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ANKARA, The Justice and Development (AK) Party submitted a new petition for the country’s High Election Board to cancel the results of the last month local elections in Istanbul.The new petition, includes a list of 14,712 non-eligible voters who cast t…

KUWAIT, Palestinian Deputy Prime Minister and Information Minister Nabil Abu Rudaina on Sunday hailed His Highness the Amir of Kuwait’s role on the Palestinian issue.Speaking to reporters on the fringes of ministerial talks in Kuwait, after meeting His…

KHARTOUM, African Union (AU) Commission Chairman Moussa Faki said on Saturday a political consensus among the Sudanese on the transitional stage is essential.After meeting with the Sudanese Transitional Military Council’s memebrs, Faki said the commiss…

VIENNA, Eight Austrian provinces on Friday rejected to reduce the wages of refugees, saying that they are valuable contributors to the society.”The Ministry of the Interior’s plan to reduce the wages of refugees to about 1.5 euros (USD 1.75) per hour w…

WASHINGTON, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo reiterated Friday that Russia interferes in a number of places around the world.The work Russia has done “to interfere with elections around the world, not only ours in 2016 but others, is serious; there ar…

KUWAIT, 1968 Shuaiba refinery went into actual operation.1983 The Amir Sheikh Jaber AlAhmad AlJaber AlSabah issued a decree on combating narcotics and limiting their usage for medical purposes.2000 National Assembly approved a law on supporting nation…

TOKYO, China’s economy grew 6.4 percent year-on-year in the first quarter of 2019, official data showed Wednesday.Gross domestic product (GDP) growth of the world’s No. 2 economy in the January-March period was unchanged from the previous quarter, acco…

WASHINGTON, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Acting Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan will host on Friday Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono and Defense Minister Takeshi Iwaya for a Security Consultative Committee (“2+2”) meeting, focusing on…

BRUSSELS, The European Union Tuesday said that it will not recognize the Transitional Military Council in Sudan and called for a swift handover of power to a civilian transitional government.”The Military Council would not provide the right answers to …

KUWAIT, Kuwaiti consumers can now gain access to a wide variety of on-line services, the ministry of electricity and water said on Tuesday, citing an awareness campaign it launched earlier this year.The initiative is part of efforts to familiarize cons…