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An Israeli soldier temporarily detains a Palestinian youth during clashes following a weekly protest against the expropriation of Palestinian land by Israel, in the village of Kfar Qaddum, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on August 23, 2019. (Photo by JAAFAR ASHTIYEH / AFP)

Ending Israeli occupation of Palestinian lands only acceptable solution: Kuwait

An Israeli soldier temporarily detains a Palestinian youth during clashes following a weekly protest against the expropriation of Palestinian land by Israel, in the village of Kfar Qaddum, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on August 23, 2019. (Photo by JAAFAR ASHTIYEH / AFP) NEW YORK: Kuwait affirmed refusal to any solution for the Israeli-Arab conflict that does not involve ending the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian and Arab lands since...

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Voluntary work basic resource for sustainable development: Official

KUWAIT: Participants in the exhibition. KUWAIT: Voluntary work is a collection of ethics, principles and values that encourage goodwill activities that go beyond self-benefit to reach others, Chairman of the Kuwait Society for Education Establishments Dr Faisal Al-Enezi said. Enezi was speaking during the opening of a conference and exhibition of voluntary work at Jumeirah Hotel under the patronage of the Kuwait Foundation for the...

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Officials mull security preparations for 'Ashura'

KUWAIT: Interior Ministry Undersecretary Lt Gen Essam Al-Naham speaks during the meeting. KUWAIT: Interior Ministry Undersecretary Lt Gen Essam Al-Naham met husseiniya officials yesterday in the presence of Undersecretary for General Security Affairs Lt Gen Sheikh Faisal Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, Acting Undersecretary for Traffic and Operations Affairs Maj Gen Abdelaziz Al-Hajiri and other senior officials. The meeting discussed preparations to...

Attorney Fajer Ahmed

Being creative in Kuwait

Attorney Fajer Ahmed The Kuwaiti society is definitely unique. As Kuwaiti nationals, we really appreciate the fact that we have financial stability, giving us the opportunity to be creative or take a leap of faith in our ability to create - although I believe that everyone should take a leap of faith in their ability to create. As humans, we are creators. So even if you do not have the financial perks that Kuwaitis receive, you are still an...

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Kuwait signs KD 109 million infrastructure deal to push mega housing project

KUWAIT: Kuwait's Minister of Public Works Dr Jenan Ramadan Boushehri signed a deal yesterday worth nearly KD 109 million ($356 million) for infrastructure work in a blossoming southern residential area. The project is significant since it links Kuwait's Al-Mutlaa city with other adjacent areas where traffic volume can reach up to 70 percent, Boushehri, who is also Minister of State for Housing, told the press. The deal is part of a series of...

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Sheikh Sabah library in New Delhi 'beacon of knowledge'

NEW DELHI: Vice Chancellor of the prestigious Indian University Jamia Millia Islamia Najma Akhtar receives a memento from Kuwaiti Ambassador to India Jassem Al-Najem. - KUNA NEW DELHI: The Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Library in New Delhi is a cultural beacon of knowledge par excellent, an Indian academician said yesterday. Vice Chancellor of the prestigious Indian University Jamia Millia Islamia Najma Akhtar said during a meeting with Kuwaiti...

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Endangered animals seized at southern border checkpoint

KUWAIT: This picture released by the Customs Department yesterday shows the endangered animals confiscated at the Nuwaiseeb land border checkpoint. KUWAIT: Nuwaiseeb customs officers seized 20 monkeys and a pelican from a suspect who arrived from a Gulf country. The officers called the Public Authority for Agricultural Affairs and Fish Resources to collect the animals. The operation took place after the Environment Public Authority were tipped...

TOPSHOT - An aerial view shows submerged houses and buildings following heavy rains in Omachi, Saga prefecture on August 28, 2019. - Two people were confirmed dead as heavy rains pounded southwest Japan, prompting flood and landslide warnings and orders for 670,000 people to seek safety. (Photo by JIJI PRESS / JIJI PRESS / AFP) / Japan OUT

Two killed as Japan orders 870,000 to flee heavy rains

OMACHI: An aerial view shows submerged houses and buildings following heavy rains in Omachi, Saga prefecture yesterday. - AFP TOKYO: Two people were confirmed dead yesterday as heavy rains pounded southwest Japan, prompting flood and landslide warnings and orders for 870,000 people to seek safety. More than a million more people were advised to leave their homes after the country's weather agency raised the alert to its highest level for...

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Gaza under alert after bombings

GAZA: Security forces loyal to Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas carry away the body of their comrade Salama Al-Nadeem, 32, during his funeral in Gaza City yesterday. - AFP GAZA: Hamas said yesterday that two overnight bombings killed three Palestinian police officers in the Gaza Strip in what witnesses called suicide attacks as the Palestinian enclave was placed under a state of alert. Witnesses told AFP that both bombings were suicide...

Mexican soldiers stand guard outside a bar where 23 people were killed by a fire in Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz on August 28, 2019. - At least 23 people were killed and 13 badly wounded in a fire at Caballo Blanco bar (White Horse bar) in eastern Mexico that is being investigated as an attack according to Mexiccan authorities. (Photo by ANGEL HERNANDEZ / AFP)

25 killed as gunmen burst into a strip club in eastern Mexico

COATZACOALCOS: Mexican soldiers stand guard outside a bar where 23 people were killed by a fire in Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz yesterday. - AFP COATZACOALCOS: At least 25 people were killed and 11 badly wounded when gunmen burst into a strip club in eastern Mexico, doused it with gasoline and ignited a raging fire, officials said yesterday. President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador condemned Tuesday night's "shameful" attack in the city of...

Residents drive along a busy road in Srinagar on August 28, 2019. - The Himalayan valley is under a strict lockdown -- with movement restricted and phone and internet services cut since August 5 -- imposed hours before India's decision to bring Kashmir under its direct rule. (Photo by Tauseef MUSTAFA / AFP)

At least 500 protests in Kashmir lockdown

KASHMIR: Residents drive along a busy road in Srinagar yesterday. The Himalayan valley is under a strict lockdown-with movement restricted and phone and internet services cut since August 5 - imposed hours before India's decision to bring Kashmir under its direct rule. - AFP SRINAGAR: At least 500 incidents of protest have broken out in Indian Kashmir since New Delhi revoked its autonomy more than three weeks ago, a senior government source...

Facebook tightens political advert rules ahead of US election

Photo shows the logo of the US online social media and social networking service, Facebook. Facebook said it would tighten its rules for political ad spending ahead of the 2020 US elections, notably by requiring more information about who is paying for campaign messages. - AFP WASHINGTON: Facebook Inc is tightening its political ad rules in the United States, it said on Wednesday, requiring new disclosures for its site and photo-sharing...

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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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GAZA: People celebrate along a street in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on Jan 15, 2025 as news spread that a ceasefire had been reached between the Zionist entity and Hamas. — AFP

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