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Kuwait Crown Prince receives Sultan Al-Bohra

Kuwait's Crown Prince receives Sultan Al-Bohra

KUWAIT: His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, received Sunday at Bayan Palace the visiting Sultan Al-Bohra Dr Mufaddal Saifuddin and his accompanying delegation. The meeting was attended by senior officials from the Amiri Diwan and Crown Prince Diwan.

A protester holds a portrait of Iranian Mahsa Amini during a demonstration by Iranians living in Greece in central Athens

Molotov cocktail attack against Iran embassy in Athens

Athens: A Molotov cocktail bomb was thrown against the Iranian embassy in Athens on Sunday, Athens News Agency reported.According to Greek police, at around 1:00 am local time (2200 GMT on Saturday), two people riding a motorcycle with their faces covered hurled the weapon on the wall of the embassy where it exploded.No damage was caused.On Saturday afternoon, around 200 people gathered at Syntagma Square in downtown Athens to denounce Iran's...

Members of the Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office prepare rubber boats and life vests ahead of Super Typhoon Noru making landfall, at their headquarters in Quezon City, suburban Manila

Super Typhoon Noru barrels towards Philippines

Manila: A super typhoon barrelled towards the Philippines Sunday and was on track to slam into the heavily populated main island of Luzon, forcing the evacuations of coastal communities, authorities said.Super Typhoon Noru was packing maximum sustained wind speeds of 195 kilometres (121 miles) an hour after an unprecedented "explosive intensification", the state weather forecaster said.The storm, the strongest to hit the Philippines this year, is...

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Barca confirm injuries for defensive duo Araujo and Kounde

Barcelona: Barcelona defender Ronald Araujo suffered a thigh-muscle tear while on international duty, his club said Saturday, while confirming Jules Kounde also had a thigh issue.Araujo was taken off inside the first minute of Uruguay's 1-0 loss to Iran in a friendly on Friday night. Kounde lasted just 23 minutes of France's 2-0 Nations League win over Austria on Thursday.The central defenders will miss their countries' next match and are likely...

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman meets with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz in Jeddah

Germany's Scholz in Saudi Arabia on Gulf energy hunt

Riyadh: German Chancellor Olaf Scholz arrived Saturday in Saudi Arabia at the start of a two-day Gulf tour, in the hope of sealing new energy deals with the fossil fuel exporters.Scholz, accompanied by a sizeable industry delegation, was received at Jeddah airport on the Red Sea coast by Mecca region's governor Prince Khalid bin Faisal Al Saud.Afterwards, he went into a meeting with Saudi Arabia's de facto ruler Crown Prince Mohammed bin...

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Kuwait's Coast Guards honored for devotion

Kuwait: A ceremony was held on Saturday for honoring Kuwait's Coast Guards who have demonstrated dedication in fulfilling their duties.Sheikh Talal Khaled Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, the Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Defense and the Acting Minister of Interior, decorated officers and non-Commissioned officers during the ceremony, said a statement issued by the MoI general directorate of the public relations and information security.The Coast Guards...

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Kuwait Foreign Minister partakes in reception marking Saudi national day

New York: The Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Sheikh Dr. Ahmad Nasser Al-Mohammad Al-Sabah took part, late on Friday in New York, in a reception marking the 92nd anniversary of Saudi Arabia's national day.The minister Sheikh Dr. Ahmad expressed his deep congratulations to the Saudi leadership, government and people on the dear occasion, wishing the brotherly kingdom further progress, prosperity, lasting security and stability.

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Ukraine to 'significantly reduce' Iran diplomatic presence

Kyiv: Kyiv said on Friday it has decided to reduce Iran's diplomatic presence in Ukraine over sending weapons to its foe Russia.Ukraine's foreign ministry said "the temporary charge d'affaires of the Islamic Republic of Iran in Ukraine was summoned" over the issue.A ministry statement said the envoy was told the supply of Iranian weapons to Russia "directly contradicts the position of neutrality, respect for the sovereignty and territorial...

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Kuwait FM underlines strategic partnership with US

New York: Kuwait's Foreign Minister Sheikh Dr. Ahmad Nasser Al-Mohammad Al-Sabah on Friday underlined the strategic partnership and historic friendship with the United States.His remarks came during his participation in GCC foreign ministers meeting with US Secretray of State Antony Blinken on the sideline of the 77th UN General Assembly here.The meeting also discussed the sturdy GCC-US relation and strategic partnership, cooperation on...

EU spokesperson for foreign affairs and security policy Peter Stano

EU, GCC share same interests, challenges: spokesperson

Brussels: The European Union considers the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) an important partner, said an EU spokesperson on Friday.The two regional organisations share the same interests and challenges, noted EU lead spokesperson for foreign affairs and security policy, Peter Stano."The GCC and its member states are very important partners of the European Union. Most recently we stressed this very clearly in the adopted EU strategy for the Gulf,"...

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Ebola deaths in Uganda climb to four

Kampala: A total of four people have died from the highly contagious Ebola virus in Uganda, where the authorities declared an outbreak earlier this week, health officials said on Friday."Three new deaths were recorded," the health ministry said in a statement, raising the toll from one to four after the country's first fatality from the virus since 2019 was reported on Tuesday.The total number of confirmed cases now stood at 11 after four more...

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OPEC basket price down to USD 95.51 pb

Vienna: The price of OPEC basket of crudes went down 80 cents to USD 95.51 per barrel (pb) on Thursday, from USD 96.31 pb Wednesday, the OPEC Secretariat said on Friday.The overall annual average in 2021 was USD 69.89 pb, the organization's bulletin added.On August 3, the OPEC+ energy ministers agreed to boost the oil output by 100,000 barrels per day (bpd) by September in addition to the 648,000 bpd increase decided last month.The latest...

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