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KUWAIT: Sheikha Fadiya Saad Al-Abdullah Al-Sabah offers condolences to Ambassador of Palestine to Kuwait Rami Tahboub.
Sheikha Fadiya offers condolences on Abu Akleh's loss
KUWAIT: Ambassador of the State of Palestine to Kuwait Rami Tahboub received Sheikha Fadiya Saad Al-Abdullah Al-Sabah, Chairwoman of the Kuwait Union of Women Organizations, who conveyed condolences on the loss of journalist Shireen Abu Akleh. She conveyed condolences to President Mahmoud Abbas, the family of Abu Akleh and Palestinian people. Sheikha Fadiya Saad Al-Abdullah Al-Sabah writes a message of condolences at Palestine's embassy.
KUWAIT: National Assembly Speaker Marzouq Ali Al-Ghanem meets the British Minister of State for Asia, the Middle East and Commonwealth Affairs Amanda Milling. - KUNA photos
Kuwait parliament speaker receives UK, EU officials
KUWAIT: National Assembly Speaker Marzouq Ali Al-Ghanem received in his office on Tuesday the British Minister of State for Asia, the Middle East and Commonwealth Affairs Amanda Milling on her official visit to the country, and explored various topics of common interests. The meeting was attended by UK's Ambassador to Kuwait Belinda Lewis.Kuwait's Foreign Minister Sheikh Dr Ahmad Nasser Al-Sabah also met with British Minister Milling, along with...
KUWAIT: AUM's Chairman of the Board of Trustees Fahad Al-Othman recognizes Zain during the ceremony.
Zain recognized at AUM Corporate Award 2022
KUWAIT: Zain, the leading digital service provider in Kuwait, was recognized during the American University of the Middle East's Corporate Award 2022 held at the AUM cultural center. The step came in recognition of the company's extended partnership with AUM and to highlight its efforts towards supporting and developing the local education sector.The ceremony was attended by AUM's Chairman of the Board of Trustees Fahad Al-Othman, and featured a...
KUWAIT: Vehicles drive on a main street in Kuwait City Monday afternoon as traces of a dust storm that hit Kuwait a day earlier can still be seen. - Photo by Fouad Al-Shaikh
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BUFFALO: People leave messages at a makeshift memorial near a Tops Grocery store in Buffalo, New York, the day after a gunman shot dead 10 people. Grieving residents from the US city of Buffalo held vigils after a white gunman shot dead 10 people at a grocery store in a racially-motivated rampage. - AFP
Biden visits site of mass shooting
WASHINGTON: President Joe Biden flew Tuesday to mourn at the site of America's latest deadly mass shooting, warning that the white supremacist ideology motivating the alleged gunman is tearing the country's "soul" apart. In the hastily organized trip to Buffalo, New York, Biden, accompanied by his wife Jill Biden, reprised the wearily familiar role for presidents of consoler-in-chief.He was to begin by meeting families of the 10 African Americans...
NEW YORK: A family walks close to a wall in the frontline town of New York, eastern Ukraine on May 16, 2022, on the 82nd day of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The Ukranian town of New York, in the eastern Donetsk region, founded by German settlers and members of the Mennonite Church in 1892, was renamed by the Soviet authorities to Novgorodske in 1951. - AFP
Ukrainian town of New York comes under Russian assault
NEW YORK: The four-year-old recognised the low whistle of the Russian artillery shell hurtling toward the Ukrainian town of New York long before his mother had a chance to grab his hand. "Here comes one," the boy said matter-of-factly a few long moments before the blast of an exploding building echoed across the small town with the big American name.His exhausted 28-year-old mother did not even bother to duck. Valeria Kolakevych has heard so many...
COLOMBO: Police stand guard near the parliament building in Colombo on May 17, 2022. – AFP
Sri Lanka's embattled president side-stepped censure motion
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka's beleaguered president side-stepped a censure motion on Tuesday after his fractured coalition rallied to delay a resolution blaming him for the country's worst economic crisis. Gotabaya Rajapaksa's shaky coalition voted against taking up the unprecedented "displeasure of parliament" motion.The non-binding motion was proposed by the main opposition Tamil party, the Tamil National Alliance, saying it echoed the demands of...
