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Burning cargo ship spews toxic gas off Canada

WASHINGTON: The Canadian coastguard has evacuated 16 people from a burning container ship that is expelling toxic gas off Canada's Pacific coast, but there is "no safety risk" to those on shore, authorities said yesterday. The Zim Kingston ship had been bound for Vancouver when the flames erupted, with the fire reported to the coast guard at around 11 pm local time Saturday, CBC News reported."The ship is on fire and expelling toxic gas," the...

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Marine life research vessels arrive in Kuwait

KUWAIT: Al-Mostakshif multipurpose vessel.KUWAIT: The Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research (KISR) continues its achievements with the arrival of two scientific research vessels for oceanography, fisheries, and marine resources management. Al-Mostakshif and Bahith 1 are multipurpose vessels for conducting high quality surveys and sampling over a wide range of geographical ranges including all marine areas in the Arabian Gulf, Gulf of Oman,...

KUWAIT: Kuwait's Foreign Minister Sheikh Dr Ahmad Nasser Al-Mohmmad Al-Sabah attends a ceremony celebrating the United Nations Day yesterday. - KUNAn

Kuwait's Foreign Minister attends UN Day ceremony

KUWAIT: Kuwait's Foreign Minister Sheikh Dr Ahmad Nasser Al-Mohmmad Al-Sabah attends a ceremony celebrating the United Nations Day yesterday. - KUNAKUWAIT: Kuwait's Foreign Minister and State Minister for Cabinet Affairs Sheikh Dr Ahmad Nasser Al-Mohmmad Al-Sabah sponsored and attended yesterday a ceremony celebrating the United Nations Day (October 24), a day when the UN Charter entered into force. The ceremony was also attended by UN...

RIYADH: Kuwait's oil minister Dr Mohammad Al-Fares speaks during his participation in the Saudi Green Initiative forum. – KUNAn

Saudi Arabia, Kuwait eye joint ventures: Minister

RIYADH: Kuwait's Oil Minister Dr Mohammad Al-Fares speaks during his participation in the Saudi Green Initiative forum. – KUNARIYADH: Kuwait's oil minister said on Saturday that his country and larger neighbor Saudi Arabia are planning a number of joint endeavors, including common efforts to slash methane emissions, as he commended Riyadh for its Green Initiative. "We have similar ideas on a number of projects covering areas such as the marine...

BOGOTA: Handout picture shows members of the Colombian Army escorting Colombia's most-wanted drug lord and head of the Gulf Clan, Dairo Antonio Usuga (center) -alias 'Otoniel'-, after his capture in Bogota. - AFP n

Most-wanted drug lord captured

BOGOTA: Handout picture shows members of the Colombian Army escorting Colombia's most-wanted drug lord and head of the Gulf Clan, Dairo Antonio Usuga (center) -alias 'Otoniel'-, after his capture in Bogota. - AFPBOGOTA: Colombia's most-wanted drug trafficker "Otoniel" has been captured, officials said Saturday, a major victory for the government of the world's top cocaine exporter. Dairo Antonio Usuga, who headed the country's largest...

KAMPALA: Ugandan police officers investigate at a crime scene following a bomb blast last night in Kampala yesterday. Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni said that an explosion in the capital Kampala was 'a terrorist act' and vowed to hunt down those responsible. - AFP n

Deadly explosion rocks Uganda; president calls it 'terrorist act'

KAMPALA: Ugandan police officers investigate at a crime scene following a bomb blast last night in Kampala yesterday. Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni said that an explosion in the capital Kampala was 'a terrorist act' and vowed to hunt down those responsible. - AFPKAMPALA: Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni said yesterday an explosion in the capital Kampala that killed one person and injured five was "a terrorist act", vowing to hunt down those...

TASHKENT: People queue at a polling station to vote during Uzbekistan's presidential election in Tashkent yesterday. - AFPn

Uzbek leader set to win with no real opposition

TASHKENT: People queue at a polling station to vote during Uzbekistan's presidential election in Tashkent yesterday. - AFPTASHKENT: Voters across Uzbekistan in Central Asia took to the polls yesterday in a presidential election where incumbent Shavkat Mirziyoyev faces no real opposition as he champions reforms in the ex-Soviet country while maintaining its authoritarian foundations. Mirziyoyev has been credited for launching what he calls a "New...

TEHRAN: A handout picture provided by the official website of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, shows him (right) during a meeting with participants in the Islamic Unity Conference in the capital Tehran yesterday. – AFP n

Iran's Khamenei urges reversal of Arab-Zionist normalizations

TEHRAN: A handout picture provided by the official website of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, shows him (right) during a meeting with participants in the Islamic Unity Conference in the capital Tehran yesterday. – AFPTEHRAN: Arab nations that normalized ties with Zionists last year have "sinned" and should reverse such moves, Iran's supreme leader Ali Khamenei said yesterday. The United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Sudan and Morocco...

CULIACAN: Roberto Martinez holding the portrait of his sister Lourdes, who disappeared in 1974, in Culiacan, state of Sinaloa, Mexico. Roberto has renewed hopes of finding a nephew presumed to have been born during his mother's captivity, a victim of Mexico's repression of political opponents between the 1960s and 1980s. - AFP n

Mexico hunts for missing children of 'Dirty War'

CULIACAN: Roberto Martinez holding the portrait of his sister Lourdes, who disappeared in 1974, in Culiacan, state of Sinaloa, Mexico. Roberto has renewed hopes of finding a nephew presumed to have been born during his mother's captivity, a victim of Mexico's repression of political opponents between the 1960s and 1980s. - AFPMEXICO CITY: Decades after his sister disappeared during the political repression of Mexico's "Dirty War," Roberto...

REIMS: Stanislas Maximin, the 22-year-old CEO of Venture Orbital Systems, a start-up with the ambition to produce micro-satellite lacers, poses with a 1/4 scale model of the ZEPHYR launcher.- AFP n

France launches state-of-the-art military satellite

REIMS: Stanislas Maximin, the 22-year-old CEO of Venture Orbital Systems, a start-up with the ambition to produce micro-satellite lacers, poses with a 1/4 scale model of the ZEPHYR launcher.- AFPKOUROU: France has successfully launched a state-of-the-art satellite into orbit, designed to allow all of France's armed forces across the globe to communicate swiftly and securely. Paris created a space force command in July 2019, amongst concerns that...

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Kuwait Open Bowling Tournament concludes

KUWAIT: A group photo of the winners at the conclusion of the tournament.By Abdellatif SharaaKUWAIT: Jassem Al-Saqer was crowned the champion of Kuwait Open Bowling Tournament that was organized by Kuwait Bowling Club with participation from GCC countries. Mustafa Al-Mousawi took second place while Bahrain's Yousuf Salah came third. The tournament's closing ceremony was attended by President of International and Asian Bowling Federations Sheikh...

KUWAIT: President of Kuwait and Arab Shooting Federations Duaij Khalaf Al-Otaibi (left) speaks during a press conference yesterday.n

Kuwait Crown Prince Championship to open shooting season

KUWAIT: President of Kuwait and Arab Shooting Federations Duaij Khalaf Al-Otaibi (left) speaks during a press conference yesterday.By Abdellatif SharaaKUWAIT: President of Kuwait and Arab Shooting Federations Duaij Khalaf Al-Otaibi said the local shooting season will open on Nov 4 with HH the Crown Prince Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah Championship in pistol, rifle, trap, skeet and Olympic archery for both genders. Otaibi said those...

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KUWAIT: His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Ahmad Abdullah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah preside over a Cabinet weekly meeting on Tuesday at Bayan Palace. - KUNA

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