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North Korea Foreign Minister Ri Yong Ho talks to reporters after a break during the 23rd Asean Regional meeting in Vientiane, Laos, Tuesday, July 26, 2016. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

N Korea warns US of 'terrifying price' over nuke tensions - After US blasted Pyongyang's nuclear program

North Korea Foreign Minister Ri Yong Ho talks to reporters after a break during the 23rd Asean Regional meeting in Vientiane, Laos, Tuesday, July 26, 2016. - APVIENTIANE, LAOS: North Korea warned the United States yesterday that it will pay a "terrifying price" if the Korean Peninsula sinks into deeper tensions, stepping up its rhetoric hours after US Secretary of State John Kerry blasted Pyongyang for its nuclear program.Kerry told a regional...

Former Democratic presidential candidate, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., speaks during the first day of the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, Monday, July 25, 2016. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

History and hostility too as Clinton clinches nomination - Mrs Obama, Sanders make case for Hillary

Former Democratic presidential candidate, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., speaks during the first day of the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, Monday, July 25, 2016. (AP PHILADELPHIA: A glass ceiling is shattering at the Democratic National Convention as Hillary Clinton ascends to the presidential nomination with yesterday's roll call of the states, making her the first woman to lead a major party into a White House race.Clinton's...

Chairman of Gulf Bank Omar Alghanim

GBK posts 11% net profit increase in H1 2016

Chairman of Gulf Bank Omar AlghanimKUWAIT: Gulf Bank today announced a net profit of KD 20.7 million for the first half of 2016, an increase of 11% or KD 2 million over the same period last year. Operating profit, excluding general provision expenses improved significantly from KD 32.6 million to KD 41.9 million, an increase of 29%. Loan quality continues to improve as credit costs of KD 3.2 million (specific provisions plus write-offs less...

NOUAKCHOTT: HH the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah is seen during the 27th Arab Summit that kicked off in the Mauritanian capital yesterday. — KUNA

Amir warns regional conflicts affect development, stability

NOUAKCHOTT: HH the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah is seen during the 27th Arab Summit that kicked off in the Mauritanian capital yesterday. — KUNANOUAKCHOTT: Critical conditions, hazardous events and accelerating changes continue to undermine the stability of the region and waste time and efforts at the expense of development and the realization of peoples' expectations in Arab countries, HH the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad...

Sheikh Mazen Al-Jarrah Al-Sabah

Man bought citizenship, sold it to eight others - Four suspects still at large

Sheikh Mazen Al-Jarrah Al-SabahKUWAIT: A Saudi national bought Kuwaiti nationality from a citizen, then he sold it to nine others. Nationality detectives found that an agreement was made between a citizen born in 1948 named A M M A and a Saudi national to have the citizen add the son of the Saudi to his nationality file for money. The citizen went to the nationality department and gave them false information, based on which he got a nationality...

MADRID: Speakers at the press conference, including Abrar Al-Masoud, DirectornGeneral of Kuwait’s Future Communications Company Global (left). — KUNA

Marbella city officials proud to host Kuwaiti-Spanish festival

MADRID: Speakers at the press conference, including Abrar Al-Masoud, DirectorGeneral of Kuwait’s Future Communications Company Global (left). — KUNAMADRID: Officials in Spain's southern Marbella municipality said yesterday they are proud to host the 'Kuwaiti-Spanish Festival,' which kicks off Friday, describing it as an endeavor set to showcase the tightly-knit bond between both nations. These remarks were made in a joint press conference to...

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte (C) gestures as he delivers his State of the Nation Address at Congress in Manila on July 25, 2016.nDuterte announced a unilateral ceasefire with communist rebels who are waging one of Asia's longest insurgencies, and urged them to reciprocate. / AFP PHOTO / TED ALJIBE

Filipinos in Kuwait hail first address of Duterte - New president plans to improve services for OFWs

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte (C) gestures as he delivers his State of the Nation Address at Congress in Manila on July 25, 2016.Duterte announced a unilateral ceasefire with communist rebels who are waging one of Asia's longest insurgencies, and urged them to reciprocate. / AFP PHOTO / TED ALJIBEPhilippine President Rodrigo Duterte delivered his first State of the Nation Address (SONA) yesterday, and Filipinos in Kuwait applauded his...

