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Minister cancels earlier decision to dissolve Al-Salam Charity Society
Home economy teachers protest 'unbalanced work' KUWAIT: Home economy teachers stage a sit-in yesterday. KUWAIT: Social Affairs Minister Saad Al-Kharraz cancelled a ministry decision made last year to dissolve Al-Salam Charity Society. The ministerial order cancelled the decision number 132 A/2018 that dissolved the society as per a court ruling. In February, the Ministry of Social Affairs' assistant undersecretary for legal affairs Musallam...
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Mercury transiting in front of the sun
KUWAIT: A picture taken in Kuwait City yesterday shows the planet Mercury transiting in front of the sun. — Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat
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Turkey starts repatriating IS detainees
ISTANBUL: Turkey deported three foreign jihadists yesterday, with more than 20 Europeans including French and Germans in the process of being expelled to their countries of origin. Turkey's interior ministry said it had deported an American and a Dane, while Germany confirmed that one of its citizens had also been expelled. Seven more Germans were due for deportation on Thursday, the Turkish ministry said, while 11 French citizens, two Irish and...
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Egypt opens jail after UN report
CAIRO: Egyptian authorities yesterday opened up Tora prison in Cairo for a media tour, following a UN report on the “brutal” conditions in which jailed ex-president Mohamed Morsi was held before his death. In a rare tour of the sprawling jail complex, journalists were shown an exhibition of furniture made by inmates, a farm with cows and ostriches, and a brief football match between prisoners. The guided tour comes ahead of a mission to...
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Top Iraq cleric urges 'serious' reforms
Anti-government demonstrations that have left hundreds dead NAJAF: The United Nations' top official in Iraq and the country's most senior cleric urged authorities yesterday to get "serious" about reforms after anti-government demonstrations that have left hundreds dead. Mass rallies calling for an overhaul of the ruling system have rocked the capital Baghdad and the Shiite-majority south since October 1 -- the largest and deadliest popular...
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Impeachment: The key allegations against US President Donald Trump
The evidence covers a series of events from April 2019WASHINGTON: The impeachment investigation of President Donald Trump in the US House of Representatives moves to public hearings on Wednesday. Trump is threatened with removal from office over allegations that he abused his powers and broke the law by pressuring Ukraine to supply damaging information on rival Democrats and possible 2020 presidential election challenger Joe Biden. The evidence...
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Jordan king tours enclave after end of Israel lease deal
AMMAN: Jordan's King Abdullah paid his first visit yesterday to an enclave fringing its northern border with Israel a day after the expiry of a 25-year special regime that allowed Israeli farmers access to the area, official sources said. The king on Sunday declared an end of the arrangement, which many Jordanians saw as a humiliation that perpetuated what they regarded as an Israeli occupation of Jordanian territory. Under the 1994 Jordan-Israel...
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Abascal ascendant as Catalan crisis inspires Spain's far right
The Vox party has made significant inroads into the country's political landscape MADRID: With his rallying cry of "Spaniards first" and un-tempered rage against those betraying the unity of Spain, Santiago Abascal has managed to turn the Catalan crisis into political capital that has fuelled the rise of his far-right Vox. Sporting an impeccably-trimmed beard and with a piercing stare, Abascal has become the poster boy for the resurgent far...
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Cyclone death toll rises in Bangladesh, India
KHULNA: The death toll from a cyclone that barreled into the coasts of Bangladesh and India has risen to 24, authorities said yesterday, as the two nations assess the scale of devastation wreaked by the powerful storm. Bangladesh carried out one of its biggest ever evacuation drives, moving some 2.1 million people to cyclone shelters specially built to minimize casualties from such storms, which can claim thousands of victims. Cyclone Bulbul,...
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NBK Capital: Boursa Kuwait achieves 2nd best performance
KUWAIT: The performance of the GCC markets was largely negative in October in a continuation of a general weakness which has been prevailing since the end of April. The S&P GCC Index declined by 2.67% during the month almost exhausting all of the positive year-to-date performance that was accumulated during the first few months of the year. The Index' performance since the beginning of the year now stands at 0.49%. Leading the decline was...
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South Korea bans liquid e-cigars on army bases
SEOUL: The South Korean Army has banned the use and possession of liquid e-cigarettes on its bases for health reasons, the military said yesterday, following a government warning for people to stop using the devices. South Korea has a large military of nearly 600,000 soldiers, primarily conscripted men, and the Army makes up the largest portion with 464,000. While the rate is declining, South Korean men are among the heaviest smokers in the...
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National Museum of Qatar to present jewels of Jean Schlumberger
The National Museum of Qatar will present an exhibition dedicated to the vibrant and sculptural work of Jean Schlumberger (1907-1987), who transformed 20th century fashion with jewellery and accessories inspired by natural forms. On view at the National Museum of Qatar from October 15, 2019 through January 15, 2020, Magnificent Jewels of Jean Schlumberger: From the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Collection includes more than 125 pieces from the...
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Kuwait opens visa 20 to visa 18 transfer from July 14 to September 12
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Iranian reformist candidate Masoud Pezeshkian raises his arms to greet his supporters as he arrives for his campaign rally, two days before a presidential election runoff following a first round marked by a historically low turnout, at a stadium in Tehran on July 3, 2024.—AFP
Iran reformist Pezeshkian wins presidential election
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Hollywood actor Brad Pitt, acting in an upcoming Formula One-based movie, follows the second practice session ahead of the Formula One British Grand Prix at the Silverstone motor racing circuit in Silverstone, central England.--AFP
Brad Pitt at Silverstone for filming of F1 movie
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HATHRAS, India: Mourners gather as the deceased who died in a stampede during a sermon are kept at a mortuary at Hathras in India's Uttar Pradesh state on July 3, 2024. -- AFP
‘Miracles’ and hope: Fatal stampede spotlights India’s craze for godmen