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DOHA: Qatar's Al-Sadd football club's Spanish coach Xavi Hernandez bids farewell in the Qatari capital on Friday ahead of his return to Barcelona. - AFP n

Xavi faces 'biggest challenge of career' as Barcelona coach

DOHA: Qatar's Al-Sadd football club's Spanish coach Xavi Hernandez bids farewell in the Qatari capital on Friday ahead of his return to Barcelona. - AFPBARCELONA: Xavi Hernandez said he is prepared for the "biggest challenge of his career" before leaving Qatar for Spain yesterday, as Barcelona's legendary former midfielder returns home to take over as coach. Xavi's appointment was confirmed by Barca in the early hours of yesterday morning and...

KUWAIT: Ducks swim in a small pond at a park in Shaab. - Photo by Fouad Al-Shaikhn

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KUWAIT: Ducks swim in a small pond at a park in Shaab. - Photo by Fouad Al-Shaikh

KUWAIT: An archive photo from the Iraqi invasion period showing heavy plumes of smoke billowing from burning oil wells in Kuwait. - KUNAn

Kuwait a role model in overcoming Iraqi invasion's impact on environment

KUWAIT: An archive photo from the Iraqi invasion period showing heavy plumes of smoke billowing from burning oil wells in Kuwait. - KUNAKUWAIT: Though humanity has always counted its war casualties in terms of dead and wounded soldiers and civilians, destroyed cities and livelihoods, the environment has often remained the unpublicized victim of war. Water wells have been polluted, crops torched, forests cut down, soils poisoned, and animals...

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Kuwait condemns militia's targeting of Saudi Arabia

KUWAIT: The State of Kuwait's Foreign Ministry yesterday denounced in strongest terms the Houthi militias' recurring targeting, with booby-trapped drones, the southern Saudi cities of Jazan and Khamees Mushait. The Kuwaiti Foreign Ministry said in a statement, "These hostile practices and the escalation aimed at civilians and civilian area, security of the Kingdom and the region security, constitute blatant breach of international laws.The...

KUWAIT: This handout photo released by the interior ministry shows a falcon confiscated from a person that police say had illegally hunted it in Sabah Al-Ahmad Natural Reserve.n

Man arrested after catching falcon at Kuwait natural reserve, police say

KUWAIT: This handout photo released by the interior ministry shows a falcon confiscated from a person that police say had illegally hunted it in Sabah Al-Ahmad Natural Reserve.KUWAIT: Environment police spotted a vehicle inside Sabah Al-Ahmad Natural Reserve and arrested the driver with an falcon in his possession. Police say that the suspect had caught the falcon, which is not permitted to be hunted, inside the reserve, The falcon was...

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Pavilion offers unique experience to discover Kuwait landmarks

DUBAI: Kuwait's pavilion at Expo Dubai 2020 presents Kuwait's most prominent landmarks in a creative, unique and distinguished way. Visitors from different ages can see famous destinations in Kuwait throughout a huge, screened wall with many small windows displaying different locations in Kuwait.The presentation has so far attracted many visitors who walked through its corridors enjoying the Kuwaiti culture, its Arabic and Islamic identity, and...

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'VO' APP is officially launched

Sheikha Ohoud Al-Sabah and Riham Al-AyyarKUWAIT: Founded by Sheikha Ohoud Salem Al-Ali Al-Sabah in collaboration with Riham Al-Ayyar, VO, the first Kuwait-based integrated youth platform for incubating young talents, launched its 'smart' mobile application after the rapid growth it has witnessed since its inception last February and the launch of its all-inclusive Creative Hub in June 2021. The launching event was attended by dignitaries,...

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Book highlights key periods in veteran poet's career

Dr Suad Al-SabahKUWAIT: The poetry book "Dialogue of Roses and Guns" is a qualitative leap in Suad Al-Sabah's poetic experience and a clear declaration of her Arab principles and humanitarian approaches. After the publication of several editions since 1989, it was banned. Now after many years of absence, it comes out again in a new form with distinguished poetry and a similar idea. The new publication is the 22nd edition after around 30 years...

KUWAIT: Yousef Al-Ruwaieh and Nasser Buslaib are seen during the partnership renewal signing ceremony.n

KFH renews strategic partnership with MoI

KUWAIT: Yousef Al-Ruwaieh and Nasser Buslaib are seen during the partnership renewal signing ceremony.KUWAIT: Kuwait Finance House (KFH) Group DGM - Public Relations and Media, Yousef Abdullah Al-Ruwaieh, emphasized the significance of the strategic partnership with the Ministry of Interior. He indicated that it's a long fruitful partnership which has resulted into the execution of several social activities and programs round the year. This...

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MoI resumes visa issuance

KUWAIT: The interior ministry announced yesterday that the residency affairs department has resumed receiving applications to issue entry visas (commercial, government, tourist, dependent) for residents. Prior appointment through the interior ministry's website is required to apply for dependent visas for spouses and children under 16, the ministry said. Commercial visas are open for all kinds of commercial activities, while government visas are...

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Highway ban on delivery bikes

KUWAIT: A decision to ban delivery motorcycles on highways in Kuwait goes into effect today. Riders can use a special GPS system that shows which roads they can use. If they use a road they are not allowed to, they will be issued a ticket. Repeated violations may result in the rider being deported.

STOCKHOLM: Supporters attend the match between team Heroic and team Virtus Pro at the PGL Counter-Strike-Major event in Stockholm on November 4, 2021. - AFPnn

$1 million Counter-Strike Majors back live before esport fans

STOCKHOLM: Supporters attend the match between team Heroic and team Virtus Pro at the PGL Counter-Strike-Major event in Stockholm on November 4, 2021. - AFPSTOCKHOLM: After a two-year pause of in-person events, Counter-Strike, one of the world's most popular competitive video games, is back in front of a live audience in Stockholm. Players and fans alike have long anticipated the return of the so-called Majors, similar to Grand Slams in tennis,...

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This undated imageshows a colorized transmission electron micrograph of mpox particles (green) found within an infected cell (pink and purple) cultured in the laboratory. - AFP

Mpox global health emergency, Kuwait monitoring situation

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VARANASI: Medical students shout slogans and hold posters as they protest the rape and murder of a young medic from Kolkata, in Varanasi on August 15, 2024. -- AFP

Protests sweep India over rape and murder of doctor

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Kuwait Society for Relief’s second relief plane. - KUNA photos

Kuwait sends relief planeload to Sudan

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KUWAIT: People watch pearl diving boats as they arrive at the main beach at the end of the 33rd annual pearl diving festival. Pearl-diving trips are held annually under the patronage of the Kuwaiti Amir in order to keep traditions alive.

Pearl diving trip winds up

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NEW DELHI: India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi inspects the guard of honor to mark the country's Independence Day, at the Red Fort in New Delhi on August 15, 2024. -AFP

Modi renews push for common civil code for India