DUBAI, April 25: A power outage briefly plunged the glitzy Dubai Mall, one of the world’s largest shopping centers, into darkness on Monday, Dubai’s government media office and a local newspaper reported.

GENEVA, April 25: An international conference to support humanitarian efforts in Yemen pledges USD 1.1 billion, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres announced Tuesday, commending participants for answering the UN appeal.

ISTANBUL, April 25: Kuwait's Al-Rahma (Mercy) International Association, affiliated to the Social Reform Society, has launched the second mobile clinic for treating the displaced Syrians in Aleppo.

MANAMA, April 25: Director General of Kuwait's Public Authority for Youth (PAY) Abdulrahman Al-Mutairi Tuesday stressed the importance of drawing up appropriate plans and strategies so as to serve Gulf youth and enhance their potentials.

ANKARA: Turkey's main opposition began a battle on Tuesday to annul a referendum handing President Tayyip Erdogan sweeping new powers, while the bar association and an international monitor said an illegal move by electoral authorities may have swung the vote.

KUWAIT CITY, April 17, (Agencies): His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al- Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah sent a cable of congratulation on Monday to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, expressing his best wishes for Turkey after the success of constitutional referendum, hoping as well for more developmental progress and prosperity for the country. His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah and His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Mubarak Hamad Al-Sabah sent similar cables marking the occasion.

Cash-strapped Zimababwe has assented to the payment of school fees by parents using livestock or labour for the schools.

The “Father of All Bombs,” (FOAB) is four times bigger than the MOAB. It’s a thermobaric bomb with a destruction radius of nearly 1,000 feet and a blast yield of nearly 44 tons of TNT.

SINGAPORE: Etihad Airways has been praised for their "above and beyond" customer service when a plane was turned around at Manchester Airport to allow an elderly couple to visit their dying grandson.

Washington: The US military has dropped an enormous bomb in Afghanistan at 7:32 pm local time on 13th April 2017, according to four US military officials with direct knowledge of the mission.