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ADEN: Photo shows the damage at the Al-Anad airbase, some 60 kilometers north of Yemen’s second city Aden, after it was reportedly targeted by Houthi rebels. —AFP

65 dead as Yemen’s fighting rages

ADEN: Photo shows the damage at the Al-Anad airbase, some 60 kilometers north of Yemen’s second city Aden, after it was reportedly targeted by Houthi rebels. —AFPADEN: Sixty-five combatants have been killed in fighting after Yemen’s Houthi rebels renewed an offensive on Marib, the last government stronghold in the country’s oil-rich north, a military official said yesterday. The Iran-backed rebels attacked pro-government positions south...

KUWAIT: His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah speaks during a presentation at Jaber Al-Ahmad Cultural Center yesterday. —KUNA

Kuwait health situation stable, but preventive measures ‘still needed’

KUWAIT: His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah speaks during a presentation at Jaber Al-Ahmad Cultural Center yesterday. —KUNAKUWAIT: His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah affirmed yesterday that the health situation in the country is “stable,” calling for caution, adhering to health instructions, and vaccinations to move to “a safe situation.” This came during a...

KUWAIT: This photo released by Kuwait Fire Force yesterday shows a Kuwait Fire Force boat near the Green Island beach where a person had drowned yesterday.

Police probe man’s alleged stab murder of sister in Taima

KUWAIT: Police arrested a man after he allegedly killed his sister in Taima, local reports said yesterday. The victim reportedly called police to seek help, saying that she had been held captive inside her home for two months. When her brother found out, he attacked her with a knife before police made it to the scene, and she was dead by the time they arrived, Al-Qabas Arabic newspaper reported. The suspect was placed under arrest following...

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Kuwait’s Amir, US President hail distinguished bilateral ties

KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah discussed Kuwait’s close and distinguished bilateral relations with the United States during a phone conversation with US President Joe Biden on Wednesday. The US president commended these historic ties, and the two countries’ keenness to boost them, underlining his country’s unwavering support for the security and stability of Kuwait, according to a statement by the...

Japanese musician Manami Ito, who is also a qualified nurse and former Paralympic swimmer, plays the violin using her prosthetic arm during a photography session in Shizuoka. —AFP photos

Paralympian, nurse, musician: Manami Ito, Japan’s show-stealing violinist

Japanese musician Manami Ito, who is also a qualified nurse and former Paralympic swimmer, plays the violin using her prosthetic arm during a photography session in Shizuoka. —AFP photosHaunting notes stream from Manami Ito’s violin as she gracefully draws her bow back and forth, clasping it with her specially designed prosthetic arm. The Japanese musician enthralled a nation with her brief but show-stealing performance at the opening...

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Popular Rwandan rapper dies in custody

A popular Rwandan rapper known as Jay Polly died in custody early yesterday, officials and media reports said, the second detained musician to die in mysterious circumstances in less than two years. Polly, whose real name was Joshua Tuyishime, was being held on drugs charges and had just found out that he was due to stand trial in December. The 33-year-old was taken to Muhima hospital in the capital Kigali at around 3:00 am (0100 GMT), its...

In this file photo taken on October 2, 2012 Madame Tussauds waxwork models of Swedish pop group Abba are displayed at a roller disco in the Renaissance Room in London. — AFP photos

Swedish superstars ABBA set to unveil ‘sensational’ musical comeback

In this file photo taken on October 2, 2012 Madame Tussauds waxwork models of Swedish pop group Abba are displayed at a roller disco in the Renaissance Room in London. — AFP photosThey famously vowed never to reform, to the disappointment of their legions of fans. But nearly four decades after disbanding, Swedish superstars ABBA were yesterday expected to announce a “sensational comeback” collaboration. Almost as famous for their...

