Новости за 25.08.2019

KUWAIT: Health Minister Sheikh Dr Basel Al-Sabah announced yesterday the formation of a neutral committee to investigate the death of a child at a dental clinic in Fahaheel. Speaking to Al-Anbaa newspaper, Sheikh Basel said that a neutral committee was formed of professors at the Faculty of Dentistry at Kuwait University to investigate the circumstances […]

BEIRUT/JERUSALEM/DAMASCUS: Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah said yesterday the fall of two Israeli drones overnight in suburbs of Beirut dominated by the Iranian-backed group amounted to a very dangerous move. Nasrallah, whose group fought a month-long war with Israel in 2006, said in a televised speech: “The latest Israeli development (is) very, very, very dangerous.” […]

BIARRITZ, France: Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif flew into Biarritz in southwestern France for the G7 summit yesterday in an unexpected and dramatic attempt to break a diplomatic deadlock over Tehran’s disputed nuclear program. Zarif’s presence had not been announced and represented a risky attempt by French host Emmanuel Macron to find a way […]

PORTO VELHO, Brazil: Brazil yesterday deployed two C-130 Hercules aircraft to douse fires devouring parts of the Amazon rainforest, as hundreds of new blazes were ignited ahead of nationwide protests over the destruction. Heavy smoke covered the city of Porto Velho in the northwestern state of Rondonia where the defense ministry said the planes have […]

BIARRITZ: Facing accusations from political opponents of being out at sea over his Brexit strategy, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson strode into the Atlantic Ocean for a bracing dip yesterday before tackling trade talks with western allies at a G7 summit. Johnson plunged into the waters off Biarritz flanked by French soldiers and with Britain’s […]

SEOUL: South Korean forces began two days of expanded drills yesterday around an island also claimed by Japan, prompting a protest from Tokyo only days after Seoul said it would scrap an intelligence-sharing pact with its neighbor amid worsening relations. Tokyo and Seoul have long been at loggerheads over the sovereignty of the group of […]

AL-KHAZER: Her tent is bare, she’s unemployed and her family relies on food donations. But Nihaya Issa was forced to pick an Iraqi camp over the unliveable ruins of her native city Mosul. The northern city was freed from the Islamic State jihadist group’s grip more than two years ago, but tens of thousands of […]

NEW DELHI: Authorities yesterday defended blocking opposition Indian politicians from visiting Muslim-majority Kashmir, saying it was to “avoid controversy” weeks after stripping the restive region of its autonomy and imposing a major clampdown. India’s Hindu-nationalist government has been criticized by the main opposition Congress party over the contentious move on August 5 that brings Kashmir […]