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PYONGYANG: A photo taken on July 24, 2017 shows groups of people gathered on Kim Il-Sung square ahead of 'Victory Day' celebrations. - AFP n

N Korea: 'We don't care' about the US travel ban

PYONGYANG: A photo taken on July 24, 2017 shows groups of people gathered on Kim Il-Sung square ahead of 'Victory Day' celebrations. - AFPPYONGYANG: Washington's ban on US citizens travelling to North Korea will have no effect on the country's tourism industry and Pyongyang does not care about it "at all", a senior development official insisted yesterday.The measure is due to be enacted this week and once it goes into force US passports will no...

PARIS: French President Emmanuel Macron (R) and Libyan Prime Minister Fayez Al-Sarraj (L) attend a meeting for talks aimed at easing tensions. - AFP

Rival Libya leaders 'commit to ceasefire, elections' at talks

PARIS: French President Emmanuel Macron (R) and Libyan Prime Minister Fayez Al-Sarraj (L) attend a meeting for talks aimed at easing tensions. - AFPPARIS: The two main rivals in conflict-ridden Libya are committed to a ceasefire and holding elections "as soon as possible", according to a draft statement released ahead of French-brokered talks yesterday. The communique says Libya's UN-backed Prime Minister Fayez Al-Sarraj and Khalifa Haftar, the...

People enjoy the beach as they look at a forest fire in La Croix-Valmer, near Saint-Tropez. - AFP

France battles raging fires on Cote d'Azur

People enjoy the beach as they look at a forest fire in La Croix-Valmer, near Saint-Tropez. - AFPMARSEILLE: Thousands of firefighters battled forest fires in large areas of southeast France yesterday, with one "extremely virulent" inferno raging near the jetset resort of Saint-Tropez, emergency services said. The blazes have consumed 3,000 hectares of land along the Mediterranean coast, in the mountainous hinterland and on the island of Corsica...

MUMBAI: Indian rescue workers look for survivors in debris at the sitenof a building collapse. - AFP

Building collapse kills 6 in Mumbai

MUMBAI: Indian rescue workers look for survivors in debris at the siteof a building collapse. - AFPMUMBAI: At least six people were crushed to death when a four-storey building collapsed in India's financial capital of Mumbai yesterday, the latest incident to highlight poor construction standards in the country. Rescuers pulled a dozen others out of the rubble alive, some seriously injured, after the structure gave way mid-morning in the...

LAHORE: Pakistani police officers stand next to coffins of their colleagues who were killed in 24 July suicide bomb attack. - AFP

Pakistan victims call for attack plotters to hang

LAHORE: Pakistani police officers stand next to coffins of their colleagues who were killed in 24 July suicide bomb attack. - AFPLAHORE: Anger was growing in Pakistan yesterday as the grief-stricken relatives of 26 people killed by a suicide bomber in Lahore a day earlier buried their loved ones and demanded the government publicly hang the masterminds of the attack. Families and residents in the bustling eastern city demanded action as they...

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Germany today - Part II

Muna Al Fuzai Do we need a new policy to combat trafficking in heritage objects? I would say definitely yes. The Arab world faces the threat of loss of identity, including theft and destruction of monuments and museums. So I believe institutions like the German Archaeological Institute can help countries facing civil wars and conflicts to preserve their heritage by helping their citizens do so. It is not only institutional work, but humane...

KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah meets with Education Minister Dr Mohammad Al-Fares, Kuwait University Director Hussein Al-Ansari and KU professors. - Amiri Diwan photos

Amir receives Education Minister, KU professors

KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah meets with Education Minister Dr Mohammad Al-Fares, Kuwait University Director Hussein Al-Ansari and KU professors. - Amiri Diwan photosKUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah received at Bayan Palace yesterday Minister of Education and Higher Education Dr Mohammad Abdulatif Al-Fares and Kuwait University Director Dr Hussein Al-Ansari. His...

KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah meets with Education Minister Dr Mohammad Al-Fares, Kuwait University Director Hussein Al-Ansari and KU professors. - Amiri Diwan photos

Govt. committed to transparency on state's financial conditions

KUWAIT: His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah meets with Chairman of the Communication and Information Technology Regulatory Authority (CITRA) Salim Al-Othainah. - KUNAKUWAIT: Kuwait's Ministry of Finance Monday affirmed complete commitment to transparency with regards to the state's financial conditions, saying it was ready to clarify all relevant queries.The ministry said Deputy Premier and Finance Minister...

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Traffic accidents killed 2,366 people in five years in Kuwait

KUWAIT: At least 2,366 people were killed in traffic accidents from 2012 to April, 2017, statistics by Ministry of Interior have revealed. Up to 917,447 accidents took place during this period, the ministry's public relations and security media department said in a press statement on Monday.The number of people killed by traffic accidents in 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 reached 454, 445, 461, 429, 424 and 153 respectively, it added. The...

BEIRUT: Dr Abdulrazzaq Al-Obaid (left) is seen during the ceremony. - KUNA

Kuwaiti doctor honored in int'l orthopedic surgery conference

BEIRUT: Dr Abdulrazzaq Al-Obaid (left) is seen during the ceremony. - KUNABEIRUT: An international medical conference honored Kuwaiti physician Dr Abdulrazzaq Al-Obaid for his contributions to the field of spinal surgery and treatments related to this vital branch of medicine. Dr Obaid yesterday thanked the organizers of the International Musculoskeletal Society's (IMS) annual meeting for their continuous support of innovators.The conference,...

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Kuwaiti SMEs' shortened procedure facilitates development projects

KUWAIT: Kuwait's National Fund for Small and Medium Enterprise Development (SMEs) has simplified requirements for entrepreneurs to get their projects up and running, resulting in a process that has been compressed by 60 percent.The fund has slashed the list of prerequisites from 15 to seven documents needed for new enterprises, as its newly revamped website provides all the information needed, including legal requirements, for entrepreneurs to...

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Driver's licenses issued electronically soon

KUWAIT: The next few weeks will see the first step of issuing driver's licenses electronically, which aims at making a qualitative move in serving citizens and expats. There will be 15 self-service kiosks to issue driver's licenses, as well as introducing a new generation of smart driver's licenses according to international standards for citizens and upgrading printers that match the latest techniques in this field.System upgradeActing Director...

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BAGRAM: Taleban military vehicles parade to celebrate the third anniversary of their takeover of Afghanistan at Bagram Air Base on Aug 14, 2024. - AFP

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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

Cabinet mourns Sheikh Salem Al-Ali

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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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