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KUWAIT: Interior Minister Sheikh Thamer Al-Sabah (center) visits the diwaniya of MP Mohammad Al-Mutair (second right) yesterday. Also present are MP Bader Al-Dahoum (second left) and other opposition MPs.
Opposition MPs cancel sit-in after interior minister’s visit
KUWAIT: Interior Minister Sheikh Thamer Al-Sabah (center) visits the diwaniya of MP Mohammad Al-Mutair (second right) yesterday. Also present are MP Bader Al-Dahoum (second left) and other opposition MPs.By B IzzakKUWAIT: Opposition MPs yesterday cancelled a planned gathering in support of leading opposition lawmaker Bader Al-Dahoum - whose National Assembly membership is on the line awaiting a court ruling on March 3 - after a visit by the...
AL-QAIM, Iraq: This handout satellite image released on Friday shows the aftermath of recent US airstrikes on a small group of buildings at an unofficial crossing on the Syria-Iraq border. — AFP
Biden says US strike in Syria warning to Iran
AL-QAIM, Iraq: This handout satellite image released on Friday shows the aftermath of recent US airstrikes on a small group of buildings at an unofficial crossing on the Syria-Iraq border. — AFPWASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden said Friday that a US air strike against an Iranian-backed militia in eastern Syria, the first since he took office, should be seen by Iran as a warning. Asked what the message was from the air strike, Biden said:...
SANAA: Supporters of the Yemeni Houthi rebels take to the streets of the capital Sanaa to protest against the blockade imposed on their country on Friday. — AFP
Saudi Arabia says Houthi missile attack thwarted amid blasts
SANAA: Supporters of the Yemeni Houthi rebels take to the streets of the capital Sanaa to protest against the blockade imposed on their country on Friday. — AFPRIYADH: Multiple blasts shook Riyadh on Saturday as Saudi state television reported that a missile attack launched by Yemen's Houthi rebels had been thwarted. The Iran-backed Houthis have escalated attacks on the kingdom, while they step up an offensive to seize the Saudi-backed Yemeni...
NEW DELHI: Kuwaiti Ambassador Jassem Al-Najim with Secretary Sanjay Bhattacharyya. —KUNA
Kuwait Embassies mark 60th National, 30th Liberation days
NEW DELHI: Kuwaiti Ambassador Jassem Al-Najim with Secretary Sanjay Bhattacharyya. —KUNANEW DELHI/ROME/RABAT: Kuwait’s Embassy in New Delhi celebrated the 60th National Day and the 30th Liberation Day late Friday. Due to the COVID-19 situation, the participation was limited to few officials from the Indian External Affairs Ministry led by Secretary Sanjay Bhattacharyya and several ambassadors from Arab Muslim and other countries in New...
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Manpower authority official explains new Kuwait labor law amendments
By Nawara FattahovaKUWAIT: Ministerial decree 27/2021 that was published last month in the official gazette Kuwait Al-Youm includes some changes and amendments to the labor law. Kuwait Times contacted the Public Authority for Manpower (PAM) for clarification of some of the new articles. The following questions were answered by Nasser Al-Hamidi, Head of the Legal Department at PAM.Kuwait Times: What are the new amendments to the labor law in the...
AMRITSAR: A craftsman makes chairs along the roadside yesterday. — AFP
India exits recession with 0.4% Q4 growth
AMRITSAR: A craftsman makes chairs along the roadside yesterday. — AFPNEW DELHI: India’s economy grew 0.4 percent year-on-year in the final quarter of 2020, official data showed Friday, ending its first recession since independence as easing coronavirus restrictions sparked a modest recovery. The country has struggled to claw back lost ground after a stringent, months-long lockdown caused the labor market to collapse and the economy to...
WASHINGTON: Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi speaks during a press conference with other House Democratic leaders about COVID-19 financial relief and minimum wage on Capitol Hill on Friday. — AFP
$1.9tn COVID plan clears US House
WASHINGTON: Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi speaks during a press conference with other House Democratic leaders about COVID-19 financial relief and minimum wage on Capitol Hill on Friday. — AFPWASHINGTON: The US House passed an enormous, $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package early yesterday, hailed by Democrats as a critical step in funneling new funding toward vaccinations, overburdened local governments, and millions of families...
