home game with Man City, Spurs’ encounter at Newcastle United and Man Utd’s match against West Ham at Old Trafford. Champions Liverpool are on Sky Sports on three occasions during this period, including their Saturday Night Football clash at Elland Road on December 6, while Premier League leaders…

Jeff KassoufOct 15, 2025, 12:00 PM ETCloseJeff Kassouf covers women’s soccer for ESPN, focusing on the USWNT and NWSL. In 2009, he founded The Equalizer, a women’s soccer news outlet, and he previously won a Sports Emmy at NBC Sports and Olympics.Forward Trinity Rodman and midfielder Jaedyn Shaw have each been called up to the United States women’s national team for the first time since April.On Wednesday, USWNT head coach Emma Hayes announced her 26-player roster for a pair of games against Portugal and another against New Zealand, which begin next week.Rodman missed the last two USWNT training camps and…

Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller is trading barbs with the Trump Administration over its response to a parasitic pest that continues to make its way north in Mexico, and could potentially threaten the state’s $15 billion cattle industry if it crosses the border.This week, in an interview with a Nashville television network that focuses on rural issues, Miller expressed frustration that the U.S. Department of Agriculture was not using a synthetic bait that he has promoted to combat the New World Screwworm, a fly that infects warm-blooded animals and recently has been spotted less than 100 miles from the border.“I…

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Decade-long political quarrels over legislative and executive powers in North Carolina advanced Wednesday as a state appeals court permitted the Republican-controlled General Assembly to chip away at the Democratic governor’s appointment authority for several key commissions. The judges also said lawmakers went too far remaking other boards. A state Court of Appeals panel upheld the composition of four of the seven boards approved by lawmakers in 2023 but later challenged by then-Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper. The four address policies for the environment, fishing and hunting and residential building codes in the ninth-largest state. But the judges…

Former U.N. ambassador Andrew Young says that he was often responsible for “the dirty work” during his time fighting for civil rights with the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. in the 1960s.It seems an unsavory phrase. Grunt work is more like it — efforts that may not produce headlines but keep the momentum of an historic movement going.Now 93, Young narrates “Andrew Young: The Dirty Work,” a documentary that premieres on MSNBC on Friday at 9 p.m. Eastern. Once she heard Young use the expression to describe what he did, the film’s executive producer, Rachel Maddow, said she knew they…

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Andry Rajoelina was a young, man-of-the-people mayor when he led popular protests against the Madagascar government 16 years ago. The uprising resulted in a military-backed coup that brought Rajoelina to power as the transitional leader of his Indian Ocean country at the age of just 34.He then left the role in 2014 but returned to the presidency in 2019 through elections. On Tuesday, the same military unit that aided Rajoelina’s rise declared it was taking power in Madagascar and ousting him as president following weeks of youth-led protests — this time against Rajoelina and his government.Here’s what…

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A federal judge on Wednesday dismissed a lawsuit from young climate activists seeking to block President Donald Trump’s executive orders promoting fossil fuels and discouraging renewable energy.U.S. District Judge Dana Christensen said the plaintiffs showed overwhelming evidence climate change affects them and that it will worsen as a result of Trump’s orders.But Christensen concluded their request for the courts to intervene was “unworkable” because it was beyond the power of the judiciary to create environmental policies.The 22 plaintiffs included youths who prevailed in a landmark climate trial against the state of Montana in 2023. During a…