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Activists of the Youth Congress hold placards and shout slogans during a protest†against India's new citizenship law in Amritsar on December 24, 2019. - The wave of protests across the country marks the biggest challenge to Modi's government since sweeping to power in the world's largest democracy in 2014 . (Photo by NARINDER NANU / AFP)
India beefs up security amid outrage against new law, anger with police
AMRITSAR: Activists of the Youth Congress hold placards and shout slogans during a protest against India's new citizenship law in Amritsar yesterday. The wave of protests across the country marks the biggest challenge to Modi's government since sweeping to power in the world's largest democracy in 2014. - AFP LUCKNOW: Indian authorities stepped up security and shut down the internet in various places yesterday while members of the ruling party...
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New ministers take oath in Assembly amid walkouts
By B Izzak KUWAIT: Minister of Social Affairs and Labor Ghadeer Aseeri takes the oath of office at the National Assembly yesterday. - Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat KUWAIT: The new Cabinet members yesterday took the oath of office to become members of parliament, as three opposition lawmakers walked out of the session during the ceremony. MPs Adel Al-Damkhi, Mohammad Hayef and Mohammad Al-Mutair were protesting at the inclusion of Ghadeer Aseeri as...
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Seven injured in Bneid Al-Gar apartment blaze - Violations hindered firemen's work, KFSD says
By Hanan Al-SaadounKUWAIT: Seven people were injured in a fire reported in a Bneid Al-Gar apartment yesterday. Kuwait Fire Service Directorate (KFSD) said that the fire was on the ground floor of a 10-storey building, prompting Hilali, Shuhada and technical rescue teams to respond. Power supply was cut and the building was evacuated of about 90 residents including children, then the fire was contained and put out. But firemen faced several...
France's President Emmanuel Macron (C) reviews troops as he is greeted by Niger's President Mahamadou Issoufou (L) at the Diori Hamani International Airport, on December 22, 2019, in Niamey, as part of a three-day visit to West Africa. (Photo by Ludovic MARIN / POOL / AFP)
West Africans divided over CFA franc reform
France's President Emmanuel Macron (center) reviews troops as he is greeted by Niger's President Mahamadou Issoufou (left) at the Diori Hamani International Airport, on Sunday in Niamey, as part of a three-day visit to West Africa. - AFP DAKAR: Plans to overhaul the CFA franc, a France-backed currency used by former colonies in West Africa, have drawn reactions raising from skepticism to cautious optimism. Some experts in the region questioned...
Residents rest in an evacuation centre, as typhoon Phanfone makes landfall, in Borongan, Eastern Samar province, central Philippines on December 24, 2019. - Typhoon Phanfone smashed into the central Philippines on December 24, leaving thousands of people unable to get home for the Christmas holidays and forcing many others to evacuate in the face of the onslaught. (Photo by ALREN BERONIO / AFP)
Tropical storm ruins Christmas plans for thousands of Filipinos
BORONGAN, the Philippines: Residents rest in an evacuation centre, as typhoon Phanfone makes landfall, in Borongan, Eastern Samar province, central Philippines yesterday. Typhoon Phanfone smashed into the central Philippines leaving thousands of people unable to get home for the Christmas holidays and forcing many others to evacuate in the face of the onslaught. - AFP MANILA: Thousands of people in typhoon-prone central Philippines have had...
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No more US sniffer dogs to Egypt, Jordan after deaths
A German siniffer dog. --AFP WASHINGTON: The United States has temporarily stopped sending bomb detecting sniffer dogs to Jordan and Egypt after several of the animals died due to what US officials say was lack of care. "Any death of a canine in the field is an extremely sad event and we will take every measure possible to prevent this from happening in the future," a US State Department official told reporters on Monday.The dogs "play a...
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KUWAIT: The late Amir Sheikh Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah's rest house in Failaka Island. - Photo by Ahmad Al-Shawaf (KUNA)
Pakistan's cricketers pose for a photograph with their trophy after winning the second Test cricket match between Pakistan and Sri Lanka at the National Cricket Stadium in Karachi on December 23, 2019. (Photo by Asif HASSAN / AFP)
Pakistan seal triumphant Test cricket return with S Lanka win
KARACHI: Pakistan's cricketers pose for a photograph with their trophy after winning the second Test cricket match between Pakistan and Sri Lanka at the National Cricket Stadium in Karachi yesterday. - AFP KARACHI: Pakistan celebrated the return of Test cricket for the first time in over 10 years with a convincing 263-run win over Sri Lanka in the second Test in Karachi yesterday, taking the series 1-0. It took just 14 minutes and 16 ball for...
TOPSHOT - Demonstrators gather at the Quddus Saheb Eidgah grounds to take part in a rally against India's new citizenship law in Bangalore on December 23, 2019. - The wave of protests across the country marks the biggest challenge to Modi's government since sweeping to power in the world's largest democracy in 2014. (Photo by Manjunath Kiran / AFP)
Muslims wave national flag to show protest is not anti-India
Demonstrators gather at the Quddus Saheb Eidgah grounds to take part in a rally against India's new citizenship law in Bangalore yesterday. - AFP NEW DELHI/BANGALORE: Indian Muslims protesting against a citizenship law which they say is discriminatory are carrying national flags and copies of the constitution, aiming to prevent supporters of the Hindu nationalist government from painting them as anti-India. The protesters wear Muslim caps and...
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Saudi sentences five to death over Khashoggi murder
RIYADH: An image grab from a video released by the Saudi ministry of media yesterday shows Saudi deputy prosecutor Shalaan Al-Shalaan speaking in the capital. - AFP RIYADH: Five people were sentenced to death yesterday over Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi's murder, but two top officials were exonerated as authorities said the killing was not premeditated. Khashoggi, a Washington Post contributor, was murdered in October last year in Saudi...
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New Cabinet to take oath today amid controversy
By B IzzakKUWAIT: The new Cabinet is due to take oath in the National Assembly today amid a controversy over the inclusion of Minister of Social Affairs and Labor Ghadeer Aseeri, who is accused of tweeting in support of anti-government protests in Bahrain. Islamist opposition MPs have threatened to grill new Prime Minister HH Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Sabah if he does not dismiss Aseeri before the oath session, but nothing has happened yet and...
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Fire knocks out power to airport, residential areas
By Hanan Al-SaadounKUWAIT: Kuwait Fire Service Directorate's PR department said Ardiya, Jleeb and backup fire centers responded to a fire in a main transformer in Omariya that resulted in a power outage in a number of areas including the airport. The area was secured and a team from the ministry of electricity and water cut the power supply. The fire was put out and no injuries were reported. Ministry Undersecretary Mohammad Boushehri announced...
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KUWAIT: Minister of Public Works Dr Noura Al-Mashaan chairs a meeting on Thursday to review the latest developments in the implementation of the new airport project (T2). -- KUNA phots
Al-Mashaan: Stick to timeline for Kuwait’s airport terminal project
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KUWAIT: Vehicles move at snail pace on a rainy evening in downtown Kuwait. --KUNA
Kuwait received varying amounts of rainfall: Official
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AMMAN: Kuwait’s Ambassador to Jordan Hamad Al-Marri hands over Kuwait’s annual donation to the UNRWA worth $2 million.
Kuwait hands over $2m as donation to UNRWA
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