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This handout photo provided on Dec 22, 2021 shows the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps taking part in five days of military exercises in three provinces. —AFP

Iran fires missiles in warning to Zionist entity

This handout photo provided on Dec 22, 2021 shows the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps taking part in five days of military exercises in three provinces. —AFPTEHRAN: Iran fired multiple ballistic missiles Friday at the close of five days of military drills that generals said were a warning to the Zionist entity archenemy. “These exercises were designed to respond to threats made in recent days by the Zionist regime,” armed forces...

WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden and first lady Dr Jill Biden participate in an event to call NORAD and track the path of Santa Claus on Christmas Eve in the South Court Auditorium of the Eisenhower Executive Building on Friday. —AFP

Caller taunts Biden during White House Christmas event

WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden and first lady Dr Jill Biden participate in an event to call NORAD and track the path of Santa Claus on Christmas Eve in the South Court Auditorium of the Eisenhower Executive Building on Friday. —AFPWASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden was trolled by a caller Friday who said “Let’s Go Brandon” - a coded insult that has become a rallying cry for supporters of Donald Trump - during a White House Christmas...

nRIYADH: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah arrives in Saudi Arabia to attend the 41st GCC Summit. - KUNA photosn

Amir promotes diplomacy, strengthening Kuwait's ties with other countries in 2021

RIYADH: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah arrives in Saudi Arabia to attend the 41st GCC Summit. - KUNA photosAmir's pardon paves way for political resolution in KuwaitKUWAIT: The following is a report on major events related to His Highness the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah throughout 2021:Jan 5: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah lauded the 41st GCC Summit, named after late...

His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah attends the final match of His Highness the Amir’s Cup.n

Kuwait Crown Prince’s visits to Saudi Arabia in 2021 highlight strong ties

KUWAIT: His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah attends the final match of His Highness the Amir’s Cup.KUWAIT: The following is a report on major events related to His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah throughout 2021:March 8: His Highness the Deputy Amir and Crown Prince Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah chaired a meeting with officials of Kuwait Foundation for the...

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US remains close strategic partner to Kuwait, GCC: Benaim

KUWAIT: Reconnaissance Research conducted an interview recently with Daniel Benaim, the Deputy Assistant Secretary of State at the US Department of State. Founder and CEO of Reconnaissance Research Abdulaziz Al-Anjeri conducted the interview. Benaim is the Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Arabian Peninsula Affairs in the Near East Bureau at the US Department of State. He is a former Middle East policy advisor to President Biden, he has...

TUNIS: Tunisian President Kais Saied receives an honorary shield from Chairman of Abdulaziz Saud Al-Babtain Cultural Foundation. — KUNAn

Tunisia lauds Kuwaiti foundation’s role in promoting Arab culture

TUNIS: Tunisian President Kais Saied receives an honorary shield from Chairman of Abdulaziz Saud Al-Babtain Cultural Foundation. — KUNATUNIS: Tunisian President Kais Saied extolled the Kuwait-based Abdulaziz Saud Al-Babtain Cultural Foundation for its strenuous efforts to promote the Arabic language and Arab culture. This came during his reception of Chairman of the Kuwaiti foundation Abdulaziz Al-Babtain on Friday, according to a statement...

KUWAIT: The swimming pool inside the rehabilitation and hydrotherapy unit for women. — KUNA photos

Women’s hydrotherapy unit, medical turning point in Kuwait

KUWAIT: The swimming pool inside the rehabilitation and hydrotherapy unit for women. — KUNA photosKUWAIT: The rehabilitation and hydrotherapy unit for women, located within the Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Hospital, is considered a state-of-the-art project and turning point for medical services in Kuwait. The building is considered the first hospital in Kuwait for daily care to offer patients full care from speech therapy to...

KUWAIT: Christian worshippers attend a Christmas mass at the National Evangelical Church in Kuwait City on Christmas Eve. - Photos by Yasser Al-Zayyat

Christmas celebrated amidst Omicron fear

KUWAIT: Christian worshippers attend a Christmas mass at the National Evangelical Church in Kuwait City on Christmas Eve. - Photos by Yasser Al-ZayyatBy Ben Garcia KUWAIT: Christians all over the world including Kuwait celebrated Christmas for the second year in the shadow of the coronavirus, and this year its new Omicron variant. The Holy Family Cathedral Church in Kuwait City celebrated Christmas Mass with strict health protocols, requiring...

BANGUI: A monument depicting four armed men protecting a mother and her children is seen next to the University of Bangui on Nov 29, 2021. The monument pays tribute to the Russian private security armed forces and fighters who “died for the liberation” of the country, a symbol of a cumbersome influence. —AFP

Burdensome friends: Central African Republic’s Wagner allies

BANGUI: A monument depicting four armed men protecting a mother and her children is seen next to the University of Bangui on Nov 29, 2021. The monument pays tribute to the Russian private security armed forces and fighters who “died for the liberation” of the country, a symbol of a cumbersome influence. —AFPRussia officially only acknowledges presence of unarmed ‘military instructors’BANGUI: A year ago, the president of the Central...

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37 dead in Bangladesh ferry fire

DHAKA: At least 37 people died in an inferno on an overcrowded night ferry in Bangladesh on Friday, with terrified passengers leaping overboard and dozens including children still unaccounted for. The latest maritime tragedy to hit the impoverished low-lying nation saw a fire burn through the three-storey vessel in the early hours while passengers slept on board. As light broke, rescue workers combed through the still-smoking and charred remains...

ALEGRIA, Philippines: Catholic faithful attend Christmas mass in their destroyed church in Surigao del Norte province yesterday, more than a week after Super Typhoon Rai devastated the province. — AFP n

Philippine typhoon survivors wish for roofs, food on Xmas

ALEGRIA, Philippines: Catholic faithful attend Christmas mass in their destroyed church in Surigao del Norte province yesterday, more than a week after Super Typhoon Rai devastated the province. — AFPALEGRIA, Philippines: Father Ricardo Virtudazo stands in a pool of water in his typhoon-hit church in the southern Philippines delivering Christmas Day mass to dozens of devotees whose wishes this year were for new roofs, food and fine weather....

GURGAON, India: In this photo taken on Dec 17, 2021, Muslim devotees offer Friday prayers in an open ground after several prayer sites were closed by the authorities following demands by rightwing Hindu groups calling for banning Muslim prayers in open spaces. — AFP

No place to pray: Indian Muslim worshippers under pressure

Local govt has steadily cut the number of approved outdoor prayer sitesGURGAON, India: Dinesh Bharti drives around with other activists on Fridays heckling and harassing Muslims praying outside in Gurgaon, the latest flashpoint of sectarian tensions under India’s Hindu nationalist government. Muslims praying in the open “create problems in the country and the entire world”, the thickset Hindu man in his 40s said, a red tilak on his forehead...

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KUWAIT: Minister of Social Affairs, Family and Childhood, and Minister of Youth Dr Amthal Al-Huwailah grants four women in the Supreme Council for Family Affairs authority of judicial enforcement on May 16, 2024. -- KUNA

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MANAMA: Arab leaders pose for a group photo during the 33rd Arab League Summit on May 16, 2024. - AFP

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