KUWAIT: The beachfront pictured during a hot and humid day in Kuwait City yesterday. —KUNA

Heat wave to affect local fish production - Humidity to continue throughout the weekend

KUWAIT: The beachfront pictured during a hot and humid day in Kuwait City yesterday. —KUNAKUWAIT: Temperatures in Kuwait reached 54 degrees Celsius last week, setting a record for the hottest day ever, according to several reports. The blistering temperature was recorded in Mitribah in Kuwait. The weather was not the only thing that has been affected. Acting Chairman of the Kuwait Fishermen's Union Jalal Al-Shammari told Kuwait Times that the...

KUWAIT: This handout photo released by the Interior Ministry yesterday shows a man accused of bribing an officer to release a detainee, along with the cash he offered

Man bribed officer to release deportee - Six hurt in Dhahr house fire

KUWAIT: This handout photo released by the Interior Ministry yesterday shows a man accused of bribing an officer to release a detainee, along with the cash he offeredKUWAIT: Residency detectives arrested an Asian man who attempted to bribe a public employee. The relations and security information department said in a statement that a policeman at the residency detectives said an Indian man offered him KD 1,100 in order to release a detainee who...

Johanna Konta, right, of Britain, holds the winner's plate next to Venus Williams, of the United States, with the runner-up plate, after the final in the Bank of the West Classic tennis tournament Sunday, July 24, 2016, in Stanford, Calif. Konta won 7-5, 5-7, 6-2. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

Konta tops Venus for first singles crown

Johanna Konta, right, of Britain, holds the winner's plate next to Venus Williams, of the United States, with the runner-up plate, after the final in the Bank of the West Classic tennis tournament Sunday, July 24, 2016, in Stanford, Calif. Konta won 7-5, 5-7, 6-2. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)STANFORD: As Johanna Konta pounded the ball from every spot on the court Sunday and rarely missed, there were moments Venus Williams could do little more...

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Verizon buys Yahoo for $4.83BN - Landmark acquisition marks end of an era

(FILES) This file photo taken on May 31, 2016 shows people walking by a Verizon sign in Washington, DC. Yahoo has agreed to sell its core business to telecom giant Verizon for $4.8 billion, ending a 20-year run by the internet pioneer as an independent company, the firms announced July 25, 2016. Verizon chief executive Lowell McAdam said Yahoo would be integrated into its recently acquired AOL unit to create "a top global mobile media company,...

TOPSHOT - Syrian civil defence volunteers, known as the White Helmets, carry a young boy after they dug him out from under the rubble of buildings destroyed following reported air strikes on the rebel-held neighbourhood of Al-Mashhad in the northern city of Aleppo, on July 25, 2016.nAir strikes and barrel bomb attacks killed 16 civilians in rebel-held parts of Aleppo province, with rebel rocket fire onto government areas killing three more, the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. / AFP PHOTO / THAER MOHAMMED

Syria regime pounds Aleppo on eve of Geneva meeting

Syrian civil defence volunteers, known as the White Helmets, carry a young boy after they dug him out from under the rubble of buildings destroyed following reported air strikes on the rebel-held neighbourhood of Al-Mashhad in the northern city of Aleppo, on July 25, 2016.Air strikes and barrel bomb attacks killed 16 civilians in rebel-held parts of Aleppo province, with rebel rocket fire onto government areas killing three more, the...

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A helicopter flied over burning oil fields which were set on fire by Iraqi soldiers before they retreated from Kuwait.

How Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait upended lives of expatriates

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ADDIS ABABA: Pedestrians walk on the newly built walkway in Addis Ababa. The Ethiopian birr weakened by 28 percent against the dollar this week after the central bank adopted a market-determined foreign exchange rate. – AFP

Ethiopian authorities crack down on price hikes after currency float

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KUWAIT: Oil wells were set ablaze by Iraqi troops. – KUNA

Kuwait marks 34th invasion anniversary, remembers support

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(Left) Iranians take part in a funeral procession for late Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran on Aug 1, 2024, ahead of his burial in Qatar. (Right) Hezbollah fighters and mourners carry the casket of slain top commander Fuad Shukr during his funeral in Beirut's southern suburbs on Aug 1, 2024. - AFP photos

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Being in Kuwait during invasion: Soldier’s sister shares story