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Kuwait, Philippines meet on labor issues
KUWAIT: Kuwait's Deputy Foreign Minister Khaled Al-Jarallah meets with the Philippines' Presidential Advisor on Overseas Filipino Workers Abdullah Mamao. - KUNA photos KUWAIT: Kuwait's Deputy Foreign Minister Khaled Al-Jarallah held talks yesterday with the Philippines' Presidential Advisor on Overseas Filipino Workers Abdullah Mamao, who is on a visit to the country. The discussions revolved around Kuwait's ties with the Southeast Asian...
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Two sports personnel to be prosecuted in Kuwait
KUWAIT: Kuwait's Public Anti-Corruption Authority (Nazaha) announced yesterday referral of two sports personnel, one of them was former sports union president, to the public prosecution for suspected public funds' misappropriation. In a press statement, Nazaha spokesperson Dr Mohammad Buzber said the Corruption Detection and Investigation sector received a notice on suspicion of offense against public money. He indicated that the two personnel...
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Court adjourns 'MoI hospitality' case till Feb 2
By A Saleh KUWAIT: The criminal court yesterday adjourned hearing the so-called Ministry of Interior (MoI) hospitality case till Feb 2 so that the lawyers of 11 defendants can prepare their arguments and set another hearing on Feb 16 for the remaining defendants. The court also ordered the continuation of detaining the accused already imprisoned and refused lifting travel bans of those who had been released. Meanwhile, speaking before the court,...
India's cricketers pose for a team photograph with the trophy after winning the third and last one day international (ODI) cricket match of a three-match series between India and Australia at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore on January 19, 2020. (Photo by Manjunath KIRAN / AFP) / ----IMAGE RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - STRICTLY NO COMMERCIAL USE----- / GETTYOUT
Clinical India, Rohit outplay Australia to clinch ODI series
BANGALORE: India's cricketers pose for a team photograph with the trophy after winning the third and last one day international (ODI) cricket match of a three-match series between India and Australia at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore yesterday. - AFP BANGALORE: A sparkling century by Rohit Sharma and inspired bowling helped India to a series-clinching seven-wicket win over Australia in the third one-day international yesterday. Sharma...
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Kuwait to meet Iran handball championship
By Abdellatif SharaaKUWAIT: Kuwait National Handball will face its Iranian counterpart at 8 pm at Sheikh Saad Al-Abdallah hall with group 2 competition of the second round of the Asian championship which qualify for the world cup. Meanwhile Qatar will play South Korea at 6 pm. In Group 1 UAE will play Bahrain, and Saudi Arabia will play Japan. The first and second teams in each group qualify for the world cup directly, as well as the...
TOPSHOT - Anti-government protesters stand before tire smoke at a make-shift roadblock during a demonstration in the central Iraqi holy shrine city of Najaf on January 19, 2020. (Photo by Haidar HAMDANI / AFP)
Iraqi youth angry at slow pace of reform
NAJAF: Anti-government protesters stand before tire smoke at a makeshift roadblock during a demonstration in this central shrine city yesterday. – AFP BAGHDAD: Iraqi youth angry at their government's glacial pace of reform ramped up their protests yesterday, sealing streets with burning tyres and threatening further escalation unless their demands are met. The rallies demanding an overhaul of the ruling system have rocked Shiite-majority...
(COMBO) This combination of pictures created on January 17, 2020 showsnAlan Dershowitz, speaking at a press conference in Kiev on April 11, 2011.nNewly appointed independent counsel Robert Ray siting before photographers in Washington, DC on October 25, 1999. nIndependent Counsel Kenneth Starr testifiying before the House Judiciary Committee on Impeachment Inquiry in Washington DC on November 19, 1998. - According to media reports, US President Donald Trump is adding to his impeachment team of lawyers, former special counsel Kenneth Starr, whose Whitewater investigation led to the impeachment and acquittal of former President Bill Clinton; Robert Ray, Starr's successor in the Whitewater investigation; and constitutional-law professor Alan Dershowitz. (Photos by AFP)
Starr, Dershowitz join Trump defense team
Alan Dershowitz - Robert Ray - Kenneth Starr WASHINGTON: Ken Starr, who was at the center of Bill Clinton's impeachment in the 1990s, and America's biggest celebrity lawyer Alan Dershowitz were announced Friday to be joining President Donald Trump's Senate impeachment defense. The administration has yet to unveil the full team but confirmed that White House counsel Pat Cipollone will be lead lawyer, backed by Trump's personal attorney...
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Iran to examine black boxes; no plan to send them abroad
KIEV: Honor guards carry the flag-draped coffins of 11 Ukrainians who died in a plane mistakenly shot down by Iran during a spike in tensions with Washington at Boryspil airport yesterday. - AFP DUBAI: Iran is trying to analyze the black boxes of a Ukrainian airliner that its military shot down this month, the state IRNA news agency reported yesterday, denying a report that a decision had been taken to send the plane's recorders to Ukraine. All...
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African states seek more say in Libya crisis
BERLIN: Protesters hold a banner reading "Stop war in Libya, Haftar and mercenaries" during a protest near the chancellery during the peace summit on Libya at the Chancellery yesterday. - AFP NIAMEY, Niger: Victims of increasing militant attacks, African states bordering Libya are pushing for more say in efforts to end the crisis in their northern neighbor whose conflict risks becoming a growing source of regional instability. European powers,...
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Israel installing sensors along Lebanon border
MISGAV AM: This picture taken yesterday shows a general view of the Israel-Lebanon border as Israeli army forces begin deployment of infrastructure for a ground "defensive system" along the fence. - AFP JERUSALEM: Israel's army said it would start drilling to install ground sensors along its border with Lebanon yesterday, a year after an operation to destroy tunnels dug across the frontier. "We are deploying a defensive system into the...
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Kuwait Sadu House introduces traditional weaving art to world
KUWAIT: Officials attend a press conference to announce the Sadi Exhibition. - KUNA photos KUWAIT: Sadu exhibition, Sadi, hopes to showcase the creativity of Kuwaiti weavers to the world after the success of last year's event in Dubai. The event, which was launched once again at Kuwait Sadu House on Saturday as part of the Al-Qurain cultural festival, hosted five practitioners of the traditional wool textile art once only common to the country's...
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'Ukraine Week' kicks off at Sheikh Jaber Stadium
KUWAIT: Officials attend a press conference yesterday to announce the 'Ukraine Week.' - Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat By Ben Garcia KUWAIT: A six-day 'Ukraine Week' kicked off yesterday with a photo exhibit at Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmed Stadium. Dr Oleksandr Balanutsa, Ukrainian Ambassador to Kuwait, graced the occasion along with an official from the Public Authority for Youth. "I started my tenure in June 2019. I am here to showcase Ukraine so we can...
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KUWAIT: Young girls participate in Girl Up Kuwait's first conference which focused on the role of women in Kuwaiti society and politics.
Girl Up Kuwait: Young trailblazers give girls a voice
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Air Force carries out aeromedical evacuation exercise
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KUWAIT CITY: Jassim Al-Awadhi waits at a bus stop as a bus approaches in this file photo.
Disorganized bus network behind lacking transit system
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Kuwaiti pilots learn to fly Turkish Bayraktar drones