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KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah meets Dr Ahmad Mohammad Al-Khatib. - Amiri Diwan photon

Kuwait Amir receives Dr Ahmad Al-Khatib

KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah meets Dr Ahmad Mohammad Al-Khatib. - Amiri Diwan photoKUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah received at Seif Palace yesterday Dr Ahmad Mohammad Al-Khatib. In other news, His Highness the Amir sent a cable of condolences to the Indonesian President Joko Widodo over the victims of floods and landslides that struck parts of Indonesia and East...

Captain Abdul Hameed Al-Refain

ACK School of Aviation continues its achievements

Captain Abdul Hameed Al-RefaiKUWAIT: Since the beginning of the pandemic, the School of Aviation (SOA) at the Australian College of Kuwait (ACK) is determined to provide aviation students the best teaching methods and ultimate expansion opportunities. Hence, the SOA in line with the current situations adopted the (E-learning) and started its academic 2019/2020 year through Microsoft Teams platform, after receiving the needed approvals from all...

ANKARA: In this photo taken on March 29, 2021, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan gives a press conference after a cabinet meeting at the presidential complex. - AFP n

Erdogan accuses former admirals of 'political coup'

ANKARA: In this photo taken on March 29, 2021, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan gives a press conference after a cabinet meeting at the presidential complex. - AFPANKARA: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan yesterday accused dozens of retired admirals of eyeing a "political coup" by attacking his plans for a canal linking the Black Sea to the Mediterranean. Police have detained 10 of the former navy commanders and ordered four others to...

The National Assembly

Ghanem vows to counter smear attacks against him

The National Assembly.By B IzzakKUWAIT: National Assembly Speaker Marzouq Al-Ghanem said yesterday that he and a number of MPs have been the target of "unprecedented" smear attacks, adding he will refute the unfounded charges. Ghanem charged that the attacks against him were "financed" by some and are mere groundless accusations and claims that are unacceptable, adding that facts will be revealed shortly. The speaker vowed he will refute such...

AMMAN: Vehicles crowd a street in Jordan's capital yesterday after a rare security operation took place in the country. - AFP n

Jordan prince remains defiant amid turmoil

AMMAN: Vehicles crowd a street in Jordan's capital yesterday after a rare security operation took place in the country. - AFPAMMAN: Jordan's Prince Hamzah, accused of a "wicked" plot against his elder half-brother King Abdullah II, has struck a defiant tone, insisting he will not obey orders restricting his movement. The government has accused Hamzah of involvement in a seditious conspiracy to "destabilize the kingdom's security", placed him...

MUMBAI: A health worker takes a swab sample from a man to perform an RT-PCR test following restrictions imposed by the state government amidst rising COVID-19 cases yesterday. - AFP n

India tightens screws as COVID cases hit record

MUMBAI: A health worker takes a swab sample from a man to perform an RT-PCR test following restrictions imposed by the state government amidst rising COVID-19 cases yesterday. - AFPNEW DELHI: India's worst-hit state ramped up its coronavirus restrictions as nationwide the daily infections exceeded 100,000 for the first time yesterday. The United States is the only nation that has regularly registered so many cases in one day. Brazil recorded...

An elderly villager and her grandson stand in floodwaters in front of their damaged home in the village of Haitimuk in East Flores after flash floods and landslides swept eastern Indonesia and neighboring East Timor. - AFPn

90 dead in Indonesia, East Timor floods

An elderly villager and her grandson stand in floodwaters in front of their damaged home in the village of Haitimuk in East Flores after flash floods and landslides swept eastern Indonesia and neighboring East Timor. - AFPLEMBATA, Indonesia: Tropical cyclone Seroja pounded Indonesia and East Timor yesterday after torrential rains triggered floods and landslides that have killed at least 91 people and left dozens missing. Packing heavy winds and...

