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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif speaks to media after appearing before an anti-corruption commission at the Federal Judicial Academy. —AFP
Pakistani PM appears before Court panel
Allegations of corruption and money laundering ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif speaks to media after appearing before an anti-corruption commission at the Federal Judicial Academy. —AFPISLAMABAD : Pakistan's prime minister yesterday denied allegations of corruption and money laundering during a nearly three-hour appearance before a Supreme Court-appointed team investigating his family's offshore companies. Nawaz Sharif's...
Galagodaatte Gnanasara
Sri Lanka seeks monk’s arrest over hate crime
Galagodaatte GnanasaraCOLOMBO: A Sri Lankan court issued a warrant yesterday for the arrest of a radical Buddhist monk accused of instigating arson attacks against the island’s minority Muslim community. Police said the warrant for the arrest of Galagodaatte Gnanasara relates to an accusation of insulting the Quran that dates back to April 2014, months before the outbreak of deadly religious riots. The magistrate ordered his arrest after he...
RANGAMATI: Bangladeshi firefighters recovered a dead body at the site of a landslide. — AFP
Thousands returning to shattered homes in Bangladesh
Rebuilding their thatched-roofs RANGAMATI: Bangladeshi firefighters recovered a dead body at the site of a landslide. — AFPDHAKA: Thousands of people began returning yesterday to villages destroyed by massive landslides that killed at least 141 people in southeastern Bangladesh to begin rebuilding their thatched-roof homes. The government offered the victims cash and materials to help start their lives anew after the landslides early...
MANILA : This file photo taken on June 01, 2017 shows Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte gesturing as he gives a speech during the mass oath taking of officials of various national leagues at the Malacanang Palace in Manila.—AFP
Duterte taking a rest as city burns
MANILA : This file photo taken on June 01, 2017 shows Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte gesturing as he gives a speech during the mass oath taking of officials of various national leagues at the Malacanang Palace in Manila.—AFPMANILA: Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has withdrawn from public duties this week because he is tired and needs to “rejuvenate”, his spokesman said yesterday as government forces battled Islamist militants...
DOHA: This file photo shows migrant laborers working on a construction site in Doha in Qatar.—AFP
Qatar’s migrant workers on Gulf crisis frontline
Laborers cut down to one meal to fight crisis DOHA: This file photo shows migrant laborers working on a construction site in Doha in Qatar.—AFPDOHA: Ajit, an Indian electrician, is just seven months into his new job but right now he is a worried man, like many other members of the huge migrant workforce in Qatar. He frets not only about his job, his future in the country but also the price of food. “If this continues, there will be problems...
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China fines Emirates for flying at wrong altitude
BEIJING: China’s civil aviation authority has fined Dubai-based Emirates airline for violating safety rules and banned it from adding new routes in the country for six months. On April 17, an Emirates plane flew at the wrong height over the city of Urumqi in far-western Xinjiang, causing “serious flight conflict,” the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) said in a statement. In another “unsafe event” also over Urumqi on May 18,...
KOC holds honoring ceremony for participants in Kuwait Sports Day
KOC holds honoring ceremony for participants in Kuwait Sports Day
KOC holds honoring ceremony for participants in Kuwait Sports DayKUWAIT: Kuwait Olympic Committee (KOC) held an honoring ceremony for those who participated in the first Kuwait Sports Day that was organized late last year with the participation of Kuwait Sports Federations and Clubs. The ceremony was attended by President of Kuwait Olympic Committee Sheikh Fahad Jaber Al-Ali, President of Arab and Kuwait Shooting Federations Eng Duaij Khalaf...
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Proposals discussed to allow new dependency visas for relatives
KUWAIT: The residency affairs department decided to continue renewing ‘Article 22’ family residency visas of more than 11,500 expats, who are parents and brothers of foreigners working in Kuwait and have been granted permits before a ban on issuing such visas was announced.However, the visa is only renewed provided that the sponsor buys a private health insurance policy for the relative he wants to sponsor.Meanwhile, the ban remains on...
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Kuwait 38th in world’s competitiveness report
KUWAIT: According to the world's competitiveness report issued by the World Economic Forum (WEF), Kuwait ranked fourth amongst Arab countries and 38th worldwide in terms of the world's most competitive economies. According to the report, Switzerland came first worldwide and UAE came first amongst Arab countries. The report includes 138 countries and examines 114 points to measure competitiveness indexes.PrivatizationThe final decision on...
Jamal Al-Ghunaim
Kuwait alarmed over humanitarian crisis in Syria
Jamal Al-GhunaimGENEVA: Kuwait yesterday warned that worsening humanitarian conditions in war-torn Syria would be detrimental to the global political landscape. Speaking at the 35th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC), Kuwait's Permanent Delegate to the United Nations (UN) Jamal Al-Ghunaim said that his country is fully committed to the security and stability of Syria. Moreover, he underscored his growing concerns over the...
Farah Al-Gharaballi
Kuwait committed to UN Convention on Rights of Persons with Disability
Farah Al-GharaballiNEW YORK: The State of Kuwait reiterated its full commitment to the implementation of the provisions of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disability. Kuwait also affirmed continuous efforts to enhance disable people's rights and better integrate them in the society to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals within the framework of the Kuwait 2035 Vision towards persons with disability. This came in a statement...
Dr Teresa Lesher
No wasta with God
The cornerstone of Islam is the concept of a single deity and the direct relationship of people with God. The Muslim prayer is addressed directly to the Creator, without any sons, partners, semi-Gods, saints, or ancestors who intervene on the supplicant's behalf. In other words, we don't need "wasta" with God. We are taught to pray directly to the source of all good - God Almighty - and that praying to others or expecting benefit from them is...
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