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Kuwait's Crown Prince takes oath after unanimous endorsement
KUWAIT: His Highness Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah takes oath as Kuwait's new crown prince at the National Assembly yesterday. - Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat By B IzzakKUWAIT: His Highness Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah yesterday won a unanimous approval of the National Assembly as the new crown prince of Kuwait a day after he was nominated by His Highness the Amir. Sheikh Mishal then took the oath in the assembly and pledged...
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Turkey's Ambassador eulogizes Kuwait's late Amir Sheikh Sabah
KUWAIT: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan arrives to Kuwait Wednesday to offer condolences over the passing of His Highness the late Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah. - Amiri Diwan photo ANKARA: Turkey's Ambassador to Kuwait Ayse Koytak on Wednesday praised His Highness the late Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah as having left behind an invaluable legacy of bilateral relations. Interviewed by Turkey's Anadolu news...
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'Road 80' major overhaul eases traffic flow
The Jahra Road Development Project is one of the largest infrastructure projects in Kuwait, with the goal of turning Road 80 in the heart of Kuwait's urban area into a major expressway while also developing key roads connected to it, mainly the Jamal Abdul Nasser Road.The vital road, which extends from the Jahra Roundabout to the United Nations Roundabout, serves several key areas and institutions including Kuwait University and Public...
TOPSHOT - Serbia's Novak Djokovic serves the ball to Spain's Pablo Carreno Busta during their men's singles quarter-final tennis match on Day 11 of The Roland Garros 2020 French Open tennis tournament in Paris on October 7, 2020. (Photo by MARTIN BUREAU / AFP)
Djokovic confronted again by pressures
PARIS: Serbia's Novak Djokovic serves the ball to Spain's Pablo Carreno Busta during their men's singles quarter-final tennis match on Day 11 of The Roland Garros 2020 French Open tennis tournament in Paris.- AFP PARIS: Novak Djokovic is just two wins away from becoming the first man in half a century to win all four Grand Slams twice, but once again Roland Garros is threatening to turn against him. The world number one's collection of 17 Slams...
Italy's forward Stephan El Shaarawy (C) scores a goal during friendly football match between Italy and Moldova on October 7, 2020, at the Artemio-Franchi stadium in Florence, Tuscany. (Photo by Isabella BONOTTO / AFP)
France shine, Germany moan and Ronaldo rattles Spain in Europe
FLORENCE: Italy's forward Stephan El Shaarawy (center) scores a goal during friendly football match between Italy and Moldova on October 7, 2020. - AFP PARIS: France's 7-1 thrashing of Ukraine was the pick of the European friendlies on Wednesday as Spain clung on for a draw in Lisbon and Turkey saved pride with a late goal against Germany in Cologne. At the Stade de France it was teenager Eduardo Camavinga and veteran Olivier Giroud inflicting...
In this picture taken on September 28, 2020, Muhammad Ikram plays a shot with his chin at a local snooker club in Samundri. - Ikram, who was born without arms, steps up to a snooker table, sizes up his options and with a firm flick of his chin strikes the cue ball and slots a red into a corner pocket. The sport was perhaps an unlikely passion for Ikram, 32, to pursue, but the Pakistani player has spent years honing his skills and can now give anyone at his local snooker hall a run for their money. (Photo by Aamir QURESHI / AFP) / TO GO WITH 'Pakistsan-disabled-society-snooker, FOCUS' by Zain Zaman Janjua
Born without arms, Pakistani snooker player masters game
SAMUNDRI: Muhammad Ikram plays a shot with his chin at a local snooker club in Samundri. Ikram, who was born without arms, steps up to a snooker table, sizes up his options and with a firm flick of his chin strikes the cue ball and slots a red into a corner pocket. - AFP SAMUNDRI: Muhammad Ikram, who was born without arms, steps up to a snooker table, sizes up his options and with a firm flick of his chin strikes the cue ball and slots a red...
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Saudi cruise spotlights pristine sites
RED SEA: The Silver Spirit cruise ship is pictured during a 4-day voyage between King Abdullah Economic City and two Red Sea Islands. - AFP ABOARD A CRUISE SHIP: Sailing past pristine islands and turquoise lagoons, the first cruise ship offering Saudi tours serves a twin purpose - jump-starting tourism despite coronavirus fears and showcasing austerity-defying megaprojects planned along the Red Sea. In August, the cruise liner Silver Spirit...