In this file photo Greek composer Mikis Theodorakis gestures during a demonstration to urge the government not to compromise in the festering name row with neighboring Macedonia, at the Syntagma Square in Athens. — AFP photos

Theodorakis: ‘Zorba the Greek’ composer who personified Greek music

In this file photo Greek composer Mikis Theodorakis gestures during a demonstration to urge the government not to compromise in the festering name row with neighboring Macedonia, at the Syntagma Square in Athens. — AFP photosCelebrated composer Mikis Theodorakis, who has died aged 96, wrote the music for the classic film “Zorba the Greek” and was an icon of resistance to Greece’s 1967-1974 military junta. A prolific talent who...

KUWAIT: These pictures show used tires that were transported from a landfill in the north of Kuwait to Al-Salmi border region near the country’s industrial area, where they will be cut or repurposed for local use or for export, on Wednesday. — Photos by Yasser Al-Zayyat

Tackling the tire mountain: Recycling plants in Salmi get to work

KUWAIT: These pictures show used tires that were transported from a landfill in the north of Kuwait to Al-Salmi border region near the country’s industrial area, where they will be cut or repurposed for local use or for export, on Wednesday. — Photos by Yasser Al-ZayyatBy Ben GarciaOne hour and 45 minutes west of Kuwait City lies the biggest tire graveyard in the world. 42 million tires - at least that’s the official count. There may be...

STRASBOURG: France’s forward Antoine Griezmann (center) takes part in a training session at the Meineau stadium in Strasbourg, eastern France, on Tuesday, on the eve of the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 qualification Group D football match between France and Bosnia-Herzegovina. — AFP

Atletico Madrid welcome back Griezmann as Real sign Camavinga

STRASBOURG: France’s forward Antoine Griezmann (center) takes part in a training session at the Meineau stadium in Strasbourg, eastern France, on Tuesday, on the eve of the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 qualification Group D football match between France and Bosnia-Herzegovina. — AFPPARIS: France forward Antoine Griezmann has made a shock return to Atletico Madrid just two years after leaving to join Barcelona, on the final day of a hectic...

TOKYO: Germany’s Markus Rehm competes in the men’s long jump T64 final during the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games at the Olympic Stadium in Tokyo yesterday. — AFP

Germany’s ‘Blade Jumper’ gets gold but no world record at Tokyo Paralympics

TOKYO: Germany’s Markus Rehm competes in the men’s long jump T64 final during the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games at the Olympic Stadium in Tokyo yesterday. — AFPTOKYO: Germany’s “Blade Jumper” Markus Rehm leapt to gold at the Tokyo Paralympics yesterday but failed to topple his own gargantuan long jump world record. The 33-year-old set a new record in June of 8.62m, which would have won him gold at every Olympics since 1992, and set his...

This picture shows the skull of a triceratops as it is brought into a gallery where it is set to be exposed ahead of its auction sale at Drouot auction house in October. — AFP photos

Meet ‘Big John’: World’s biggest triceratops on sale in Paris

This picture shows the skull of a triceratops as it is brought into a gallery where it is set to be exposed ahead of its auction sale at Drouot auction house in October. — AFP photosA Paris auction house will seek to sell in October the world’s biggest known example of the dinosaur triceratops, known as “Big John”, with the spectacular skeleton on show to the public beforehand, organizers said Tuesday. The triceratops is among the most...

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Amir’s visit to Turkey

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RAMALLAH: Kuwaiti Ambassador Hamad Al-Marri submits his credentials to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on May 5, 2024. – KUNA

Kuwait’s support for Palestine hailed

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KIRYAT SHMONA: People look at a damaged car at a site hit by rockets fired from southern Lebanon near the Lebanese border on May 5, 2024. - AFP

Hezb hits Zionist entity after fatal Lebanon strike

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Chief delegates to the 15th Islamic Summit of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation pose for a group photo. – KUNA photos

GCC seeks Islamic cooperation

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Dr. Nashat Nassar

KFAS honors Arab researchers with Kuwait Prize