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KUWAIT: Foreign Minister Sheikh Dr Ahmad Nasser Al-Mohammad Al-Sabah meets US Special Envoy to Yemen Timothy Lenderking. - KUNAnnnn
Kuwait pledges $20 million for Yemen
KUWAIT: Foreign Minister Sheikh Dr Ahmad Nasser Al-Mohammad Al-Sabah meets US Special Envoy to Yemen Timothy Lenderking. - KUNAKUWAIT: Foreign Minister Sheikh Dr Ahmad Nasser Al-Mohammad Al-Sabah announced on Monday the State of Kuwait's pledge of $20 million in aid for Yemen. The announcement came as the Kuwaiti top diplomat headed on his country's delegation in a virtual donor conference to aid the humanitarian situation in Yemen. The...
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Gulf Bank revives song 'Watani Habibi'
Najla Al-EssaKUWAIT: In celebration of the 60th National Day and the 30th Liberation Day of the State of Kuwait, which both coincide with the 60th anniversary of the founding of Gulf Bank, the Bank surprised fans everywhere with an unforgettable patriotic act. This year, Gulf Bank revived the song, 'Watani Habibi,' a patriotic ballad originally sung by children of Kuwait in 2003 before going on to become an iconic national song.Originally...
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Kuwait records 1,341 new COVID-19 cases, 7 deaths
KUWAIT: Kuwait yesterday recorded 1,341 new coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours, raising the caseload of infections to 193,372, in addition to seven new deaths, taking the death toll to 1,092. The health ministry's official spokesperson Dr Abdullah Al-Sanad said in his regular daily press briefing that 160 patients are under treatment in intensive care units, with those undergoing treatment amounting to 11,161.Sanad said 8,586 swab tests were...
BAGHDAD: An Iraqi is vaccinated against COVID-19 at a private nursing home yesterday. Iraq began coronavirus vaccinations yesterday, hours after a military plane brought in 50,000 Sinopharm jabs donated by China. - AFP nnn
WHO: World won't defeat virus in 2021
BAGHDAD: An Iraqi is vaccinated against COVID-19 at a private nursing home yesterday. Iraq began coronavirus vaccinations yesterday, hours after a military plane brought in 50,000 Sinopharm jabs donated by China. - AFPGENEVA: It is unrealistic to think the world will be done with the COVID-19 pandemic by the end of the year, the World Health Organization warned Monday. WHO emergencies director Michael Ryan said it might however be possible to...
KARO, Indonesia: A farmer tends to a farm as Mount Sinabung spews ash into the sky in North Sumatra yesterday. - AFP n
Mt Sinabung belches huge ash column
KARO, Indonesia: A farmer tends to a farm as Mount Sinabung spews ash into the sky in North Sumatra yesterday. - AFPMEDAN, Indonesia: An Indonesian volcano erupted yesterday morning, spewing a spectacular column of ash thousands of meters into a powder blue sky. Vulcanologists recorded 13 separate blasts as Mount Sinabung leapt to life, belching debris up to 5,000 m above Sumatra. There was no immediate danger to life or property, authorities...
GUSAU, Nigeria: A group of girls previously kidnapped from their boarding school in northern Nigeria arrived yesterday at the Government House in Gusau, Zamfara State upon their release.-AFP n
All 279 kidnapped Nigerian girls freed
GUSAU, Nigeria: A group of girls previously kidnapped from their boarding school in northern Nigeria arrived yesterday at the Government House in Gusau, Zamfara State upon their release.-AFPGUSAU, Nigeria: All 279 girls kidnapped from their boarding school in northern Nigeria have been released and are on government premises, the local governor said yesterday. Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari expressed "overwhelming joy" over the release of...
