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KYIV: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky (2ndR), his wife Olena, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (2ndL), his wife Emine listen to their national anthems during a welcoming ceremony prior to their talks in Kyiv yesterday. - AFP

Erdogan visits Ukraine to mediate crisis with Moscow

KYIV: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan headed to Kyiv yesterday in an effort to mediate the crisis with Russia, as EU leaders stepped up outreach to the Kremlin to defuse fears Moscow could invade Ukraine. The diplomatic offensive came as Russia accused the United States of ratcheting up "tensions" by sending 1,000 soldiers to Romania and 2,000 to Poland to bolster NATO's eastern flank.As Moscow refuses to pull back over 100,000 troops from...

KUWAIT: Health Minister Khaled Al-Saeed speaks during a National Assembly session yesterday. – AFP

60+ expat annual health insurance set at KD 500

By B IzzakKUWAIT: Expatriates aged over 60 without a university degree will have to pay KD 500 in annual health insurance to go with the KD 250 annual fee for the renewal of their work permits, the Insurance Regulatory Unit said yesterday. The insurance charges were set following meetings by the Insurance Regulatory Unit, which groups insurance companies, with the Public Authority for Manpower, the agency that regulates the affairs of foreign...

KUWAIT: A general view of the parliament in session yesterday. - Photos by Yasser Al-Zayyat and Fouad Al-Shaikh

Kuwait's Health Minister says dealing with COVID requires adaptability and flexibility

KUWAIT: Dealing with continuous ramifications of COVID-19 required adaptability and flexibility via following health procedures and precautions, including speeding up vaccinations and PCR tests, Health Minister Dr Khaled Al-Saeed said yesterday. Addressing a National Assembly session on the government's workplan to curb the spread of the coronavirus, Dr Saeed affirmed that the upward trend of infection during the current wave indicated that the...

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Many prefer online education amid pandemic despite govt reluctance

By Ahmad Jabr and Ben GarciaKUWAIT: The issue of education in Kuwait amid the COVID-19 pandemic was back in the forefront yesterday when MPs charged during a National Assembly session that closing schools or a return to online education should never be in consideration. "The pandemic must not be used as an excuse to stop education," MP Mubarak Al-Hajraf said during the session, adding that closing schools should be considered a thing of the...

KUWAIT: Cleaning workers are gathered near a beach in Kuwait. - Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat

Street cleaner tells story of how he made it to Kuwait

By Ben GarciaKUWAIT: Zakir, a Bangladeshi cleaner who works hard to keep Kuwait's streets tidy, was 17 when he arrived in Kuwait in June 2016. He applied for the job in Bangladesh and paid a handsome amount to an agent, who adjusted his age on his passport to 25 years. When he was accepted, he immediately embarked on his journey to Kuwait. He is now 23, but in his passport his age is 31.Zakir revealed he wasn't the only person to apply for a job...

KUWAIT: Minister of Oil Mohammad Al-Fares attends the meetings via videoconference. - KUNA

Kuwaiti minister says strong demand drives oil markets' recovery

KUWAIT: The oil market is witnessing a positive recovery due to the improvement of global economy and the continuous oil reserves withdrawals, said Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Oil and Minister of Electricity and Water and Sustainable Energy Mohammad Al-Fares. This came by the minister in the 37th meeting of the Joint Ministerial Committee for Monitoring Production and the 25 ministerial meeting of OPEC and OPEC+, the oil ministry said...

KUWAIT: Kuwait Army Chief of Staff Lieutenant-General Khaled Saleh Al-Sabah meets US 55th Chief of Engineers Lieutenant-General Scott Spellmon. - KUNA

Kuwait, US officials discuss bilateral ties, military cooperation

KUWAIT: Kuwait Army Chief of Staff Lieutenant-General Khaled Saleh Al-Sabah met yesterday with the US 55th Chief of Engineers, Lieutenant-General Scott Spellmon, and his delegation, currently on an official visit to the country. Kuwait Armed Forces stated in a press release that the two ranking military officials discussed bilateral ties, cooperation, and issues of common interest, especially in the military field and ways of boosting military...

This US Air Force file photo shows an F-35 Lightning II jet assigned to Hill Air Force Base, Utah flying above an undisclosed location. – AFP

US to send warship, fighter jets to UAE after Yemen attacks

DUBAI: The United States will send a warship and fighter jets to help defend the United Arab Emirates, officials said yesterday, after a series of missile attacks by Yemeni rebels left three dead in the wealthy Gulf state. The deployment, to “assist the UAE against the current threat”, follows a phone call between Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, the US embassy in the UAE said.The UAE,...

QAMISHLI, Syria: People take part in a funeral yesterday for Syrian Democratic Forces fighters killed in clashes during a jailbreak by Islamic State fighters at the Ghwayran prison. – AFP

Turkey strikes Kurd targets in Iraq, Syria

BEIRUT: Turkey said Wednesday it launched deadly strikes against Kurdish targets in Iraq and Syria, where Kurd forces have been left reeling from the largest Islamic State group attack in nearly three years. The raids on Tuesday night targeted shelters, tunnels, caves, ammunition depots, bases and training camps operated by the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) and the People’s Protection Units (YPG) which Ankara views as terrorist...

ARBIL, Iraq: Women, relatives of five Kurdish migrants who died a month prior as their boat capsized while attempting a crossing of the Aegean Sea, react as they await the arrival of the remains at Arbil airport in the capital of Iraq's northern autonomous Kurdish region on February 1, 2022. - AFP

12 migrants blocked by Greece die at border: Turkey

ISTANBUL: Turkey yesterday accused Greece of allowing 12 migrants to die in the winter cold after stripping them of their clothes and then pushing them back across the Turkish border. The charges from Turkish Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu threaten to escalate simmering tensions between the rival members of the NATO defence alliance.They also highlighted Ankara's concern that the European Union was not doing enough to support Turkey-which hosts...

HOLSTEBRO, Denmark: Danish Minister of Defense Trine Bramsen (C) visits the Jutland Dragoon Regiment in Holstebro, on January 31, 2022. Soldiers from Jutland Dragoon Regiment in Holstebro will be sent to Estonia, where they will be part of NATO's increased presence in the Baltics. - AFP

US, NATO offer Russia trust-building steps

BRUSSELS: Washington and its NATO allies have offered Moscow arms control and trust-building measures to defuse the threat of a new Russian offensive against Ukraine, according to documents published by El Pais yesterday. The proposals, set out in letters by NATO and the United States last month in response to Russian demands, remain firm on insisting that Ukraine and any other sovereign country has a right to apply to join the alliance.But the...

RICHFIELD, United States: South Education Center Academy students and local activists participate in a candlelight vigil for the victims of a school shooting in front of South Education Center Academy in Richfield, Minnesota. - AFP

Three people killed in two shootings at US schools

WASHINGTON: Two campus police officers were shot and killed at a college in the US state of Virginia Tuesday, while one student was killed and another wounded in a shooting at a school in Minnesota the same day. Two agents, a campus law enforcement officer and a campus safety officer, were shot before the suspect fled the scene at the college in Virginia, Virginia State Police said in a statement on Twitter.Multiple law enforcement agencies...

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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

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