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RIYADH: President of Saudi Arabia's General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA) Abdulaziz al-Duailej speaks at the Future Aviation Forum in Riyadh, on May 9, 2022. – AFP photos
Saudi fights to lead 'saturated' Middle East aviation market
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia on Monday pitched aviation industry leaders on its plans to become a global travel hub, drawing skepticism from analysts who questioned how it could compete against regional heavyweights. The conservative kingdom's aviation goals, part of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's wide-ranging "Vision 2030" reforms, include more than tripling annual traffic to 330 million passengers by the end of the decade.It also wants to draw $100...
KUWAIT: National Assembly Speaker Marzouq Al-Ghanem attends the Arab Scout Forum. – KUNA photos
Speaker Marzouq Al-Ghanem: Arab Scout Forum an initiative to empower youth
KUWAIT: National Assembly Speaker Marzouq Al-Ghanem confirmed that Kuwait's hosting of the Arab Scout Forum was a vital initiative in empowering Arab youth and uniting them in the scouting and parliamentary sectors. Ghanem said in a statement to reporters Monday, after sponsoring the opening ceremony of the forum organized by the Arab Parliamentary Scout Union (APSU) at the Arab Planning Institute (API), that there is a dire need for these...
KUWAIT: Vehicles drive through heavy dust on a highway in Kuwait on May 7, 2022. Kuwait is expected to be hit by another dust storm this weekend according to weather forecasts. - Photo by Fouad Al-Shaikh
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HEBRON: Builders work on new constructions in a settlement zone on a site where the old central bus station for the Hebron Governorate formerly stood, in the old town of the flashpoint Palestinian city of Hebron in the occupied West Bank, on May 8, 2022. - AFP
Kuwait warns against Zionist entity's settlement plans
KUWAIT: Kuwait's Foreign Ministry on Sunday cautioned against repercussions of the Zionist entity's settlement plans and projects of 4,000 new housing units in the occupied West Bank. The ministry also warned against the destruction of 12 Palestinian villages in Khalil Governorate, and the displacement of 4,000 from their homes. In a statement, the ministry said that these settlement schemes, which blatantly violate international law and...
RIYADH: Kuwait’s Education Minister Dr Ali Al-Mudhaf meets the chief of the Arab Bureau of Education for the Gulf States (ABEGS) Dr Abdulrahman Al-Assimi. – KUNA photos
Saudi, Kuwait education ministers eye more cooperation
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia's Education Minister Dr Hamad Al-Sheikh held talks on Monday with his Kuwaiti counterpart Dr Ali Al-Mudhaf, aiming to give impetus to common plans and goals concerning classroom development. The Kuwaiti minister also had a similar meeting with the chief of a pan-Gulf Arab education body known as the Arab Bureau of Education for the Gulf States (ABEGS) Dr Abdulrahman Al-Assimi, as they sought to keep the crucial sector afloat...
RIYADH: GCC Secretary General Nayef Al-Hajraf meets the UN special envoy for Yemen Hans Grundberg. – KUNA
GCC chief affirms support for boosting Yemen's security
RIYADH: GCC Secretary General Nayef Al-Hajraf affirmed on Monday support for efforts aimed at bolstering Yemen's security and stability. The GCC Secretariat General said in a statement that Hajraf affirmed backing for the country during a meeting with the UN special envoy for Yemen Hans Grundberg, at the secretariat headquarters. It added that the two sides examined the efforts designed to end the conflict in Yemen, the truce that had been...
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Indian Ambassador meets KISR official
KUWAIT: Indian Ambassador to Kuwait Sibi George met Dr Mane Mohammad Al-Sudairawi, Acting Director General of Kuwait Institute of Scientific Research (KISR) on May 9, 2022. They discussed, among other things, ways of strengthening bilateral cooperation in the domain of science and technology, particularly in the context of new age technologies such as artificial intelligence and research and development (R&D).
KUWAIT: Ismail Fakruddin receives the award from Kuwait Times Advertising Manager Department Taleb Kanjo.
Kuwait Times Ramadan Quiz winners receive their prizes
KUWAIT: Ismail Fakruddin, Inshiya Taher, Aya Al-Tair, and Abdullah Fawaz received their 'Kuwait Times Ramadan Quiz' awards at Kuwait Times head office. The winners received KD 50 in cash each and a one-year newspaper subscription.KUWAIT: Ismail Fakruddin receives the award from Kuwait Times Advertising Manager Department Taleb Kanjo.Aya Al-Tair receives the award from Kuwait Times Advertising Department Manager Taleb Kanjo.Abdullah Fawaz receives...
BEIRUT: A handout picture provided by the Lebanese presidency shows Lebanese President Michel Aoun (L) at the Foreign Ministry headquarters in the capital Beirut overseeing the voting process for Lebanese expatriates as they vote ahead of the May 15 legislative election. – AFP
Lebanon activists run in election
BEIRUT: As a law student in late 2019, Verena El Amil joined mass street protests against Lebanon's political elite. Now she wants to fight them at the ballot box. At age 25, she is one of a growing number of independent candidates running in a May 15 parliamentary vote in the crisis-torn country. "We are going to fight," the young lawyer, dressed in a black leather jacket and combat boots, said at a coffee shop outside Beirut."The slogans we...
ZAKHO, Iraq: Displaced Yazidis stand near their tent at the Chamishko camp for internally displaced persons (IDP) in the city of Zakho in the north of Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region. Thousands of Yazidis were again forced to flee their homes this month, after fierce clashes between the army and local fighters in their Sinjar heartland. – AFP
Yazidis again displaced anew by fierce clashes in north Iraq
ZAKHO, Iraq: Iraqi policeman Jundi Khodr Kalo was among thousands of Yazidis again forced to flee their homes this month, after fierce clashes between the army and local fighters in their Sinjar heartland. "Last time we were displaced because we were afraid of the Islamic State" jihadist group, said Kalo, 37, from the non-Arab, Kurdish-speaking minority.The Yazidis are a monotheistic, esoteric community who were massacred by IS when the...
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil: People walk on the streets of Jacarezinho favela in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. One year after 28 people were killed in the bloodiest police raid in Rio de Janeiro history, the tension is still palpable in the Jacarezinho slum, where authorities have deployed a massive law enforcement operation. - AFP
Fear still reigns in Brazil favela a year after bloody police raid
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil:  One year after 28 people were killed in the bloodiest police raid in Rio de Janeiro history, the tension is still palpable in the Jacarezinho slum, where authorities have deployed a massive law enforcement operation. Brazil marked the first anniversary Friday of the early-morning raid against alleged drug traffickers that turned the impoverished favela into a battlefield, with explosions and heavy gunfire that left...
Real Madrid's Brazilian forward Rodrygo (L) fights for the ball with Atletico Madrid's Croatian defender Sime Vrsaljko during the Spanish League football between Club Atletico de Madrid and Real Madrid CF at the Wanda Metropolitano stadium in Madrid on May 8, 2022. (Photo by GABRIEL BOUYS / AFP)
Atletico edge past weakened Real
MADRID: Atletico Madrid won a La Liga derby against Real Madrid for the first time in six years on Sunday as a 1-0 victory left Diego Simeone's side on the cusp of securing Champions League qualification. Yannick Carrasco's first-half penalty proved enough at the Wanda Metropolitano against a heavily weakened Real Madrid, who took the chance to rotate after their incredible Champions League comeback against Manchester City on Wednesday.With Karim...
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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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Between two worlds: The impact of Kuwait’s nationality law
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Kuwait underlines preparedness amid mpox outbreak