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MUNICH: Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba (third left) and Italian Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio (third right) hug as French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian (second right) reacts and British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss (first right), Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi (first left) and Canadian Foreign Minister Melanie Joly (second left) stand as they meet with the Foreign Ministers of the G7 Nations on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference (MSC) in Munich, southern Germany, yesterday. - AFP

West voices fears of Russia-China axis

MUNICH: Western leaders yesterday said Russia and China were seeking to "replace the existing international rules" with their own order, as Beijing backed Moscow over its showdown with NATO. Russia has all but encircled Ukraine with its huge troop buildup and US President Joe Biden has warned that Vladimir Putin plans an invasion within days. Moscow is using the threat to invade Ukraine to demand a halt to NATO expansion and what it calls "Cold...

AMSTERDAM: Municipal employees clean up a fallen tree on Reguliersgracht in Amsterdam yestyerday as storm Eunice hit Northern Europe, killing at least 13 people. - AFP

13 die as Storm Eunice leaves thousands without power

AMSTERDAM: Emergency crews yesterday battled to restore power to hundreds of thousands of homes in Britain after Storm Eunice carved a deadly trail across Western Europe and left transport networks in disarray. At least 13 people were killed by falling trees, flying debris and high winds in Britain, Ireland, the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany and Poland, emergency services said.Train operators in Britain urged people not to travel, with trees...

CORFU, Greece: This handout picture released by the Greek Fire service shows a vessel approaching the burning Euroferry Olympia near the Greek island of Corfu on Friday. - AFP

12 missing off Greece as Italian ferry fire burns on

CORFU, Greece: At least 12 truck drivers remained missing yesterday from an Italian-flagged ferry still ablaze on the Ionian Sea off Corfu, Greece's coastguard said. Patrol ships were combing the area off the holiday island hoping to locate survivors. The blaze on the Euroferry Olympia prevented rescuers from boarding yesterday morning, but a helicopter, a frigate, a fire-fighting vessel and six tug boats were operating in the area more than 50...

CHARLESTON, United States: This file undated booking photos courtesy of West Virginia Regional Jail and Correctional Facility Authority in Charleston, West Virginia, show Jonathan Toebbe and Diana Toebbe. – AFP

Wife of US nuclear engineer pleads guilty in sub secrets plot

CHARLESTON: The wife of a US Navy nuclear engineer pleaded guilty Friday to taking part in a plot to sell submarine secrets to a foreign country, the Justice Department said. Diana Toebbe, 46, admitted taking part in her husband Jonathan Toebbe's plan to sell information on US nuclear submarines to an unidentified foreign buyer.According to the charges, she acted as a lookout while her husband delivered highly classified information on nuclear...

ALEXANDRA, South Africa: A census field officer speaks with a woman who lives at the Helen Joseph Women's Hostel in Alexandra Township. — AFP

Women live in fear and despair in S African hostel

ALEXANDRA: In one of South Africa's roughest townships, an overcrowded and dilapidated housing complex has maintained one rule for decades: No men allowed. Sitting in a concrete hallway, Brenda fumes. The electricity went off the night before, with no sign of when it might return. She had nothing for supper. Breakfast was water and bread."There's nothing good here," said the 62-year-old, who declined to give her last name."No electricity, no...

Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed Al-Nahyan and India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi in this file photo.

UAE, India sign 'milestone' pact to boost economies

DUBAI: The United Arab Emirates and India signed a "milestone" economic deal to boost trade and investment Friday, as the countries seek to bolster their economies after the coronavirus pandemic. Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, the UAE's de facto ruler, and India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a virtual summit to witness the signing of the Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement, among other pacts.The deal's signing...

