Pakistan joins Saudi-led initiative for digital cooperationISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Thursday joined the Digital Cooperation Organisation (DCO), a Saudi-led initiative, aimed at promoting digital cooperation among member states.
"Pakistan has joined the Digital Cooperation Organisation (DCO) as a founding member," the Foreign Office said as Saudi Arabia lau....
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SBP warns of forced repatriation of overseas Pakistani workersKARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has warned over possible forced repatriation of overseas workers that could create grave problems for the economy urging the government to evolve a comprehensive strategy to deal with the situation.
"While the short-to-medium-term focus seems appropriate ....
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UAE suspends issuance of visit visas to 12 countries including Pakistan, says FOThe United Arab Emirates has temporarily suspended the issuance of visit visas to a dozen countries, including Pakistan until further notice, Foreign Office Spokesperson Zahid Hafeez Chaudhri confirmed on Wednesday.
The decision by the UAE authorities is "believed to be related to the second wave....
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Kuwait to issue work permit for residents stranded in foreign countries due to Covid pandemicKuwait City: The government has begun issuing work permit to Kuwait residents stranded in foreign countries due to Covid pandemic. The Public Authority for Manpower informed that the work permits are being issued to allow the residents to return to the country. The employers can send in the list o....
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Flight companies offer packages for flying from India to KuwaitKuwait City: Flight companies are planning to offer special packages to visit Kuwait as the ban on direct entry to the country will soon be withdrawn. The companies stated that the expense for flying to Kuwait from India will be 300 Kuwait Dinars once the ban on direct entry is lifted. The authorit....
To address the global challenges of food security, countries have turned to alternative farming methods. And one of the those methods is ‘indoor vertical farming’. As today marks the nation’s Fa....
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Forced by colleagues, Keralite enters Abu Dhabi Big Ticket draw and wins 1.5 crore DirhamsAbu Dhabi: Lady luck smiled on a Keralite at the Abu Dhabi Big Ticket draw. Thiruvalla native Noble Mathew (38), who is settled in Kuwait, won 1.5 crore Dirhams (over Rs 30 crores) in the draw. Noble won the prize for the ticket bearing the number 254806, which he had bought on October 17. Noble ha....
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RCS support in Messages is spreading to more countries, including IndiaNew additions: India, Canada, Kuwait, Ghana, Malawi, Philippines, South Korea, Tanzania, United Arab Emirates
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Kuwait to continue with 14-day quarantine for foreign returneesKuwait City: The government spokesperson Tareq al-Mazrem informed that the quarantine period of foreign returnees will continue as 14 days. There is no change in the protocol guidelines to be followed by those returning to the country after visiting other countries. 14-day home quarantine is to be s....
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Kuwait Succession: Keeping the Boat Steady in Troubled WatersOn 29 September, Kuwaiti Emir Sabah al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah passed away after ruling for 14 years. Messages of condolences flooded from all over the world to mourn a statesman who will be remembered as a respected mediator in a troubled region. After serving for 40 years as foreign minister, Emir....
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As anger rises, thousands in Muslim-majority countries protest blasphemous sketchesThousands of protesters in Pakistan poured out of prayer services to join anti-France protests on Friday, as the French president's vow not to "give up cartoons" depicting Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) continues to roil the Muslim world.
An estimated 2,000 worshippers celebrating Eid-i-Mil....
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Indian Embassy in Kuwait begins registration for repatriation of expats Kuwait City: The Indian Embassy in Kuwait has started registration for repatriation of Indian nationals. The embassy has opened the registration to collect the accurate details of the people who wish to return to India. Hence, Indians in Kuwait who wish to fly back home are requested to register at....
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Indian Embassy in Kuwait introduces feedback form in regional languages including MalayalamKuwait City: The feedback form at Indian Embassy in Kuwait will now be available in Malayalam and other regional languages also. Indians will be able to fill the feedback form in their mother tongues at Indian Embassy and at the consular, labour and community welfare service centres at the three pa....
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Huge rally in Bangladesh as backlash against Macron widensDHAKA: Tens of thousands of protesters marched through the Bangladesh capital on Tuesday in the biggest anti-France rally since President Emmanuel Macron defended publication of sketches depicting Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him).
Muslims across the world have reacted furiously to Macron's d....
