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ISLAMABAD: Traders shout slogans as they take part in a protest at a closed market area during a nationwide strike called by various groups to show solidarity with the Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) party after TLP's leader was detained following his calls for the expulsion of the French ambassador, in Islamabad yesterday.-AFPn

Pakistan radical group releases 11 police hostages

ISLAMABAD: Traders shout slogans as they take part in a protest at a closed market area during a nationwide strike called by various groups to show solidarity with the Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) party after TLP's leader was detained following his calls for the expulsion of the French ambassador, in Islamabad yesterday. - AFPLAHORE: Eleven Pakistani police officers seized by supporters of a radical group campaigning to get the French...

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Knights Templar legacy lives on in Cyprus

A picture shows the Limassol medieval castle, now housing the Cyprus Medieval Museum in the coastal Cypriot city. - AFP photosFables of the Knights Templar are legend, but deep beneath a castle on Cyprus-an island once owned by the Crusader brotherhood-lies a legacy historians say still resonates today. Down steep, narrow and uneven stone stairs in the fort of Limassol is a low-vaulted room lined with tombstones of medieval knights. This is the...

A ranger patrols in the Dinder National Park, about 400 kms southeast of the Sudanese capital.-AFP n

Rangers battle human encroachment in Sudan's biggest park

A ranger patrols in the Dinder National Park, about 400 kms southeast of the Sudanese capital. - AFP photosTucked away by the Ethiopian border, Sudan's Dinder National Park boasts the country's most diverse wildlife, but rangers face a daily battle to protect it as human encroachment mounts. Spread over more than 10,000 square kilometers (3,800 square miles), 400 kilometers (250 miles) southeast of Khartoum, the park is Sudan's biggest and abuts...

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Adam Driver, Marion Cotillard film 'Annette' to open Cannes

Adam Driver and Marion CotillardThe new film from French auteur Leos Carax will open the delayed Cannes Film Festival in July, the organizers said yesterday. "Annette" brings together two favorites of independent cinema, Adam Driver and Marion Cotillard, as a glamorous celebrity couple whose lives are upended by the arrival of their first child, "a mysterious girl with a special destiny."The trailer, released yesterday, indicates this will be...

America's oldest citizen, 116-year-old Hester Ford.

Oldest American who 'made world a better place' dies at 116

America's oldest citizen, 116-year-old Hester Ford.She was born long before World War I, the year the ice cream cone was invented and as work was beginning on the Panama Canal. America's oldest citizen, 116-year-old Hester Ford, has died, her family announced. The death of the North Carolina resident was announced on Facebook by great-granddaughter Tanisha Myers, who said Ford passed peacefully at home, surrounded by family.She had 288...

KUWAIT: People queue as they wait their turn to receive a dose of a vaccine against the coronavirus, in front of the makeshift Kuwait Vaccination Center at the Kuwait International Fairground in Mishref yesterday. - Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyatn

Nearly 20 percent of Kuwait's population vaccinated: Report

KUWAIT: People queue as they wait their turn to receive a dose of a vaccine against the coronavirus, in front of the makeshift Kuwait Vaccination Center at the Kuwait International Fairground in Mishref yesterday. - Photo by Yasser Al-ZayyatKUWAIT: The number of people in Kuwait who have received their COVID-19 vaccines has reached around 822,000, or nearly 20 percent of the population, Al-Jarida Arabic daily reported yesterday. Health...

KUWAIT: Indonesian Ambassador to Kuwait Tri Tharyat speaks to Kuwait Times.n

Frontliner was first Indonesian to die of COVID-19 abroad: Ambassador

KUWAIT: Indonesian Ambassador to Kuwait Tri Tharyat speaks to Kuwait Times.By Ben GarciaKUWAIT: Various ambassadors in Kuwait were interviewed by Kuwait Times to learn more about their local traditions and culture during Ramadan. We also asked about the current coronavirus situation in their respective countries and how they are handling and reacting to this pandemic. The following are excerpts from our interview with the Indonesian Ambassador...

KUWAIT: Waleed Al-Khashti presenting the 'Machla' to Musalam Al-Subaie with the presence of Zain and the ministry's executives. nn

Zain presents Ramadan Machla to social care centers

KUWAIT: Waleed Al-Khashti presenting the 'Machla' to Musalam Al-Subaie with the presence of Zain and the ministry's executives.KUWAIT: Zain, the leading digital service provider in Kuwait, presented 'Ramadan Machla' (supplies) to the Ministry of Social Affairs and Community Development's Social Care Centers. Zain's initiative, which commenced before the arrival of the holy month of Ramadan, continues with the aim of serving the needs of the...

KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah meets His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah. - Amiri Diwann

Amir, Crown Prince receive state officials

KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah meets His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah. - Amiri DiwanKUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah received His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah at Bayan Palace yesterday. His Highness the Amir also received National Assembly Speaker Marzouq Al-Ghanem, His Highness the Prime...

AMMAN: Kuwait Red Crescent Society workers distribute food as part of a project to offer free meals to 15,000 Syrian refugees in Jordan throughout Ramadan.- KUNAn

Kuwait funds scholarships for 100 Rohingya girls

AMMAN: Kuwait Red Crescent Society workers distribute food as part of a project to offer free meals to 15,000 Syrian refugees in Jordan throughout Ramadan.- KUNAKUWAIT: Kuwait Red Crescent Society (KRCS) launched a project to send 100 girls from the Rohingya refugee community in Bangladesh on four-year university scholarships, funded by Kuwait Finance House, KRCS announced yesterday. The move was put in place after an agreement signed between...

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Lulu Hypermarket staff vaccinated

KUWAIT: In line with the ongoing vaccination program by Kuwait's Ministry of Health, Lulu Hypermarket employees were vaccinated against COVID-19. The vaccination was conducted by Kuwait's Ministry of Health through the mobile Clinic facilities which was designated at Lulu Hypermarket in Al-Rai.Lulu Hypermarket Management expressed their sincere thanks to Sheikh Dr Basel Al-Sabah, Minister of Health, and the frontline workers at the Ministry of...

KUWAIT: Indian Ambassador Sibi George presents a memento to Indian Doctors Forum officials during a felicitation ceremony at the Indian embassy Saturday. n

Indian embassy honors Indian doctors in Kuwait

KUWAIT: Indian Ambassador Sibi George presents a memento to Indian Doctors Forum officials during a felicitation ceremony at the Indian embassy Saturday.KUWAIT: Embassy of India in Kuwait, in association with the Indian Professionals Network (IPN) Kuwait and the Indian Doctors Forum (IDF) Kuwait, organized an event titled 'Felicitation of Indian Doctors: COVID-19 Warriors' in a largely virtual event Saturday.Indian Ambassador Sibi George...

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