Новости за 17.08.2021

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KABUL: The Taleban said yesterday the war in Afghanistan was over and that all their opponents would be pardoned, as they held their first news conference since seizing power from the Western-backed government in Kabul. “War has ended… (the leader) has pardoned everyone,” spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said, adding: “We are committed to letting women work […]

KABUL: A photo shows more than 600 Afghans – women, men, children and the elderly – sitting packed on the floor of a cavernous US military plane, part of a dramatic airlift hours after Kabul fell to the Taleban. The now-viral image, obtained and posted by the respected military news site Defense One, was taken […]

GAZA: Eight-year-old Mohammed Shaban dreamed of returning to the classroom in Gaza for the start of the school year. But after an exploded missile blinded him in May, he is staying home. Mohammed used to attend school with his cousins and neighbors in the town of Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip. He is […]

BEIRUT: Hospitals in the Akkar region of north Lebanon where a fuel tank explosion killed at least 28 people this week struggled to operate yesterday as life-threatening power cuts and telecom outages swept the area. Lights and phone lines went out across the impoverished and marginalized region that has long suffered from an ailing power […]

KUWAIT: Kuwait’s Cabinet has instructed all state bodies to limit spending to at least 10 percent as part of plans to address the country’s budget deficit, ministers agreed on Monday. The measures also call to limit spending on local and internationally-held functions and exhibitions, travel expenses pertaining to overseas training, foreign missions and medical treatment […]

By Ben Garcia KUWAIT: Residents stranded abroad are required to be fully vaccinated before they are allowed to enter Kuwait. They should also register and get certification from their governments and validate their health vaccines with the health ministry in Kuwait. But many are facing difficulties getting their vaccines approved. Abidugun, a resident from Lagos, […]

KUWAIT: The British School of Kuwait (BSK) has celebrated the achievements of their Year 11-13 students with a glittering virtual graduation ceremony which premiered on social media recently. Following the national anthems of Kuwait and the United Kingdom, Year 13 student Abdelrahman Fares delivered a reading from the Holy Quran, and was followed by the […]

KUWAIT: Kuwait Fire Force (KFF) announced yesterday that two Kuwaiti Air Force planes carrying two firefighting team with six machineries are heading to Algeria as reinforcements to help put out forest fires. The aid comes as per His Highness the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah’s instructions, said KFF’s department of public relations and media […]

KUWAIT: Pediatrician consultant at Jaber Al-Ahmad Hospital Dr Danah Al-Haqan announced doctors have discharged the last child who was staying in the hospital after being infected with COVID-19, nothing that the child is in good condition. “The pediatric wards were receiving cases daily at the start of the pandemic, but now the last child was […]