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BARCELONA: Barcelona’s Argentinian forward Lionel Messi holds the Spanish Supercup trophy after winning the second leg of the Spanish Supercup football match between FC Barcelona and Sevilla FC at the Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona on August 17, 2016. — AFP
The challengers to Barca and Real Madrid in La Liga
BARCELONA: Barcelona’s Argentinian forward Lionel Messi holds the Spanish Supercup trophy after winning the second leg of the Spanish Supercup football match between FC Barcelona and Sevilla FC at the Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona on August 17, 2016. — AFPBARCELONA: Ahead of the start of the 2016/17 La Liga season today, take a look at the five most prominent challengers to champions Barcelona and European champions Real Madrid (last...
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July was Earth's hottest month in modern times - Kuwait electricity load hits record high amid heat wave
MIAMI/KUWAIT: Soaring temperatures worldwide made July the Earth's hottest month in modern times, setting a new high mark for global heat in 137 years of record-keeping, US government scientists said yesterday, with Kuwait recording the highest maximum temperature of 54 degrees Celsius. The report from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration came just two days after the US space agency NASA released its climate data, which also found...
KUWAIT: Abdullah Al-Mutawtah, Acting Director of the Public Authority for Manpower (right), meets with Jamal Sayed Ahmad, Labor Consultant at the Egyptian Embassy in Kuwait. — KUNA
Kuwait, Egypt to link manpower systems, fight trafficking
KUWAIT: Abdullah Al-Mutawtah, Acting Director of the Public Authority for Manpower (right), meets with Jamal Sayed Ahmad, Labor Consultant at the Egyptian Embassy in Kuwait. — KUNAKUWAIT: A project to link the systems of manpower authorities in Kuwait and Egypt that facilitates the process of Egyptian workers' recruitment in the Gulf state is set to take place soon, a Kuwaiti official said yesterday. Abdullah Al-Mutawtah, Acting Director of...
KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah meets with His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah. — Amiri Diwan and KUNA photo
Amir meets top state officials
KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah meets with His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah. — Amiri Diwan and KUNA photoKUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al- Sabah received at Bayan Palace yesterday His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al- Sabah. His Highness Sheikh Sabah also received His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber...
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New measures help to regulate maritime traffic
.KUWAIT: Interior Ministry’s Assistant Undersecretary for Marine Borders Affairs Major General Zuhair Al- Nasrallah met with a delegation from Kuwait Fishermen Association, represented by Public Relations Director Jalal Al-Shimmari, Secretary General Hassan Al-Sagha and Director of Financial Affairs Hassan Al-Failakawi. Nasrallah said the new arrangements regarding entry and exit of Kuwaiti fishing boats out of Kuwait territorial waters...
KUWAIT: Director General of the Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research Dr Samira Omar (second from left) is pictured during her visit to Kuwait University. — KUNA
KISR reiterates significance of scientific, research cooperation with Kuwait University
KUWAIT: Director General of the Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research Dr Samira Omar (second from left) is pictured during her visit to Kuwait University. — KUNAKUWAIT: The Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research (KISR) has stressed the momentousness of boosting cooperation with state institutions through projects that serve the nation. As part of its 8th strategic plan, KISR seeks to extend cooperation with all the scientific and research...
KUWAIT: A fireman is being treated for smoke inhalation after participating in tackling a blaze in a Farwaniya building.
Several people injured in fires
KUWAIT: A fireman is being treated for smoke inhalation after participating in tackling a blaze in a Farwaniya building.KUWAIT: Fire broke in the basement of a Farwaniya building containing paints and carpentry material. The fire was fought in a record time by Sabhan and Farwaniya fire centers. Non-commissioned officer Essa Al-Rashid from Sabhan suffered smoke inhalation and heat exhaustion and was taken to Farwaniya Hospital for treatment....
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Sudanese sorcerer arrested
KUWAIT: "If you want to control him, so that he loves you forever, then I want his sweaty headdress, and KD 500 - KD 100 upfront and KD 400 when the job is complete." This is what a Sudanese sorcerer, popular for practicing witchcraft using brass and candles, told a woman, who is actually an undercover agent at the financial crimes department. He was arrested while counting the KD 100 she gave him. Tips were received by the department were about...
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Turkey starts releasing 38,000 inmates - Move aims to make space in jails for coup suspects
ISTANBUL: The back of a truck carrying a portrait of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and reading "The leader of this century - may you speak, the whole world is listening to you" passes a highway toll station yesterday. - APISTANBUL: Turkey yesterday began freeing the first of some 38,000 prisoners not linked to the failed coup who are to be released in a move aimed at relieving pressure on prisons overcrowded with putsch suspects. The...
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Filipino minister visits Riyadh over stranded workers
RIYADH: Filipino and Saudi officials are working together to help thousands of stranded workers under a directive from King Salman, a diplomat said yesterday as the Philippines labor secretary visited. The roughly 11,000 Filipinos are among tens of thousands of workers affected by financial troubles at the kingdom's major construction firms. "Their salaries have not been paid, some of them for as long as eight months," Iric Arribas, charge...
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Baby girl born midair on flight to Philippines
NEW DELHI: A woman gave birth to a premature but healthy baby girl midflight while travelling from the United Arab Emirates to the Philippines, forcing the plane to carry out an emergency landing in India. The mother, whose due date was two months away, went into labor on board the Cebu Pacific Air flight Sunday as it flew from Dubai to Manila, her fellow passenger Missy Berberabe Umandal posted on Facebook.Panicked flight attendants started...
In this photo taken on Monday, Aug 15, 2016, a Russian Tu-22M3 bomber stands on the tarmac at an air base near Hamedan, Iran. — AP
Russia-Iran cooperation sends message to US - Message clear: Join us or we'll look to your enemies
In this photo taken on Monday, Aug 15, 2016, a Russian Tu-22M3 bomber stands on the tarmac at an air base near Hamedan, Iran. — APWASHINGTON: Russia's use of an Iranian air base to bomb targets in Syria sends a message to Washington as it weighs a military partnership with Moscow: Join us or we'll look to your enemies. Tuesday's missions were unprecedented. Iran allowed Russian warplanes to take off from its territory to strike opposition...
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(Left) Demonstrators brandish placards and flags of Palestine during a rally in Rabat on Aug 3, 2024, protesting the killing of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh. (Right) Protesters rally in London during the "National March for Gaza", calling to end the genocide, stop arming the Zionist entity and no Middle East war on Aug 3, 2024. - AFP photos
Fears of Middle East war grow
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Late Information Minister Bader Al-Ya'agoub checking the damage.-KUNA
Invasion could not confiscate KUNA’s will, national role
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Today in Kuwait's history
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DHAKA: Anti-Discrimination Student Movement held a rally at Central Shaheed Minar in Dhaka on August 3, 2024, to demand justice for the victims killed in the recent countrywide violence during anti-quota protests. -- AFP
Bangladesh students call for nationwide civil disobedience
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US strikes plea deal with 9/11 mastermind