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Kuwaiti borders stable and secure, says Army chief
KUWAIT: The Kuwait Army General Staff Command said in a statement, after a full surveillance conducted by special personnel of the army and the Ministry of Interior yesterday morning covering the whole international joint borders with the Republic of Iraq, it was determined that a single Katyusha missile had landed near the region causing no human or material losses.The army statement affirmed what it had stated earlier that the northern border...
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Social media rumors complicate fight against COVID-19
KUWAIT: The menace that is the coronavirus (COVID-19) was not only spread via conventional methods of exposure and lack of hygiene. Rumors and false information on social media platforms also played an equal role in propagating the virus, said a medical expert yesterday. Dr Mohammad Abol, a virologist, indicated in an interview that there was a thirst for information concerning COVID-19; however, most of what was being spread on social media...
KUWAIT: An x-ray of the patient's kidney taken prior to the operation.n
Armed Forces Hospital doctors remove large kidney stone
KUWAIT: An x-ray of the patient's kidney taken prior to the operation.KUWAIT: Doctors at the Jaber Armed Forces Hospital removed a kidney stone from a patient in his 50s that was half the size of the kidney itself, the hospital announced yesterday. Head of Urology Dr Mohammad Al-Ghanem said a medical team decided to operate on the patient after locating the stone in his left kidney. Doctors used lithotripsy endoscope through a one-centimeter...
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Report ranks Kuwait City dead last in environmental security
KUWAIT: Kuwait City has ranked last in environmental security among 60 cities surveyed in the 'Safe Cities Index 2021' report, released recently by The Economist Intelligence Unit. Kuwait managed a score of only 22 out of 100 in environmental security, and is the only city in the list with a 'Low' score in this category, designated for cities with scores between zero and 25.The report is based on the fourth iteration of the index, which ranks 60...
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Association welcomes newly-arrived health workers from Pakistan
KUWAIT: Pakistan Christian Welfare Association, Kuwait (PCWAK) organized a gathering for the newly-arrived health workers from Pakistan, and invited Ambassador of Pakistan to Kuwait Syed Sajjad Haider to attend the function as Chief Guest. Founder member and General Secretary PCWAK Saleem Karamat, in his welcome speech, appreciated the role of the Pakistani government in bringing the medical team to Kuwait, especially during the pandemic...
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Kuwait police open homicide probe in Ardiyah woman's death
KUWAIT: Police are investigating a case in which a man allegedly stabbed his wife to death then turned himself in to Ardiyah police. Detectives headed to the crime scene and found the victim's body with stab wounds and beating marks, according to a security source. The crime came 24 hours after another suspected murder case was filed after police reportedly arrested a man who allegedly shot his mother-in-law dead in Wafra following a family...
KUWAIT: Dallahs (traditional coffee pots) are displayed for sale at the Friday Market. -- Photo by Shakir Reshamwalann
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KUWAIT: Dallahs (traditional coffee pots) are displayed for sale at the Friday Market. -- Photo by Shakir Reshamwala
BAGHDAD: His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah is being received by Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhemi on his arrival at Baghdad International Airport yesterday. KUNAn
Baghdad summit is held at crucial time: Premier
BAGHDAD: His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah is being received by Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhemi on his arrival at Baghdad International Airport yesterday. KUNA photosBAGHDAD: His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah, addressing the Baghdad Conference for Partnership and Cooperation in the Iraqi capital yesterday, noted that the convention is held at critical and...
ARLINGTON, US: John Kirby (right) and Army Major General William Taylor participate in a news briefing at the Pentagon in this August 23 file photo.-AFPn
US air strike kills two 'high profile' IS targets in Kabul
ARLINGTON, US: John Kirby (right) and Army Major General William Taylor participate in a news briefing at the Pentagon in this August 23 file photo.-AFPWASHINGTON: A US air strike in Afghanistan killed two high-profile ISIS targets and left another wounded, the Pentagon said yesterday. No civilians were hurt in the attack early yesterday, which followed the suicide bombing Thursday that killed scores of people including 13 US troops at Kabul...
ABU DHABI: Refugees who fled Afghanistan gather at the International Humanitarian City (IHC) in Abu Dhabi as they wait to be transferred to another destination yesterday.-AFPn
'Just the clothes on me': Afghans flee to new life
ABU DHABI: Refugees who fled Afghanistan gather at the International Humanitarian City (IHC) in Abu Dhabi as they wait to be transferred to another destination yesterday.-AFPABU DHABI: Wazhma left everything behind to escape Taleban rule after the extremist group took control of Afghanistan, aspiring for a life "free of threats" in the United States. In a facility in the UAE, temporarily hosting Afghan evacuees heading to other countries, the...
GAZA CITY: Friends and relatives of Palestinian Omar Hassan Abu Al-Nile, 12, who died of wounds he sustained during a Zionist attack last week, mourn during his funeral in Gaza City yesterday.-AFPn
Palestinian boy hit by Zionist army succumbs
GAZA CITY: Friends and relatives of Palestinian Omar Hassan Abu Al-Nile, 12, who died of wounds he sustained during a Zionist attack last week, mourn during his funeral in Gaza City yesterday.-AFPJERUSALEM: A 12-year-old Palestinian boy shot last week by Zionist soldiers during clashes along the border with Gaza has died of his injuries, the territory's health ministry said yesterday. Omar Hassan Abu Al-Nile was hit during clashes last Saturday...
KABUL: A handout picture released by the British Ministry of Defense shows a member of the UK Armed Forces fist-bumping an evacuee during their deployment to support the evacuation of British nationals and entitled personnel at Kabul airport in Afghanistan. – AFPn
Final UK flight for civilians leaves Kabul
KABUL: A handout picture released by the British Ministry of Defense shows a member of the UK Armed Forces fist-bumping an evacuee during their deployment to support the evacuation of British nationals and entitled personnel at Kabul airport in Afghanistan. – AFPKABUL: Britain's last plane carrying only civilian evacuees has taken off from Kabul, the defense ministry said yesterday, leaving hundreds of Afghans eligible for resettlement behind....
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GAZA: People inspect the damage in Gaza City's Sheikh Radwan neighborhood following Zionist bombardment on August 11, 2024. — AFP
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His Highness Sheikh Salem Al-Ali Al-Sabah
Kuwait mourns Al-Sabah Family patriarch, KNG Chief Sheikh Salem Al-Ali Al-Sabah