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The Pakistani city of Lahore celebrated the revival of a historic kite festival called Basant last weekend, 19 years after kite flying there was deemed too dangerous and banned. Earlier this month, ...

Enthusiasts are ready to fly kites during a kite flying festival in Siem Reap province, Cambodia, on Feb. 20, 2026. -- Photo by Sao Khuth/Xinhua SIEM REAP, Cambodia (Xinhua): Some 138 kite flyers from ...

Flight safety risks prompted fresh warnings Friday as authorities urged the public to avoid kite flying and drone use near Larnaca airport during Green Monday celebrations, citing dangers to aircraft ...

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Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. By three o’clock on the first Saturday in February, Lahore is already in motion. The streets pulse with ...

LAHORE, Pakistan — Ahead of this month's springtime festival of Basant, people crammed shoulder to shoulder into the narrow, dimly lit streets near Mochi Gate in Lahore's Old City, looking for kites ...

For centuries, spring in the agrarian Punjab region arrived with a burst of colors — yellow mustard fields in bloom and kites rising over Lahore’s skyline. But kites have been missing over the past ...

In the streets of Lahore there are hints that the kite flying festival, Basant, has returned. Someone is fishing a kite from electricity cables, the distant sound of a drum beat, a flash of neon when ...

Brightly coloured kites soared through the skies over Pakistan's eastern city of Lahore this weekend, marking the return of a festival after a 19-year ban that had been imposed over safety concerns.