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KUWAIT: This file photo taken on March 14, 1991 shows an aerial view of burning oil wells in Ahmadi, set ablaze by retreating Iraqi troops. – AFP

Panel wraps up after $52bn paid to Kuwait

GENEVA: A UN commission set up to obtain reparations from Iraq over the country’s 1990 invasion of Kuwait submitted its final report in Geneva yesterday after paying out $52.4 billion to Kuwait. Set up in 1991 by UN Security Council Resolution 692 to manage financial compensation owed by Iraq to Kuwait, the commission raised the funds through a five percent tax on sales of oil and other petroleum products.Iraq’s Saddam Hussein ordered his...

KUWAIT: Lawyer Ali Al-Aryan speaks during the symposium. - Photos by Yasser Al-Zayyat

Push to decriminalize laws against transgenders in Kuwait

By Nawara FattahovaKUWAIT: The constitutional court will review article 198 of the penal code, which penalizes imitation of the opposite sex, to check its constitutionality during its session on Feb 16, 2022 and issue a verdict. The Kuwait Bar Association held a symposium to speak about this issue.Lawyer Ali Al-Aryan submitted the constitutional appeal at the constitutional court. "I found that article 198 of the penal code is unconstitutional....

BANGALORE: Activists from the National Students Unions of India hold placards and Indian flags during a demonstration yesterday. - AFP

Tech hub bans protests over hijab row

BANGALORE: India's tech hub Bangalore banned protests around schools and other educational institutions for two weeks yesterday, a day after all high schools in Karnataka state were shut as a row over an Islamic headscarf ban intensified. Muslim students and community members have mounted protests across the southern state since a government-run high school last month told girls to not wear hijabs in class - an edict that soon spread to other...

HONG KONG: Shoppers buy vegetables a day after many shops ran out of some produce in Hong Hong, as stricter COVID-19 restrictions come into force following the city's highest infection numbers since the pandemic began. - AFP

Deja vu in Hong Kong as virus restrictions spark panic buying

HONG KONG: Shoppers thronged Hong Kong's markets fearing a shortage of food yesterday, familiar scenes in a city that is back under grueling COVID restrictions in contrast to much of the world. Hong Kong has followed mainland China in maintaining a strict "zero-COVID" policy that has kept infections low through targeted lockdowns and extensive social distancing measures.Yesterday the city recorded 1,161 new infections, a daily record but a number...

MANILA: This file photo shows Philippine Senator Leila de Lima, a former human rights commissioner who is one of President Rodrigo Duterte's most vocal opponents, waving to her supporters after appearing at a court in Muntinlupa City, suburban Manila. - AFP

'My work is not done': Jailed Duterte's critic Lima runs for Senate

MANILA: From behind bars, Philippine senator and human rights campaigner Leila de Lima is running for re-election in an against-the-odds campaign that gives her the chance to once again "go after" President Rodrigo Duterte. De Lima was one of the most vocal and powerful local critics of Duterte after he took power in 2016 and launched a deadly drug war-until he and his allies tried to stifle her.But despite being forced from the Senate and into a...

CHLORAKA: This picture shows a general view of the Saint Nicolas residential complex, where around 700 refuges live, in the Cypriot village of Chloraka in the Paphos district. - AFP

Godsend or 'ghetto': Syrian migrants flock to small Cyprus town

CHLORAKAS: On the Mediterranean island of Cyprus, grappling with an influx of asylum seekers, the small town of Chlorakas has become the centre of tensions. One-quarter of its residents are refugees. While local authorities talk of "ghettoization" and seek to move some of them, many of the newcomers renting flats there refuse to leave, saying they have nowhere else to go. The Cypriot government says the divided country has the highest number of...

MAYMANA: Photo shows Maymana mayor Damullah Mohibullah Mowaffaq posing for a picture at his office in Maymana, capital of Afghanistan's northwestern Faryab province. - AFP

Taleban sniper becomes mayor

MAYMANA: Strolling through the town of Maymana, the new mayor appears to inspire goodwill from war-weary constituents in the Afghan provincial capital. But Damullah Mohibullah Mowaffaq has a reputation as one of the top snipers in the ranks of the Taleban, until last summer waging war to take control of the country. Mowaffaq was made mayor of Maymana, capital of Faryab province in the far reaches of northwest Afghanistan, in November, three...

KUWAIT: Foreign Minister Sheikh Ahmad Nasser Al-Sabah is surrounded by fellow ministers during a National Assembly session yesterday. – Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat

No-confidence motion filed against FM after grilling

By B IzzakKUWAIT: Ten lawmakers yesterday filed a no-confidence motion against Foreign Minister Sheikh Ahmad Nasser Al-Sabah following a grilling in which he denied allegations of squandering public funds and failing to perform his duties. National Assembly Speaker Marzouq Al-Ghanem said he received the no-confidence motion signed by the MPs and that voting on the motion will take place on Feb 16.At the start of the debate, the government...

KUWAIT: This file photo shows ruins of the Aqua Park in Kuwait City after it was demolished. - Photo by Fouad Al-Shaikh

Lack of entertainment costs Kuwait its shine

By Sahar MoussaKUWAIT: Khaled woke up early on Friday morning to the sound of his energetic son who wanted to go outside and play. But Khaled was confused because he didn't know where to take him to. He eventually decided to take him to the mall for the third time this month. Leisure options are very limited nowadays, especially after a lot of entertainment places closed in Kuwait.On his way to the mall, Khaled recalled all the places he used to...

KUWAIT: People shop at a supermarket in Kuwait. - Photo by Ben Garcia

Co-ops or supermarkets? Shoppers talk their preferred shopping choice

By Ben Garcia KUWAIT: In Kuwait, several choices are available for shoppers, from semi-government cooperative societies to supermarkets operated by private companies. Kuwait Times asked several shoppers whether they prefer to shop at co-ops or commercial supermarkets. Some shop at a particular place for convenience, while others choose their store depending on their taste, promotions, raffle draws or cheaper prices."I tried shopping in...

PANAMA CITY: In this file photo, a man collects garbage, including plastic waste, at the beach of Costa del Este, in Panama City. - AFP

WWF: World must work together to tackle plastic ocean threat

PARIS: Plastic has infiltrated all parts of the ocean and is now found "in the smallest plankton up to the largest whale" wildlife group WWF said yesterday, calling for urgent efforts to create an international treaty on plastics.Tiny fragments of plastic have reached even the most remote and seemingly-pristine regions of the planet: it peppers Arctic sea ice and has been found inside fish in the deepest recesses of the ocean, the Mariana Trench....

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In post-recession cash injection, oil prices boost GCC economies

DUBAI, UAE: Rising oil prices are boosting economic growth throughout the oil producing economies of the MENA region, with predictions that GDP will largely return to pre-pandemic levels during the course of 2022. Oil prices are expected to level out at about $70 per barrel, with global demand for oil picking up. In the countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), oil activity is expected to grow by up to 8 percent in 2022, a huge increase on...

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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

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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

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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

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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