YEREVAN: Supporters of Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan listen to his speech during a rally at Republic Square in downtown Yerevan.-AFP n
Armenia struggles through crisis as war wounds fester
YEREVAN: Supporters of Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan listen to his speech during a rally at Republic Square in downtown Yerevan.-AFPYEREVAN, Armenia: Anger caught in Mari Hovhannisyan's throat as she demanded Armenia's leadership resign, more than three months on from a disastrous war that saw swathes of territory lost to Azerbaijan. "I am six months pregnant but I had to come out," the 36-year-old told AFP, directing her fury at her...
COLOMBO: The Japan-India-Sri Lanka trilateral, although still at a nascent stage, echoes the promise of propelling Colombo as an important partner in the regional maritime paradigm towards realizing a 'Free and Open Indo-Pacific'.n
Sri Lanka to offer a strategic deep-sea port to India, Japan
COLOMBO: The Japan-India-Sri Lanka trilateral, although still at a nascent stage, echoes the promise of propelling Colombo as an important partner in the regional maritime paradigm towards realizing a 'Free and Open Indo-Pacific'.COLOMBO: Sri Lanka will offer a strategically located deep-sea port to India and Japan, an official said yesterday as the island seeks to balance traditional ties against China's rising regional influence. The...
ABUJA: The first batch of Oxford/AstraZenica COVID-19 vaccine doses are offloaded from a plane during its arrival at the Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport, in Abuja, Nigeria yesterday.-AFP n
Nigeria receives nearly four million free Covax vaccines
ABUJA: The first batch of Oxford/AstraZenica COVID-19 vaccine doses are offloaded from a plane during its arrival at the Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport, in Abuja, Nigeria yesterday.-AFPABUJA: A shipment of nearly four million coronavirus jabs arrived in Nigeria yesterday, making Africa's most populous nation the world's third country to receive vaccines under Covax, a global scheme to provide free inoculations. The shipment aboard an...
WASHINGTON, DC: Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas attends the daily press briefing at the White House Monday in Washington, DC. Mayorkas discussed Biden administration's plans for overhauling immigration policy. - AFPnn
Immigration, COVID key talks between Biden, Obrador
WASHINGTON, DC: Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas attends the daily press briefing at the White House Monday in Washington, DC. Mayorkas discussed Biden administration's plans for overhauling immigration policy. - AFPWASHINGTON: President Joe Biden told his Mexican counterpart Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador that Mexico's success was crucial to the hemisphere and that he would view the US southern neighbor as an equal. In a virtual...
HONG KONG: Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Ben Chung (center) is escorted into a van as he leaves the Lai Chi Kok Reception Centre, in Hong Kong yesterday.-AFP n
Hong Kong dissidents back in court for marathon bail hearing
HONG KONG: Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Ben Chung (center) is escorted into a van as he leaves the Lai Chi Kok Reception Centre, in Hong Kong yesterday.-AFPHONG KONG: Dozens of Hong Kong democracy activists charged with subversion returned to court yesterday to complete a marathon bail hearing that was adjourned overnight when four defendants were rushed to hospital after hours of legal wrangling. Police arrested 47 of the city's best-known...
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Zain highest ranked MEA operator in CDP global index on climate change
Zain headquarters buildingKUWAIT: Zain Group, the leading mobile telecom innovator in seven markets across the Middle East and Africa, announced its inclusion in the global list of the CDP with an advanced rating in Management Scope 'B' for the Climate Change Index. This rating makes Zain the highest ranked and only telecom operator in the Middle East and Africa to achieve this positive rating with respect to its efforts to address climate...
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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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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
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WEYMOUTH: A police officer restrains a protester during a 'Enough is Enough' demonstration called by far-right activists in Weymouth, on the southwest coast of England where the Bibby Stockholm migrant accommodation barge is moored, on August 4, 2024. — AFP
No end in sight for UK riots
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ALDERSHOT: Protesters hold placards during a 'Enough is Enough' demonstration called by far-right activists near a hotel housing asylum seekers in Aldershot on August 4, 2024. — AFP
Musk fans flames of anti-Muslim riots, spars with UK govt
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Senior military officers discuss security issues