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DOHA: Qatari Amir Sheikh Tamim Al-Thani meets Kuwait's Foreign Minister and Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs Sheikh Dr Ahmad Nasser Mohammad Al-Sabah. - KUNA photosn

Qatari Amir receives Kuwait's Foreign Minister, discuss regional, int'l developments

DOHA: Qatari Amir Sheikh Tamim Al-Thani meets Kuwait's Foreign Minister and Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs Sheikh Dr Ahmad Nasser Mohammad Al-Sabah. - KUNA photosDOHA: Qatari Amir Sheikh Tamim Al-Thani received in Doha yesterday Kuwait's Foreign Minister and Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs Sheikh Dr Ahmad Nasser Mohammad Al-Sabah and discussed with him regional and international developments. Sheikh Dr Ahmad conveyed greetings of...

KUWAIT: Traveler Youssef Al-Rashed in one of his volunteer trips. - KUNAn

Kuwaiti activists talk 'deep gratification' from philanthropy

KUWAIT: Traveler Youssef Al-Rashed in one of his volunteer trips. - KUNA photosKUWAIT: Although workers and activists in the realm of relief and humanitarian aid often put themselves in hard and tiring conditions, they share a common sense of deep gratification for relieving people in difficulty. On the occasion of the forthcoming World Humanitarian Day which was marked yesterday, Kuwaiti traveller and humanitarian activist Yousef Al-Rashed said...

ISTANBUL: Members of the Kuwaiti firefighters' delegation pose for a group photo before leaving Turkey yesterday after assisting in fending off raging wildfires. - KUNAn

Kuwaiti firefighters leave after fighting wildfires in Turkey

ISTANBUL: Members of the Kuwaiti firefighters' delegation pose for a group photo before leaving Turkey yesterday after assisting in fending off raging wildfires. - KUNAISTANBUL: A delegation of Kuwaiti firefighters left Turkey yesterday after assisting in fending off raging wildfires. Kuwaiti ambassador to Turkey Ghassan Al-Zuwawi expressed his gratitude to the Kuwaiti firefighting team for their "tremendous efforts". He added that he received...

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Preserving and protecting Kuwait's maritime heritage

- Photos by Yasser Al-ZayyatBy Ben GarciaThe Marine Museum at Radisson Blu Hotel was founded by late Abdul Husain Mohammed Rafie Marafie as a tribute to Kuwait's maritime heritage. It has a display of traditional dhows and collections of various...

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What comes next?

By Sahar Moussa global coronavirus pandemic threw us all straight into a panic, and more than a year and a half later, many have still not recovered. Millions have died, lost their loved ones, lost their jobs, their homes, and their livelihood. Others have been stranded in third countries or stuck in their homelands without work. Now we begin to see (insha'Allah) some light at the end of the tunnel. Now we begin to hope that we are...

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Don't let your guard down

By Shakir Reshamwala seems to be on the mend. Yes, the health situation in Kuwait nowadays makes one wax lyrical, as optimism - and not the coronavirus - is in the air. The turnaround has been fairly swift from only a few months back, when Kuwait was ravaged daily by thousands of new COVID cases and tens of deaths. The bad old days of lockdowns, curfews and closures had returned as the Delta variant menaced the country. But things seem...

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Taleban foe's son vows resistance

This handout photo released by the Arabic Twitter account of the "Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan" yesterday shows a Taleban delegation led by the head of the negotiating team Anas Haqqani (C-R) meeting with former Afghan government officials including former president Hamid Karzai (C-L) at an unspecified location in Afghanistan. - AFPKABUL: Defiant protesters waved Afghan flags at scattered rallies yesterday to mark the country's independence...

TEHRAN: Iranians commute past shuttered stores at Valiasr square in the capital Tehran, at the start of renewed restrictions for 5 days to mitigate the spread of the COVID pandemic. – AFPn

Recorded COVID deaths pass 100,000 mark in Iran

TEHRAN: Iranians commute past shuttered stores at Valiasr square in the capital Tehran, at the start of renewed restrictions for 5 days to mitigate the spread of the COVID pandemic. – AFPTEHRAN: Recorded deaths from COVID in Iran passed the 100,000 mark yesterday, the health ministry said, amid tighter restrictions nationwide to contain the spread of the virus. In the past 24 hours, 31,266 people tested positive for coronavirus and 564 died,...

WELLINGTON: New Zealand's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern speaks about Covid-19 coronavirus on the first day of a snap national lockdown, during a press conference in Wellington on August 18, 2021. (Photo by Mark MITCHELL / POOL / AFP)n

New Zealand says it has solved COVID-19 outbreak 'puzzle'

WELLINGTON: New Zealand's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern speaks about COVID-19 on the first day of a snap national lockdown, during a press conference in Wellington on August 18, 2021. - AFPWELLINGTON: New Zealand reported a breakthrough yesterday in tracing the source of a COVID-19 outbreak that plunged the nation into lockdown, with Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern saying it should help "stamp out" the virus. Health officials have been trying to...

HUITZUCO DE LOS FIGUEROA, Mexico: File photo shows, Mexican Maria Herrera, who looks for four missing sons, holds their portraits during a march as part of the activities of the fourth National Search Brigade, in Huitzuco de los Figueroa, Guerrero state, Mexico. - AFPn

Mother who lost four sons on quest to find Mexico's missing

HUITZUCO DE LOS FIGUEROA, Mexico: File photo shows, Mexican Maria Herrera, who looks for four missing sons, holds their portraits during a march as part of the activities of the fourth National Search Brigade, in Huitzuco de los Figueroa, Guerrero state, Mexico. - AFPMEXICO CITY: Maria Herrera's life fell apart when first two and then another two of her sons disappeared. Now she dedicates her life to the search for them -- and thousands more...

TORREJON DE ARDOZ AIR BASE: A group of Afghan nationals wait on the tarmac after disembarking from a first Spanish Air Force Airbus A400M carrying Spaniards who still remained in Afghanistan. - AFPn

Desperate Afghans trapped in Kabul airport no-man's land

TORREJON DE ARDOZ AIR BASE: A group of Afghan nationals wait on the tarmac after disembarking from a first Spanish Air Force Airbus A400M carrying Spaniards who still remained in Afghanistan. - AFPKABUL: Thousands of Afghans were packed yesterday between Taleban checkpoints and a US-imposed ring of steel around Kabul's main airport, desperate to get aboard any flight out following the return of the hardline Islamist group. Even more were mobbing...

DUBAI: Evacuees from Afghanistan sit in a hall upon their arrival at Al-Maktoum International Airport in the United Arab Emirates yesterday. Britain's operation to evacuate its nationals and protected individuals stepped up, with planes landing in Dubai before passengers travel on to the UK. - AFPn

Evacuees from Kabul touch down in UAE on way to Britain

DUBAI: Evacuees from Afghanistan sit in a hall upon their arrival at Al-Maktoum International Airport in the United Arab Emirates yesterday. Britain's operation to evacuate its nationals and protected individuals stepped up, with planes landing in Dubai before passengers travel on to the UK. - AFPDUBAI: Britain's operation to evacuate its nationals and protected individuals stepped up yesterday, with planes landing in Dubai before passengers...

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