PALI, India: Photograph shows a man sitting near a special train carrying water for storage in the underground tanks for the usage by people on a hot summer day in Pali. Every day dozens of villagers, mostly women and children, wait with blue plastic jerry cans and metal pots for a special train bringing precious water to people suffering a heatwave in India's desert state of Rajasthan. – AFP
Waiting for the water train in scorching India
JODHPUR: Afroz misses school every day to spend hours waiting with a handcart full of containers for a special train bringing precious water to people suffering a heatwave in India's desert state of Rajasthan. Temperatures often exceed 45 degrees Celsius (113 Fahrenheit) here, but this year the heat came early in what many experts say is more proof of climate change making life unbearable for India's 1.4 billion people."It's always been very hot...
TULSA: A detailed view of a 7-wood golf club belonging to Matt Fitzpatrick of England as he chips to a green during a practice round prior to the start of the 2022 PGA Championship at Southern Hills Country Club on May 16, 2022 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. - AFP
Golf in turmoil, battle lines drawn
ST ALBANS: Golf is in turmoil as it braces for the launch of a new Saudi-backed breakaway tour but figurehead Greg Norman is confident it will be a success despite a host of unresolved issues. The LIV Golf Invitational Series plans eight events this year but no player names have yet been announced. There is also uncertainty over broadcast deals and whether ranking points will be on offer.Questions over the source of the funding persist-with...
CHITTAGONG: Sri Lanka’s Dhananjaya de Silva (right) fields a ball shot by Bangladesh’s Tamim Iqbal (left) during the third day of the first Test cricket match between Bangladesh and Sri Lanka at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium on May 17, 2022. - AFP
Tamim ton gives Bangladesh upper hand against Sri Lanka
CHITTAGONG: Mushfiqur Rahim and Liton Das struck fifties after Tamim Iqbal made a hundred to put Bangladesh in pole position in the first Test against Sri Lanka in Chittagong on Tuesday. Liton hit 54 not out and Mushfiqur made 53 not out as the pair added 98 runs in an unbroken stand to guide Bangladesh to 318-3 at stumps on the third day, in reply to Sri Lanka's first innings 397. Tamim retired on 133 after reaching his 10th Test hundred with a...
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Kuwait grabs gold in 3rd Gulf Games
By Abdellatif SharaaKUWAIT: Third Gulf Games continued yesterday as Kuwait is expected to excel and win medals in shooting and of sporting activities. Kuwait grabbed one gold medal on Monday. Bahrain and Oman had outstanding performance in the opening of the Games.Kuwait Basketball and Futsal men's teams had the best start. Kuwait secured one gold, 5 silver and 4 bronze medals (5th). Bahrain remained on top position with 6 gold, 4 silver and 3...
MUMBAI, India: Mangalam Ramasubramanian Kumar (center), chairman of the Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC), poses with the bronze statue of a bull at the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) in Mumbai on May 17, 2022. -- AFP
Indian insurance giant slumps after country's biggest-ever IPO
MUMBAI: Indian state-owned insurance giant LIC slumped on its market debut Tuesday following the country's biggest-ever initial public offering, closing nearly eight percent below the IPO price. Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government raised $2.7 billion by selling 3.5 percent of Life Insurance Corporation of India as his administration seeks to sell off state assets to bolster tattered public finances.But it was forced to cut back the offer...
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Schools reopening amid extreme heat sparks concerns
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Lawyer Athra Alrefai
Between two worlds: The impact of Kuwait’s nationality law
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GAZA: Friends and relatives mourn over the body of photojournalist Ibrahim Muhareb, who was killed as he was covering the advance of Zionist forces north of Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip the previous day, at Al-Nasser Hospital on Aug 19, 2024. - AFP
Palestinian fighters claim Tel Aviv bombing, threaten more attacks
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KUWAIT: Inmates line up at the new deportation center in Sulaibiya.
New deportation center opens
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Kuwait advances fiscal reforms