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KUWAIT: Foreign Minister Sheikh Dr Ahmad Nasser Al-Mohammad Al-Sabah and Director of the Chinese Central Foreign Affairs Commission Office Yang Jiechi chair their respective countries' delegations during the meeting. - KUNAn
Kuwait, China discuss further cementing ties
KUWAIT: Foreign Minister Sheikh Dr Ahmad Nasser Al-Mohammad Al-Sabah and Director of the Chinese Central Foreign Affairs Commission Office Yang Jiechi chair their respective countries' delegations during the meeting. - KUNAKUWAIT: Foreign Minister Sheikh Dr Ahmad Nasser Al-Mohammad Al-Sabah met yesterday with a senior Chinese official discussing the solid bilateral relations and the distinctive partnership bonding the two friendly countries. The...
KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah meets Director of the Chinese Central Foreign Affairs Commission Office Yang Jiechi. - Amiri Diwan and KUNA photosn
Amir meets top Chinese official, receives message from President Xi
KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah meets Director of the Chinese Central Foreign Affairs Commission Office Yang Jiechi. - Amiri Diwan and KUNA photosKUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah received at Bayan Palace yesterday His Highness Sheikh Nasser Al-Mohammad Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah. His Highness the Amir also received, in the presence of Foreign Minister Dr Sheikh Ahmad Nasser...
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Nine sentenced to prison in human trafficking case
KUWAIT: The criminal court sentenced a Kuwaiti company manager and an Egyptian man to 15 years in jail and seven Egyptians for 10 years in a human trafficking case, Al-Rai Arabic daily reported yesterday. The prosecution referred the manager and the suspects to court, charged with bringing their compatriots to Kuwait and falsely telling them there was work for them. The prosecution charged all of them with human trafficking.The victims were...
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Spain King congratulates Amir on national days
King Felipe VI of SpainKUWAIT: King Felipe VI of Spain sent greetings to His Highness the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah on the occasion of Kuwait's national days. "On the occasion of celebrating the National Day of Kuwait, I would like to express to your highness, as well as on behalf of the government and people of the Kingdom of Spain best congratulations," King Felipe VI wrote in a telegram the Embassy of Spain forwarded to...
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Kuwaiti oil price rises 56 cents to $61.95 pb
KUWAIT: Kuwait oil gained 56 cents during Monday's trading to reach $61.95 per barrel (pb) compared with $61.39 pb last Friday, Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC) said yesterday. Benchmark Brent crude closed at $65.24 pb after rising by $2.33, and West Texas Intermediate increased by $2.44 to $61.70 pb. The OPEC daily basket price of 13 crudes went up by 70 cents to $62 pb on Monday, compared with $61.30 last Friday, said the OPEC Secretariat...
SALT LAKE CITY: Rudy Gobert #27 of the Utah Jazz dunks the ball during the game against the Charlotte Hornets on Monday at vivint.SmartHome Arena in Salt Lake City, Utah. - AFPn
Jazz three-point barrage beats Hornets
SALT LAKE CITY: Rudy Gobert #27 of the Utah Jazz dunks the ball during the game against the Charlotte Hornets on Monday at vivint.SmartHome Arena in Salt Lake City, Utah. - AFPLOS ANGELES: Donovan Mitchell had 23 points and eight assists as the NBA-leading Utah Jazz rained a franchise-record 28 three-pointers in a 132-110 rout of the Charlotte Hornets on Monday. Joe Ingles and Georges Niang scored 21 points apiece as the Jazz got a superb...
COLOMBO: Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan (center) walks with his Sri Lankan counterpart Mahinda Rajapakse (center right in white) at Bandaranaike International Airport in Katunayake yesterday after Khan arrived for a two-day official visit to Sri Lanka. - AFPn
Sri Lanka Muslims protest COVID cremations
COLOMBO: Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan (center) walks with his Sri Lankan counterpart Mahinda Rajapakse (center right in white) at Bandaranaike International Airport in Katunayake yesterday after Khan arrived for a two-day official visit to Sri Lanka. - AFPCOLOMBO: Sri Lanka's minority Muslims demonstrated in Colombo yesterday demanding an end to forced cremations of COVID-19 victims as Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan arrived on an...
