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Saad Abdul-Karim Al-Safran

Kuwait Cabinet assigns Al-Safran as attorney general

KUWAIT: Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Oil and State Minister for Cabinet Affairs Dr Mohammad Al-Fares announced Monday assigning Justice Saad Abdul-Karim Al-Safran as attorney general. "Upon the Supreme Judicial Council's approval and a presentation by the Minister of Justice, the Council of Ministers approved a decree, appointing Al-Safran as attorney general," reads a statement released by Kuwait News Agency (KUNA).

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Sadr supporters storm Iraq's Republican Palace

Baghdad: Dozens of supporters of powerful Iraqi cleric Moqtada Sadr on Monday stormed the Republican Palace, a ceremonial building inside Baghdad's fortified Green Zone of government buildings, a security source said.Angry protesters "entered the Republican Palace" shortly after Sadr said he was quitting politics, the source said, with several thousand other Sadr loyalists heading towards the Green Zone, an AFP journalist reported.The army has...

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Iran says nuclear deal 'meaningless' without end to watchdog's probe

TEHRAN: The Iranian president on Monday said reviving a 2015 deal with world powers will be pointless unless the UN nuclear watchdog puts an end to its probe of undeclared sites in the country. Ebrahim Raisi's comments came as Tehran reviews the US response to its suggestions on a "final" text put forward by the EU to salvage the landmark deal. The United States had remained adamant that Tehran cooperate with the International Atomic Energy...

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Honda, LG to invest $4.4 bn in US battery plant

Tokyo: Japanese auto giant Honda and South Korean battery maker LG Energy Solution announced a joint venture Monday to invest $4.4 billion in a new US electric car battery plant.The move comes after California last week ruled that all new cars sold in America's most populous state must be zero-emission from 2035, with other US states expected to follow suit.In a joint statement, the firms said they expected construction of the plant to begin next...

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Detroit gunman who killed 3 people nabbed by US police

Washington: Police in the US city of Detroit on Sunday caught a suspect believed to have shot four people at "random", killing three of them, authorities said.The Midwestern city's police chief, James White, told media that the first three victims -- two women and a man -- were found shot multiple times in separate locations around Detroit in the early hours of the morning.A fourth man spotted the suspect peering into car windows and told him to...

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Tokyo to push for African seat on UN Security Council: PM

Tunis: Japan will use its place on the United Nations Security Council to push for an African seat on the top world body, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said Sunday."Japan reiterates its determination to redress the historical injustice against Africa of not being represented through a permanent membership on the Security Council," Kishida told the Tokyo International Conference on African Development in Tunis."In order for the UN to work...

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India demolishes illegal 100-metre 'twin towers' outside Delhi

Noida: India demolished two residential high-rise buildings outside New Delhi on Sunday, in a dramatic spectacle carried live on television channels after days of excited media build-up. The destruction of the 100-metre-high "Twin Towers" in Noida, home to a concrete forest of similar structures, was also a rare example of India getting tough on corrupt developers and officials. The 32 floors of "Apex" and the 29 of "Ceyane", containing between...

Emergency services operate at the scene of an accident after a lorry drove off a dike into a neighborhood party

Six dead as truck hits Dutch village barbecue

Nieuw-Beijerland: Dutch police on Sunday said six people were killed and seven others hurt after a truck ran off the top of a dike road and ploughed into revelers at a neighborhood barbecue. The accident happened around 6 pm (1600 GMT) on Saturday when the Spanish-registered lorry went off the road in the village of Nieuw-Beijerland, 30 kilometers (18 miles) south of Rotterdam. The victims were three women aged 28, 32 and 75, and three men aged...

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Kuwait parliament election candidacy starts Mon.

Kuwait: Those eager to run for a seat at the National Assembly could submit their papers to the Interior Ministry's elections affairs department starting tomorrow, Monday, said a governmental sourceon Sunday.The Center for Government Communication revealed on twitter that candidacy process would last for a period of 10 days. The National Assembly elections would be held on September 29th.

His Highness Crown Prince receives the letter from Palestine President's envoy

Kuwait Crown Prince receives letter addressed to Amir from Palestine Pres.

Kuwait: His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah received Sunday a letter addressed to His Highness the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah from Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on bilateral relations, issues of common interest and the latest regional and international developments.The President's personal envoy Yasser Abbas handed the letter to His Highness the Crown Prince, with the attendance of...

The Arab Parliament

Arab Parl't concerned about violence in Libya

Cairo: The Arab Parliament on Sunday expressed deep concern about the developments in the Libyan capital, Tripoli, which is witnessing armed confrontations that led to several civilian deaths and injuries.In a statement, the parliament urged all parties and national forces to stop violence and escalation, to exercise restraint in order to prevent bloodshed, return to dialogue, preserve the capabilities of the Libyan people, and reach a solution...

The joint military exercise 'Hercules 2'

Arab, foreign exercises conclude in Egypt

Cairo: The joint military exercise 'Hercules 2' in which the special forces of the Arab and foreign countries took part, came to a close on Saturday.The drill, which began last Sunday and took place at Mohammad Naguib Military Base, included special forces from Egypt, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Greece and Cyprus.The US, Democratic Republic of Congo and Bahrain took part in the training as 'observers, Egypt's Armed Forces spokesman Colonel Gharib...

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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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