ALGIERS: Algerian anti-government protesters take part in a demonstration in the capital on Friday. —AFP
Algeria anti-govt protesters hit streets
ALGIERS: Algerian anti-government protesters take part in a demonstration in the capital on Friday. —AFPALGIERS, Algeria: Thousands of anti-government protesters took to the streets across Algeria on Friday, as the “Hirak” pro-democracy movement gathers renewed momentum after a year-long hiatus due to the coronavirus pandemic. Despite a ban on gatherings over COVID-19, crowds rallied in several neighborhoods of the capital Algiers in the...
LONDON: In this file photo (From left) Britain’s Prince Charles, Prince of Wales, Britain’s Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II, Britain’s Meghan, Duchess of Sussex and Britain’s Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, stand on the balcony of Buckingham Palace to watch a military fly-past to mark the centenary of the Royal Air Force (RAF). — AFP
Prince Harry: British press were ‘destroying my mental health’
LONDON: In this file photo (From left) Britain’s Prince Charles, Prince of Wales, Britain’s Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II, Britain’s Meghan, Duchess of Sussex and Britain’s Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, stand on the balcony of Buckingham Palace to watch a military fly-past to mark the centenary of the Royal Air Force (RAF). — AFPNEW YORK: Britain’s Prince Harry said in a rare one-on-one interview that...
CHIBOK, Nigeria: In this file photo taken on April 12, 2019 Musa Maina holds a picture of her kidnapped daughter, Hauwa, in Chibok. — AFP
By targeting schools, Nigerian kidnappers put country at risk
CHIBOK, Nigeria: In this file photo taken on April 12, 2019 Musa Maina holds a picture of her kidnapped daughter, Hauwa, in Chibok. — AFPLAGOS, Nigeria: Jihadists in northeastern Nigeria have long outraged the world with mass abductions of schoolchildren but now armed gangs in search of income are using the same tactic in other parts of the country, sparking warnings that no school is safe. More than 300 schoolgirls were snatched from...
MANCHESTER: Manchester City’s English defender John Stones (center) celebrates scoring his team’s second goal during the English Premier League football match between Manchester City and West Ham United at the Etihad Stadium in Manchester, north west England, yesterday. — AFP
Stones sends Man City 13 points clear
MANCHESTER: Manchester City’s English defender John Stones (center) celebrates scoring his team’s second goal during the English Premier League football match between Manchester City and West Ham United at the Etihad Stadium in Manchester, north west England, yesterday. — AFPMANCHESTER: Manchester City moved 13 points clear at the top of the Premier League Saturday as John Stones sealed a 2-1 win against West Ham that made it 20 successive...
MILAN: This combination of file photographs shows Manchester United’s English striker Marcus Rashford (left) and AC Milan’s Swedish forward Zlatan Ibrahimovic. — AFP
Milan’s Zlatan to face old club Man United in Europa League last 16
MILAN: This combination of file photographs shows Manchester United’s English striker Marcus Rashford (left) and AC Milan’s Swedish forward Zlatan Ibrahimovic. — AFPPARIS: Zlatan Ibrahimovic will take on his old club Manchester United after they were paired with his current team AC Milan in the last 16 of the Europa League in Friday’s draw in Nyon. Milan and Ibrahimovic will do battle with United, who beat Real Sociedad 4-0 on aggregate...
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NAVI MUMBAI, India: Billionaire tycoon Mukesh Ambani (front third left) along with his family attends a mass wedding ceremony at Reliance Corporate Park in Navi Mumbai on July 2, 2024. -- AFP
Ambanis celebrate son’s nuptials with mass wedding
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KUWAIT: His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Ahmad Al-Abdullah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah presides over a Cabinet weekly meeting on Tuesday at Bayan Palace. – KUNA
Only Kuwait banner and anthem are allowed in state functions
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Ants perform limb amputations on injured comrades to save their lives, research finds
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KASGANJ, India: Sudha (center), mother of a victim who died in a stampede during a sermon in Hathras of India's Uttar Pradesh state, mourns at her residence in Kasganj on July 3, 2024. -- AFP
Terror, ‘chaos’ as India’s deadliest stampede in a decade kills 121