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Bicycle thefts on the rise in Kuwait amid pandemic bike boom
By Nawara FattahovaKUWAIT: The coronavirus pandemic has brought about a bicycle boom, with bike sales rising around the world. According to industry reports, this has led to a chronic shortage of bicycles, causing prices to soar. This in turn has led to a rise in bicycle thefts worldwide, and Kuwait is no exception.Kuwait Times spoke to a few people whose bikes were stolen recently. Some victims reported the thefts to the police, while others...
ISLAMABAD: Image grab shows Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan receiving a dose of the Chinese-made Sinopharm vaccine against COVID-19 coronavirus at the Prime Minister House on March 18, 2021. - AFP n
Khan contracts COVID; Modi sends wishes
ISLAMABAD: Image grab shows Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan receiving a dose of the Chinese-made Sinopharm vaccine against COVID-19 coronavirus at the Prime Minister House on March 18, 2021. - AFPISLAMABAD: Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan tested positive for COVID-19 yesterday, officials said, just two days after he received his first vaccination against the disease. The 68-year-old former top cricketer received a shot of the...
ANKARA: The Anka drone is manufactured at Turkish Aerospace's huge, ultra-secure facilities on March 5, 2021. - AFP n
Interest in Turkish combat drones soars
ANKARA: The Anka drone is manufactured at Turkish Aerospace's huge, ultra-secure facilities on March 5, 2021. - AFPANKARA: Whether in Syria, Libya or Azerbaijan, Turkey's combat drones have scored high-profile successes that Ankara hopes to use in its quest to become a premier exporter of the aerial vehicles. Besides their proven ability to take out enemy tanks, analysts said drones also offer Turkey a chance to beef up its spheres of influence...
BEIRUT: US-trained emergency doctor Nour Al-Jalbout (left) is pictured during her shift at the emergency department of American University of Beirut Medical Centre on March 17, 2021. - AFP n
Doctors flee crisis-hit Lebanon
BEIRUT: US-trained emergency doctor Nour Al-Jalbout (left) is pictured during her shift at the emergency department of American University of Beirut Medical Centre on March 17, 2021. - AFPBEIRUT: US-trained emergency doctor Nour Al-Jalbout wanted desperately to serve her fellow Lebanese, but less than two years after returning home she says the country's catastrophes are forcing her to leave. "I gave everything I had to Lebanon for these two...
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Three hurt in Faiha house fire
A fire engine is seen outside a Faiha house where a fire was reported yesterday.KUWAIT: Firefighters put out a fire reported in a Faiha house yesterday. Shuhada fire station men arrived to the scene in response to an emergency call, and they evacuated the house before fighting the blaze. They were able extinguish the fire before it could spread from the first floor to the rest of the house. Three persons were handed over to paramedics onsite,...
Firemen battle the blaze in the car repair shop in Shuwaikh Industrial.
Firemen battle Shuwaikh car repair shop blaze
Firemen battle the blaze in the car repair shop in Shuwaikh Industrial.KUWAIT: Firemen battled a blaze reported in a car repair shop in Shuwaikh Industrial yesterday. The firefighters were able to isolate the flames before putting it out, which helped prevent the fire from spreading to nearby shops. Industrial Shuwaikh, Ardhiya and Backup fire stations all sent teams to battle the blaze in response to the emergency call, Kuwait Fire Force...
KUWAIT: A photo taken from the Subiya desert (road 801) by photographer Vithiyavathi Stalin (Instagram: @vithisphotography).
Photo of the Day
KUWAIT: A photo taken from the Subiya desert (road 801) by photographer Vithiyavathi Stalin (Instagram: @vithisphotography). 
ATLANTA: US President Joe Biden speaks as US Vice President Kamala Harris looks on during a listening session with Georgia Asian American and Pacific Islander community leaders at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia.-AFP n
Biden visits Atlanta, condemns violence against Asian-Americans
ATLANTA: US President Joe Biden speaks as US Vice President Kamala Harris looks on during a listening session with Georgia Asian American and Pacific Islander community leaders at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia.-AFPATLANTA: US President Joe Biden on Friday denounced the upsurge of violence against Asian-Americans, telling a community plunged into grief after this week's Atlanta murders that the nation must not be complicit in the face of...
QURAYSHAH, Sudan: Children sit around a donkey-drawn cart carrying jerry cans and a tanker by the Atbarah river near the village of Dukouli within the Quraysha locality, located in the Fashaqa Al-Sughra agricultural region of Sudan's eastern Gedaref state.-AFP n
Sudanese dream of reclaiming fertile land
QURAYSHAH, Sudan: Children sit around a donkey-drawn cart carrying jerry cans and a tanker by the Atbarah river near the village of Dukouli within the Quraysha locality, located in the Fashaqa Al-Sughra agricultural region of Sudan's eastern Gedaref state.-AFPWAD KAWLI, Sudan: Under a thatched roof, Sudanese dream of returning to farmland at the heart of a decades-old dispute with Ethiopia that has turned violent and threatened to ignite a wider...
TOKYO: A man takes pictures in front of the Olympic Rings outside the Japan Olympic Museum in Tokyo yesterday. - AFPn
Overseas fans barred from Tokyo Olympics
TOKYO: A man takes pictures in front of the Olympic Rings outside the Japan Olympic Museum in Tokyo yesterday. - AFPTOKYO: Overseas fans will be banned from this summer's pandemic-delayed Tokyo Olympics, organizers said yesterday, in a bid to reduce virus risks and convince a skeptical Japanese public the Games will be safe. The unprecedented decision will make the Tokyo Games the first ever held without overseas spectators, as organizers scale...
NYON: This handout picture taken and made available on Friday by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) shows the quarter-final draw results following the UEFA Champions League quarter-finals and semi-finals draw at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon. - AFPn
Bayern draw PSG in Champions League quarters as Real Madrid face Liverpool
NYON: This handout picture taken and made available on Friday by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) shows the quarter-final draw results following the UEFA Champions League quarter-finals and semi-finals draw at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon. - AFPPARIS: Holders Bayern Munich will face last year's beaten finalists Paris Saint-Germain in the quarter-finals of this season's Champions League, while Friday's draw for the last eight...
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Ahmed Al-Basat celebrating his birthday at the office.
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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
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GAZA: In this March 25, 2017 photo, Hamas leaders Yahya Sinwar (right) and Ismail Haniyeh attend the funeral of slain Hamas official Mazen Faqha in Gaza City. - AFP
Hamas names Sinwar new chief