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KUWAIT: A picture taken from the ceremony to sign the agreement between Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development and the Federal Government of Somalia. - KUNA

KFAED inks deal with Somalia relating to debt-burdened countries

KUWAIT: Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development and the Federal Government of Somalia on Tuesday signed a debt relief agreement under the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries Initiative (HIPS) framework. This agreement will allow rescheduling of the arrears and outstanding balance of the eligible loans granted to the Federal Government of Somalia by the Fund and resuming the bilateral relationship between the two parties that had been interrupted by...

Ambassador of Mexico Miguel Angel Isidro

Mexican Ambassador sends Eid greetings

KUWAIT: Ambassador of Mexico Miguel Angel Isidro extended his sincere congratulations and best wishes to His Highness Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Amir of the State of Kuwait, His Highness Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Crown Prince, His Highness Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah, Prime Minister, the government and the people of the State of Kuwait, on the occasion of the advent of Eid Al-Fitr, wishing the friendly...

JERUSALEM: Zionist police arrest a Palestinian man at Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa Mosque on April 22, 2022. - AFP

Kuwait urges UNSC to react to Zionist entity's incursions in Al-Aqsa Mosque

NEW YORK: The State of Kuwait reiterated its condemnation of the Zionist entity's aggressions against the Palestinian people, notably the repeated storming of the holy Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem. Delivering Kuwait's speech to UN Security Council open debate on the situation in the Middle East on Monday, Ambassador Bader Abdullah Al-Munayekh thanked the Council President for April Barbara Woodward, of the United Kingdom, for her successful handling...

KUWAIT: KRCS Deputy Chairman Anwar Al-Hasawi (right) signs the agreement with Head of the Turkish Disaster and Emergency Management (AFAD) Yunus Sezer. - KUNA

KRCS to establish disaster relief center in Turkey

KUWAIT: The Kuwait Red Crescent Society (KRCS) announced on Monday that it signed an agreement to establish a disaster relief and response center in Antalya, Turkey, with a generous donation from Kuwait Finance House (KFH). On the sideline of the agreement signing ceremony, KRCS Deputy Chairman Anwar Al-Hasawi said that the center would address emergencies such as the recent fires, which plagued Turkish forests. He expressed gratitude towards KFH...

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Ministry inspects domestic help offices

KUWAIT: The Ministry of Commerce and Industry began inspections of domestic help offices in all governorates to make sure they comply with ministry laws and ministerial decision 33/2021 with regards to setting the cost of bringing in helpers at KD 890. Meanwhile, the ministry closed a store in Sharq for selling subsidized and expired foodstuff. Further legal action will follow.

KUWAIT: The vehicle involved in the accident on Wafra Road.

Two injured in Wafra Road crash

KUWAIT: A two-vehicle collision on Wafra Road resulted in critically injuring a Kuwaiti man and his daughter. Kout firemen freed the two and handed them to paramedics. Meanwhile, a vehicle rammed into the shopfront of a printshop, wounding two expats working there. Both were taken to hospital. The vehicle that crashed into the printshop.

KUWAIT: A picture showing a traditional old market in Kuwait. (Source: A total commemorative printed images to the Ministry of Information in the 1960s and 1970s. Prepared by Mahmoud Zakaria Abu Alella, heritage researcher at the Ministry of Information)

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RAMSTEIN AIR BASE: Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov (3rd right) talks with Lithuania’s Minister of Defense Arvydas Anusauskas (2nd right) and Danish Minister of Defense Morten Bodskov (right) as they attend a meeting with members of a Ukraine Security Consultative Group at the US Air Base in Ramstein, western Germany, on April 26, 2022. - AFP

US vows to bolstering Ukraine

RAMSTEIN AIR BASE, Germany: The United States vowed Tuesday to move "heaven and earth" to help Ukraine win its battle against Russia's unprovoked invasion, as allies from 40 nations met to bolster Kyiv's defence against Moscow. The meeting called by the US at its Ramstein airbase in southwestern Germany aims "to help Ukraine win the fight against Russia's unjust invasion and to build up Ukraine's defences for tomorrow's challenges", said...

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Moldova security talks on blasts in Russia-backed region

CHISINAU, Moldova: The president of ex-Soviet Moldova on Tuesday convened a meeting of the country's security council after a series of blasts in the Russian-backed separatist Transnistria region. The breakaway region, which borders western Ukraine, saw explosions hit its security ministry on Monday and a radio tower on Tuesday morning. The press service of President Maia Sandu said she was set to hold a meeting of the country's Supreme Security...

BEIJING: A health worker takes a swab sample from a man to be tested for COVID-19 coronavirus at a makeshift testing site in Zhongguancun in Beijing. - AFP

Beijing expands mass testing as lockdown fears grow

BEIJING, China: Beijing launched mass coronavirus testing on Tuesday for nearly all its 21 million residents, as fears grew that the Chinese capital may be placed under a strict lockdown like Shanghai. Under its zero-COVID policy, China has used lockdowns, mass testing and travel restrictions to stamp out infections.Its biggest city, Shanghai, has been almost entirely locked down for weeks, and the mass testing order in Beijing has sparked...

Elon Musk

Musk-ruled Twitter: Users left to fight trolls and misinformation?

SAN FRANCISCO: Elon Musk's vow to let everyone say whatever they want on Twitter after his takeover of the social media giant could put the onus on users to combat bullying and misinformation on the platform, experts say. Details of Musk's plans for Twitter were slim after his deal to buy the tech firm was announced Monday, but the Tesla chief portrays himself as a free-speech absolutist.But the privatization of Twitter with Musk as its master...

Jassim Mustafa Boodai

Gulf Bank records KD 15 million in net profit for first quarter of 2022

KUWAIT: Gulf Bank K.S.C.P. ("Bank") announced its financial results for the first quarter ending 31 March 2022. The bank reported a net profit of KD 15 million, an increase of KD 3.1 million or 26 percent compared to 2021 first quarter net profit of KD 12 million. Subsequently, the bank's return on assets improved from 0.8 percent in the first quarter of 2021 to 0.9 percent in first quarter of 2022 and return on equity grew from 7.6 percent to...

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Schools reopening amid extreme heat sparks concerns

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The sun sets behind electricity pylons in this file photo. -- Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat

Kuwait swelters amid power cuts

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KUWAIT: HH the Crown Prince Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah receives India’s External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar on Aug 18, 2024. — KUNA

India looks to upgrade bilateral ties with Kuwait: Dr Jaishankar

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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