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KABUL: Qatari Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani boards a car upon arrival at the airport yesterday. - AFP n
Qatar FM visits Kabul, meets Taleban PM
KABUL: Qatari Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani boards a car upon arrival at the airport yesterday. - AFPKABUL: Qatar's foreign minister, who is also the country's deputy premier, was briefly in Afghanistan yesterday, becoming the most senior diplomat to visit the country since the Taleban's takeover on August 15. A Taleban official tweeted that Sheikh Mohammad bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani met senior...
TEHRAN: Head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran Mohammad Eslami delivers a speech next to Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency Rafael Grossi following their meeting yesterday. - AFP n
Iran surveillance deal keeps nuke talks hopes alive
TEHRAN: Head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran Mohammad Eslami delivers a speech next to Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency Rafael Grossi following their meeting yesterday. - AFPTEHRAN: Iran and the UN atomic agency on Sunday announced the IAEA will keep up surveillance of Tehran's nuclear activities, soothing a sore point in talks to resuscitate a 2015 deal to curb its program. With negotiations in Vienna between...
DHAKA: A guard checks the temperature of a student upon her arrival at Rajuk Uttara Model College yesterday. – AFP n
Bangladesh schools reopen after 18 months
DHAKA: A guard checks the temperature of a student upon her arrival at Rajuk Uttara Model College yesterday. – AFPDHAKA: Children in Bangladesh flooded back into classrooms yesterday as schools reopened after 18 months, one of the world's longest coronavirus shutdowns. The resumption came after UNICEF warned that prolonged school closures during the COVID-19 crisis were worsening inequities for millions of children across South Asia.In the...
TUNIS: Tunisian President Kais Saied (right) greets people as he walks in the capital's central Habib Bourguiba Avenue late Saturday. - AFP n
Saied calls to amend Tunisia constitution
TUNIS: Tunisian President Kais Saied (right) greets people as he walks in the capital's central Habib Bourguiba Avenue late Saturday. - AFPTUNIS: Tunisian President Kais Saied has announced plans to form a new government and said the constitution should be amended, weeks after he sacked his premier and suspended parliament in moves his critics called a coup. Speaking to two television channels after a late Saturday evening stroll in central...
KUWAIT: This handout photo released by Kuwait's Ministry of Defense yesterday shows Kuwaiti Army Chief of General staff Lieutenant General Khaled Saleh Al-Sabah (right) presenting a memento to the United States Commander of the Central land Forces Lieutenant General Ronald Clark.n
Kuwaiti army chief, US general discuss common interests
KUWAIT: This handout photo released by Kuwait's Ministry of Defense yesterday shows Kuwaiti Army Chief of General staff Lieutenant General Khaled Saleh Al-Sabah (right) presenting a memento to the United States Commander of the Central land Forces Lieutenant General Ronald Clark.KUWAIT: Kuwaiti Army Chief of General Staff Lieutenant General Khaled Saleh Al-Sabah met yesterday with the visiting United States Commander of the Central Land Forces...
KUWAIT: Ambassador of Tajikistan to Kuwait Dr Zabidullah Zabidov speaks during a press conference on the occasion of his country's National Day.n
Tajik president, foreign minister to visit Kuwait this year: Ambassador
KUWAIT: Ambassador of Tajikistan to Kuwait Dr Zabidullah Zabidov speaks during a press conference on the occasion of his country's National Day.KUWAIT: Dean of the Diplomatic Corps, Ambassador of Tajikistan to Kuwait Dr Zabidullah Zabidov affirmed the development of a high-level of political relations between Tajikistan and Kuwait, which he described as "distinguished and continuous". He also highlighted his country's aspiration to deepen...
IRBIL: Kuwait's Consul General in Irbil Dr Omar Al-Kandari (center) attends a ceremony to announce Kuwait's donation of medical supplies to Iraq's Kurdistan region. - KUNAn
Kuwait offers medical assistance to Kurdistan
IRBIL: Kuwait's Consul General in Irbil Dr Omar Al-Kandari (center) attends a ceremony to announce Kuwait's donation of medical supplies to Iraq's Kurdistan region. - KUNAIRBIL: Kuwait's Consul General in Irbil Dr Omar Al-Kandari yesterday announced that his country offered more than 10 tons of medical supplies to Kurdistan region, north of Iraq, to help the region stem the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. The assistance is part of the "Kuwait...
KUWAIT: Participants receive their awards during the ceremony. - KUNA
API commends Kuwait award for sustainable consumption, production
KUWAIT: Participants receive their awards during the ceremony. - KUNAKUWAIT: Director of the Arab Planning Institute (API) Dr Bader Malallah said Kuwait award for sustainable consumption and production was in harmony with the government efforts to rationalize spending and consumption. The award aims to maximize benefit and cut the costs of the production operations, thus alleviating the burdens on the state and the citizens alike, he told...
KUWAIT: The sun sets behind transmission towers in Kuwait City yesterday. - Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat (To have your picture featured in the Kuwait Times' 'Photo of the Day' section, please send your high resolution, unedited photos to local@kuwaittimes.com, along with the full name and Instagram account, in addition to a description showing the picture's location and date taken)n
Photo of the Day
KUWAIT: The sun sets behind transmission towers in Kuwait City yesterday. - Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat
BUDAPEST: Pope Francis greets faithful as he arrives in an open vehicle for a Holy Mass at the end of an International Eucharistic Congress in Budapest yesterday during his papal visit to Hungary. - AFP n
Pope meets Orban in worldview clash
BUDAPEST: Pope Francis greets faithful as he arrives in an open vehicle for a Holy Mass at the end of an International Eucharistic Congress in Budapest yesterday during his papal visit to Hungary. - AFPBUDAPEST: Pope Francis met yesterday with Hungarian premier Viktor Orban-whose tough views on migration clash with those of the pontiff-at the start of a brief visit to Budapest where he will also celebrate a mass. The head of 1.3 billion...
WASHINGTON: DC resident Seditra Brown, 49, stands next to a mural depicting her son Paris Brown in Washington, DC. - AFP n
Impossible grief: Black US mother mourns sons lost to gun violence
WASHINGTON: DC resident Seditra Brown, 49, stands next to a mural depicting her son Paris Brown in Washington, DC. - AFPWASHINGTON: One by one, Seditra Brown, a concierge who lives in one of Washington's poorest neighborhoods, lost her three sons to gun violence: Paris in 2018, Montray in 2019, and Kalif last month. "There is never really a way to protect your children," says Brown, 49, who is African-American. "When they're outside of your...
HODEIDAH, Yemen: Displaced Yemeni children attend class in a dilapidated school building, in the war-torn western province of Hodeidah. Many schools in Yemen have been destroyed in the conflict between the government and the Houthi rebels or turned into refugee camps or military facilities. - AFP n
Yemen: The 7-year war with no peace in sight
HODEIDAH, Yemen: Displaced Yemeni children attend class in a dilapidated school building, in the war-torn western province of Hodeidah. Many schools in Yemen have been destroyed in the conflict between the government and the Houthi rebels or turned into refugee camps or military facilities. - AFPDUBAI: Seven years have passed since Houthi rebels seized the Yemeni capital Sanaa in September 2014, sparking a war that has plunged the already...