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India’s seamer Zaheer Khan calls it a day

Zaheer KhanNEW DELHI: India’s finest left-arm seamer Zaheer Khan announced his retirement from international cricket yesterday, saying he was not fit enough to deal with the rigours of the modern game. “With immediate effect, I bid adieu to my career in international cricket,” Khan said in a statement, adding he will sign off from every format after the next edition of the Indian Premier League in April-May next year.Khan, who turned 37...

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Magical Djokovic casts spell over Shanghai

SHANGHAI: World number one Novak Djokovic sped into the Shanghai Masters quarter- finals with a 6-2, 6-3 win over Feliciano Lopez in just 71 minutes as he continued his magical run in China yesterday. As Andy Murray and Jo-Wilfriend Tsonga toiled, the unstoppable Serb dominated Spain’s Lopez as he brought up his 14th win in a row including a winning streak of 16 straight sets. Rafael Nadal’s recent resurgence, meanwhile, gathered pace when he...

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KSSC referees course concludes

KUWAIT: Secretary General of Kuwait and Arab Shooting Federations Obaid Mnahi Al-Osaimi lauded the responsible and courageous stand of the Kuwaiti delegation that met the international Olympic committee in Lausanne, Switzerland headed by Information Minister, State Minister for Youth Affairs Sheikh Salman Sabah Al- Salem Al-Humoud Al-Sabah by rejecting all threats to suspend Kuwaiti sports activities and emphasized Kuwait sovereignty, and...

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Sports authority rejects IOC deadline, conditions - KOC accused of providing incorrect info to Olympic body

KUWAIT/LAUSANNE: The International Olympic Committee set a deadline of Oct 27 for the resolution of a dispute that could lead to Kuwait’s suspension from the Olympic body, but the Public Authority for Youth and Sports (PAYS) categorically rejected any deadline or conditions by the IOC, saying “the date of October 27 means nothing to PAYS”.IOC officials held meetings in Lausanne on Monday with a high-level Kuwaiti delegation to discuss...

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Tana files to grill Subaih

Mohammad TanaKUWAIT: MP Mohammad Tana yesterday carried out his threat and filed a request to grill Minister of Social Affairs and Labor Hind Al-Subaih over alleged financial and administrative violations. National Assembly Speaker Marzouq Al- Ghanem said he received the grilling yesterday and decided to place it on the agenda of the Assembly session following the opening ceremony on Oct 27. This means the grilling might be debated on Nov 3 if...

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KNPC signs $13bn Zour contracts

KUWAIT: The Kuwait National Petroleum Company yesterday signed contracts worth $13.2 billion with international firms to build a refinery said to be the state's largest development project. The deal comes as Kuwait, a key oil producer, moves to modernize its energy facilities and boost its refining capabilities. The Al-Zour refinery near the border with Saudi Arabia is slated to produce 615,000 barrels per day and come onstream in Nov 2019, KNPC...

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Kuwait UN envoy calls for an end to oppression of Muslims in CAR

NEW YORK: Delegates of the member states of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) to the United Nations met in New York on Monday to discuss the atrocities against the Muslim community of the Central African Republic (CAR). The meeting, chaired by Kuwait Representative to the UN and head of the 57-member OIC Group Mansour Al-Otaibi, was meant to shed light on ordeal of Muslim community in CAR at the hands of the extremist Antibalaka...

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MoI sets watertight plan to safeguard Husseiniyas - Security beefed up around Shiite mosques

KUWAIT: The Ministry of Interior has set a special water-tight plan to tighten security measures near Hussainiyat (Shiite mourning houses) in the Islamic calendar month of Muharram which starts on today and ends Friday Nov 13. In a press statement, the ministry said that the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior Sheikh Mohammad Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah held Monday a high-level meeting with the ministry officials including Undersecretary...

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Rehiring military personnel?

KUWAIT: MP Sultan Al-Loghaisem expected a change in leading parliamentary positions in various committees and stressed that it would be for the greater good. He also said that heads and members of parliamentary committees had passed many laws, which proved they focused more on work than "crying over spilt milk". "Development is only achievable when proper legislations are passed," he underlined. On a different concern, Loghaisem said he met...

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'No more cholera cases'

KUWAIT: Health Ministry Assistant Undersecretary for Public Hygiene Affairs Dr Majeda Al-Qattan said that other than the five cases detected over the past two weeks, no further cholera cases were detected in Kuwait and that all the five patients had already recovered after receiving proper hospital treatment. Speaking to reporters, Qattan assured that there was nothing to worry about in this regard and explained that cholera is a disease caused...

Kuwait Times Editor-in-Chief Abd Al-Rahman Al-Alyan receiving a memento from the Assistant Undersecretary for Planning at the Ministry of Information Mohammed Al-Awash

Kuwait Times honored at Arab Media Forum

Kuwait Times Editor-in-Chief Abd Al-Rahman Al-Alyan receiving a memento from the Assistant Undersecretary for Planning at the Ministry of Information Mohammed Al-AwashKUWAIT: Kuwait Times was honored in several categories at Tuesday night’s Arab Media Forum. Kuwait Times founder Yousuf Al-Alyan was recognized for his important and pioneering role in early media in Kuwait, while Islam Al-Sharaa and Hanan Al-Saadoun were honored for serving more...

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American drug dealer nabbed

KUWAIT: Financial Crimes Police arrested an American for bringing in 'chemical' and other illicit drugs by courier. He was caught with 1,126 envelopes of chemical; $305; 40 million Iranian tomans; KD 2,165; 4,200 Chinese yuan and 3,310 Afghan rupees. The suspect confessed being a member of a gang that brings in drugs for sale. They then smuggle the money out and launder it by buying precocious stones. He was sent to concerned authorities.21...

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SINGAPORE: A fan takes a selfie with India's grandmaster Gukesh Dommaraju after his win against China's chess grandmaster Ding Liren in game 14 of the 2024 FIDE World Championship on Dec 12, 2024. - AFP

India lauds new chess king Gukesh

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RIYADH: A drone-created light show and fireworks illuminate the sky over Riyadh on December 11, 2024, celebrating Saudi Arabia’s confirmation as the host of the 2034 FIFA World Cup football tournament. – AFP

Saudis rejoice as World Cup bid approved

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PARACHINAR: This photograph taken on December 3, 2024, shows local residents walking across a market reopened after sectarian clashes in Parachinar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. – AFP

Wounds reopen as sectarian clashes flare in Pakistan

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LONDON: Farmers drive tractors down Whitehall during a stop “the death of British Farming” demonstration, to protest against changes to inheritance tax rules for land ownership for farmers, in Whitehall, central London, on December 11, 2024. – AFP

British farmers stage tractor protest over new inheritance tax

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