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KUWAIT: Indian Ambassador Sibi George, Mohammad Al-Kashti, Dr Ahmad Thuwaini Al-Eneizi, Dr Fawaz Al-Refaee, Dr Amir Ahmed and senior doctors during the launch of the 'Indian Doctors Forum Health Guide 2021' at the Indian Embassy on Saturday.nn

Indian Doctors Forum releases health guide on COVID-19

KUWAIT: Indian Ambassador Sibi George, Mohammad Al-Kashti, Dr Ahmad Thuwaini Al-Eneizi, Dr Fawaz Al-Refaee, Dr Amir Ahmed and senior doctors during the launch of the 'Indian Doctors Forum Health Guide 2021' at the Indian Embassy on Saturday.By Sajeev K PeterKUWAIT: Indian Doctors Forum, Kuwait released its annual 'Health Guide 2021' titled 'COVID-19 Explained' at an event organized by the Indian Embassy, Kuwait on Saturday. Indian Ambassador...

KUWAIT: A vendor waits for customers at a sheep market in Jleeb Al-Shuyoukh yesterday. - Photos by Fouad Al-Shaikhn

Fewer customers than usual at livestock market before Eid

KUWAIT: A vendor waits for customers at a sheep market in Jleeb Al-Shuyoukh yesterday. - Photos by Fouad Al-ShaikhBy Ben GarciaKUWAIT: For the second year, Muslims around the world will celebrate Eid Al-Adha amid the coronavirus pandemic. The Feast of the Sacrifice will again be a low-key event for many, as the world struggles to contain the virus. "In normal circumstances, we would've had many customers by now. But customers are few because of...

Ambassador of Pakistan to Kuwait Syed Sajjad Haidern

Pakistan Ambassador sends Eid greetings

Ambassador of Pakistan to Kuwait Syed Sajjad HaiderKUWAIT: Ambassador of Pakistan to Kuwait Syed Sajjad Haider released the following statement on the occasion of Eid Al-Adha: "On the auspicious occasion of Eid Al-Adha, I extend warm greetings to entire Kuwaiti leadership, government and the brotherly people of the State of Kuwait. I also take this opportunity to congratulate Muslims all over the world on Eid Al-Adha. I extend my warm greetings...

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Qurain warehouse fire under control

KUWAIT: Firemen battled a blaze that gutted a warehouse in Qurain yesterday morning. Wood and flammable liquids were kept in the warehouse located in the area's markets zone, Kuwait Fire Force said, noting that firemen from three different fire stations dealt with the blaze. No injuries were reported in the incident as an investigation was opened, KFF added.

SCHULD: German Chancellor Angela Merkel (2ndR) and Rhineland-Palatinate State Premier Malu Dreyer (R) talk to residents during their visit in the flood-ravaged village of Schuld near Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler, Rhineland-Palatinate state, western Germany, yesterday. - AFPnnn

Europe flood death toll tops 180

SCHULD: German Chancellor Angela Merkel (2ndR) and Rhineland-Palatinate State Premier Malu Dreyer (R) talk to residents during their visit in the flood-ravaged village of Schuld near Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler, Rhineland-Palatinate state, western Germany, yesterday. - AFPBERLIN: Chancellor Angela Merkel said yesterday that she was horrified by the "surreal" devastation in the flood-ravaged region of Germany, as the toll in western Europe reached at...

DURBAN: Community members of Inanda community begin cleaning up the looted Dube Village Mall in Durban yesterday. After the area was severely affected for several days by looting and unrest, local residents are trying to return to normality. - AFPn

South Africa president rallies base as riot cleanup goes on

DURBAN: Community members of Inanda community begin cleaning up the looted Dube Village Mall in Durban yesterday. After the area was severely affected for several days by looting and unrest, local residents are trying to return to normality. - AFPSOWETO: South African President Cyril Ramaphosa joined post-riot clean-up efforts yesterday as his government warned against vigilantism and sought to avert racial conflict following the unrest. The...

