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MERKA: This file photo taken on January 19, 2008 shows a man walking past the old buildings of the Southern Somalia's port town. - AFP

Somali, AU troops retake key port from Islamists

MERKA: This file photo taken on January 19, 2008 shows a man walking past the old buildings of the Southern Somalia's port town. - AFPMOGADISHU: Somali government troops backed by African Union peacekeepers yesterday recaptured the key port of Merka from Shebab insurgents, just one day after the Islamists swept into the city, the army and residents said."The Somali forces and AMISOM peacekeepers secured control of Merka again and now the...

SOUTH CAROLINA: Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump gestures as he speaks at a campaign rally. -- AP

In Brazil, women urged caution with kissing

SOUTH CAROLINA: Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump gestures as he speaks at a campaign rally. -- APRIO DE JANEIRO: In a sign of mounting global concern over the Zika virus, health officials on Friday warned pregnant women to think twice about the lips they kiss and called on men to use condoms with pregnant partners if they have visited countries where the virus is present.UN officials also called on many Catholic-majority countries...

A woman with her child walk alongside railway tracks as refugees wait at a refugee camp to be allowed to continue their journey to Macedonia, near the northern Greek village of Idomeni yesterday. — AP

Austria, Hungary warn over migrant influx - Greece must control the flux of refugees

A woman with her child walk alongside railway tracks as refugees wait at a refugee camp to be allowed to continue their journey to Macedonia, near the northern Greek village of Idomeni yesterday. — APAMSTERDAM: Austria and Hungary yesterday warned that if Greece cannot control the flood of refugees arriving from Turkey then the EU should consider reinforcing the borders of their Balkan neighbors.Austrian Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz, whose...

A woman jokes with Dutch riot police during a Pegida demonstration against immigration and islamization of Europe, in Amsterdam, Netherlands yesterday. — AP

Anti-Islamic protesters arrested at banned rally in Calais

A woman jokes with Dutch riot police during a Pegida demonstration against immigration and islamization of Europe, in Amsterdam, Netherlands yesterday. — APCALAIS, France: Around 20 anti-migrant protesters were arrested in the French port of Calais yesterday after scuffles with police at a banned rally in support of a Europe-wide initiative by the Islamophobic Pegida movement.A crowd of around 150 protesters had gathered in central Calais...

COLOMBO: Supporters of the Sri Lankan opposition political parties backing former president Mahinda Rajapaksa protest outside the UN office. — AP

Human rights official arrives in Sri Lanka

COLOMBO: Supporters of the Sri Lankan opposition political parties backing former president Mahinda Rajapaksa protest outside the UN office. — APCOLOMBO: The top UN human rights official arrived yesterday in Sri Lanka on a four-day visit aimed at reviewing the measures taken by the island nation to investigate alleged atrocities committed during the long civil war that left tens of thousands dead.The visit by Zeid Raad Al-Hussein follows last...

QUETTA: Pakistani security officials stand beside the bodies of blast victims at the site after a bomb explosion targeting a security convoy. — AFP

Suicide bomber kills eight, injures dozens in Pakistan - 12 year old girl among the dead

QUETTA: Pakistani security officials stand beside the bodies of blast victims at the site after a bomb explosion targeting a security convoy. — AFPQUETTA: At least eight people were killed and 40 wounded after a suicide bomber blew himself up near a military convoy in Pakistan's western city of Quetta yesterday, police and hospital officials said, the latest attack in a region home to the planned route of a $46 billion China-Pakistan economic...

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Hurling dildos ‘appalling’ for New Zealand, says PM

WELLINGTON: Dildo throwing is not a good look for New Zealand and an "appalling way" to behave on the country's national day, Prime Minister John Key said Saturday, angered by an attack on a senior government minister. Economic Development Minister Steven Joyce was hit in the face by a pink dildo thrown at him by a protester during national day celebrations in the northern town of Waitangi on Friday."It's appalling because that image has gone...

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Kuwaiti oil price down 66 cents to $26.75pb

KUWAIT: The price of Kuwaiti oil dropped 66 cents on Friday reaching $26.75 per barrel (pb) compared with $27.41 pb on Thursday, said the Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC) yesterday. On global markets, oil price went up in Friday’s trading with an anticipation of reports on possible coordination between OPEC and non-OPEC producers.The future contracts of US oil for March delivery rose by three percent, climbing to $31.8 per barrel, however...

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Kuwait bourse gains on positive sentiment - BAYAN WEEKLY MARKET RERPORT

KUWAIT: Kuwait Stock Exchange (KSE) ended last week in the green zone. The Price Index closed at 5,198.37 points, up by 3.75 percent from the week before closing, the Weighted Index increased by 3.62 percent after closing at 357.34 points, whereas the KSX-15 Index closed at 840.55 points up by 3.81 percent. Furthermore, last week's average daily turnover increased by 29.51 percent, compared to the preceding week, reaching KD 16.38 million,...

OLINDA, Brazil: Brazilian Army soldiers distribute flyers with information on how to combat the Aedes aegypti during the “Burial of the Mosquito” carnival block parade. —- AP

Brazil’s anti-Zika war goes house to house

OLINDA, Brazil: Brazilian Army soldiers distribute flyers with information on how to combat the Aedes aegypti during the “Burial of the Mosquito” carnival block parade. —- APSAO PAULO: Sao Paulo resident Juliana Matuoka always thought her stunning tropical flowers were something to appreciate from afar. Now, however, they are enemy territory. “Here, I got one!” exclaimed Marcio Hoglhammer, a municipal health department worker who...

James Hetfield of the band Metallica performs at the Super Bowl 50 Metallica Soundcheck held at AT&T Park on Friday, Feb 5, 2016

No Super Bowl halftime show for Metallica

James Hetfield of the band Metallica performs at the Super Bowl 50 Metallica Soundcheck held at AT&T Park on Friday, Feb 5, 2016While Metallica has steadily attracted more of a mainstream audience throughout its 35-year career, frontman James Hetfield feels they will never play the Super Bowl, and he doesn’t seem to mind. “As far as us playing halftime for the Super Bowl, I have a feeling that ship has passed,” Hetfield told The Associated...

Guy Hutchinson, Chief Operating Officer, Rotana

Rotana unveils strategic roadmap for Kuwait expansion - GCC largest outbound and inbound travel market in region for Rotana

Guy Hutchinson, Chief Operating Officer, RotanaKUWAIT: Rotana, one of the leading hotel management companies in the Middle East, Africa, South Asia and Eastern Europe, has revealed ambitious plans for the Kuwaiti market as it continues on its aggressive expansion drive in the region. In 2018, Rotana will open a new hotel, the company's Chief Operating Officer Guy Hutchinson said at a media roundtable hosted yesterday in Al-Manshar Rotana,...

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Sheikh Talal Al-Khaled Al-Sabah

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HH the Amir Sheikh Meshal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah arrives in Scotland on the personal invitation of King Charles III of the United Kingdom and Northern Ireland on Jan 14, 2025. - Amiri Diwn photos

Amir’s visit to UK boosts ties

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AYRSHIRE: Britain's King Charles III holds an audience with His Highness the Amir of Kuwait Sheikh Meshal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, at Dumfries House, Cumnock, on January 15, 2025. - AFP

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KUWAIT: A chocolatier participates in the 13th edition of the Horeca Kuwait Exhibition. — Photos by Yasser Al-Zayyat

Horeca Kuwait offers new opportunities for diversifying economy