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KUALA LUMPUR: File photo taken on August 19, 2019 shows Malaysia's former prime minister Najib Razak arriving at the Kuala Lumpur High Court for his trial over 1MDB corruption allegations in Kuala Lumpur. – AFPnnnn

Court rejects retrial for Malaysia's Najib, grants final appeal hearing

Putrajaya: Malaysia's highest court said Tuesday it would hear former leader Najib Razak's final bid to overturn his 12-year jail sentence for corruption, with an acquittal potentially clearing the way for his return to power.The appeal is the last high stakes court gambit left open to Najib -- but if he is unsuccessful he will have to start serving his jail sentence after years of legal wrangling.The Federal Court's decision to proceed with an...

ISTANBUL: Turkish-flagged ship Polarnet carrying tons of grain from Ukraine sails along the Bosphorus Strait past Istanbul on August 7, 2022, after being officially inspected. - AFP

UN ship with grain for Africa leaves Ukraine: ministry

Kyiv: A UN-chartered vessel laden with grain set off from Ukraine for Africa on Tuesday following a deal to relieve a global food crisis, the ministry in charge of shipments said.The MV Brave Commander left the Black Sea port of Pivdennyi and will sail to Djibouti "for delivery to Ethiopia", the infrastructure ministry said on Telegram.The ship is carrying 23,000 tonnes of wheat.It is the first ship chartered by the UN World Food Programme (WFP)...

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EU says mulling Iran response to 'final' nuclear text

Tehran: The European Union said Tuesday it was studying Iran's response to a "final" draft agreement on reviving a 2015 nuclear accord with major powers it presented at talks in Vienna.The United States had already said Monday that it was informing EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell of its response to the text he submitted on August 8.The possibility of a deal which might lead to the lifting of US sanctions on Iran's oil output of 2.5 million...

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Putin lashes out at US over Ukraine, Taiwan

Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday accused Washington of seeking to prolong the conflict in Ukraine and of fuelling conflicts elsewhere in the world, including with the visit of US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to Taiwan."The situation in Ukraine shows that the US is trying to prolong this conflict. And they act in exactly the same way, fuelling the potential for conflict in Asia, Africa and Latin America," Putin said in televised...

Sheikh Mubarak Jaber Al-ahmad Al-Sabah hands Chinese company the prize

UNESCO: Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmad Prize "Kuwaiti contribution" empowering persons with disabilities

Paris: Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah Prize for Digital Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities had been contributing immensely in the past two decades to the international efforts encouraging and enabling this sector of society to create and innovate, said an official from United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) on Tuesday.Speaking to KUNA on the 20th anniversary of launching the prize, which will be...

His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah

Kuwait Crown Prince receives Sheikh Nasser Al-Mohammad

Kuwait: His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah received Tuesday His Highness Sheikh Nasser Al-Mohammad Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah.

Ambassador Nasser Al-Hein submitted his credentials to head of the UN Office in Geneva (UNOG) Tatiana Valovaya

Kuwait appoints Al-Hein permanent representative to UN

Geneva: Kuwait on Monday named ambassador Nasser Al-Hein as the country's permanent representative to the United Nations and international organizations, with the envoy submitting his credentials to head of the UN Office in Geneva (UNOG) Tatiana Valovaya.Conveying the greetings of his country's political leadership, the Kuwaiti diplomat acknowledged the UN's pivotal contributions across various fields, chiefly, the global body's humanitarian...

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Myanmar junta court jails Suu Kyi for six years for corruption

Yangon: A Myanmar junta court jailed Aung San Suu Kyi for six years for corruption on Monday, a source close to the case said, taking the ousted leader's prison time to 17 years.Suu Kyi, 77, has been detained since the generals toppled her government in a coup on February 1 last year, ending the Southeast Asian country's brief period of democracy.She has since been hit with a series of charges, including violating the official secrets act,...

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UK clears new Moderna vaccine targeting Omicron variant

London: The UK's drug regulator said Monday it had approved an updated Moderna vaccine against the coronavirus that targets the Omicron variant as well as the original form.The Medicine and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) said in a statement said it had approved the vaccine for adult booster doses "after it was found to meet the UK regulator's standards of safety, quality and effectiveness".It was the first such "bivalent" Covid-19...

The students at the Zain Innovation Campus

Zain hosted students of KON Program at its Innovation Campus

Kuwait: Zain, the leading digital service provider in Kuwait, hosted students of the KON Social Entrepreneurship Program at its Zain Innovation Campus (ZINC) in the company’s main headquarters in Shuwaikh. The event came as part of Zain’s sponsorship of the seventh edition of the training program organized by LOYAC in collaboration with Babson College in Boston.Zain continues to support this unique program as part of its belief in the great...

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Kanaani: Iranian-Kuwaiti ties witness new developments

Tehran: Iranian-Kuwaiti ties are witnessing new developments with the appointment of a new Ambassador of Kuwait to Iran, said an Iranian diplomat Monday.Speaking to the press, Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kanaani said that relations between the two countries were based on mutual respect and understanding.He expressed hopes that bringing the representation to the Ambassadorial level would pave the way to increase joint cooperation between...

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Iran 'categorically' denies link with Rushdie's attacker

Tehran: Iran "categorically" denied Monday any link with the attacker who stabbed British writer Salman Rushdie, author of the novel "The Satanic Verses", but blamed the writer himself."We categorically deny" any link with the attack and "no one has the right to accuse the Islamic Republic of Iran," said foreign ministry spokesman Nasser Kanani in Tehran's first official reaction to Friday's stabbing."In this attack, we do not consider anyone...

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