Новости за 09.08.2019

Pilgrims descend on Makkah, Saudis warn against politics MAKKAH: In the Saudi city of Makkah, dotted with fast food eateries and stalls selling Chinese-made trinkets, vendors are ready to cash in on the annual hajj pilgrimage. “Business is going very well,” said Faisal Addais from his stall close to the Grand Mosque-Islam’s holiest site. “The […]

Under blockade, Israel cash row rock Gazans GAZA: Ali usually marks the Muslim holiday of Eid Al-Adha with his family in the Gaza Strip by sacrificing a sheep, a customary annual ritual for those who can spare the cost. But this year the 49-year-old police officer says he cannot afford to buy an animal for […]

Climate change will exacerbate food security risks LONDON: Global meat consumption must fall to curb global warming, reduce growing strains on land and water and improve food security, health and biodiversity, a United Nations report on the effects of climate change concluded. Although the report stopped short of explicitly advocating going meat free, it called […]

DHAKA: Five-year-old Mohammad Ahnaf lies in a makeshift bed in the balcony of a major hospital in Bangladesh’s capital Dhaka, fighting for his life as dengue fever ravages his little body. But his mother Shimul Akhter knows he is one of the lucky ones as Bangladesh grapples with its worst-ever outbreak of the viral fever […]

Outrage grows over withdrawal of Kashmir’s special status SRINAGAR: Pakistan halted its main train service to India yesterday and banned Indian films as it kept up the diplomatic pressure on New Delhi for revoking the special status of Kashmir, the region at the heart of 70 years of hostility between them. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s […]

Kuwait pursues POWs’ DNA examination at criminal evidences department KUWAIT: Kuwait received yesterday human remains said to belong to slain Kuwaiti POWs from Iraqi authorities pending forensics’ examination locally. Handover of the human remains was organized at Al- Abdali border checkpoint, with attendance of Kuwaiti and Iraqi officials. Iraq had declared discovery of the remains […]

Fishermen union invites Kuwaitis to practice profession ‘if they wish to’ KUWAIT: The Ministry of Commerce and Industry said it may use law 10/1979 with regards to supervising trade in commodities and set their prices. This comes in the aftermath of its recent regulations to organize fish market auctions, which helped drop prices before a […]

Missing citizen’s son urges more effort from Romanian authorities to find his father KUWAIT: Four years have passed since Mohammed Al-Baghli disappeared in Romania, but his family hasn’t lost hope of seeing him again. Baghli was last seen on Aug 5, 2015, when he went for an afternoon walk in Cheia village in Romania, where […]

A cloud of dust rises as sheep jump off yet another truck at the new livestock market in Rai. They are herded into a pen, as the market bustles, with Eid Al-Adha just around the corner. While the market is in operation throughout the year, it explodes in size during Eid. The new market’s orderly […]