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KUWAIT: A combination of photos taken during the Public Authority for Manpower's inspection team's tour at construction sites in Mutlaa yesterday. - Photos by Yasser Al-Zayyatn
Over 2,000 sites inspected for compliance with outdoor labor ban
KUWAIT: A combination of photos taken during the Public Authority for Manpower's inspection team's tour at construction sites in Mutlaa yesterday. - Photos by Yasser Al-ZayyatBy Ben GarciaKUWAIT: Three days before the end of a summer ban on outdoor work, the Public Authority for Manpower (PAM) has conducted surprise inspections at construction sites in Mutlaa yesterday, fining several companies for violations. The government of Kuwait forbids...
ANKARA: A handout photo released by the Anadolu Agency yesterday shows the cabin crew posing with the baby.n
Afghan woman delivers baby in Kuwait airspace
ANKARA: A handout photo released by the Anadolu Agency yesterday shows the cabin crew posing with the baby.ANKARA: An Afghan woman successfully gave birth to a healthy baby girl in the middle of an evacuation flight operated by Turkish Airlines. After leaving her stopover in Dubai, Soman Noori, 26, gave birth at an altitude of 10,000 meters (32,808 feet) in the Kuwaiti airspace at 4:00 am, said a statement by Turkey's national flag carrier on...
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Kuwait aims to transform 'tire graveyard' into new city
KUWAIT: Kuwait yesterday announced plans to transform what was once a mammoth "tire graveyard" to a new residential city. The 2-square-kilometer (0.7-square-mile) dump in the north of the oil-rich Gulf country was where tires went to die - a total of more than 40 million at the end.Seventeen years of tire dumping and three massive fires between 2012 and 2020 sparked environmental concerns, prompting the authorities to shut it down for good. "We...
KUWAIT: A handout photo released by Kuwait's General Administration of Customs yesterday shows boxes containing chewing tobacco confiscated before they were smuggled into Kuwait.n
Tobacco smuggling attempt foiled
KUWAIT: A handout photo released by Kuwait's General Administration of Customs yesterday shows boxes containing chewing tobacco confiscated before they were smuggled into Kuwait.KUWAIT: Kuwait Customs foiled an attempt to smuggle three tons of chewing tobacco into Kuwait yesterday. The banned substances were found in 29 cardboard boxes hidden in a shipment that arrived from the United Arab Emirates through air, the General Administration of...
KUWAIT: Heavy traffic on the Fourth Ring Road, one of Kuwait's busiest highways, on Saturday. As Kuwait steps back into normalcy following months of COVID-19 restrictions, traffic jams have made their grand return to most main roads in the country. - Photo by Fouad Al-Shaikhnn
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KUWAIT: Heavy traffic on the Fourth Ring Road, one of Kuwait's busiest highways, on Saturday. As Kuwait steps back into normalcy following months of COVID-19 restrictions, traffic jams have made their grand return to most main roads in the country. - Photo by Fouad Al-Shaikh
KUWAIT: Environment Public Authority General Director Abdullah Al-Ahmad Al-Humoud Al-Sabah explains as to how Kuwait has completed the huge task of removing old tires from a dump (inset) in Arhia, near Mutlaa. - Photos by Yasser Al-Zayyatn
Kuwait's tire dump troubles remain despite new location
KUWAIT: Environment Public Authority General Director Abdullah Al-Ahmad Al-Humoud Al-Sabah explains as to how Kuwait has completed the huge task of removing old tires from a dump (inset) in Arhia, near Mutlaa. - Photos by Yasser Al-ZayyatBy A SalehKUWAIT: Kuwait marked a milestone in its tire dump saga yesterday with the removal of tons of old tires from a dump in Arhia, near Mutlaa now complete. Speaking at an event celebrating the end of the...
