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Strange that it is not only the Taliban who are destroying children's books, but also our liberal wokes. Op-ed...

TEHRAN, Sep. 18 (MNA) Mehr News Agency on Saturday hosted a meeting with the participation of journalists to discuss recent Iran's full membership in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) during the recent Tajikistan summit....

4863 individuals have been diagnosed with COVID-19 in the past day.717 individuals are severely ill, and 195 are on respirators....

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 18 (KUNA) -- Malaysia on Saturday expressed its concern that the US, UK and Australia security pact (AUKUS) may provoke a nuclear arms race in the Indo-Pacific region. Australia's Prime Minister Scott Morrison called his Malaysian c...

KUWAIT: The Representative of His Highness the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah and his accompanying delegation left yesterday for New York to head Kuwait's delegati...

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KUWAIT: Around 200 people were arrested in a wide-scale crackdown on violators in Farwaniya Governorate over the weekend, the Interior Ministry said yesterday. "Farwaniya security directorate launched a crackdown in Jleeb Al-Shuyoukh, Farwaniya, Khait...

ISLAMABAD, Sep 18 (KUNA) -- Prime Minister of Pakistan, Imran Khan on Saturday said that he has initiated a dialogue with the Taliban for an inclusive Afghan government to include multiple ethnic groups. The premier stated it after the conclusion of the 2...

BAGHDAD, Sept 18 (KUNA) - Iraqi Minister of Water Resources, Mahdi Rashid, affirmed that his country and Turkey agreed Saturday to activate a memorandum that allows obtaining a fair water quota. During a conference on water security, the Iraqi minister sa...

KUWAIT: Homes have become a core of green societies in Kuwait, with many families setting up traditional and modern gardens with eye-catching products. Kuwaitis are not new to gardening which has contributed to food security, and many citizens recently st...

Iran will not allow the Islamic State group to establish a presence on the country's border with Afghanistan, President Ebrahim Raisi warned on Saturday "We will not allow terrorist organisations and IS to set up next to our border and strike othe...

Occupied Jerusalem, SANA -Hundreds of citizens of the occupied Syrian Golan and Palestinian territories of 1948 organized on Saturday a stand in front of Jalboa prison in solidarity with the Syrians, Palestinian and Arab captives in the Israeli occupation...

KUWAIT: A local team of volunteers organized a cleanup drive at the Ushairej beach yesterday to mark the International Coastal Cleanup Day. US Ambassador to Kuwait Alina L Romanowski participated in the event, organized by the Green Hands Environmental Te...

In its latest update to international travel rules, England has changed the red, amber, green country list to a single list of countries, simplifying visitors on vaccination status....

Tehran, IRNA President Ebrahim Raisi said here on Saturday that Iran's permanent membership in Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) was a diplomatic success, adding that an objective of the membershi was implementing government's foreign diplom...

Everyone building a Sukkah for the upcoming holiday should be extra careful not to create dangerous electric improvisations or allow children to come close to mobile fans, an official said....

The Taliban has ordered high schools to reopen, but only for male teachers and boys, BBC reported. According to a Taliban spokesman, there are plans to reopen girls' schools soon....

JEDDAH: Gulf Cooperation Council foreign ministers stressed their countries' firm position toward Palestine's right to have its own free state, with 1967 borders and East Jerusalem as its capital. In the final statement for GCC ministerial meeting...

One prisoner who escaped from Gilboa Prison is likely still in Israel, while another is in the West Bank, according to the public security minister....

An ISIS leader in Indonesia was killed in Jakarta, Maariv reported Saturday. According to the report, the ISIS leader was killed in a clash with Jakarta security forces....

Portugal will allow entry to Israelis who present a COVID-19 vaccination certificate or a certificate of recovery from the virus, Ynet reported Saturday. The move follows an agreement between the European Union and Israel to recognize each others' vac...

SANA'A, Sept. 18 (Saba) President of the Supreme Political Council, Mahdi Al-Mashat, on Saturday praised the achievements of the Ministry of Interior, its sectors, and units in maintaining security and stability and thwarting the aggression plans....

IDF forces on Saturday arrested three Gazans who had breached the border into Israel, N12 reported. The Gazan would-be infiltrators were armed with knives and tools they used to break through the border fence, N12 added. The IDF has opened an investig...

