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SANAA: Yemeni hajj pilgrims wait at Sanaa International Airport to board a flight to Jeddah on June 17, 2023. – AFP

First plane leaves Sanaa for Saudi amid Amman talks

SANAA: The first commercial flight from Yemen’s rebel-held capital to Saudi Arabia since 2016 took off carrying hajj pilgrims on Saturday, in the latest sign of easing tensions after years of war. A Yemenia Airways plane carrying 277 travelers departed at around 8 pm (1700 GMT), an official told AFP, seven years after Sanaa’s international airport was blockaded by the Saudi-led coalition fighting the Iran-backed Houthi rebels. “Hopefully,...

BAGHDAD: Iraqi Culture Minister Ahmed Fakak Al-Badrani presents a 2,800-year-old stone tablet during a press conference on June 18, 2023. – AFP

Iraq unveils 2,800-yr-old stone tablet

BAGHDAD: Iraq unveiled on Sunday a 2,800-year-old stone tablet returned by Italy, as the war-ravaged country works to recover from abroad antiquities looted from its territory. The tablet — whose text is written in cuneiform, the Babylonian alphabet — bears the insignia of Shalmaneser III, the Assyrian king who ruled the region of Nimrod, in present-day northern Iraq, from 858 to 823 BC. The circumstances surrounding the tablet’s arrival in...

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Alghanim Industries, Kuwait Codes foster female tech talent

KUWAIT: Alghanim Industries, one of the largest privately-owned companies in the region (Kutayba Alghanim Group), proudly participated in a special women-in-tech event as part of its ongoing partnership of CODED Academy’s "Kuwait Codes" program. The event, held as part of a short series of special workshops focused on encouraging female high school students to develop their tech skills, aimed to highlight the range of opportunities available to...

Karen Macri

US-DTRA holds biosafety security, surveillance workshop

By Majd OthmanKUWAIT: In the presence of a number of officials from the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA), which is affiliated to the US Department of Defense, a training workshop on biosafety security and surveillance was held on Sunday with the participation of three Kuwaiti government authorities — Ministry of Health, Environment Public Authority and Public Authority for Agricultural Affairs and Fish Resources. Maxwell ScurlockThe...

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Reforms, stronger enforcement needed to battle human trafficking: US report

KUWAIT: Kuwait is required to continue strengthening enforcement of the domestic worker law to ensure their rights are protected, the US State Department said in its latest annual report on human trafficking. “The United States is committed to combating human trafficking, because it represents an attack on human rights and freedoms,” Blinken told media at the report’s launching event. “It violates the universal right of every person to...

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Minimally invasive method used to repair hernia for first time

KUWAIT: Jaber Al-Ahmad Hospital held a surgery workshop to repair complicated hernias by surgical endoscope using the LIRA technique (Laparoscopic Intracorporeal Rectus Aponeuroplasty). Senior specialist in General Surgery at Jaber Al-Ahmad Hospital Dr Omar Al-Shareef said the recent technique has many benefits most important of which is being away from the traditional surgical scalpel, adding that it reduces stay time in hospital and reduces the...

Nejoud Al-Yagout

Let’s coexist, Kuwait

It is always uplifting to hear locals promote peace. The latest invitation, as mentioned in a Kuwait Times article titled “Kuwait keen on bolstering culture of peace worldwide” (dated 16/06/23), comes from the First Secretary of the Kuwait mission to the UN Fahad Hajji, who “affirmed that boosting peace globally requires intensive efforts by the world community”. Hajji wisely stated that “hatred and racism have been festering around...

CEO of Kuwait Oil Company Ahmad Al-Aidan

Kuwait's oil production capacity to reach 3 million bpd in 2025

KUWAIT: Kuwait's oil production capacity, above 2.8 million barrels per day (bpd) now, will reach 3 million in 2025, the CEO of Kuwait Oil Company Ahmad Al-Aidan said on Sunday. Aidan added in a statement to journalists on the sidelines of the KOC’s big data galaxy conference and exhibition that the company intends to spend about KD13 billion, nearly $2.42 billion, on oil-related projects during the next five years. Aidan reiterated Kuwait’s...

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Arab world should celebrate fathers, too

By Faten OmarKUWAIT: On June 18, several countries celebrated Father’s Day, which honors fathers and recognizes their sacrifices for the sake of their children. Despite the great effort by fathers in the Arab world, Father’s Day does not receive as much attention as Mother’s Day. The impact fathers have on their children is often underappreciated. The majority of psychological research on parenting has been focused on mothers.Speaking to...

Kuwait Ambassador to Germany Najeeb Al-Bader

Kuwaiti diplomat calls for deeper ties between Gulf states, Germany

BERLIN: The fifth session of the Gulf-German Forum is to start in Berlin on Sunday, mainly to discuss the strategic dialogue, regional and international security, and issues of mutual concerns. In a statement to (KUNA), Kuwait Ambassador to Germany Najeeb Al-Bader said that Kuwait is participating in the forum, which concludes on June 20, with a number of specialists in the field of security and defense policies, led by former Interior Minister...

KUWAIT: People walk at The Avenues, Kuwait's biggest shopping mall, on June 16, 2023 in Kuwait City. -- Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat

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Massive lawsuit against largest crypto exchange

WASHINGTON: Binance has agreed to repatriate its US customers’ assets pending a massive lawsuit against the world’s largest crypto exchange, the US Securities and Exchange Commission said, adding that it will secure the funds. Binance and its boss Changpeng Zhao have “agreed to repatriate to the United States assets held for the benefit of customers of the Binance.US crypto trading platform,” the SEC said in its statement. The regulator...

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