NYALA, Sudan: In this file photo taken on February 1, 2021, Displaced Sudanese women carry their children as they stand in queue as they wait for the arrival of the World Food Programme (WFP) trucks in the Otash internally displaced people's camp on the outskirts of Nyala town, the capital of South Darfur. -- AFP

Violence in Sudan's Darfur lays bare deepening crisis

KHARTOUM: Attacks on UN facilities, a surge in tribal clashes, lootings, rape, and anti-coup protests-Sudan's Darfur region is reeling from a widening security gap after last year's coup. Sudan is one of the world's poorest countries but the vast, arid Darfur region has for years suffered more than its share of the nation's challenges.When a coup took place in October hundreds of kilometers (miles) away in the capital Khartoum, Darfur was still...

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Zionist entity flies jets over Beirut after Hezbollah drone incident

The Zionist entity on Friday said it fired interceptor missiles after a drone launched from Lebanon crossed its border. Meanwhile, Hezbollah issued a statement saying it sent the “Hassan” drone inside the occupied land, saying that the drone toured the targeted area for 40 minutes on a “reconnaissance mission that extended along seventy kilometers.” Shortly afterward, the Zionist entity's fighter jets flying at very low altitude buzzed...

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Kuwait's new travel regulations explained

The following are the new travel regulations that Kuwait will adopt on passengers of all nationalities starting from February 20, 2022:Fully vaccinated:- No PCR prior to arrival.- No PCR on arrival.- No quarantine after arrival.Partially vaccinated:- No PCR prior to arrival.- Must quarantine for seven days that can be ended with a negative PCR test done upon arrival.Unvaccinated:- Must carry out a PCR test not more than 72 hours prior to arrival....

Expats, who are fully vaccinated against COVID-19, arrive at Kuwait international airport in Kuwait City on August 1, 2021. (Photo by YASSER AL-ZAYYAT / AFP) (Photo by YASSER AL-ZAYYAT/AFP via Getty Images)

DGCA backtracks decision, to allow unvaccinated expats into Kuwait

The Directorate General of Civil Aviation announced that non-Kuwaiti passengers who are not vaccinated against COVID-19 or are partially vaccinated can enter Kuwait as of February 20 as long as they provide a negative PCR test taken at least 72 hours prior to arrival, and that in accordance with the Cabinet's decision released recently in this regard. "All travel procedures and PCR exemptions are applicable to Kuwaitis and expatriates," it said...

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Amir accepts resignation of defense, interior ministers

By B IzzakKUWAIT: An Amiri decree was issued yesterday accepting the resignation of the defense and interior ministers, a day after they quit in protest against the unfavorable political atmosphere. The decree appointed Foreign Minister Sheikh Ahmad Nasser Al-Sabah, who on Wednesday narrowly survived a no-confidence vote, as caretaker defense minister and Minister of Oil, Electricity and Water Mohammad Al-Fares as acting interior minister.The...

The ecobags distributed by the Environment Public Authority to cooperative societies.

Many in Kuwait willing to pay a fee for single-use plastic bags

By Shakir ReshamwalaKUWAIT: Plastic bags seem to be everywhere - in parks, sewers, deserts, forests, oceans, and lately, in the news, after authorities in Dubai announced they are ending the free distribution of single-use plastic bags in a drive towards more sustainable practices. "In line with enhancing environmental sustainability and encouraging individuals to reduce the excessive use of plastics, the Executive Council of Dubai has approved...

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HATHRAS, India: Policemen carry a person who died in a melee during a sermon in Uttar Pradesh state on July 2, 2024. - AFP

Stampede at India religious event kills 116

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BEIRUT: Lebanese Uber driver Hussein Khalil shows his GPS jammed geolocation as Gaza's southern city of Rafah, as he sits in his vehicle in Beirut's Hamra Street on June 11, 2024.- AFP

Zionist jamming disrupts Lebanon ground, air traffic

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GAZA: Displaced Palestinians from areas in east Khan Yunis flee after the Zionist army issued a new evacuation order for parts of the city and Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on July 2, 2024. - AFP

Arabs reaffirm Zionist boycott

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NAVI MUMBAI, India: Billionaire tycoon Mukesh Ambani (front third left) along with his family attends a mass wedding ceremony at Reliance Corporate Park in Navi Mumbai on July 2, 2024. -- AFP

Ambanis celebrate son’s nuptials with mass wedding