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NEW YORK: Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama arrives at his hotel in New York on June 23, 2024, as he prepares to undergo knee surgery. – AFP

Dalai Lama seeks to allay health concerns amid succession talk

DHARAMSHALA, India: When the Dalai Lama went to New York in June for knee surgery, his followers worried about his overall health and the future of Tibetan Buddhists without him. He told Reuters last week there was nothing much to worry about. “Ac...

Hindu devotees sit at Dhakeshwari Temple in Dhaka. -- AFP

Minorities fear targeted attacks in post-revolution Bangladesh

DHAKA: For generations, the small Hindu temple outside the capital in Muslim-majority Bangladesh was a quiet place to pray—before arsonists ripped open its roof this month in the latest post-revolution unrest. It is only one of a string of attacks...

LONDON: A combination of handout photographs shows (left to right) custody images of Urfan Sharif, Beinash Batool and Faisal Malik, respectively father, stepmother, and uncle of British-Pakistani girl Sara Sharif. – AFP

Father, stepmother of murdered UK-Pakistani girl jailed for life

LONDON: A UK court on Tuesday handed life sentences to the father and stepmother of a murdered 10-year-old British-Pakistani girl who died after being subjected to a prolonged “campaign of torture” and “despicable abuse”. Urfan Sharif, 43, a...

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi

Indian PM Modi to visit Kuwait on historic 2-day trip

KUWAIT: According to Indian media reports, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Kuwait on Saturday, marking the first visit by an Indian prime minister to Kuwait in 43 years. The visit comes in response to an invitation extended by Kuwaiti...

NEW DELHI: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake meet at Hyderabad House on Dec 16, 2024. – AFP

Lanka president in India in first overseas trip

NEW DELHI: Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake vowed to bolster ties with India Monday on his first overseas visit as head of state, with a red carpet welcome by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Leaders of the island nation typically make the...

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Kuwait nationality law amended

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Kuwaiti pastor Emmanuel Gharib, Chairman of the National Evangelical Church Kuwait and Pastor of the Kuwait Presbyterian Church, leads a Christmas mass at a church in Kuwait City on December 24, 2018. — Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat

Kuwait’s unity seen through the eyes of its first pastor

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Former Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in this file photo.

Bangladesh tells India it wants Hasina back for ‘judicial process’

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RIYADH: Minister of Interior Sheikh Fahad Al-Yousef Saud Al-Sabah tours key security facilities accompanied by officials during an official visit to Saudi Arabia on Monday, December 23, 2024. — KUNA photos

Deputy Prime Minister visits key security facilities in Saudi Arabia

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UAB: 7 Kuwaiti banks among top 100 banks