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BANGKOK: Thai police forensic officers collect DNA sample of ivory after a press conference at Customs Suvarnabhumi airport in Bangkok, Thailand, yesterday. —AP
Thailand seizes 422 pieces of smuggled elephant tusks
BANGKOK: Thai police forensic officers collect DNA sample of ivory after a press conference at Customs Suvarnabhumi airport in Bangkok, Thailand, yesterday. —APBANGKOK: Thai authorities have seized 422 pieces of elephant tusks and arrested a Gambian man suspected of smuggling the ivory, customs officials said yesterday. The cut-up tusks were hidden in a shipment listed as unprocessed gemstones, Customs Department Director-General Kulit...
This image released by Twentieth Century Fox shows Hugh Jackman from the film, Logan. — AP
Logan claws way to top of box office
This image released by Twentieth Century Fox shows Hugh Jackman from the film, Logan. — APThe "X-Men" spinoff "Logan"-starring Hugh Jackman as the metal-clawed, mutant anti-hero Wolverine-dominated the box office in its opening weekend with a huge $88.4 million, according to data released Monday. Aimed at a more adult audience, it is the first R-rated outing in the "X-Men" franchise, which began in 2000 and has so far clocked up $4.4 billion...
Layla Salih, head of Antiquities for the province of Nineveh, of which Mosul is the capital, stands next to archeological findings inside an underground tunnel in east Mosul. — AFP photos
Jihadist tunnels save Assyrian winged bulls of Mosul
Layla Salih, head of Antiquities for the province of Nineveh, of which Mosul is the capital, stands next to archeological findings inside an underground tunnel in east Mosul. — AFP photosCrawl through a labyrinth of narrow tunnels in near total darkness and suddenly they appear: two great winged bulls dating from the Assyrian empire found intact under the ground of Mosul. But as fighting rages to evict the Islamic State (IS) group from the...
German fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld appears after Chanel's Fall-Winter 2017/2018 ready-to-wear fashion collection presented in Paris.
Chanel rockets to space in Paris, Rihanna's back to school
German fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld appears after Chanel's Fall-Winter 2017/2018 ready-to-wear fashion collection presented in Paris.Chanel rocketed into space yesterday at Paris Fashion Week in an interstellar-themed show spectacular that saw designer Karl Lagerfeld reach for the stars - and a star-filled front row. Meanwhile, Rihanna stunned crowds in a standout citrus lime coat after her Fenty X Puma collection. The theme this season for...
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International Women's Day
KUWAIT: Former MP Abdullah Al-Barghash (left) receives guests at his residence yesterday after his citizenship and that of his family was reinstated on the orders of HH the Amir of Kuwait. — Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat
Amir agrees to reinstate revoked citizenships: MPs
Lawmakers shelve threats to grill premier KUWAIT: Former MP Abdullah Al-Barghash (left) receives guests at his residence yesterday after his citizenship and that of his family was reinstated on the orders of HH the Amir of Kuwait. — Photo by Yasser Al-ZayyatKUWAIT: A large number of lawmakers said after meeting HH the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah yesterday that he has agreed to reinstate citizenships of opposition figures that were...
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Kuwait penalizes 8 'terror supporters'
KUWAIT: Kuwait has taken punitive measures against eight citizens listed by the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) as "supporters of terrorism", a foreign ministry official announced yesterday. "All necessary measures have been taken against the eight Kuwaitis who support terrorism," said Ambassador Nasser Al-Sebeeh, the Assistant Foreign Minister for Development and International Cooperation, in a statement. He was answering a question by...
Education Minister Mohammad Al-Fares
Philippines schools can enroll students again
Education Minister Mohammad Al-FaresKUWAIT: Minister of Education and Minister of Higher Education Mohammad Al-Fares issued a decision yesterday to allow students to enroll back at Philippines schools in Kuwait. Registration of new students at schools running the Philippines curricula had been suspended since May 26, 2007 because the old educational program in the Philippines used to consist of only 10 stages. The Philippines has since adopted a...
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Ministry committee visits Ramallah next month to hire new teachers
Contracted teachers can bring families to KuwaitKUWAIT: The Palestinian Embassy to Kuwait stressed that a Ministry of Education (MoE) committee will visit Ramallah in the period of April 9-15 to hire Palestinian mathematics, physics, chemistry, biology and geology teachers. The embassy explained that the committee members will enter Palestinian territories from Jordan via the Al-Karama border crossing, where they will be assigned a liaison...
KUWAIT: Head of the Higher Judicial Council Justice Yousef Al-Mutawaa meets with President of the Turkish Court of Cassation Ismail Rustu Cirit. — KUNA
Kuwait's judiciary independent: Top Judge
KUWAIT: Head of the Higher Judicial Council Justice Yousef Al-Mutawaa meets with President of the Turkish Court of Cassation Ismail Rustu Cirit. — KUNAKUWAIT: Kuwaiti's judiciary is independent and there is no authority above the judges, according to the National Constitution, affirms Head of the Higher Judicial Council Justice Yousef Al-Mutawaa. The chief judge made the assertion in a statement on the sidelines of a meeting with the visiting...
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Cybercrimes pose grave danger on children, youngsters: official
KUWAIT: The recent growing use of social media by children and youth have led cybercrimes to evolve astoundingly and, subsequently, pose a grave threat on those youngsters, an official said yesterday.  The hazards resulted by repeated misuse of social media have also dangerous dimensions, in the long run, on the Kuwaiti society and all communities that live in the country, Lieutenant Dr Muath Al-Mulla, assistant professor of penal code at Saad...
KUWAIT: His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah chairs the Cabinet’s meeting yesterday. — KUNA
Cabinet mulls ceiling for state budget expenditure
KUWAIT: His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah chairs the Cabinet’s meeting yesterday. — KUNAKUWAIT: The Cabinet examined yesterday a proposal by the Ministry of Finance with regards to placing a ceiling for the state budget expenditure, with aim of tightening the belt and pressing ahead with economic development, as well as slashing the budget deficit. The Cabinet charged the ministry with doing whatever...
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Summer enters its final stages
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People walk past a poster of slain Palestinian Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Iran's capital Tehran on August 10, 2024, amid regional tensions during the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip. - AFP
Guards get new arms as Iran vows to punish Zionists
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VINHEDO, Brazil: An aerial view of the wreckage of an airplane that crashed with 62 people on board on Aug 10, 2024. - AFP
Brazil plane crash kills 62
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Kuwait residents try to ward off the heat
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Price of image over true value