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Human trafficking suspect paid 'huge bribe' to leave Kuwait: report

KUWAIT: As the criminal court set the first hearing in the case filed against a Bangladeshi lawmaker and others accused of human trafficking, Bangladeshi criminal investigators leaked the details of investigations conducted with suspect A Hussein (aka Sirajuddin), about whom Al-Rai had written on August 20 as one of the main suspects detained in Kuwait.However, Sirajuddin managed to flee Kuwait. According to Bangladeshi newspaper Dhaka Tribune...

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Kuwaitis' 60 years efforts in OPEC prominent: official

Haitham Al-Ghais KUWAIT: Kuwaiti employees at OPEC played a big role in developing the organization's work for 60 years, said Kuwait's Governor at OPEC Haitham Al-Ghais yesterday. Kuwait is one of the founding countries of OPEC in 1960, Ghais said in a press statement on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of establishment. He noted that the organization is run by the Governors Council and the economic council, hailing the efforts of all...

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KRCS sends third relief plane to Sudan

KUWAIT: This photo released by the Defense Ministry yesterday shows humanitarian aid being lauded into a plane heading to Sudan yesterday. KUWAIT/KHARTOUM: Kuwait Red Crescent Society (KRCS) sent yesterday a third relief plane to Sudan, carrying humanitarian aid meant for the victims of flashfloods. In a statement to the press, KRCS's emergency management director Yousef Al-Miraj said the third plane contained humanitarian aid and 10 tons of...

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KRCS restores 150 homes in Beirut

BEIRUT: Kuwait Red Crescent Society (KRCS) signed an agreement yesterday with the Lebanese Red Cross (LRC) to restore homes of 150 families affected by the Beirut Port explosion which occurred on August 4. The Secretary General of LRC George Ketani said in a press statement that this agreement comes within the framework of His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah's keenness to providing humanitarian aid to those in need "in...

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US service member dies in accident

Jason Khai Phan KUWAIT: A US service member has died in a non-combat incident at an air base in Kuwait, the US Department of Defense announced Sunday. Senior Airman Jason Khai Phan, assigned to the 66th Security Forces Squadron at Hanscom Air Force Base in Massachusetts died Saturday in "a single-vehicle, non-combat related accident while conducting a routine patrol outside the perimeter of Ali Al Salem Air Base," according to a release.Two...

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Two perish in Wafra blaze

KUWAIT: Two people died in a fire that broke out in a workers' residence in a Wafra farm at dawn yesterday. Firefighters from the Nuwaiseeb and Wafra fire stations responded and put out the blaze, Kuwait Fire Service Directorate said in a press statement. The bodies of the two Asian men were taken to the coroner for an autopsy. Meanwhile, an investigation was opened into the case.

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Israel-Gulf deals chart new era for Middle East

DUBAI: A new era for the Middle East will be charted today when the UAE and Bahrain sign agreements to recognize Israel, in a move that shatters the Arab world's consensus on the Palestinian cause. A jubilant US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are to sign the so-called Abraham Accords - a reference to the common traditions of Islam, Judaism and Christianity - at a White House ceremony.Alongside them will be...

A man walks by mostly-closed stalls at the Jemaa el-Fna square in the Moroccan city of Marrakesh on September 8, 2020, currently empty of its usual crowds due to the COVID-19 pandemic. - Snake charmers, storytellers and crowds of tourists; the legendary Jamaa El Fna square of Morocco's Marrakech is almost as famous for the number of visitors as its colourful performers. But with tough government restrictions imposed to stem the spread of the novel coronavirus, the tourism industry on which Marrakech depends screeched to a halt. (Photo by FADEL SENNA / AFP)

Marrakesh 'suffocates' sans tourists

MARRAKECH: A man walks by mostly-closed stalls in the Jemaa El-Fna Square on Sept 8, 2020, currently empty of its usual crowds due to the COVID-19 pandemic. - AFP MARRAKECH: Snake charmers, storytellers and crowds of tourists; the legendary Jamaa El Fna square of Morocco's Marrakesh is almost as famous for the number of visitors as its colorful performers. But with tough government restrictions imposed to stem the spread of the novel...

The sun sets behind Burj Khalifa and other high rise buildings, in the Emirati city of Dubai, on September 12, 2020. (Photo by Karim SAHIB / AFP)

Backlash after gender reveal on Dubai tower

DUBAI: The sun sets behind Burj Khalifa and other high-rise buildings on Sept 12, 2020. - AFP DUBAI: Social media stars in Dubai are facing an online backlash after staging what they billed as the "biggest baby gender reveal ever" on the world's tallest building in Dubai. While some were quick to congratulate Anas Marwah and Asala Maleh on their second child as the needle-like Burj Khalifa lit up in blue for a boy, others criticized the...

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Let us eliminate the burning stick

By Abdellatif Sharaamust start right away by saying that smoking tobacco is harmful, dangerous and fatal in many different ways regardless of its type, form, full strength, light, etc. All tobacco is bad. Many out there will say we already know that it is harmful and many of them are smokers who might skip a meal but never a cigarette! Allow me here to say that such smokers are slaves to this burning stick and are in its control.I had a...

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Zain introduces all-new 5G Internet plans

KUWAIT: Zain, the leading digital service provider in Kuwait, announced the launch of all-new 5G Internet plans for postpaid customers. The new plans feature a number of options that suit customers' various needs; including a number of exclusive revolutionary Internet devices, and the ability to enjoy unlimited 5G Internet on two separate SIM cards on one subscription.All of Zain's new 5G Internet plans now include a free one-year subscription...

OPEC@60: Once a US foe, now a friend

A 3D printed oil pump jack is seen in front of displayed stock graph and Opec logo in this illustration picture - Reuters LONDON: In 1973, Arab members of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries brought the US economy to its knees. Now, the cartel created 60 years ago is more likely to do Washington's bidding. Since Saudi Arabia and other Arab OPEC members imposed their famous oil embargo as retribution for US support for Israel during...

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