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MPs demand rights after bedoon man sets himself ablaze

The National AssemblyBy B IzzakKUWAIT: Five lawmakers yesterday submitted a draft law stipulating basic rights for thousands of stateless people or bedoons, several hours after a Bedoon man in his 60s tried to immolate himself. The man poured petrol on his body and set himself ablaze for unknown reasons. He was taken to hospital for treatment of deep burns and is in critical condition.The suicide attempt comes a few days after a young bedoon boy...

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Kuwait key regional mediator and humanitarian donor: UK Ambassador

British Ambassador to Kuwait Belinda LewisKUWAIT: The British Embassy made a press meet yesterday in the embassy, where British Ambassador to Kuwait Belinda Lewis addressed the Kuwaiti media on various topics. The following are excerpts of her address to the local press:Regional issuesIncreased stability and security in the Gulf is a shared objective for the UK and Kuwait. There are many challenges in the region and we have many concerns in...

KUWAIT: Kuwaiti Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense Sheikh Hamad Jaber Al-Ali Al-Sabah meets US Ambassador to Kuwait Alina Romanowski. - KUNAn

Defense Minister, US Ambassador discuss bilateral ties

KUWAIT: Kuwaiti Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense Sheikh Hamad Jaber Al-Ali Al-Sabah meets US Ambassador to Kuwait Alina Romanowski. - KUNAKUWAIT: Kuwaiti Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense Sheikh Hamad Jaber Al-Ali Al-Sabah received yesterday the US Ambassador to Kuwait Alina Romanowski. During the meeting, both sides discussed topics of common interest and ways to enhance bilateral cooperation between the two countries,...

KUWAIT: LOYAC's Chairperson and managing Director Fareah Al-Saqqaf meets Ambassador of Belgium to Kuwait Leo Peters.n

LOYAC director meets Belgium ambassador

KUWAIT: LOYAC's Chairperson and managing Director Fareah Al-Saqqaf meets Ambassador of Belgium to Kuwait Leo Peters.KUWAIT: The Chairperson and managing Director of LOYAC Fareah Al-Saqqaf received Ambassador of Belgium to Kuwait Leo Peters at the LOYAC headquarters in Al-Qebliya School, where they discussed means of cooperation and cultural activities between LOYAC, its academies and the Kingdom of Belgium. The two sides discussed humanitarian...

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Kuwaiti military airplane arrives in Jordan with aid for Palestinians

AMMAN: A Kuwait military aircraft arrived at Jordan's capital on Wednesday, carrying 40 tons of medical and relief aid to later be delivered to the Palestinian people. Kuwaiti Ambassador to Jordan Aziz Al-Daihani, a delegation from the Kuwait Society for Relief and Jordan Hashemite Charity Organization chief received the shipment.This campaign is being sponsored by Kuwait's Ministry of Social Affairs and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, with the...

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India hails Kuwait's medical aid to fight COVID-19: Ambassador

NEW DELHI: The government and people of India have appreciated continuous relief support from Kuwait to fight the COVID-19 pandemic, Kuwait Ambassador to India Jassem Al-Najem said yesterday. Kuwait is in the forefront of global efforts in supplying medical liquid oxygen to India, Ambassador Najem said in a statement to the press on the arrival of an Indian military ship to the port of Mumbai from Kuwait, carrying oxygen cylinders and medical aid...

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Friendship Society covers treatment costs at hospital

Ahmad Al-SarrafKUWAIT: Kuwait Humanitarian and Friendship Society Chairman Ahmad Al-Sarraf said the society is cooperating with several parties to shoulder medication and drug costs and lend a helping hand to insolvent patients, particularly expats, according to the goals the society was founded for. He said the board thanks citizens and expats for their support and donations for the society's activities, which contribute largely to achieving...

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Markaz supports displaced families in collaboration with UNHCR

KUWAIT: In line with its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) program that aims to contribute to community service, Kuwait Financial Centre 'Markaz' partnered with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) to support the needs of refugee communities. Markaz's support covered the needs of over 300 of the most vulnerable refugees, demonstrating the company's profound humanitarian responsibility and support to the UNHCR's...

KUWAIT: Grade 12 students sit for their final exams yesterday. - Photos by Yasser Al-Zayyat and Fouad Al-Shaikh

More than 50,000 grade 12 students take paper exams

KUWAIT: Grade 12 students sit for their final exams yesterday. - Photos by Yasser Al-Zayyat and Fouad Al-ShaikhKUWAIT: Students of grade 12 yesterday began their paper-based final exams with full compliance with health measures and strict precautions against COVID-19 across the country. In a press statement yesterday, Education Minister Ali Al-Mudhaf said the total number of public and private school students who took the general secondary exams...

ESLAMSHAHR, Iran: Women supporters of Iranian presidential candidate Ebrahim Raisi hold up his posters during an election campaign rally on June 6, 2021. – AFP n

Long, difficult path to political equality for Iranian women

ESLAMSHAHR, Iran: Women supporters of Iranian presidential candidate Ebrahim Raisi hold up his posters during an election campaign rally on June 6, 2021. – AFPTEHRAN: Iranian women's poor political representation could be set to worsen under an ultraconservative poised to win next week's presidential election. Ebrahim Raisi, who heads Iran's judiciary, is the clear favorite from an all-male field of seven candidates to replace President Hassan...

MUMBAI: In this picture taken on June 1, 2021, Mumbai's municipal commissioner Iqbal Chahal talks with his colleagues in their disaster management room at the municipal headquarters. - AFP n

How Mumbai beat the odds, and the virus

MUMBAI: In this picture taken on June 1, 2021, Mumbai's municipal commissioner Iqbal Chahal talks with his colleagues in their disaster management room at the municipal headquarters. - AFPMUMBAI: When COVID-19 arrived in India, few places looked as vulnerable as Mumbai. But a year on, South Asia's most crowded city has surprised many by tackling a vicious second wave with considerable success. Gaurav Awasthi even travelled hundreds of kilometers...

LONDON, Canada: Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau addresses members of the Muslim community and supporters during a vigil at the London Muslim Mosque on Tuesday. - AFP n

'Model family' cut down on evening stroll

LONDON, Canada: Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau addresses members of the Muslim community and supporters during a vigil at the London Muslim Mosque on Tuesday. - AFPLONDON, Canada: A mother who was a "brilliant scholar," a cricket-loving father with "a welcoming smile," a teenage daughter who was "a friend to many"; a doting grandmother: The victims of Sunday's truck-ramming attack in Canada, all Muslims with roots in Pakistan, were a...

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VINHEDO, Brazil: An aerial view of the wreckage of an airplane that crashed with 62 people on board on Aug 10, 2024. - AFP

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People walk past a poster of slain Palestinian Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Iran's capital Tehran on August 10, 2024, amid regional tensions during the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip. - AFP

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