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Ghanem meets Sisi
CAIRO: Egyptian President Abdel Fatah Al-Sisi meets Kuwait's National Assembly Speaker Marzouq Al-Ghanem at Etihadiya Palace yesterday. - KUNA CAIRO: Egyptian President Abdel Fatah Al-Sisi received Kuwait's National Assembly Speaker Marzouq Ali Al-Ghanem at Etihadiya Palace yesterday. During the meeting, Ghanem conveyed greetings of HH the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah and his wishes for more development for Egypt. Sisi also...
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3 killed in 3-way crash
KUWAIT: Three people were killed in a three-vehicle collision on King Abdulaziz Road that resulted in a blaze. Fahaheel firemen put out the fire and found the charred bodies of the three victims, which were recovered by forensics. - By Hanan Al-Saadoun
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Skyline of Kuwait City
KUWAIT: Clear skies above the skyline of Kuwait City. — KUNA
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Coalition says weapons used in Saudi attacks 'came from Iran'
US hints at military response - Oil prices surge - Aramco could delay IPO - Houthis threaten new attacks RIYADH: Spokesman of the Saudi-led military coalition Colonel Turki Al-Maliki speaks during a press conference yesterday. - AFP RIYADH: The weapons used to strike Saudi oil facilities were Iranian-made, the Riyadh-led coalition said yesterday, heightening fears of regional conflict after the US hinted at a military response to the assault....
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Iran seizes new boat in Gulf for smuggling fuel
TEHRAN: Iran has seized a boat suspected of being used to smuggle fuel and arrested its 11 crewmembers near a vital oil shipping lane, state television reported yesterday. A naval patrol of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps intercepted the vessel carrying 250,000 liters of fuel near the Strait of Hormuz, state TV's website said, citing a commander of the force. "This boat was sailing from Bandar Lengeh towards United Arab Emirates waters...
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Islamic State fills the void in Nigeria as soldiers retreat to 'super camps'
New strategy affecting access by aid workers to some areasABUJA: When Islamic State gunmen stormed the northeast Nigerian town of Magumeri on the night of August 21, they had free rein. Nigerian soldiers had left the town earlier that month under a new strategy of withdrawing to "super camps" that can be more easily defended against insurgents the army has been struggling to contain for a decade. Unchallenged, the Islamist militants torched a...
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In a show of bond, Trump to join Modi in Houston rally
WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump will join Prime Minister Narendra Modi at a massive gathering of Indian-Americans in Houston, the White House said Sunday, in a symbolic show of the bond between the two leaders and countries. The September 22 rally - dubbed, with a touch of Texan twang, "Howdy, Modi!" - will mark a rare joint appearance between a US president and a foreign leader before an ethnic community, and be the pair's third meeting this...
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Dozens of tigers dead after confiscation from temple in Thailand
BANGKOK: More than half of the 147 tigers confiscated from a controversial Thai temple have died, park officials said Monday, blaming genetic problems linked to in-breeding at the once money-spinning tourist attraction. For years, the Wat Pha Luang Ta Bua temple in the western province of Kanchanaburi pulled tourist hordes who could be photographed -- for a fee -- next to scores of tigers. But in 2016 park officials began a lengthy operation to...
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600,000 Rohingya Muslims at serious 'risk of genocide'
YANGON: Rohingya Muslims remaining in Myanmar still face a "serious risk of genocide", UN investigators said yesterday, warning the repatriation of a million already driven from the country by the army remains "impossible". The fact-finding mission to Myanmar, set up by the Human Rights Council, last year branded the army operations in 2017 as "genocide" and called for the prosecution of top generals, including army chief Min Aung Hlaing. Some...
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Screams in the night in Indian Kashmir
'It's better to die with a bullet than undergo such torture'HIRPORA: The soldiers came after midnight, Abid Khan says, his hands trembling, one of around two dozen young men in just one part of Kashmir who say they have been tortured by the Indian army. The alleged abuse, residents say, is aimed at creating a climate of fear after India stripped the long-restive, blood-soaked Himalayan region of its autonomy on August 5. Khan, 26, from Hirpora...
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Blasphemy accusation in Pakistan sparks ransacking of Hindu temple
Latest case to raise concern about the fate of religious minoritiesKARACHI: A crowd in Pakistan ransacked a school and Hindu temple after a Hindu principal was accused of blasphemy, police said yesterday, the latest case to raise concern about the fate of religious minorities in the predominantly Muslim country. The violence erupted in the southern province of Sindh after a student accused the Hindu principal of blasphemy in comments about the...
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Gulf is moving from oil economy to knowledge-based economy: Expert
IMA president rules out global recession Jeffrey C Thomson KUWAIT: The Gulf region is on the threshold of a transition from an oil-based economy to a broader knowledge-based economy and Kuwait is also part of that great transformation with its ambitious New Kuwait 2035 vision, said Jeffrey C Thomson, President and CEO of Institute of Management Accountants (IMA) yesterday. "I believe that the countries in the entire region are trying to lessen...
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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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Britain's King Charles III (L) welcomes Crown Prince of Kuwait Sheikh Mishal al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah, during an audience at Buckingham Palace, in London, on October 25, 2023. (Photo by Jordan Pettitt / POOL / AFP)
Amir’s visit to UK... a significant milestone in Kuwaiti British relations
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Amir departs to the UK at personal invitation of King Charles III