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KUWAIT: Head of Bangladesh’s Chamber of Commerce and Industry attends the meeting. — KUNA

Trade exchange with Bangladesh hit $70 million: Chamber

KUWAIT: Head of Bangladesh’s Chamber of Commerce and Industry attends the meeting. — KUNAKUWAIT: Trade exchange with Bangladesh hit $70 million in 2015, a Kuwait Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) official said yesterday.Bangladesh has recently witnessed economic recovery in many areas, especially in the food and garment industries, KCCI Deputy Director General Hamad Al-Omair said after a meeting with head of Bangladesh Chamber of...

KUWAIT: Kuwait’s Deputy Foreign Minister Khaled Al-Jarallah speaks to reporters after a meeting of the Counter-IS Finance Group (CIFG) yesterday. — Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat

Kuwait ready to continue efforts to end Yemen's crisis: Jarallah - 'Kuwait stands at equal distance from all Lebanese parties'

KUWAIT: Kuwait’s Deputy Foreign Minister Khaled Al-Jarallah speaks to reporters after a meeting of the Counter-IS Finance Group (CIFG) yesterday. — Photo by Yasser Al-ZayyatKUWAIT: The State of Kuwait is ready to continue efforts to achieve an agreement among the Yemeni parties, to put an end to the conflict in the country, said Kuwait's Deputy Foreign Minister Khaled Al-Jarallah yesterday.This came in Al-Jarallah's reply to a reporter's...

His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah andnPresident of Equatorial Guinea Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo are pictured during Mbasogo’s official reception.

Kuwait, Equatorial Guinea ink MoU for consultations

His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah andPresident of Equatorial Guinea Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo are pictured during Mbasogo’s official reception.KUWAIT: The State of Kuwait and the Republic of Equatorial Guinea yesterday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) regulating bilateral consultations between the two countries. The signing ceremony, held at Bayan Palace, was attended by His Highness the Amir Sheikh...

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PAAET employee arrested for forgery

PAAET employeeKUWAIT: Residency detectives arrested an Egyptian man who worked for the Public Authority of Applied Education and Training (PAAET) for forgery.Detectives received information about Ahmad Mahmoud Hulayel's activity, so he was placed under surveillance, then arrested. The man was taken to the proper authority for further action.By Hanan Al-Saadoun

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Wanted Filipina woman arrested; Blackmailing to steal from employer's home

KUWAIT: A Filipina woman who was walking late at night made policemen stop her and ask for her ID, but she said she left it at home and was going to the co-op. Policemen took her to the police station and took her fingerprints, and discovered she was wanted for three cases of theft, swindling and absconding.BlackmailAn Indian domestic helper was used by a compatriot, who forced her to steal from her employer's home. The man wanted more, but...

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Man kills cousin

KUWAIT: A man killed his cousin and injured another in their diwaniya. The father of the two rushed in and found one of his sons with his head blown off, while the other was injured in the ear. His nephew was standing with a shotgun to his side. The shocked man called police, so they rushed along with paramedics to try and save their lives, but one of them was already dead, and the other was rushed to Adan Hospital. Police sources said the...

MUMBAI: Indian Muslims take part in a protest rally against the implementation of a Uniform Civil Code in Mumbai. Hundreds of Muslims gathered to protest against the possible implementation of the Uniform Civil Code across India, which would ban controversial practices such as triple talaq divorce, under which a Muslim man can divorce his wife instantly with just three words. —AFP

'Triple talaq' divorce unjust: Indian leader - Historic Indian mosque agrees to lift ban on women

MUMBAI: Indian Muslims take part in a protest rally against the implementation of a Uniform Civil Code in Mumbai. Hundreds of Muslims gathered to protest against the possible implementation of the Uniform Civil Code across India, which would ban controversial practices such as triple talaq divorce, under which a Muslim man can divorce his wife instantly with just three words. —AFPNEW DELHI: India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi yesterday...

MOSUL: Iraqi forces fire artillery shells towards the nearby village of Zalhafa from their position on the outskirts of the village of Al-Khuwayn, south of Mosul, after recapturing it from Islamic State (IS) group jihadists. —AFP

Islamic State put up fierce fight to defend 'caliphate' - Battle for Mosul can shape or break Iraq

MOSUL: Iraqi forces fire artillery shells towards the nearby village of Zalhafa from their position on the outskirts of the village of Al-Khuwayn, south of Mosul, after recapturing it from Islamic State (IS) group jihadists. —AFPERBIL: It has taken two years of training a demoralized army, and the backing of the air cover and special forces of the world's greatest powers, for Iraq to mount an offensive to recapture Mosul from Islamic State....

HOL: Iraqi refugees who fled Mosul, the last major Iraqi city under the control of the Islamic State (IS) group arrive in the desert area of Rajam Al- Saliba on the Iraq-Syria border. —AFP

Civilians pay price of IS 'smoke war' around Mosul

HOL: Iraqi refugees who fled Mosul, the last major Iraqi city under the control of the Islamic State (IS) group arrive in the desert area of Rajam Al- Saliba on the Iraq-Syria border. —AFPQAYYARAH: The smoke from fires lit by Islamic State jihadists to provide cover from air strikes has painted the northern Iraqi sky black, providing a dramatic backdrop for the Mosul offensive. The use of smoke in warfare is likely as old as war itself but the...

FLORIDA: Voters line up to vote early at the Supervisor of Elections office in Bradenton, Florida. — AFP

1.5 million former felons stripped of right to vote - In battleground Florida, tough stance on felons may sap votes for Democrats

FLORIDA: Voters line up to vote early at the Supervisor of Elections office in Bradenton, Florida. — AFPTALLAHASSEE: Leonard "Roscoe" Newton has been in and out of Florida's prisons since before he could vote, starting with a youthful conviction for burglary. He's been a free man for six years now with an important exception: he still can't vote. Newton, who is African American, is among nearly 1.5 million former felons who have been stripped...

VALETTA: Forensics work on the site of a small plane crash at Malta International Airport yesterday. — AFP

French surveillance plane crashes in Malta, killing 5

VALETTA: Forensics work on the site of a small plane crash at Malta International Airport yesterday. — AFPVALLETTA: A reconnaissance plane working for France's defense ministry crashed in a ball of flames at Malta's international airport yesterday, killing all five people on board, officials said. The plane plummeted into the ground nose-first shortly after taking off for an undisclosed surveillance mission from the island, which lies just 220...

CALAIS: Migrants gather by their tents and a bonfire as they look on in the ‘Jungle’ migrant camp in Calais, northern France. — AFP

Relief, shattered dreams for migrants leaving Jungle

CALAIS: Migrants gather by their tents and a bonfire as they look on in the ‘Jungle’ migrant camp in Calais, northern France. — AFPCALAIS: Hundreds of migrants bade farewell to the notorious "Jungle" camp in Calais yesterday, leaving behind the sprawling settlement and their dreams of reaching Britain with a mixture of relief and despair. "We don't know yet where we are going, but it will obviously be better than the Jungle, which was made...

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DHAKA: Anti-government protestors display Bangladesh's national flag as they storm Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's palace on Aug 5, 2024. - AFP

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GAZA: A woman mourns over the bodies of children killed in Zionist bombardment on the Hassan Salama and Al-Nasser schools housing displaced Palestinians on Aug 4, 2024 at the at Al-Ahli Arab hospital, also known as the Baptist hospital in Gaza City. - AFP

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