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BANGLADESH: Bangladeshi doctor Mahzabin Hoque, left, holding newborn baby Mohammed Jubayed in Kutupalong refugee camp. - AFP

In the chaos of Bangladesh's refugee camps, a baby is born

BANGLADESH: Bangladeshi doctor Mahzabin Hoque, left, holding newborn baby Mohammed Jubayed in Kutupalong refugee camp. - AFPKUTUPALONG, Bangladesh: Mohammed Jubayed came into the world shortly after midday in a baking hot military tent in the chaos of a vast refugee camp in Bangladesh, now home to nearly a million Rohingya. Just an hour earlier, a cycle rickshaw had pulled up carrying his young mother Hasina Aktar clutching her stomach and...

GUMDHUM: Bangladeshi soldiers distribute rice to young Rohingya refugees at the refugee camp of Balukhali. — AFP

Bangladesh bans three Islamic charities from giving Rohingya aid

KUTUPALONG, Bangladesh: Rohingya refugees reach up for relief supplies at the Kutupalong refugee camp. - AFPDHAKA: Bangladesh has banned three Islamic charities from working with Rohingya refugees, a lawmaker said yesterday, amid concerns displaced Muslims in camps along its border could be radicalized. Mahjabeen Khaled, an MP from the ruling Awami League, said the international charities Muslim Aid and Islamic Relief, and Bangladesh-based...

MANILA: This file photo shows Nanette Castillo grieving next to the body of her son Aldrin, an alleged drug user killed by unidentified assailants, in Manila.-AFP

President Duterte threatens to expel EU ambassadors

MANILA: This file photo shows Nanette Castillo grieving next to the body of her son Aldrin, an alleged drug user killed by unidentified assailants, in Manila.-AFPMANILA: Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte threatened yesterday to expel European ambassadors within 24 hours, accusing their governments without citing evidence of plotting to have Manila expelled from the United Nations. Duterte signaled in a fiery speech he would not tolerate...

Fatma Abu Mosabah, 21, uses her mobile phone to take pictures for her social media account in Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza strip. — AFP photos

Gaza Instagram stars want world to get the picture

Fatma Abu Mosabah, 21, uses her mobile phone to take pictures for her social media account in Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza strip. — AFP photosThey may not be able to leave Gaza without Israeli or Egyptian permission, but their photos can. The two women are among a small number of Instagram stars in the blockaded Palestinian enclave, showing followers a different side of their homeland from what much of the world may be used to hearing or...

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Beyonce charity song ‘Mi Gente’ dethrones ‘Despacito’

BeyonceBeyonce’s Spanish-language remix of “Mi Gente” for hurricane relief opened Wednesday on top of the US Latin song chart, finally dethroning the global mega-hit “Despacito.” “Mi Gente,” which Colombian reggaeton star J Balvin created from the African dance rhythms of French DJ Willy William, had lingered for 11 weeks at number two on the Billboard Latin song chart underneath the colossus of “Despacito.” “Mi Gente”...

WASHINGTON: People pass by outside of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) building in Washington yesterday during the World Bank/IMF Annual Meetings. —AP

IMF sounds alert over debt in world’s largest economies

Fund largely optimistic about global growth WASHINGTON: People pass by outside of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) building in Washington yesterday during the World Bank/IMF Annual Meetings. —APWASHINGTON: For the first time in years the International Monetary Fund is optimistic about global economic growth. But it sees a new problem: mounting debt in the world's largest countries."Debt levels are increasing in G20 economies," Tobias...

MOHALI: This file photo taken on May 15, 2016 shows Sunrisers Hyderabad bowler Ashish Nehra bowling during the 2016 Indian Premier League (IPL) Twenty20 cricket match between Kings XI Punjab and Sunrisers Hyderabad at the Punjab Cricket Association Stadium. —AFP

India’s Nehra to quit internationals, IPL

MOHALI: This file photo taken on May 15, 2016 shows Sunrisers Hyderabad bowler Ashish Nehra bowling during the 2016 Indian Premier League (IPL) Twenty20 cricket match between Kings XI Punjab and Sunrisers Hyderabad at the Punjab Cricket Association Stadium. —AFPNEW DELHI: Indian fast bowler Ashish Nehra yesterday announced his retirement from international cricket and the Indian Premier League on Thursday after an injury-plagued career. Nehra,...

