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ANKARA: Defendants Kemal Batmaz (first row, C) and Akin Ozturk (second row, C) and other defendants are accompanied by gendarmerie as they arrive for their trial at Sincan Penal Institution at the 4th Heavy Penal Court. -AFP

Almost 500 suspects on trial in Turkey's biggest coup case

ANKARA: Defendants Kemal Batmaz (first row, C) and Akin Ozturk (second row, C) and other defendants are accompanied by gendarmerie as they arrive for their trial at Sincan Penal Institution at the 4th Heavy Penal Court. -AFPSINCAN: Nearly 500 people appeared in court yesterday in the biggest trial yet of suspects from Turkey's failed coup, facing charges of conspiring to oust the government from an air base seen as the plotters' hub. Forty-one...

In this Monday, July 31, 2017 photo, Pakistan's premier-designate Shahid Khaqan Abbasi the Parliament house in Islamabad, Pakistan. Pakistan's lower house of parliament on Tuesday elected Abbasi as the country's new prime minister, less than a week after the Supreme Court disqualified thrice-elected Nawaz Sharif for concealing assets. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)

Pakistan elects Abbasi as new PM

In this Monday, July 31, 2017 photo, Pakistan's premier-designate Shahid Khaqan Abbasi the Parliament house in Islamabad, Pakistan. Pakistan's lower house of parliament on Tuesday elected Abbasi as the country's new prime minister, less than a week after the Supreme Court disqualified thrice-elected Nawaz Sharif for concealing assets. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)ISLAMABAD: Pakistan's parliament elected ruling party loyalist Shahid Khaqan Abbasi as...

CARSON: Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti speaks at the podium as he announces a deal has been reached with the International Olympic Committee to host the 2028 Summer Olympics during a news conference with LA 2024 Bid Chairman Casey Wasserman (L) City Council President Herb Wesson and Janet Evans olympian and vice chair of LA2024 (R) looking on at StubHub Center on Monday, in Carson, California. - AFP

LA agrees to host 2028 Games, Paris set for 2024

CARSON: Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti speaks at the podium as he announces a deal has been reached with the International Olympic Committee to host the 2028 Summer Olympics during a news conference with LA 2024 Bid Chairman Casey Wasserman (L) City Council President Herb Wesson and Janet Evans olympian and vice chair of LA2024 (R) looking on at StubHub Center on Monday, in Carson, California. - AFPLOS ANGELES: Los Angeles announced its intent...

Health Minister Dr Jamal Al-Harbi

New health fees to go into effect from Oct 1

Health Minister Dr Jamal Al-HarbiKUWAIT: Health Minister Jamal Al-Harbi yesterday issued two ministerial decisions to increase health fees that will go into effect from Oct 1 in all hospitals and health centers. The move is part of the government's plan to revise service fees due to the rising cost of medicine and medical services, and as per the recommendations of technical committees that evaluated health service fees at hospitals and health...

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Gov slams loose labor 'epidemic' after twin killings

KUWAIT: Farwaniya governor Sheikh Faisal Al-Humoud Al-Malek Al-Sabah renewed his warning against "marginal laborers" in the country, pointing to two killings in two days and an increase in the crime rate. Yesterday, a bloody fight in Jleeb Al-Shuyoukh between Bangladeshis resulted in the death of one of them. Police arrested eight Bangladeshis who were involved in the fight, while the body of the deceased was recovered by the coroner. On Monday,...

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Amir meets KFAS members

KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah meets with members of the Board of Directors of the Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences (KFAS). - KUNAKUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah received yesterday at Bayan palace Director General of the Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences (KFAS) Dr Adnan Shihab Eldin. His Highness the Amir also met KFAS members of Board...

KUWAIT: Deputy Foreign Minister Khaled Al-Jarallah (left) speaks during a reception held by the Iraqi Embassy to celebrate the liberation of Mosul. - KUNA

Kuwait begins preparations for Iraq donors' conference: Deputy FM

KUWAIT: Deputy Foreign Minister Khaled Al-Jarallah (left) speaks during a reception held by the Iraqi Embassy to celebrate the liberation of Mosul. - KUNAKUWAIT: Kuwait said Monday it started contacts with world countries, the World Bank and Iraq to prepare for hosting a donors' conference to rebuild areas liberated from so-called Islamic State (IS) in Iraq, expected to be held in first quarter 2018. "Kuwait has always stood by Iraq via the...

KUWAIT: Damage left by a fire reported yesterday in a Rabiya house.

Old woman, children rescued from burning house in Rabiya

KUWAIT: Damage left by a fire reported yesterday in a Rabiya house.KUWAIT: Fire broke out in a Rabiya house yesterday, prompting firemen from the Ardiya and Farwaniya fire stations to respond. The fire was on the ground floor, while an elderly woman and three children were trapped on the first floor. They were rescued and sent to hospital to be treated for smoke inhalation. The fire was put out before it could spread further. Separately, a...

KUWAIT: Kuwaiti oilfields set on fire by invading Iraqi troops during the 1990 invasion. - KUNA PHOTO

Kuwait marks 27th anniversary of the 1990 Iraqi invasion

KUWAIT: Kuwaiti oilfields set on fire by invading Iraqi troops during the 1990 invasion. - KUNA PHOTOKUWAIT: Kuwait marks today the 27th anniversary of the Iraqi 1990 brutal invasion, that severely and harshly sought to efface the identity the country. Since the early hours of the invasion, the Kuwaiti government and people utterly rejected the flagrant aggression, and Kuwaitis, both at home and overseas stood by the side of their legitimate...

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Homicide probe in fire victims' death

crime-sceneKUWAIT: A homicide investigation was opened in the death of a citizen in his thirties and an 11-month-old girl, who died in a Sabah Al-Ahmad house fire. Firemen found highly combustible material in the area, based on which the case was classified as arson. Meanwhile, forensic experts found traces of blood in the area of the fire and in the man's car. Detectives are also working on the case. The child is the man's...

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Angelina Jolie says child casting story is false, upsetting

File photo shows Angelina Jolie arrives at the world premiere of "Kung Fu Panda 3," in Los Angeles.-APAngelina Jolie says accounts of her casting process for children to appear in her film "First They Killed My Father" are false and upsetting. An excerpt from a Vanity Fair profile of the director sparked backlash online earlier this week from people who criticized the methods as being cruel and exploitative. Adapted from Loung Ung's memoir, the...

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IS militants attack Kabul Iraq embassy, all killed

KABUL: Afghan security personnel leave the Iraqi embassy building after an attack yesterday. - AFPKABUL: A suicide bomber blew himself up outside the Iraqi embassy in Kabul yesterday and militants breached the compound, Afghan officials said, in a complex hours-long attack claimed by the Islamic State group. All the attackers had been killed and the compound secured roughly four hours after the assault began, Afghanistan's interior ministry...

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KUWAIT: His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Ahmad Abdullah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah preside over a Cabinet weekly meeting on Tuesday at Bayan Palace. - KUNA

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This undated imageshows a colorized transmission electron micrograph of mpox particles (green) found within an infected cell (pink and purple) cultured in the laboratory. - AFP

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