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UPAC reports KD 3.46m in revenues for Q2 2017

Nadia AkilKUWAIT: United Projects for Aviation Services Company (UPAC), a publicly-listed commercial real estate company, yesterday announced a net profit of KD 2.29 million for the second quarter of 2017, a 19.7 percent increase over the same period last year. UPAC's revenues grew by 6.5 percent to KD 3.46 million, compared to KD 3.25 million during Q2 2016. This strong performance reflects UPAC's commitment to improving on operational...

MADRID: This photo combo made from image grabs of a video feed shows Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy declaring as a witness in a major graft trial involving members of his conservative Popular Party at Spain's High Court. - AFP

Spanish PM takes stand as witness at corruption trial

MADRID: This photo combo made from image grabs of a video feed shows Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy declaring as a witness in a major graft trial involving members of his conservative Popular Party at Spain's High Court. - AFPSAN FERNANDO DE HENARES: Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy denied yesterday any knowledge of an illegal financing scheme within his conservative Popular Party as he testified as a witness at a major graft trial. It...

Cast and crew of Warner Bros Pictures 'DUNKIRK' attend the Warner Bros Pictures 'DUNKIRK' US premiere at AMC Loews Lincoln Square in New York City. - AP/AFP photos

Dunkirk: Elevating the cinematic experience

Cast and crew of Warner Bros Pictures 'DUNKIRK' attend the Warner Bros Pictures 'DUNKIRK' US premiere at AMC Loews Lincoln Square in New York City. - AP/AFP photosHow lucky are we to be living in the era of Christopher Nolan. No matter whether you love or despise his work, it's hard to dismiss the massive impact they leave in movie halls across the globe. Nolan has a way of creating thought-provoking narratives that effortlessly intervene with...

JERUSALEM: A Palestinian Muslim prays in the old city of Jerusalem yesterday, as a tense standoff is underway between Israel and Muslim worshippers at the city's Al-Aqsa mosque compound. - AFP

Muslim cleric: Protest to go on despite Israeli concession

JERUSALEM: A Palestinian Muslim prays in the old city of Jerusalem yesterday, as a tense standoff is underway between Israel and Muslim worshippers at the city's Al-Aqsa mosque compound. - AFPJERUSALEM: A senior Muslim official in Jerusalem said yesterday that worshippers would not return to a contested shrine until Israel removes the new railings and cameras it installed after a deadly attack there, prolonging a crisis that Israel hoped it had...

MAUNGDAW: This photo taken on July 15, 2017 shows Ayamar Bagon (L), 20, Hasamithaya (C), 18, Laila Bagon (3rd R), 35, and Hasinnar Bagon (R), 20, who claim they were raped by soldiers during a clearance operation last year, holding their children as they speak to reporters near a field in Kyar Gaung Taung village. - AFP

'My husband blamed me': Myanmar's Rohingya abandoned after rapes

MAUNGDAW: This photo taken on July 15, 2017 shows Ayamar Bagon (L), 20, Hasamithaya (C), 18, Laila Bagon (3rd R), 35, and Hasinnar Bagon (R), 20, who claim they were raped by soldiers during a clearance operation last year, holding their children as they speak to reporters near a field in Kyar Gaung Taung village. - AFPKYAR GAUNG TAUNG: Rohingya Muslim Ayamar Bagon has lived on handouts since her husband left her after she told him she was...

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UAE eyes 'new relations in Gulf' amid Qatar spat

DUBAI/DOHA: A top official in the Arab quartet isolating Qatar said the bloc must "go on without" it and pursue "new regional relationships" - phrases that hint at a more severe break with the tiny energy-rich Gulf state. The United Arab Emirates Minister of State for Foreign Relations Anwar Al-Gargash made the comments yesterday on Twitter, saying it's time to think about a "new set of relations in (the) Gulf replacing old ones". "We have to go...

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MP targets society with questions over Abdaly cell

KUWAIT: Islamist opposition MP Mohammad Al-Mutair yesterday sent a series of questions targeting the Social Cultural Society after he claimed some of its members were convicted in the pro-Iran terror cell. The society, with predominantly Shiite members, was established several decades ago. It was closed since the mid-1980s, until it was reopened several years ago. Mutair said in his questions that the court of cassation ruling convicted some...

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Trump assails Alaskan senator who opposed health care bill

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio: US President Donald Trump speaks during a "Make America Great Again" rally at the Covelli Centre. - AFPWASHINGTON: President Donald Trump accused Alaska Sen Lisa Murkowski, a fellow Republican, of disappointing the country by opposing the GOP effort to demolish the Obama health care law, after initial votes demonstrated the party will be hard pressed to make any sweeping changes in the statute. Senators planned to vote...

MELBOURNE: A protestor holds a placard before Vatican finance chief Cardinal George Pell (not pictured) arrives for a hearing at the Melbourne Magistrates Court. - AFP

Cardinal Pell denies abuse charges in Australian court

MELBOURNE: A protestor holds a placard before Vatican finance chief Cardinal George Pell (not pictured) arrives for a hearing at the Melbourne Magistrates Court. - AFPMELBOURNE: Vatican finance chief Cardinal George Pell, a top advisor to Pope Francis, denied all charges of historical sexual abuse yesterday at his first appearance in an Australian court over the allegations. The 76-year-old, the number-three figure in the Vatican, returned from...

PARIS: Two young Asian women jump simultaneously for a souvenir picture near the Eiffel Tower at the Palais de Chaillot. - AFP

Paris tourism reborn after terror doldrums

PARIS: Two young Asian women jump simultaneously for a souvenir picture near the Eiffel Tower at the Palais de Chaillot. - AFPPARIS: High-kicking dancers are enthralling full houses again at the Moulin Rouge and art lovers are swarming the Louvre as Paris enjoys a tourism revival after plummeting numbers brought on by terror attacks. Tourists are increasingly refusing to give in to fear of being caught up in a jihadist attack such as the...

NEW YORK: In this file photo, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo speaks during a news conference to announce the increase in penalties for texting while driving in New York.-AP

NY eyes 'textalyzer' to bust drivers

NEW YORK: In this file photo, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo speaks during a news conference to announce the increase in penalties for texting while driving in New York.-APALBANY: New York state is set to study the use of a device known as the "textalyzer" that would allow police to determine whether a motorist involved in a serious crash was texting while driving. Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced yesterday that he would direct the Governor's...

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Halt on visas for parents, siblings

KUWAIT: Security sources said expats cannot bring their parents or siblings on family residence visas even if they are ready to pay the increased health insurance fees for them, until a new fee list that was sent to the National Assembly is approved. They added the new fees will increase exponentially. The sources said the interior ministry has begun imposing increased health insurance on parents and siblings who are already in the country when...

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