A people's patrol member wearing a Kyrgyz flag guards in the yard of the main government building, known as the White House, in Bishkek on October 7, 2020. (Photo by VYACHESLAV OSELEDKO / AFP)
Kyrgyzstan's leader missing as power vacuum persists
BISHKEK: A people's patrol member wearing a Kyrgyz flag guards in the yard of the main government building, known as the White House, in Bishkek on Wednesday.-AFP BISHKEK: The whereabouts of Kyrgyzstan's pro-Russia president were unknown yesterday as a power vacuum persisted after disputed parliamentary elections plunged the Central Asian country into a new bout of political chaos. Sooronbay Jeenbekov has not been seen in public since unrest...
Police personnel (L) detain Congress party supporters participating in a protest rally against the alleged gang-rape and murder of a low-caste teenaged woman at Bool Garhi village of Uttar Pradesh state, in Ahmedabad on October 7, 2020. (Photo by SAM PANTHAKY / AFP)
Rapes show double struggle of low-caste women in India
AHMEDABAD: Police personnel (left) detain Congress party supporters participating in a protest rally against the alleged gang-rape and murder of a low-caste teenaged woman at Bool Garhi village of Uttar Pradesh state, in Ahmedabad on Wednesday.-AFP NEW DELHI/LUCKNOW: The victim of India's latest alleged gang rape faced the double discrimination of being born female and low caste, says her family, fearing she will get no justice in death either....
Louise Gluck's books are on display during the announcement of the 2020 Nobel Prize in literature at the Swedish Academy in Stockholm on October 8, 2020. - US author Louise Gluck on October 8, 2020 won the 2020 Nobel Literature Prize, the Swedish Academy said. (Photo by Henrik MONTGOMERY / TT News Agency / AFP) / Sweden OUT
American poet Louise Gluck wins Nobel literature prize
STOCKHOLM: Louise Gluck's books are on display during the announcement of the 2020 Nobel Prize in literature at the Swedish Academy in Stockholm yesterday. - AFP STOCKHOLM: American poet Louise Gluck has won the 2020 Nobel Prize in Literature for "her unmistakable poetic voice that with austere beauty makes individual existence universal", the Swedish Academy said yesterday. Academy Permanent Secretary Mats Malm said Gluck was "surprised and...
US Democratic vice presidential nominee and Senator from California, Kamala Harris US Vice President Mike Pence Mike Pence (R) participate in the vice presidential debate in Kingsbury Hall at the University of Utah on October 7, 2020, in Salt Lake City, Utah. (Photo by Robyn Beck / AFP)
Fly creates buzz at VP debate - and online
SALT LAKE CITY: US Democratic vice presidential nominee and Senator from California, Kamala Harris US Vice President Mike Pence Mike Pence (right) participate in the vice presidential debate in Kingsbury Hall at the University of Utah on October 7, 2020. - AFP SALT LAKE CITY: Oh to be a fly on the wall-or in the hair-at Wednesday's US vice presidential debate. Mike Pence received an unwelcome visitor during his showdown with Democrat Kamala...
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Despite virus shutdown, North Korea to stage huge parade
PYONGYANG: In a file photo taken on July 27, 2013 North Korean tanks pass through Kim Il-Sung square during a military parade marking the 60th anniversary of the Korean war armistice in Pyongyang. All eyes will be on North Korea tomorrow as it celebrates the 75th birthday of the ruling Workers' Party, with speculation mounting for a "big event" showcasing the nuclear-armed nation's military strength. - AFP SEOUL: Eight months into a strict,...
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A helicopter flied over burning oil fields which were set on fire by Iraqi soldiers before they retreated from Kuwait.
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ADDIS ABABA: Pedestrians walk on the newly built walkway in Addis Ababa. The Ethiopian birr weakened by 28 percent against the dollar this week after the central bank adopted a market-determined foreign exchange rate. – AFP
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KUWAIT: Oil wells were set ablaze by Iraqi troops. – KUNA
Kuwait marks 34th invasion anniversary, remembers support
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(Left) Iranians take part in a funeral procession for late Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran on Aug 1, 2024, ahead of his burial in Qatar. (Right) Hezbollah fighters and mourners carry the casket of slain top commander Fuad Shukr during his funeral in Beirut's southern suburbs on Aug 1, 2024. - AFP photos
Hamas, Hezbollah vow revenge
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Being in Kuwait during invasion: Soldier’s sister shares story