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West wants to 'tear apart' Russia: Putin

MOSCOW: President Vladimir Putin blasted the West for trying to "tear apart" Russia and said his offensive in Ukraine aimed to "unite the Russian people". Meanwhile in Kyiv, a day after deadly shelling in southern Ukraine, residents held Christmas services on Sunday, defying Russian spiritual leaders who celebrate it on January 7.Putin has used the concept of "historical Russia" to argue that Ukrainians and Russians are one people-undermining...

Ali Al-Kharafi receiving his award along with other riders.

Kuwait's Al-Kharafi wins fourth round

By Abdellatif SharaaKUWAIT: International star, Kuwait riding center's Ali Jassim Al-Kharafi won the fourth round of the second edition of Kuwait Equestrian Federation League following a tough competition with the rest of the riders on Friday and Saturday, at the Hunting and Equestrian Club.Al-Kharafi won the 140 cm height in 39.49 seconds without faults after a differentiation round with Antonio Morozo, Abdelrahman Al-Fuzaie, Ghazi Al-Juraiwi...

Akaram Mansouri and Aziz Dougazn

Final doubles match of 2nd Arab Masters

By Abdellatif SharaaKUWAIT: The final doubles match of the 2nd Arab Masters Tennis Tournament will be held at Sheikh Jaber Al-Abdallah Al-Jaber Al-Sabah International Tennis Complex between Tunisians Mohamed Aziz Dougaz and Iskander Almansouri on one side and Jordanian's Abdallah Shelbayeh and Mousa Al-Kotop on the other side. Meanwhile, the singles semi-final matches will be played ahead of the doubles' final at 4:00 pm. Faleh Al-Otaibi Abdallah...

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Fatat Futsal Women team secure top spot

By Abdellatif SharaaKUWAIT: Fatat Futsal Women team secured top spot after defeating their co-leader Tadhamon 5-1 in their seventh round match - raising their total point to 18. Tadhamon remained at 15 (in second place). The match was exciting from the first whistle as Tadhamon's player Mayar Firnanda scored the first goal after which, Fatat replied with five goals.Rareeni Christian scored two goals; Mariam Baroun scores two while Dina Ali scored...

SAN SALVADOR: Alleged members of the Calle 18 gang and drug dealers captured by soldiers and police are seen at the Tutunichapa community in San Salvador. – AFP

Troops deployed in San Salvador amid massive gang crackdown

SAN SALVADOR: More than 2,000 soldiers and police surrounded two districts in El Salvador's capital on Saturday as part of President Nayib Bukele's war on gangs, the second such operation this month in the Central American country. "As of this morning, the Tutunichapa district in San Salvador is totally surrounded," Bukele posted on Twitter. "More than 1,000 soldiers and 130 police officers will extract the criminals who still remain," he...

KANDAHAR: Afghan burqa-clad women travel in a vehicle along the road in Kandahar on December 25, 2022. - AFP

Three foreign NGOs suspend operations in Afghanistan after Taleban ban on women staff

KABUL: Three foreign aid groups, including Save the Children, announced on Sunday they were suspending their operations in Afghanistan after the Taleban ordered all NGOs to stop their women staff from working. The announcement came as top officials from the United Nations and dozens of NGOs operating in Afghanistan met in Kabul to discuss a way ahead after the Taleban's latest restriction delivered a blow to humanitarian work across the...

ARLINGTON: Tyler Biadasz #63 of the Dallas Cowboys recovers a fumble by Dak Prescott #4 during the fourth quarter in the game against the Philadelphia Eagles on December 24, 2022.- AFP

Cowboys stun NFL-best Eagles as Ravens book a playoff spot

WASHINGTON: Dak Prescott threw for 347 yards and three touchdowns to spark the Dallas Cowboys over NFL-best Philadelphia 40-34 on Saturday, keeping the Eagles from clinching a top playoff seeding. The Cowboys' defensive unit forced four turnovers and seized command late in a deadlocked game to stun the visiting Eagles (13-2). "This was a huge game, not only beating one of the best teams in the league, but the way we did it," Prescott said. "We...

Celtic's Japanese midfielder Reo Hatate

Hatate, Furuhashi hit double as Celtic sweep past St Johnstone

GLASGOW: Japan's Reo Hatate and Kyogo Furuhashi both scored twice as champions Celtic strengthened their grip on top spot in the Scottish Premiership with a 4-1 victory over St Johnstone on Saturday. The success in front of their own fans at Parkhead saw Celtic restore their nine-point lead over arch Glasgow rivals Rangers.Drey Wright pulled a goal back for the visitors in a match where Celtic substitute David Turnbull was sent off in stoppage...

BETHLEHEM: Women dressed in traditional clothing pose for a picture by a Christmas tree in Manger Square outside the Church of the Nativity in this biblical city in the occupied West Bank on Dec 24, 2022. - AFP

Christmas in Bethlehem reborn after pandemic

BETHLEHEM: With a giant evergreen tree, colorful balloons in the streets and selfies in the Church of the Nativity, Christmas tourism has returned to Bethlehem after two years of COVID-related restrictions. Revered in Christian tradition as the birthplace of Christ (PBUH), the town of Bethlehem welcomes thousands of pilgrims and tourists for Christmas every year, a windfall that dried up over the past two years due to the coronavirus pandemic and...

LOUISVILLE, Kentucky: Vehicles move along a highway in freezing temperatures on Dec 23, 2022. - AFP

Historic 'bomb cyclone' wallops North America

CHICAGO: More than a million US power customers were in the dark Friday as a "bomb cyclone" winter storm walloped the country, closing highways, grounding flights and causing misery for Christmas travelers. Heavy snow, howling winds and air so frigid it instantly turned boiling water into ice took hold of much of the nation, including normally temperate southern states. Over 200 million Americans were under weather warnings, as wind chills sent...

CHONGQING, China: A man stands in front of a cordoned-off area where COVID-19 patients lie on hospital beds in the lobby of the Chongqing No. 5 People's Hospital on Dec 23, 2022. - AFP

China city sees 500K cases of COVID daily

BEIJING: Half a million people in a single Chinese city are being infected with COVID-19 every day, a senior health official has said, in a rare and quickly censored acknowledgement that the country's wave of infections is not being reflected in official statistics. China this month has rapidly dismantled key pillars of its zero-COVID strategy, doing away with snap lockdowns, lengthy quarantines and travel curbs in a jarring reversal of its...

KATHMANDU: French serial killer Charles Sobhraj sits in an aircraft departing from Kathmandu to France on Dec 23, 2022. - AFP

Sobhraj arrives in France after Nepal release

PARIS: French serial killer Charles Sobhraj, responsible for multiple murders in the 1970s across Asia, arrived in France on Saturday after almost 20 years in prison in Nepal. Nepal's top court ruled on Wednesday that he should be freed on health grounds and deported to France within 15 days. On Friday, he was released and put on a flight at Kathmandu airport to take him to Paris via Doha. While on the flight to Doha, he insisted to an AFP...

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Khalifa Abdullah Dhahi Al-Ajeel Al-Askar
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Kuwait-based high school students secure patent for healthcare robot

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KUWAIT: H the Amir Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah receives Qatari Minister of State for Energy Affairs and Managing Director and CEO of QatarEnergy Saad Al-Kaabi on Aug 26, 2024.

Kuwait signs 15-year Qatar gas deal

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Brig Yousef Al-Ayoub

Over 65,000 iqama violators benefited from grace period