MOSUL: French President Emmanuel Macron (center) is welcomed upon his arrival at the Al-Nuri Mosque in Iraq's second city of Mosul yesterday.-AFPn
Macron calls for Kabul 'safe zone'
MOSUL: French President Emmanuel Macron (center) is welcomed upon his arrival at the Al-Nuri Mosque in Iraq's second city of Mosul yesterday.-AFPMOSUL, Iraq: France and Britain will today urge the United Nations to work for the creation of a "safe zone" in the Afghan capital Kabul to protect humanitarian operations, French President Emmanuel Macron said. "This is very important. This would provide a framework for the United Nations to act in an...
LAHIJ, Yemen: People gather as ambulances transport casualties of strikes on Al-Anad air base to the Ibn Khaldun hospital in the government-held southern province of Lahij, yesterday. - AFPn
30 loyalists die in strikes on Yemen airbase
LAHIJ, Yemen: People gather as ambulances transport casualties of strikes on Al-Anad air base to the Ibn Khaldun hospital in the government-held southern province of Lahij, yesterday. - AFPDUBAI: Strikes on Yemen's largest airbase yesterday killed at least 30 pro-government troops and wounded scores more, said medical and loyalist sources who blamed Houthi rebels for the attack. The strikes were carried out on Al-Anad airbase, some 60 kilometers...
NEW ORLEANS, US: People stand in line to get through the TSA security checkpoint at Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport Saturday as they were evacuating the area as Hurricane Ida worked its way toward the Louisiana coastline in New Orleans, Louisiana. - AFPn
Hurricane Ida grows to Category 4 storm
NEW ORLEANS, US: People stand in line to get through the TSA security checkpoint at Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport Saturday as they were evacuating the area as Hurricane Ida worked its way toward the Louisiana coastline in New Orleans, Louisiana. - AFP photosNEW ORLEANS: Hurricane Ida was upgraded to a Category 4 storm as it stayed on course to hit New Orleans with maximum sustained winds reaching 140 miles (225 kilometers)...
BRIZE NORTON, UK: Members of the British armed forces 16 Air Assault Brigade walk to the air terminal after disembarking a Royal Air Force Voyager at RAF Brize Norton, west of London yesterday.-AFPn
UK govt slammed over Afghan exit as hundreds left behind
BRIZE NORTON, UK: Members of the British armed forces 16 Air Assault Brigade walk to the air terminal after disembarking a Royal Air Force Voyager at RAF Brize Norton, west of London yesterday.-AFPLONDON: The UK government yesterday faced a torrent of criticism after its hurried withdrawal from Afghanistan ended, leaving hundreds eligible for relocation behind. Prime Minister Boris Johnson hailed a mission "unlike anything we have seen in our...
BEIT HANUN, Palestinian Territories: A Palestinian woman inspects the damage at her house following Zionist bombing in Beit Hanoun in the northern Gaza Strip yesterday. ¨CAFPn
Zionists strike Gaza after fire balloons and border clashes
BEIT HANUN, Palestinian Territories: A Palestinian woman inspects the damage at her house following Zionist bombing in Beit Hanoun in the northern Gaza Strip yesterday. ¨CAFPGAZA CITY: The Zionist air force attacked two sites in Gaza yesterday, the army said, after Gazans clashed with forces on the border and launched incendiary balloons into southern Zionist region. The latest escalation came as Zionist entity and Egypt continued to relax...
BONGA, Ethiopia: People walk in front of a sign depicting Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed at the entrance to Bonga University, in the town of Bonga, 100 km southwest of the city of Jimma, Ethiopia.-AFPn
Tigray rebels accuse AU of bias amid talks
BONGA, Ethiopia: People walk in front of a photo depicting Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed at the entrance to Bonga University, in the town of Bonga, 100 km southwest of the city of Jimma, Ethiopia.-AFPADDIS ABABA: Rebel forces from Ethiopia's war-torn region of Tigray yesterday accused the African Union (AU) of bias, days after the bloc appointed former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo as a mediator in the months-long conflict. The...
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