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KUWAIT: Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense Sheikh Hamad Al-Jaber Al-Ali Al-Sabah visits the headquarters of the ministry’s medical personnel. – Defense Ministry photosn
Kuwait's Defense Minister lauds medical personnel
KUWAIT: Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense Sheikh Hamad Al-Jaber Al-Ali Al-Sabah visits the headquarters of the ministry’s medical personnel. – Defense Ministry photoKUWAIT: The minister of defense yesterday expressed deep gratitude to the services given by the medical personnel attached to the Ministry of Defense. The army said in a statement the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense Sheikh Hamad Al-Jaber Al-Ali Al-Sabah...
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E-learning to continue; MP proposes cut in school fees
By B IzzakKUWAIT: Education Minister Ali Al-Mudhaf yesterday issued a ministerial resolution stipulating continuation of studies online for all educational levels for the 2020-2021 academic year's second semester. The ministry said in a press statement that the decision will be revised according to health conditions in the country, adding the ministry coordinates with the health ministry via a joint committee.The decision is applicable on public...
ABHA, Saudi Arabia: This combination of images shows views of the damaged hull of a Flyadeal Airbus A320-214 aircraft on the tarmac at Abha International Airport in Saudi Arabia's southern Asir province. - AFP n
Houthi attack leaves Saudi plane ablaze
ABHA, Saudi Arabia: This combination of images shows views of the damaged hull of a Flyadeal Airbus A320-214 aircraft on the tarmac at Abha International Airport in Saudi Arabia's southern Asir province. - AFPRIYADH: A drone strike launched by Yemen's Iran-backed Houthis yesterday left a civilian plane ablaze at a Saudi airport, days after the US moved to delist the rebels as terrorists. Saudi authorities did not immediately report any...
DJIBOUTI: French officers take part in a two-week military training in the desert in Ali Sabieh on Jan 30, 2021. - AFP n
Djibouti lures foreign powers
DJIBOUTI: French officers take part in a two-week military training in the desert in Ali Sabieh on Jan 30, 2021. - AFPDJIBOUTI: France's armed forces are straining their sinews in Djibouti right now, training in the desert alongside local troops and practicing air defense while elite units are doing assault exercises. Down at Djibouti's port, workers are busy preparing for the arrival of the French Navy's flagship, the aircraft carrier Charles...
TEHRAN: Iranians take part in a ceremony marking the 42nd anniversary of the 1979 Islamic Revolution at the Azadi Square yesterday. - AFP n
Iranians rally on revolution anniversary
TEHRAN: Iranians take part in a ceremony marking the 42nd anniversary of the 1979 Islamic Revolution at the Azadi Square yesterday. - AFPTEHRAN: Thousands of Iranians drove through the capital Tehran yesterday to mark 42 years since the Islamic revolution, but stayed in vehicles rather than marching on foot amid pandemic restrictions. Due to Covid-19, state television said that this year there should be "no gathering or marching" to celebrate...
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Limak hosts Turkish Minister at new airport terminal site
KUWAIT: The Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Turkey, Mevlut Cavusoglu, accompanied by the Ambassador of Turkey in the State of Kuwait, Ayse Hilal Sayan Koytak, visited the New Kuwait Airport Terminal 2 (T2) construction site on Tuesday to monitor the progress carried out by the Turkish company Limak.The minister and the ambassador were welcomed by key representatives from the Turkish company including Limak CEO and Board Member...
DOHA: Kuwait's National Assembly Speaker Marzoug Ali Al-Ghanem meets Qatar's Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani. - KUNA photosn
Kuwait's Assembly Speaker meets Qatari Amir, counterpart
DOHA: Kuwait's National Assembly Speaker Marzouq Ali Al-Ghanem meets Qatar's Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani. - KUNA photosDOHA: Kuwait's National Assembly Speaker Marzouq Ali Al-Ghanem met yesterday with Qatar's Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani and Chairman of the Qatari Shura Council Ahmad Al-Mahmoud during an official visit to the Gulf country. Ghanem conveyed to the Qatari Amir a verbal message from Kuwait's Amir His Highness Sheikh...
KUWAIT: SME owners, supporters, and advocates meet with First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense Sheikh Hamad Al-Jaber Al-Ali Al-Sabah.n
SME recovery plans on the officials' table
KUWAIT: SME owners, supporters, and advocates meet with First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense Sheikh Hamad Al-Jaber Al-Ali Al-Sabah.KUWAIT: Kuwait's SME owners have been invited to various meetings with officials in response to the recent protest that took place by Kuwaiti entrepreneurs and owners of small enterprises against the decision made by the government to close various sectors of businesses during the partial lockdown.A...
TRIPOLI: In this file photo taken on September 27, 2011, young Libyan Berber girls attend an Amazigh festival in the capital Tripoli. Ten years after Libya's NATO-backed uprising ousted and killed dictator Muammar Gaddafi, the country remains wracked by conflict and chaos.-AFPn
Libya mired in chaos 10 years after Arab Spring
TRIPOLI: In this file photo taken on September 27, 2011, young Libyan Berber girls attend an Amazigh festival in the capital Tripoli. Ten years after Libya's NATO-backed uprising ousted and killed dictator Muammar Gaddafi, the country remains wracked by conflict and chaos.-AFPTRIPOLI: Ten years after Libya's NATO-backed uprising ousted and killed dictator Muammar Gaddafi, the country remains wracked by conflict and chaos, its population bled dry...
WUHAN, China : Tianhe WHO team member Peter Ben Embarek (center) and other members of the group arrive at Tianhe International Airport to leave Wuhan in China's central Hubei province yesterday, after the World Health Organization (WHO) team wrapped up its investigation into the origins of the COVID-19 coronavirus.-AFP nn
WHO expert slams US pandemic intel as curbs tightened in Europe
WUHAN, China : Tianhe WHO team member Peter Ben Embarek (center) and other members of the group arrive at Tianhe International Airport to leave Wuhan in China's central Hubei province yesterday, after the World Health Organization (WHO) team wrapped up its investigation into the origins of the COVID-19 coronavirus.-AFPWUHAN: A WHO expert sent to China to probe the coronavirus hit out at US intelligence on COVID-19 as his team headed home with...
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Kuwait announces 987 new COVID-19 cases, five deaths
KUWAIT: Kuwait's Ministry of Health (MoH) yesterday listed 987 new coronavirus (COVID-19) cases, bringing the caseload of contaminations to 173,983. MoH official spokesperson Dr Abdullah Al-Sanad said that there also were five new fatalities due to infection with the contagious virus registered during the same period, thus mortalities' toll rose to 980.Dr Sanad also revealed that the number of people who were receiving treatment at intensive care...
CHAMOLI, India: Family members of the people trapped in a tunnel after the flash floods shout slogans to protest alleging slow pace of rescue operation in Tapovan, Chamoli district, yesterday.-AFP n
Anger as hopes fade for Indian workers after glacier disaster
CHAMOLI, India: Family members of the people trapped in a tunnel after the flash floods shout slogans to protest alleging slow pace of rescue operation in Tapovan, Chamoli district, yesterday.-AFPTAPOVAN, India: Dozens of angry and desperate relatives of about 30 people trapped in a tunnel since a glacier disaster in India jostled with police yesterday as hopes faded that they would be found alive. More than 170 people were still missing after...
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MUMBAI: A vendor counts a wad of Indian rupees. - AFP
Indian rupee hits record low amid geopolitical jitters
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Flag of Kuwait, visa application form and passport on table
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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
People power rocks Bangladesh
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