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Egyptian protesters shout slogans as they take part in a protest calling for the removal of President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi in Cairo's downtown on September 20, 2019. - Protestors also gathered in other Egyptian cities calling for the removal of President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi but police quickly dispersed them. In Cairo dozens of people joined night-time demonstrations around Tahrir Square -- the epicenter of the 2011 revolution that toppled the country's long-time autocratic leader. (Photo by STR / AFP)

Dozens held in Egypt after rare protests

CAIRO: Egyptian protesters shout slogans as they take part in a protest in downtown Cairo on Friday. - AFP CAIRO: Protests erupted overnight in Cairo and other Egyptian cities calling for the removal of President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi, in a rare show of dissent quickly quashed by authorities. Hundreds of Egyptians took to the streets late Friday, chanting slogans including "Leave, Sisi!" and demanding the "fall of the regime". At least 74...

Mourners carry the coffin of the late former Tunisian president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali during his funeral at the Prophet Mohammed's mosque in Saudi Arabia's holy city of Medina, Islam's second holiest city, on September 21, 2019. - Ben Ali, who died on September 19 in the Red Sea coastal city of Jeddah, was laid to rest at Al-Baqi cemetery next to the Prophet Mohammed's mosque and a place of great reverence for Muslims. Ben Ali, the first leader to be toppled by the Arab Spring revolts starting in 2011, died aged 83. (Photo by Majed Al Charfi / AFP)

Tunisia turns the page on Ben Ali

MADINAH: Mourners carry the coffin of late former Tunisian president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali during his funeral at Prophet Muhammad's (PBUH) mosque yesterday. - AFP TUNIS: With the burial in Saudi exile yesterday of former president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, Tunisia is turning the page on more than two decades of nepotism and repression with a large dose of indifference. Forced out of Tunisia on Jan 14, 2011, by weeks of popular...

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Kuwait raises port security, has enough food for 6 months

Khaled Al-Roudhan KUWAIT: Minister of Commerce and Industry and State Minister for Services Khaled Al-Roudhan on Friday issued a decision to raise port security level of facilities from one to two. Kuwait Ports Authority (KPA) told KUNA in a statement that ministerial decree no. 448 orders a raise in security level of all port facilities in the country, both commercial and oil. The decision stresses to take necessary measures to protect ships...

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Amir asks parliament speaker to convey greetings to all nationals

His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah received National Assembly Speaker Marzouq Al-Ghanem at his residency in the United States on Friday. During the audience, His Highness the Amir said to Ghanem, "Convey my greetings to all Kuwaitis, males and females." Meanwhile, the National Assembly Speaker expressed his best wishes for His Highness the Amir to...

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Kuwait Airport's new Terminal 2 36% complete

KUWAIT: Officials inspect the new Terminal 2 project at Kuwait International Airport. - KUNA photos KUWAIT: The ministerial committee for public services announced yesterday that completion ratio of the new Terminal 2 project at Kuwait International Airport has currently reached 36 percent. According to the project's timeframe, T2 is due for an overall completion and full operation by 2023, the committee said in a press statement following its...

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Kidney dialysis added to Kuwaiti patients' treatment abroad program

Sheikh Dr Basel Al-Sabah KUWAIT: Health Minister Sheikh Dr Basel Al-Sabah issued a ministerial resolution amending the regulations of the government-sponsored treatment abroad program for Kuwaiti citizens. The new amendments included adding kidney dialysis for patients dispatched for treatment for other diseases who happen to need it without having to be examined by a committee specialized in kidney dialysis. The amendments also included...

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Kuwait reaches out to those in need around the region

A Kuwait Red Crescent Society delegation visits a 19-year-old Lebanese girl, who underwent a kidney transplant funded by the society. KUWAIT: Last week was marked with plentiful humanitarian works by Kuwaiti institutions and humanitarian agencies to provide relief and assistance to those in need in the region and around the world. Director General of the Kuwait Red Crescent Society (KRCS) Dr Hilal Al-Sayer made sure the Arab Red Crescent and...

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NBK Honors its MVPs, collaborative teams through its 2019 program

KUWAIT: A group photo taken during the event. KUWAIT: The National Bank of Kuwait (NBK) honored its distinguished employees and teams for 2019 at its fourth Annual Award Ceremony - Most Valuable Team Players Awards. The prestigious event was attended by Isam Jassim Al-Sager, NBK Group Chief Executive Officer, Shaikha Al-Bahar, NBK Deputy Group CEO, Salah Youssef Al-Fulaij, NBK Chief Executive Officer-Kuwait, and Emad Al-Ablani, General Manager...

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French drugmaker, watchdog on trial for diabetes pill deaths

Pulmonologist Irene Frachon first alerted French health authorities of heart problems among patients who had taken the drug. -- AFP PARIS: France's medicines watchdog will join a pharma firm in the dock from Monday on fraud and negligence charges linked to the deaths of multiple people prescribed a diabetes pill for weight loss despite safety concerns. At least 500 people are thought to have died of heart valve problems in France after taking...

(FILES) In this file photo taken on July 12, 2019 pedestrians walk past a branch of a Thomas Cook travel agent's shop in London. - Tour operator Thomas Cook has confirmed it is seeking £200 million in extra funding as it attempts to prevent a collapse on September 20, 2019 (Photo by Tolga Akmen / AFP)

UK travel firm Thomas Cook in race to ward off collapse

LONDON: In this file photo, pedestrians walk past a branch of a Thomas Cook travel agent's shop in London. Tour operator Thomas Cook has confirmed it is seeking £200 million in extra funding as it attempts to prevent a collapse.-AFP LONDON: Embattled UK travel firm Thomas Cook on Friday sought a further emergency capital injection, seeking to stave off a collapse that could trigger Britain's largest repatriation since World War II. Thomas...

Muna Al-Fuzai

Muna Al-Fuzai The Oxford English Dictionary defines a 'feminist' as 'an advocate or supporter of the rights and equality of women'. It also worth mentioning that the term "feminist" was among the most searched terms in Merriam Webster dictionary's word of the year for 2017. This highlights the world's growing interest in the movement for women's rights. The term feminism was first used in the 19th century after it was invented by the French...

Arab Israelis votes during Israel's parliamentary election at a polling station in Kafr Manda near Haifa on September 17, 2019. (Photo by Ahmad GHARABLI / AFP)

A historic first? Israel's Arabs could lead the parliamentary opposition

KAFR MANDA: Arab Israelis votes during Israel's parliamentary election at a polling station in Kafr Manda near Haifa. - AFP HAIFA: Israel's Arab parties are set to be the largest non-ruling bloc in parliament - and could even lead the opposition - if a national unity government emerges from Tuesday's election. A surge in turnout gave the Arab-dominated Joint List 13 of the Knesset's 120 seats, making it the third-largest grouping behind...

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