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Saudi Arabia condemns blasphemous sketches, 'all acts of terrorism'Saudi Arabia condemned the publication of blasphemous sketches in France depicting Prophet Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him), but held back from echoing calls by other Muslim states for action.
A foreign ministry official said in a statement that the Gulf state condemns all acts of terrorism, an appar....
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818 Indians die in Kuwait within 6 monthsKuwait City: There has been a high increase in the mortality rate of Indians in Kuwait. 818 Indians lost their lives within 6 months, from April to September, according to the statistics released by Indian Embassy in Kuwait. The numbers are high when compared to previous years and the highest to be....
Kuwait retail co-ops remove French products over Prophet cartoonKuwait's retail co-ops have pulled French products in boycott over the use of cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad in a French school class on freedom of expression whose teacher was then beheaded by an Islamist.....
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3 of Kerala's 'Pancharatnam' quintuplets tie knot at Guruvayur templeGuruvayur: Three girls among Kerala's 'Pancharatnam' quintuplets who became popular through media reports entered wedlock on Saturday at the Guruvayur Sree Krishna temple. Siblings Uthra, Uthara and Uthama, got married in the auspicious time between 7.45 am and 8.30 am at the same venue in the templ....
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Ernakulam medical college refutes charges of medical negligence; says patient died of cardiac arrestKalamassery: Ernakulam Govt. Medical College authority has refuted the allegations of medical negligence in the death of a COVID-19 patient here. Addressing the media on Tuesday, representatives of the medical college including principal Dr Satheesh stated that the COVID patient named Harris died of....
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Kuwait's new Emir calls for national unity ahead of electionsKUWAIT: Kuwait's Emir Sheikh Nawaf al-Ahmad al-Sabah called on Tuesday for national unity to meet challenges facing the Gulf state, in a speech to lawmakers ahead of planned parliamentary elections on Dec. 5.The elections come at a time when the wealthy OPEC member state is facing a liquidity crisis....
It has been found that South Korea has the second fastest 5G speed in the world,... just behind Saudi Arabia. According to UK mobile analytics company Open Signal, South Korea's 5G speed recorded 336-point-....
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Kuwait makes PCR test certificate mandatory for all entrantsKuwait City: The Kuwait authority has announced that no persos will be allowed to enter the country without PCR test certificate which proves they are COVID negative. Apart from the random swab test at the airport and home quarantine of 14 days, each passenger must produce an approved PCR test cert....
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Kuwaiti Efforts to Help Stabilize IraqIraq faces many domestic and regional challenges. Of all six Gulf Cooperation Council member states, Kuwait is arguably the most concerned about instability in Iraq.
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'Federation not fulfilling responsibility': SC rages at failure to address Sindh load-sheddingChief Justice of Pakistan Gulzar Ahmed on Tuesday took authorities, in particular the federal government, to task for excessive power load-shedding in Sindh, observing that the "federation was not fulfilling its responsibility".
Justice Ahmed was heading a three-judge bench hearing a suo motu cas....
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Keralite teenager drowns while bathing in sea at KuwaitKuwait City: A Keralite teenager drowned while bathing in the sea at Fahaheel Mahboola in Kuwait. The victim has been identified asKannur native, Mohammed Irfan (14). He was a class 9 student at Mangaf India International School. Mohammed Irfan was the son of Kannur natives Imtiaz and Naseema. The....
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Sri Lanka indicts skipper of fire-stricken oil tankerCOLOMBO: Sri Lanka on Thursday indicted the Greek skipper of a fire-damaged supertanker for causing an oil spill and failing to report the environmental damage to the island's waters.The Panamanian-registered New Diamond, travelling from Kuwait to India with 270,000 tonnes of crude oil, was passing ....
Kuwait's new crown prince is a security czar who shunned the limelightKuwait's crown prince in waiting, Sheikh Meshal al-Ahmad al-Sabah, is a forceful figure who steered clear of political battles and public roles and spent much of his career helping build the Gulf Arab state's security and defence apparatus.
Close to the late emir Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad and new rul....
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Kuwait names Sheikh Meshal as new crown prince: KUNAKuwait's new ruler Emir Sheikh Nawaf al-Ahmad al-Sabah Wednesday named Sheikh Meshal al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah as crown prince of the US-allied OPEC member state, state news agency KUNA said, citing a statement from his office.....
