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Israel heads to polls again amid pandemic and PM's legal woes
This combination of pictures shows (top left to right) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Likud Party member and former Interior Minister Gideon Saar, Minister of Education Naftali Bennett; (bottom left to right) Leader of Blue and White electoral alliance Benny Gantz, former defense minister Avigdor Lieberman, and chairman of 'Yesh Atid' party, Yair Lapid. Israel's parliament dissolved after Netanyahu's fractured ruling coalition failed...
(FILES) In this file photo Charles Kushner (C) wades though the media with his wife and legal team to the U.S. District Courthouse on August 18, 2004 in Newark, NJ. - US President Donald Trump issued a new raft of pardons on December 23 for allies including Jared Kushner's father, adding to a long list he has granted in his waning days in office.nIn addition to the pardon for Charles Kushner -- the father of his son-in-law -- Trump also pardoned his 2016 campaign chairman Paul Manafort and longtime ally Roger Stone, the White House said in a statement. (Photo by Chris Hondros / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / AFP)
Trump pardons Kushner's dad, more allies - sparking outrage
WASHINGTON: In this file photo Charles Kushner (center) wades though the media with his wife and legal team to the US District Courthouse in Newark, NJ. - AFP WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump issued new pardons Wednesday for allies including the father of his son-in-law Jared Kushner and two confidants caught up in the probe into Russian meddling in the 2016 election that brought him to power. The pardons added to a long list he has granted...
An illustration picture taken in London on December 18, 2020 shows the logos of Google, Apple, Facebook, Amazon and Microsoft displayed on a mobile phone. (Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS / AFP)
Facebook bans Australian celebrity chef over COVID-19 misinformation
An illustration picture shows the logos of Google, Apple, Facebook, Amazon and Microsoft displayed on a mobile phone. - AFP SYDNEY: Facebook has banned Australian celebrity chef and conspiracy theorist Pete Evans for repeatedly spreading misinformation about the coronavirus. With more than a million social media followers, Evans had been an influential promoter of conspiracy theories about the pandemic and vaccines. Facebook said yesterday it...
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The BJP's next mission: eradicating 'love jihad'
BANGALORE: Activists belonging to various human and civil rights organizations hold placards during a demonstration condemning the decision of various Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) led state governments in the country for the proposed passing of laws against 'Love Jihad' in Bangalore. - AFP MORADABAD: In India's most populous state, the Hindu nationalist BJP government is on a mission against "love jihad", the conspiracy theory that Muslims are...
Nigerien Soldiers stand guard next to a campaign billboard of Niger presidential candidate for the National Movement for the Development of Society (MNSD), Seini Oumarou, in a street in Niamey, Niger, on December 22, 2020, ahead of the country's presidential elections scheduled for December 27, 2020. (Photo by Issouf SANOGO / AFP)
Niger set for a historic transition despite raging Islamist insurgency
NIAMEY: Nigerien Soldiers stand guard next to a campaign billboard of Niger presidential candidate for the National Movement for the Development of Society (MNSD), Seini Oumarou, in a street in Niamey, ahead of the country's presidential elections scheduled for December 27, 2020. - AFP NIAMEY: Niger hopes to make history on Sunday when elections set it on course for its first-ever peaceful transition of power despite a raging Islamist insurgency...
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KUWAIT: This picture shows sunrise in Fahaheel beach. - Photo by Sito Mirah Ayu (Instagram account: @sito_ayu)
Kuwaiti health minister Sheikh Basel al-Sabah (C) tours the Kuwait vaccination center for COVID-19 at the International Fairgrounds in Kuwait City on December 23, 2020. (Photo by YASSER AL-ZAYYAT / AFP)
Health ministry ready to receive everyone for COVID-19 vaccines
Kuwaiti health minister Sheikh Basel al-Sabah (C) tours the Kuwait vaccination center for COVID-19 at the International Fairgrounds in Kuwait City on December 23, 2020. (Photos by YASSER AL-ZAYYAT / AFP) KUWAIT: The Ministry of Health is ready to receive everyone to take novel coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccines, Director of Public Health Department Dr Fahad Al-Qimlas announced yesterday, adding that the ministry has a well-placed plan to approve...
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Kuwait's Amir thanks former ministers for their service
KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah meets His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah. - Amiri Diwan photos KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah received at Bayan Palace yesterday a number of former ministers. During the meeting, His Highness the Amir thanked the officials for their efforts during their respective tenures and wished them the best of...
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Special education schools resume in-person classes
By Nawara FattahovaKUWAIT: Schools for children with special abilities resumed in-person classes on campus this week. To respect health precautions, students were separated in two groups at the Hope School for Special Needs. According to the admission staff at the school, a first group of students attends classes from 8:00 am till 11:00 am, while the second group attends from 11:30 am to 2:30 pm.Khalifa School also resumed in-person classes for...
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Kuwait prepares for Iraq joint committee meeting
KUWAIT: Kuwait's Deputy Foreign Minister Khaled Al-Jarallah chairs a preparatory coordination meeting ahead of the Kuwait-Iraq joint committee meeting. - KUNA KUWAIT: Kuwait's Deputy Foreign Minister Khaled Al-Jarallah headed yesterday a preparatory coordination meeting ahead of the Kuwait-Iraq joint committee meeting, scheduled for next month. Jarallah stressed, in a delivered speech at the meeting, on the importance of coordination and...
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American institute awards Kuwaiti architectural design
KUWAIT: The engineering and petroleum faculty at the Sabah Al-Salem University City. - KUNA KUWAIT: The American Institute of Architecture has awarded Kuwait University Construction Program (KUCP) for a design of the planned engineering and petroleum faculty at the KU-affiliated Sabah Al-Salem University City. The KUCP said in a press release yesterday that the design won the American award at the Middle East level, indicating that it was chosen...
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Kuwait oil price down 50 cents
KUWAIT: The price of Kuwaiti oil went down 50 cents to $49.41 per barrel on Tuesday after it was at $49.91 pb the day before, said the Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC) yesterday. At the global level, the price of the Brent crude went down by 60 cents to $50.32 per barrel, the same case with the West Texas Intermediate, which went down by 72 cents to $47.25 pb. - KUNA
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(Left) Demonstrators brandish placards and flags of Palestine during a rally in Rabat on Aug 3, 2024, protesting the killing of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh. (Right) Protesters rally in London during the "National March for Gaza", calling to end the genocide, stop arming the Zionist entity and no Middle East war on Aug 3, 2024. - AFP photos
Fears of Middle East war grow
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NOTTINGHAM: Protesters are detained on Aug 3, 2024 during an 'Enough is Enough' demonstration. - AFP
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MOGADISHU: Relatives carry the body of a woman killed during an attack on Aug 3, 2024. - AFP
Somalia beach attack kills 32