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KUWAIT: His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah poses for a group picture during his visit to the Interior Ministry. - Amiri Diwan photos
Sheikh Mishal commends security forces' efforts
KUWAIT: Representative of His Highness the Amir, His Highness Crown Prince Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah has expressed great appreciation to the Interior Ministry's personnel enormous and sincere efforts to retain the homeland security, enforce the law and ensure people's safety. "Thank you for remarkable efforts to ensure security across the nation," His Highness Sheikh Mishal said during a visit to the Interior Ministry to...
KUWAIT: First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior Sheikh Ahmad Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah and Indian Ambassador Sibi George exchange plaques during the meeting.
Interior minister holds talks with Indian ambassador
KUWAIT: First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior Sheikh Ahmad Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah received Indian Ambassador Sibi George in his office on Tuesday. During the meeting, they discussed a wide-range of topics covering all aspects of the bilateral relations between Kuwait and India. Both sides deliberated on ways and means of further strengthening the existing bilateral cooperation across various domains and matters of mutual...
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Insurance federation aspires to increase contribution to economy
KUWAIT: Secretary General of Kuwait Insurance Federation (KIF), Adel Al-Rumaih, stated that the federation strives to increase contribution to the national economy as well as raise more awareness regarding the significance of insurance. Rumaih added that the federation's current contribution to the country's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) does not exceed two percent, but they aspire for even more contribution and development. In an interview,...
KUWAIT: Children celebrate girgian. - KUNA photosn
Kuwait celebrates girgian after two-year halt over coronavirus
KUWAIT: The celebration of "Girgian", where people give children candy and nuts in mid-Ramadan month is back after two years of halting due to the coronavirus. Girgian is an old tradition celebrated in Kuwait and all Gulf countries in Ramadan, however, each country celebrates the festival differently. In Kuwait, children wear traditional colorful clothing, walking in groups in their area's streets and knocking on doors to sing some traditional...
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EU Ambassador to Kuwait Cristian Tudor holds ghabqa for media representatives
KUWAIT: On 11 April, EU Ambassador to Kuwait Cristian Tudor convened a ghabqa with media representatives on the occasion of the holy month of Ramadan to thank them for their cooperation with the EU Delegation in Kuwait and inform them about plans for the coming period, including Europe Day celebrations next month. During the ghabqa, Ambassador Tudor also praised the lively and vibrant nature of the Kuwaiti media. EU Ambassador to Kuwait Cristian...
KUWAIT: Al-Derbaha, a famous children's game from the Kuwaiti heritage. The boys race while moving the frame forward, and whoever finishes first is the winner. The picture was taken circa 1958 in Mirqab and shows Ali Salimi (left), brothers Shuaibi (at the back) and brothers Faheed. (Source: A total commemorative printed images to the Ministry of Information in the 19602 and 1970s. Prepared by Mahmoud Zakaria Abu Alella, heritage researcher at the Ministry of Information)
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PANITAN: Photo shows coast guard personnel evacuating local residents from their flooded homes on a makeshift raft in the town of Panitan, Capiz province as heavy rains brought on by Tropical Storm Megi inundated the area. - AFP
Megi death toll hits 42
BUNGA, Philippines: Rescuers hampered by mud and rain on Tuesday used their bare hands and shovels to search for survivors of landslides that smashed into villages in the central Philippines, as the death toll from tropical storm Megi rose to 42. Tens of thousands of people fled their homes as the storm pummeled the disaster-prone region in recent days , flooding houses, severing roads and knocking out power.At least 36 people died and 26 were...
WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden (L) alongside US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin (R) and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken (C), takes part in a virtual meeting with India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Washington. - AFP
Biden, Modi in 'candid' Ukraine war talks
WASHINGTON: President Joe Biden and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi had a "candid exchange of views" on the Ukraine crisis at a virtual summit Monday, but the United States appeared to have made little progress in wooing India away from its neutral stance on Russia's invasion. "It is important that all countries, especially those with leverage, press Putin to end the war," Secretary of State Antony Blinken told reporters after the virtual...
ANDRIIVKA, Ukraine: Communal workers exhume a body of a man buried near his house in Andriivka village, Kyiv region. – AFP
On the trail of the dead in a Ukrainian village
MAKARIV, Ukraine: There is a rhythm to the way the bodies are collected in the Ukrainian village of Andriivka. A yellow question mark is sprayed on a home. The police arrive with a crew to dig out the shallow grave. Then the relatives are confronted with the remains of their kin. Some are stoic and resigned-the body is just the remnants and their loved one is long gone. Others dash to touch the corpse, as if trying to awake it from slumber. On...
RAWALPINDI: Supporters of newly elected Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif dance to celebrate at the party office in Rawalpindi. - AFP
India hopes for Pakistan reset after Shehbaz Sharif election
NEW DELHI: India hopes that Pakistan's new prime minister will herald a diplomatic thaw between the two nuclear-armed foes after years of tensions, analysts say. The pragmatic and business-friendly Shehbaz Sharif faces daunting challenges as leader-among them relations with a neighbour his country has fought three wars against in the past 75 years.But he hails from an elite political family seen in India as conciliatory towards New Delhi and...
COLOMBO: Motorists queue to fill their tanks up at a Ceylon Petroleum Corporation fuel station in Colombo on April 12, 2022. - AFP
Sri Lanka defaults on foreign debt
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka announced a default on its $51 billion foreign debt Tuesday as the island nation grapples with its worst economic crisis in memory and escalating protests demanding the government's resignation. Acute food and fuel shortages, as well as long daily electricity blackouts, have brought widespread suffering to the country's 22 million people in the most painful downturn since independence in 1948.The government has struggled to...
WASHINGTON: Gasoline prices hover around $4.00 a gallon for the least expensive grade at several gas stations in the nation's capital on April 11, 2022. – AFP  
Ukraine war crisis pushes US inflation to new 4-decade high
WASHINGTON: US inflation continued to surge in March, sending the consumer price index (CPI) up 8.5 percent over the past 12 months, its largest increase in more than four decades, the Labor Department said Tuesday. Compared to February, prices climbed 1.2 percent, in line with analysts' forecasts, though "core" CPI, which excludes volatile food and energy prices, rose 0.3 percent, less than expected.The report was the first to fully encompass...
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This photograph taken in 1967 shows French actor Alain Delon accompanied by his wife Nathalie Delon. --AFP photos
Alain Delon: Women he loved and left
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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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Schools reopening amid extreme heat sparks concerns
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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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MEW: Power cuts in high-consumption Industrial areas in Kuwait