China's crude oil party is finally winding up, now for hangover: RussellLAUNCESTON: China's five-month crude oil party was still going strong in September, but is winding down in October, leaving the industry to ponder just how big the hangover is going to be.September imports are estimated by Refinitiv Oil Research to be 11.71 million barrels per day (bpd), the fifth s....
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President Alvi visits Kuwait, offers condolences over Sheikh Sabah's deathPresident Arif Alvi on Monday visited Kuwait to offer condolences over the demise of former Kuwaiti emir Sheikh Sabah Al Ahmad Al Sabah, who passed away last week at the age of 91.
A statement released by the President's office....
Kuwait's new emir meets senior U.S., Iranian officialsKuwait's new Emir Sheikh Nawaf al-Ahmad al-Sabah met Sunday with senior US and Iranian officials who separately paid respects over the death of the Gulf Arab state's former ruler.....
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Kazakh President sends congratulatory telegram to new Emir of KuwaitNUR-SULTAN. KAZINFORM President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev sent a congratulatory telegram to the new Emir of Kuwait, Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmed Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, the Akorda press service reports.....
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Worldwide coronavirus cases cross 34.44 million, death toll at 1,024,917TOKYO: More than 34.44 million people have been reported to be infected by the novel coronavirus globally and 1,024,917 have died, according to a Reuters tally. Infections have been reported in more than 210 countries and territories since the first cases were identified in China in December 201....
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Pay firefighting bill before leaving, Sri Lanka tells stricken oil tankerCOLOMBO: Sri Lanka will not allow a Panamanian-registered oil tanker stricken off its coast to leave its waters until the vessel's owners pay a US$2 million (RM8.3 million) fire-fighting bill, government officials have said.The New Diamond, carrying 270,000 tonnes of crude, was en-route from Kuwait ....
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Big shoes to fill: Kuwait's new emir faces tough challengesKuwait's new emir has big shoes to fill and formidable issues to deal with -- balancing relations with regional powers Saudi Arabia and Iran, steering the economy through crisis, and selecting a new crown prince.....
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Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf sworn in as new ruler of KuwaitDubai:Kuwaits Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al Ahmad Al Sabah was sworn in Wednesday as the ruling emir of the tiny oil-rich country, propelled to power by the death of his half-brother after a long career in the security services. At age 83, Sheikh Nawaf is not expected to deviate from the diplomatic ....
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Kuwait's new emir takes oath, calls for unity at tense time for regionKuwait's new emir was sworn in at parliament on Wednesday as the country prepared to lay to rest late ruler Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Sabah, who helped steer the U.S.-allied Gulf state through some of the Middle East's most turbulent decades.....
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Kuwait's emir Al-Sabah dies at 91Kuwait's emir Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, regarded as the architect of the nation's modern foreign policy, died on Tuesday at the age of 91, according....
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Kuwait's new ruler to seek stability among fractious, powerful neighborsKuwait's new ruler in waiting may find it harder than his predecessor to uphold his country's mediating role between rival Gulf powers, if only because he lacks his late brother's decades of experience as a conciliator in a polarised region.....
Kuwait monarch Sheikh Sabah Al-Sabah dies at 91The Emir of Kuwait, Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, has died at the age of 91 after ruling the Gulf state for 14 years, officials announced Tuesday.....
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Kuwaiti ruler Sheikh Sabah dies at 91: state TVSheikh Sabah Al Ahmad Al Sabah, the ruler of Kuwait who drew on his decades as the oil-rich nation's top diplomat to push for closer ties to Iraq after the 1990 Gulf War and solutions to other regional crises, died on Tuesday. He was 91.
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Amid war and turmoil, Kuwait emir struggled for Gulf unityKuwait's emir, an unwavering champion of Arab detente amid wars and regional tumult, helped lead his country out of the ruin of Iraq's 1990 invasion to renewed riches and a Gulf mediator role, first as its top diplomat and later as ruler.....
State television: Kuwaiti ruler Sheikh Sabah has died at 91DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Sheikh Sabah Al Ahmad Al Sabah, the ruler of Kuwait who drew on his decades as the oil-rich nation's top diplomat to push for closer ties to Iraq after the 1990 Gulf War and solutions to other regional crises, died Tuesday.Read more on NewsOK.com....