LUMUT, Malaysia: An immigration truck carrying Myanmar migrants from Malaysia back to their homeland, is seen heading towards the Naval base in Lumut, outside Kuala Lumpur yesterday.-AFP n
Malaysia deports 1,000 Myanmar nationals despite court order
LUMUT, Malaysia: An immigration truck carrying Myanmar migrants from Malaysia back to their homeland, is seen heading towards the Naval base in Lumut, outside Kuala Lumpur yesterday.-AFPLUMUT, Malaysia: Malaysia yesterday deported over 1,000 Myanmar detainees back to their homeland just weeks after a coup, despite a court order halting the repatriation and a storm of criticism from rights groups. The migrants were ferried on buses and trucks to...
BROOMFIELD, Colorado: In this file photo pieces of an airplane engine from Flight 328 sit scattered in a neighborhood in Broomfield, Colorado.-AFP n
Metal fatigue chief suspect in United Airlines engine scare
BROOMFIELD, Colorado: In this file photo pieces of an airplane engine from Flight 328 sit scattered in a neighborhood in Broomfield, Colorado.-AFPNEW YORK: Metal fatigue has emerged as chief suspect in last week's spectacular engine failure on a United Airlines plane, which scattered debris over suburban Denver and led to dozens of Boeing 777 aircraft being grounded worldwide. The incident on the Hawaii-bound flight-which quickly returned to the...
KABUL: This handout photograph shows an Afghan security personnel (left) receiving a dose of Covid-19 coronavirus vaccine during a ceremony at the Presidential Palace in Kabul, as Afghanistan launched a Covid-19 vaccination campaign.-AFP n
Afghanistan begins vaccine campaign amid rise in violence
KABUL: This handout photograph shows an Afghan security personnel receiving a dose of COVID-19 coronavirus vaccine during a ceremony at the Presidential Palace in Kabul, as Afghanistan launched a COVID-19 vaccination campaign.-AFPKABUL: Afghanistan yesterday launched a COVID-19 vaccination campaign aimed at inoculating hundreds of thousands, as the war-weary nation reels from near-daily attacks by insurgents. Doctors, security personnel, and...
GOMA, DR Congo : An Italian Air Force plane waits on the tarmac of Goma airport before it repatriates the bodies of slain Italian Ambassador and of an Italian Carabinieri police officer yesterday.-AFP n
Hutu rebels accuse DRC, Rwanda over Italian's killing
GOMA, DR Congo : An Italian Air Force plane waits on the tarmac of Goma airport before it repatriates the bodies of slain Italian Ambassador and of an Italian Carabinieri police officer yesterday.-AFPKINSHASA, DR Congo: Rwandan Hutu rebels yesterday denied allegations they were behind the killing of the Italian ambassador to the Democratic Republic of Congo and instead accused the armies of the DRC and Rwanda. Luca Attanasio died of his wounds...
TBILISI: Georgian opposition supporters take part in a rally following the arrest of the leader of the United National Movement (UNM) in Tbilisi yesterday.-AFP n
Opposition leader's arrest sparks protests in Georgia
TBILISI: Georgian opposition supporters take part in a rally following the arrest of the leader of the United National Movement (UNM) in Tbilisi yesterday.-AFPTBILISI, Georgia: Opposition parties called for major demonstrations in Georgia yesterday after a leading political figure was arrested in an early morning raid on his party headquarters, deepening a spiraling political crisis following disputed parliamentary elections last year. Hundreds...
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MUMBAI: A vendor counts a wad of Indian rupees. - AFP
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KUWAIT: Kuwaitis walk inside the Avenues Mall, the country’s largest shopping centre. The Public Authority for Civil Information (PACI) issued the latest detailed statistics on population and employment at the end of June 2024. The data shows that total population in Kuwait reached 4.919 million people. - Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat
Kuwait population hits 4.919 million
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DHAKA: Anti-government protestors display Bangladesh's national flag as they storm Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's palace on Aug 5, 2024. - AFP
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