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KUWAIT: Assistant Foreign Minister for Development and International Cooperation Nasser Al-Sebeeh (center) speaks during the workshop. — KUNA
Foreign Ministry seeks to promote Kuwait's human rights' status
KUWAIT: Assistant Foreign Minister for Development and International Cooperation Nasser Al-Sebeeh (center) speaks during the workshop. — KUNAKUWAIT: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs diligently seeks to promote the State of Kuwait's significant regional and international status in the field of human rights, said Ambassador Nasser Al-Sebeeh, the Assistant Foreign Minister for Development and International Cooperation, yesterday.Addressing a...
Finance Minister Anas Al-Saleh
Finance Minister vindicates economic reform document
Finance Minister Anas Al-SalehKUWAIT: Kuwaiti Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Anas Al-Saleh defended yesterday the government's document of financial and economic reforms as being based on reliable studies and genuine figures. The minister made the press remark in response to claims that the document was not based on correct studies, confirming that it was an outgrowth of detailed deliberations and discussions attended by experts....
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Six Nurses questioned in patient's death
KUWAIT: Six nurses at the psychiatric hospital are being interrogated by Shuwaikh detectives over a case involving a patient who allegedly committed suicide inside her room; a case that the public prosecution has later classified as a 'homicide'. The Indian woman was sent to the hospital by her company, and the death was reported earlier as a suicide. The coroner then sent a report to the public prosecution, which decided to reclassify the case...
WASHINGTON: (From left) US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly arrive to deliver remarks on visa travel at the US Customs and Border Protection Press Room in the Reagan Building yesterday. — AFP
Trump privately signs new travel ban, leaves Iraq off
Trump signs revised travel ban WASHINGTON: (From left) US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly arrive to deliver remarks on visa travel at the US Customs and Border Protection Press Room in the Reagan Building yesterday. — AFPWASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump yesterday signed a revised ban on travelers from six Muslim-majority nations, scaling back the order to exempt...
TOKYO: A PAC-3 surface-to-air missile launcher, used to engage incoming ballistic missile threats, is seen in position on the grounds of the defense ministry in Tokyo yesterday. Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said three of the four missiles North Korea launched landed in Japanese-controlled waters, calling the development a ‘new stage of threat’. — AFP
North Korea fires four ballistic missiles
3 missiles land near Japan; Another challenge to President Trump TOKYO: A PAC-3 surface-to-air missile launcher, used to engage incoming ballistic missile threats, is seen in position on the grounds of the defense ministry in Tokyo yesterday. Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said three of the four missiles North Korea launched landed in Japanese-controlled waters, calling the development a ‘new stage of threat’. — AFPSEOUL: Nuclear-armed...
BEIJING: In this file-pool photo, Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif (left) and Chinese President Xi Jinping shake hands before their meeting at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China. Pakistani leaders often wax lyrical about their ‘sweeter than honey’ relations with all-weather friend China. — AP
Frustrated US policymakers see Pakistan as terrorist haven
As US aid, influence shrinks in Pakistan, Beijing steps in BEIJING: In this file-pool photo, Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif (left) and Chinese President Xi Jinping shake hands before their meeting at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China. Pakistani leaders often wax lyrical about their ‘sweeter than honey’ relations with all-weather friend China. — APWASHINGTON: Pakistani leaders often wax lyrical about their "sweeter than...
ISTANBUL: Young supporters in old military uniforms greet Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan as he arrives to address a meeting in Istanbul. — AP
Erdogan compares German behavior with 'Nazi period'
Soured relations could hurt Turkish economy ISTANBUL: Young supporters in old military uniforms greet Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan as he arrives to address a meeting in Istanbul. — APISTANBUL: Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan yesterday accused Germany of "fascist actions" reminiscent of Nazi times in a growing row over the cancellation of political rallies aimed at drumming up support for him among 1.5 million Turkish citizens in...
RENTON: Men and women attend Sunday services at the Gurudwara Singh Sabha of Washington, a Sikh temple in Renton, Wash. A Sikh man said a gunman shot him in his arm, as he worked on his car in the driveway and told him ‘go back to your own country.’ — AP
Sikhs respond to shooting near Seattle with fear and disbelief
'Go back to your own country,' gunman shouted RENTON: Men and women attend Sunday services at the Gurudwara Singh Sabha of Washington, a Sikh temple in Renton, Wash. A Sikh man said a gunman shot him in his arm, as he worked on his car in the driveway and told him ‘go back to your own country.’ — APKENT: Fear, hurt and disbelief weighed on the minds of those who gathered at a Sikh temple after the shooting of a Sikh man who said a gunman...
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India police find 19 female foetuses dumped in sewer
MUMBAI: Indian police said yesterday they had found 19 aborted female foetuses dumped in a sewer in the western state of Maharashtra, highlighting the country's problem of female foeticide. Prenatal sex tests are illegal in India, a policy designed to stop unborn girls being aborted by parents desperate for a boy. But the tests are still thought to be common, particularly in poor rural areas, and sex ratios are skewed towards males across...
MANILA: Retired police officer Arturo ‘Arthur’ Lascanas takes his oath during a Senate hearing in Manila yesterday. The former police aide of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said he was part of a ‘death squad’ that took part in over 300 killings when Duterte was a city mayor. — AFP
Citing lack of proof, senators end Duterte 'death squad' inquiry
MANILA: Retired police officer Arturo ‘Arthur’ Lascanas takes his oath during a Senate hearing in Manila yesterday. The former police aide of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said he was part of a ‘death squad’ that took part in over 300 killings when Duterte was a city mayor. — AFPMANILA: Philippine senators abruptly ended a hearing on Monday into allegations by a retired policeman that a "death squad" operated under President...
The Kuwaiti women football team
Women football in Kuwait seeks better future
The Kuwaiti women football teamKUWAIT: Some 19 years have passed since the formation of the Kuwaiti women football team and despite this progressive fact, the squad's various participations in regional and international competitions have been marred by defeats and disappointments due to the lack of preparation and planning. Though the women football team was established in 1989, athletes and managing staff alike felt it was time to usher a...
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Al-Namshan, Al-Harby, Heba Irzouqi, Al-Asousi and Reem win gold
KUWAIT: Tournament of the Public Authority for Sport (PAS), held at Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Olympic Shooting Complex and organized by Kuwait Shooting Sports Club in 10m air pistol and rifle, 50m prone rifle and Olympic archery concluded on Sunday in the presence of Secretary General of Arab and Kuwait Shooting Federations Obaid Al-Osaimi, KSSC board member Eng Hussam Al-Roumi, Lt Colonel Salaf Al-Huraiji from National Guard and fans of the...
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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