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Month: August 2020

Kuwait vows to punish royals involved in wrongdoings, corruption

August 26, 2020 Jaber Ali

Kuwait’s Deputy Emir and Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al Ahmad Al Jaber Al Sabah has vowed that the Gulf country will not spare any royal family member involved in any wrongdoings including corruption. Sheikh Nawaf, reports say, in a televised Read more

Gulf News, Headlinescrown prince, Hamad Al-Sabah, Kuwait, Malaysia, Najib Razak, Sheikh Nawaf Al Ahmad Al Jaber Al Sabah

U.S scolds Turkey for hosting Hamas leaders

August 26, 2020 Peter Mulvany

The US State Department has rapped Turkey after President Tayyip Erdogan hosted recently leaders of Hamas, Palestinian resistance movement on US backlist of terror organizations. “President Erdogan’s continued outreach to this terrorist organization only serves to isolate Turkey from the Read more

Headlines, World Newsankara, backlist, gaza, Hamas, Ismail Haniyeh, Palestine, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey

U.S-led coalition hands over strategic Taji military base to Iraqi army

August 24, 2020 Peter Mulvany

The U.S-led coalition in Iraq Sunday handed over to the army of the Middle East country the Taji military base outside capital Baghdad amid pledge by President Donald Trump to pull out international forces within three years. Taji military facility, Read more

Headlines, World NewsBaghdad, Donald Trump, Iran, ISIS, Mustafa al-Kadhimi, Qasem Soleimani, Taji military base

Kuwait to rebuild Lebanon’s largest silo plant blown out in Beirut blast

August 24, 2020 Jaber Ali

Kuwait will rebuild Lebanon’s largest silo plant destroyed in Beirut port explosion that has caused the death of at least 180 people, reports say. “We decided that the best and most appropriate way to start with the material aid is Read more

Headlines, World NewsAbdel-Aal al-Qenae, Beirut, Explosion, Kuwait, Lebanon

Saudi-led coalition intercepts Houthi missile targeting Najran

August 21, 2020 KanelkaTagba

Saudi-led coalition stationed in Yemen has brought down a missile and explosive-laden drone launched towards the city of Najran. The missile was launched by the Iran-backed rebels and was targeting the kingdom’s southern region close to the Yemeni border, the Read more

Gulf News, HeadlinesHouthi missile, KSA, Najran, Saudi-led coalition, Yemen

Trump promises to pull out international forces from Iraq within three years

August 21, 2020 KanelkaTagba

US President Donald Trump Thursday told visiting Iraqi Premier Mustafa Al-Kadhimi he will get international forces stationed in the Middle East country out within three years. “We have withdrawn significantly from Iraq and very few soldiers remain,” Trump said, according Read more

Headlines, World Newsinternational forces withdrawal, Iraq, President Trump, USA

KSA: The Helicopter Company signs up for 10 H125 helicopters from Airbus

August 21, 2020 Jaber Ali

The Helicopter Company (THC), Saudi Arabia’s first local commercial helicopter operator, has ordered 10 helicopters from Airbus as part of plans to expand fleet and services. The value of the deal has not been revealed but the aircraft, H125, can Read more

Gulf News, HeadlinesAirbus H125 helicopters, KSA, The Helicopter Company (THC)

Covid-19: Morocco’s King Calls for Collective & More Safety Awareness Effort to Combat Pandemic

August 20, 2020August 20, 2020 Jaber Ali

King Mohammed VI of Morocco has called on all stakeholders to be mobilized and get actively involved in national efforts to promote awareness and provide guidance to the citizens to prevent the spread of the coronavirus pandemic. In his speech Read more

Headlines, World Newscoronavirus, COVID-19, epidemic, Mohammed VI, Morocco, pandemic

Kuwait: budget deficit widens, inability to pay salaries after November looms

August 20, 2020August 20, 2020 Jaber Ali

Kuwait Wednesday warned it will not be able to pay salaries of civil servants from November for lack of funds amid increase in budget deficit caused in part by slump in oil revenues. Finance Minister Barak Al-Sheetan rung the alarm Read more

Finance, Gulf News, Headlinesbudget deficit, Finance Minister Barak Al-Sheetan, Kuwait, salaries payment

Unidentified gunmen slain prominent Iraqi female activist in Basra

August 20, 2020 Jaber Ali

Unidentified gunmen killed Wednesday in the southern city of Basra a key female Iraqi activist involved in months-long protests against corruption and mismanagement. Reham Yacoub died after the assailants on a motorbike fired at her car. Three other women in Read more

Headlines, World NewsIraq, Killing of Iraqi activists, Reham Yacoub, Tahseen Osama

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