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KUWAIT: His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah chairs the Cabinet’s virtual meeting. — KUNA
Kuwait Cabinet to make decision on curfew Thursday
KUWAIT: His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah chairs the Cabinet’s virtual meeting. — KUNA KUWAIT: Kuwait will make a decision on Thursday on whether to keep, reduce or end the partial curfew currently imposed as part of the government’s efforts to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). The Cabinet made this announcement during a virtual extraordinary meeting on Thursday, in which it also...
Marzouq Al-Ghanem
Deputy Amir sees no need to dissolve parliament: Speaker
Marzouq Al-Ghanem KUWAIT: National Assembly Speaker Marzouq Al-Ghanem said His Highness the Deputy Amir and Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah stressed that there was no need to dissolve parliament at present. The speaker, however, said in a press statement Thursday that the decision to dissolve the National Assembly rests with His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah. The speaker made the remarks just one...
KUWAIT: An archive photo showing buildings in Kuwait City along the Arabian Gulf coast. — Photo by Fouad Al-Shaikh
Kuwait budget deficit expands to KD 5.6 billion
KUWAIT: An archive photo showing buildings in Kuwait City along the Arabian Gulf coast. — Photo by Fouad Al-Shaikh KUWAIT: The Ministry of Finance said Thursday the budget deficit hit KD 5.6 billion (nearly $18.4 billion) in the fiscal year ending on March 31. The figure reflects an annual increase by 68 percent, yet it is 31.8 percent less than the projected deficit in the state budget, according to a press release from the ministry. The oil...
KUWAIT: This photo released by the Defense Ministry shows relief aid being loaded into a Kuwait Air Force plane before it took off to Lebanon yesterday.
Kuwait’s flow of relief supplies to Lebanon proceeds
KUWAIT: This photo released by the Defense Ministry shows relief aid being loaded into a Kuwait Air Force plane before it took off to Lebanon yesterday. KUWAIT/BEIRUT: Kuwait’s airborne relief supplies for Lebanon proceeded for the 11th day in a row yesterday, as two planes carrying 66 tons of medical and food aid left to Beirut. On Friday, a pair of Kuwait Air Force aircraft touched down at Beirut airport, carrying 100 tons of medical...
WILMINGTON: US Sen Kamala Harris signs required documents for receiving the Democratic nomination for Vice President on Friday. — AFP
Trump fans false birther theory about Harris
WILMINGTON: US Sen Kamala Harris signs required documents for receiving the Democratic nomination for Vice President on Friday. — AFP WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump has stoked false claims that Democratic vice-presidential contender Kamala Harris is ineligible to hold that office because her parents were foreign born. The claims about Harris - who was born in the United States, making her constitutionally eligible to be both vice...
LONDON: Passengers wearing facemasks as a precaution against the spread of the novel coronavirus walk along the platform to an escalator after arriving on a Eurostar train from Paris at St Pancras International station on Friday. — AFP
Europe faces second wave of coronavirus
LONDON: Passengers wearing facemasks as a precaution against the spread of the novel coronavirus walk along the platform to an escalator after arriving on a Eurostar train from Paris at St Pancras International station on Friday. — AFP LONDON: Thousands of UK holidaymakers scrambled to get home to beat new restrictions on arrivals from European countries as a second wave of virus infections threatened more disruption and economic chaos on the...
TEL AVIV: The city hall in this coastal city is lit up in the colors of the United Arab Emirates national flag on August 13, 2020. — AFP
UAE defends deal with Israel
TEL AVIV: The city hall in this coastal city is lit up in the colors of the United Arab Emirates national flag on August 13, 2020. — AFP DUBAI: The UAE on Friday offered a muscular defense of its bombshell move to establish ties with Israel, saying it was designed to “shake up” the Middle East impasse and serve Emirati interests. The historic deal, the first for a Gulf state, sees Israel pledge to suspend its planned annexation of...
TOKYO: Japan’s Emperor Naruhito (left) and Empress Masako (right) wearing face masks, depart after attending a memorial service marking the 75th anniversary of Japan’s surrender in World War II at the Nippon Budokan hall in Tokyo yesterday.-AFP
Japan ministers visit Yasukuni Shrine, first since 2016
TOKYO: Japan’s Emperor Naruhito (left) and Empress Masako (right) wearing face masks, depart after attending a memorial service marking the 75th anniversary of Japan’s surrender in World War II at the Nippon Budokan hall in Tokyo yesterday.-AFP TOKYO: Four Japanese cabinet ministers paid their respects yesterday at a war shrine seen by neighboring countries as a symbol of Tokyo’s past militarism, in the first such visit since 2016....
WILMINGTON: Democratic presidential nominee, former US Vice President Joe Biden, and vice presidential running mate, US Senator Kamala Harris, sign required documents for receiving the Democratic nomination for President and Vice President, in Wilmington, Delaware, on Friday. — AFP
Democrats seek to elevate Biden, Harris at unique online confab
WILMINGTON: Democratic presidential nominee, former US Vice President Joe Biden, and vice presidential running mate, US Senator Kamala Harris, sign required documents for receiving the Democratic nomination for President and Vice President, in Wilmington, Delaware, on Friday. — AFP MILWAUKEE, United States: US Democrats kick off an unprecedented political experiment beginning tomorrow, an all-virtual national convention that nominates Joe...
NEW DELHI: India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi delivers a speech to the nation during a ceremony to celebrate India’s 74th Independence Day, which marks the end of British colonial rule, at the Red Fort in New Delhi yesterday. — AFP
Relations with neighbors depend on security and trust, says India’s PM
NEW DELHI: India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi delivers a speech to the nation during a ceremony to celebrate India’s 74th Independence Day, which marks the end of British colonial rule, at the Red Fort in New Delhi yesterday. — AFP NEW DELHI: India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi issued a new warning to China over deadly border tensions yesterday, using his most important speech of the year to promise to build a stronger military. With...
In this undated handout photo received yesterday by the Philippine National Police (PNP-PIO), Abu Sayyaf leader Abduljihad Susukan has his mug shot taken after his arrest in Davao City, in southern island of Mindanao. — AFP
Philippine security forces on ‘alert’ after militant held
MANILA:  Philippine security forces were on alert yesterday for possible reprisal attacks after arresting a key leader of an Islamic State-linked militant group accused of kidnapping and beheading several foreigners. Abduljihad Susukan, a member of Abu Sayyaf, was detained in the southern city of Davao and flown to the capital Manila on Friday, where he was being held at the national police headquarters.He has been charged with 23 murders,...
Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro arrives during ceremonies to lay a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery during his visit to Washington in Arlington, Virginia, US in this file photo. — Reuters
Bolsonaro’s popularity surges
Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro arrives during ceremonies to lay a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery during his visit to Washington in Arlington, Virginia, US in this file photo. — Reuters RIO DE JANEIRO: Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro received the best approval rating of his term Friday, boosted by his popularity among recipients of coronavirus stimulus payments despite the carnage the pandemic...
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