NARAYANGANJ: Onlookers and relatives gather after the authorities recovered the capsized boat in Shitalakshya River, in Narayanganj yesterday.-AFPn

Bangladesh ferry disaster death toll hits 26, several still missing

NARAYANGANJ: Onlookers and relatives gather after the authorities recovered the capsized boat in Shitalakshya River, in Narayanganj yesterday.-AFPNARAYANGANJ, Bangladesh: The death toll from a ferry disaster in Bangladesh jumped to 26 yesterday after rescuers pulled the vessel out of the water and found more bodies inside, officials said yesterday. The sunken ferry was extracted from the heavily polluted Shitalakshya River in the central...

HANOI: Former prime minister and Vietnam's newly elected President Nguyen Xuan Phuc (center ) taking oath during the National Assembly's spring session in Hanoi. - AFPnnn

Vietnam's pandemic response leader sworn in as president

HANOI: Former prime minister and Vietnam's newly elected President Nguyen Xuan Phuc (center ) taking oath during the National Assembly's spring session in Hanoi. - AFPHANOI: The man behind Vietnam's successful handling of the coronavirus pandemic, Nguyen Xuan Phuc, was formally sworn in as president in Hanoi yesterday. Phuc, 66, was Vietnam's prime minister for the last five years, a period in which the economy boomed, and his government's...

PRISTINA: Newly-elected President of Kosovo Vjosa Osmani reacts after being sworn-in during a parliament session on Sunday.-AFPn

Vjosa Osmani elected as new Kosovo president

PRISTINA: Newly-elected President of Kosovo Vjosa Osmani reacts after being sworn-in during a parliament session on Sunday.-AFPPRISTINA: Lawmakers elected Kosovo's most popular politician Vjosa Osmani as president Sunday, overcoming an opposition boycott that had kept parliament short of a quorum one day earlier. The 38-year-old law professor, a standard bearer of a generation determined to fight corruption, received 71 votes from the 82...

Internally displaced women (IDP) from Palma are seen at the Pemba Sports center in Pemba. - AFPn

'Significant' number of militants killed in Palma battle

Internally displaced women (IDP) from Palma are seen at the Pemba Sports center in Pemba. - AFPMAPUTO: Mozambique's military said Sunday a "significant" number of militants had been killed during a battle over a key northern town and gas hub captured by the Islamic State last month. Palma was seized by the jihadists during coordinated attacks on March 24, in what was seen as the biggest escalation of the insurgency ravaging the north of the...

LUSAIL: Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP's French rider Fabio Quartararo celebrates after winning the Moto GP Grand Prix of Doha at the Losail International Circuit, in the city of Lusail on Sunday. - AFPn

Quartararo wins Doha MotoGP

LUSAIL: Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP's French rider Fabio Quartararo celebrates after winning the Moto GP Grand Prix of Doha at the Losail International Circuit, in the city of Lusail on Sunday. - AFPDOHA: Fabio Quartararo of Yamaha won the Doha MotoGP on Sunday with French compatriot Johann Zarco of Ducati-Pramac finishing second. Spanish rookie Jorge Martin, the teammate of Zarco, was third after starting the race on pole position. It was the...

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KUWAIT: First Deputy Prime Minister and Interior and Defense Minister Sheikh Fahad Al-Yousef Al-Sabah holds talks with senior defense ministry officials on Aug 7, 2024. - KUNA

Kuwait army alert, govt prepared

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Ahmed Al-Basat celebrating his birthday at the office.

A forgotten courtesy: The silent struggle of Kuwait’s expatriates

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PARIS: Bangladesh's finance pioneer Muhammad Yunus is escorted by French police personnel as he arrives at Roissy-Charles de Gaulle Airport on Aug 7, 2024, enroute to Bangladesh, where he is set to lead a caretaker government. - AFP

Yunus: Get ready to build Bangladesh

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The second phase of the Avenues Roads Project, the exit leading to the Fifth Ring Road towards Jahra and the opposite U-turn. – KUNA photos

Second phase of roads project leading to The Avenues mall opened

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Video grab taken from a video footage shows rescuers helping a person out of a hotel that partly collapsed on August 7, 2024 in Kroev, western Germany, killing one person and burying eight others. - A floor in the hotel in Kroev, a town some 110 kilometres (68 miles) west of Frankfurt, collapsed for unknown reasons, police said in a statement. Of the 14 people inside at the time, five managed to get out. — AFP

One dead, several buried in German hotel collapse