BALKH: In this picture taken on July 15, 2021, Afghan militia fighters keep a watch at an outpost against Taleban insurgents at Charkint district in Balkh Province. – AFPn

Taleban leader 'favours political settlement' to Afghan conflict

BALKH: In this picture taken on July 15, 2021, Afghan militia fighters keep a watch at an outpost against Taleban insurgents at Charkint district in Balkh Province. – AFPKABUL: The Taleban's supreme leader Hibatullah Akhundzada yesterday said he "strenuously favours" a political settlement to the conflict in Afghanistan even as the hardline Islamist movement has launched a sweeping offensive across the nation. The announcement comes as...

WEST TEXAS: File photo obtained May 19, 2021, courtesy of Blue Origin, shows a close-up of the New Shepard rocket as it launches in West Texas. – AFPn

Earth's richest man Jeff Bezos to blast off into space

WEST TEXAS: File photo obtained May 19, 2021, courtesy of Blue Origin, shows a close-up of the New Shepard rocket as it launches in West Texas. – AFPNEW YORK: Jeff Bezos, the richest person in the world, is set to join the astronaut club tomorrow on the first crewed launch by Blue Origin, another key moment in a big month for the fledgling space tourism industry. The mission comes days after Virgin Galactic founder Richard Branson crossed the...

KISUMU: People stand next to a burnt out petrol tanker that burst into flames when it overturned in western Kenya, while a crowd thronged to collect the spilling fuel, on the busy highway between Kisumu and the border with Uganda, yesterday. - AFPn

13 dead as petrol tanker explodes in Kenya

KISUMU: People stand next to a burnt out petrol tanker that burst into flames when it overturned in western Kenya, while a crowd thronged to collect the spilling fuel, on the busy highway between Kisumu and the border with Uganda, yesterday. - AFPNAIROBI: Thirteen people were killed and others seriously burned when a "huge fireball" engulfed a crowd in Kenya as they siphoned fuel from an overturned petrol truck that ignited without warning....

EHSIM: Members of the Syrian Civil Defence (White Helmets) remove the body of a woman from the rubble of a house hit by regime artillery fire in the village of Ehsim. - AFPnn

Syria regime fire kills 7

EHSIM: Members of the Syrian Civil Defence (White Helmets) remove the body of a woman from the rubble of a house hit by regime artillery fire in the village of Ehsim. - AFPEHSIM: Syrian regime artillery fire killed seven civilians including three children in the country's last major rebel bastion of Idlib, a Britain-based war monitor said yesterday. The shelling hit in the village of Ehsim late Saturday, in the south of the Idlib region, the...

LONDON: File photo shows Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson gives an update on relaxing restrictions imposed on the country during the coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic at a virtual press conference inside the Downing Street Briefing Room. - AFPn

UK govt in COVID confusion ahead of 'freedom day'

LONDON: File photo shows Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson gives an update on relaxing restrictions imposed on the country during the coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic at a virtual press conference inside the Downing Street Briefing Room. - AFPLONDON: The UK government was thrown into turmoil yesterday by its own rules on COVID self-isolation just as it controversially prepares to ditch pandemic curbs in England. Prime Minister Boris Johnson...

BANGKOK: Pro-democracy protesters push a fake guillotine past Democracy Monument as they march to Government House to call for the resignation of Thailand's Prime Minister Prayut Chan-O-Cha in Bangkok yesterday. – AFPnn

Police fire rubber bullets at protesters denouncing Thai PM

BANGKOK: Pro-democracy protesters push a fake guillotine past Democracy Monument as they march to Government House to call for the resignation of Thailand's Prime Minister Prayut Chan-O-Cha in Bangkok yesterday. – AFPBANGKOK: Thai police deployed rubber bullets, tear gas and water cannon against protesters in Bangkok yesterday as demonstrators defied COVID-19 restrictions to call for Premier Prayut Chan-O-Cha's resignation and mark the...

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