The US government will fly at least 10,000 migrants back to Haiti, the Associated Press reported. The migrants are gathered under a US-Mexico border bridge and are mostly Haitian migrants. The flights will being on Sunday, and there may be up to eight...

Israel's Foreign Minister Yair Lapid said Friday that he will visit Bahrain later this month, the first such visit by an Israeli minister to the Gulf country following the normalization agreement reached last year....

Paternal uncle and aunt visit child in Tel Aviv after maternal grandfather removes him from Italy without knowledge of guardiansPaternal uncle and aunt visit child in Tel Aviv after maternal grandfather removes him from Italy without knowledge of guardian...

he US Embassy in Bahrain welcomed via its twitter account Bahrain's expanded application of its alternative sentencing law....

JEDDAH, Sept 18 (KUNA) -- Saudi Arabia Saturday recorded five Covid-19 deaths and 68 infections in the past 24 hours. The ministry of health, in a daily statement about the infections, said total deaths reached 8,656 and registered cases topped 546,479. T...

No comment came from Prime Minister Naftali Bennett after Defense Minister Benny Gantz broke with Israel's longstanding opposition to fresh The post Has Gantz closed the gap with US over an Iranian nuclear threshold? appeared first on DEBKAfile ....

Director of Traffic Awareness Department of the General Directorate of Traffic, Colonel Dr. Muhammad Radi Al Hajri, has said that there is a decrease in traffic violations in the past years and particularly in July this year due to joint efforts made by a...

Qatar University Young Scientists Center (QU-YSC), in collaboration with the office of Vice-President for Research and Graduate Studies (VPRGS), recently launched the first cycle of "National Science Promotion Program (NSPP)"....

TEHRAN, Sep. 18 (MNA) Iran's ambassador to China said that in the next two weeks, 12 million doses of vaccine suitable for people aged between 3 to 17 will be imported into Iran from China....

The demand for electronic payments is expected to increase...

The field teams of Qatar Charity (QC) in Sudan, with the support of the Qatar Fund for Development (QFFD), provided urgent food aid to those affected by the floods and rains in Umm Al-Qura locality of El Gezira state...

The UK-based Global Islamic Finance Awards (GIFA) committee has bestowed 'Excellence Award' on QIIB for the best product in corporate and business credit cards' segment for the year 2021...

Barwa Real Estate Group has appointed Saleh Abdullah al-Sharafi as CEO of Al-Waseef Asset Management Company, which is wholly owned by the Barwa Real Estate Group....

The Embassy of Mexico in Doha celebrated Mexico's 211th Independence Day in an unprecedented event with the kick-off its own countdown for FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022, for which thousands of Mexicans are expected to visit Qatar....

At least two people were killed and 19 more were wounded in separate explosions in the eastern Afghan city of Jalalabad on Saturday, according to a health official and local media....

The Fire Station has announced the sixth edition of its Artist in Residence programme (AIR 6). The nine-month residency programme, running until June 15, 2022, provides an opportunity for artists residing in Qatar to develop their creative practice throug...

Foreign ministers of two countries agree during call to deepen strategic partnership, discuss Indo-Pacific developments....

After voting to limit 3rd doses of Pfizer vaccine, Dr. Ofer Levy tells Israeli TV that 'we need to see more data concerning youths' before approving shots for Americans over 16After voting to limit 3rd doses of Pfizer vaccine, Dr. Ofer Levy tells ...

NY Democrat calls for halting transfer of precision-guided munitions to Israel 'over the bombing of Palestinian civilians, media centers'NY Democrat calls for halting transfer of precision-guided munitions to Israel 'over the bombing of Palest...

Fifteen-member body calls on government leaders to give top priority to holding long-delayed national elections this yea...

Tehran (ISNA) - Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei met with the Iranian Olympic and Paralympic medalists at the 2020 Tokyo Games on Saturday....

DOHA, Sept 18 (KUNA) -- The Qatar's Health Ministry announced Saturday 82 new COVID-19 cases and 164 recovered from the virus in the past 24 hours. The confirmed cases rose to 235,386 and total recovery reached 233,116, the ministry added. (end)nnd.hs...