BAGHDAD: A group of Iraqi Inter Milan football supporters gather at a cafe to watch a match. — AFP

Iraqi football fans united by love of European teams

BAGHDAD: A group of Iraqi Inter Milan football supporters gather at a cafe to watch a match. — AFPBAGHDAD: Iraqi football supporters decked out in red cram into a cafe in Baghdad to cheer on their shared love-Manchester United. Shouting, cursing and-eventually-celebrating, they watch as the team from the north of England notches up a win half way around the globe. "United! United! United!", they chant with joy in accents that are far from...

NEW YORK: In this April 10, 2017, file photo, Sunil Gulati, President of the United States Soccer Federation, attends a news conference. — AP

US World Cup failure prompts call for soccer ‘revolution’

NEW YORK: In this April 10, 2017, file photo, Sunil Gulati, President of the United States Soccer Federation, attends a news conference. — APCOUVA: When soccer holds its world’s fair in Russia next June, the American pavilion will be glaringly absent. A bumbling, stumbling, tumbling World Cup qualifying campaign ended Tuesday night with a calamitous 2-1 loss to already eliminated Trinidad and Tobago, the 99th-ranked nation in the world, when...

KUWAIT: Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Sheikh Khaled Al-Jarrah Al-Sabah speaks during the conference. — Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat

Govt to examine expats' degrees while renewing their residency visas

Sheikh KhaledAl-Jarrah Al-SabahKUWAIT: Ministers of Interior Khaled Al-Jarrah and Social Affairs and Labor Hind Al-Sabeeh agreed on a mechanism of implementing the government's decision to examine and audit the degrees of expats holding university degrees. Informed sources said this measure will come into effect by the end of this month, when all expats will have to furnish their original degrees and submit them with other documents on renewing...

KUWAIT: Kuwait Times Editor-in-Chief Abd Al- Rahman Al-Alyan takes a selfie with Akira Takatoriya. — Photos by Yasser Al-Zayyat

Dishdasha-clad Japanese man talks about his fascination with Gulf culture

Takatoriya chooses kabsa and majboos over sushi KUWAIT: Kuwait Times Editor-in-Chief Abd Al- Rahman Al-Alyan takes a selfie with Akira Takatoriya. — Photos by Yasser Al-ZayyatKUWAIT: "Thobe", "dishdasha" or "kandoura" are the names of the traditional male robe worn by locals in the Arabian Gulf. But it is unusual to see a Japanese man wearing it and walking in the streets and on public transportation. Meet Akira Takatoriya, who has been...

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Bribes cost Kuwait $2 billion a year: IMF

KUWAIT: A recent study prepared by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on behalf of the Kuwaiti government suggested that the annual cost of bribery is close to two percent of the total GDP, ie around $2 billion (KD 670 million) annually. The study estimated the amount of corruption caused by bribery in Kuwait according to international standards used by IMF, suggesting that these figures may exceed two percent of Kuwait's GPD because of oil...

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This photograph taken in 1967 shows French actor Alain Delon accompanied by his wife Nathalie Delon. --AFP photos

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Massive fuel shortage forces electricity cuts in Kuwait

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EL KFOUR: Lebanon: People inspect the damage to a building after a Zionist airstrike in the southern town of Kfour, in the Nabatiyeh district, on August 17, 2024, amid the ongoing cross-border clashes between Zionist troops and Hezbollah fighters. – AFP

Hezbollah reveals its military muscle

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KUWAIT: His Excellency the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Oil Dr Imad Mohamed Al-Ateeqi (center) is greeted by Prime Minister His Highness Sheikh Ahmad Al-Abdullah Al-Hamad Al-Sabah (second right) and other officials. — KUNA

Oil minister returns to Kuwait after treatment in Turkey

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JAHRA: Part of the Al-Shagaya Concentrated Solar Power Project is seen in this photo taken from the Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research website.

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