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'Major' human trafficking net busted in Kuwait
KUWAIT: Efforts by the interior ministry to combat trafficking in persons and residencies revealed the existence of three Bangladeshi suspects who formed a major network in human trafficking and money laundering. One was arrested and two left the country. Sources said the three had high-ranking and sensitive jobs in three major companies and brought in more than 20,000 Bangladeshi laborers on government contracts in exchange of huge amounts of...
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Salam Palace represents historic value for Kuwait's rulers, people
KUWAIT: Members of the media delegation pose for a group photo during their visit to Al-Salam Palace. - Amiri Diwan photos KUWAIT: As the opening of Al-Salam Palace to the public draws near, a media delegation visited the palace and was received by Amiri Diwan's Head of Administrative and Financial Affairs Abdelaziz Ishaq, Head of Media and Cultural Affairs Yousuf Al-Roumi, Head of Historic Documents, Museums and Libraries Sheikha Muna Al-Jaber,...
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Farwaniya gynecology department performs 'difficult' surgeries
By Meshaal Al-Enezi KUWAIT: Head of Farwaniya Hospital obstetrics and gynecology department Dr Amal Khedher said 28 successful endoscopic uterus and fibroid removal surgeries had been conducted in the department on difficult cases. Speaking on the sidelines of a five-day workshop organized by the department with participation of the visiting Lebanese laparoscopy professor Dr Zaki Othman, Khedher said laparoscopic surgeries helped reduce patient...
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Kuwait's participation in Munich conference depicts keenness on global security: Envoy
KUWAIT: His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah meets with His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah. - KUNA KUWAIT/BERLIN: His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah received at Bayan Palace yesterday His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah. Meanwhile, a Kuwaiti envoy said that His Highness the Prime Minister's participation...
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KSCC honours shooters
By Abdellatif SharaaKUWAIT: Kuwait Shooting Sport Club (KSSC) honored its shooters who made achievements in the name of Kuwait earlier, as well as those who won medals during the Arab Championship that was held in Morocco lately.President of Kuwait and Arab Shooting Federations Eng Duaij Al-Otaibi said that an ambitious plan was submitted to the Public Authority for Sports (PAS) to prepare shooters who qualified for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics,...
(FILES) This file photo taken on April 20, 2015 shows Philippine soldiers and a US Army soldier from the 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat unit of the 5th Infantry Division based in Hawaii taking their positions after disembarking from a C-47 Chinook helicopter during an air assault exercise inside the military training camp at Fort Magsaysay in Nueva Ecija province. - The Philippines told the US on February 11, 2020 it was quitting a pact key to their historical military alliance, which triggers a six-month countdown to the deal's termination, Manila said. (Photo by TED ALJIBE / AFP)
Duterte terminates Philippines troop pact, US calls the move 'unfortunate'
FORT MAGSAYSAY: Philippine soldiers and a US Army soldier from the 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat unit of the 5th Infantry Division based in Hawaii take their positions after disembarking from a C-47 Chinook helicopter during an air assault exercise inside the military training camp at Fort Magsaysay in Nueva Ecija province. - AFP MANILA: Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte yesterday announced the termination of a two-decade-old Visiting Forces...
(FILES) In this file photo taken on October 06, 2019 representatives of one of the Amazon Rainforest's ethnic groups (Front) take part in Pope Francis' (L) mass at St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican, for the opening of the Special Assembly of the Synod of Bishops for the Pan-Amazon Region. - In a highly anticipated text, Pope Francis on February 12, 2020 pleaded for social justice and environmental respect for the Amazon basin, but failed to recommend the controversial idea of married priests. (Photo by Tiziana FABI / AFP)
Pope dismisses proposal to ordain married men as priests in Amazon
VATICAN CITY: In this file photo, representatives of one of the Amazon Rainforest's ethnic groups (front) take part in Pope Francis' mass at St Peter's Basilica in the Vatican, for the opening of the Special Assembly of the Synod of Bishops for the Pan-Amazon Region. - AFP VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis, in one of the most significant decisions of his papacy yesterday dismissed a proposal to allow some married men to be ordained in the Amazon...
An aerial view shows the village of Maaret al-Naasan in Syria's Idlib province on February 12, 2020 following a weeks-long regime offensive against the country's last major rebel bastion. - Syrian regime forces pushed on with their offensive in the country's northwest, securing areas along a key national highway they seized, as tensions spiralled with Turkey which supports rebel groups. (Photo by Omar HAJ KADOUR / AFP)
Remnants of Islamic State in limbo
MAARAT AL-NAASAN: An aerial view shows the village of Maaret Al-Naasan in Syria's Idlib province yesterday following a weeks-long regime offensive against the country's last major rebel bastion. Syrian regime forces pushed on with their offensive in the country's northwest, securing areas along a key national highway they seized, as tensions spiraled with Turkey which supports rebel groups. - AFP QAMISHLI: In northeastern Syria, prisons and...
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Britain and United States asked to investigate UAE 'war crimes'
SWEIHAN: Photo shows security forces taking part in a reception to celebrate members of the UAE Armed Forces who served in the Arab coalition in Yemen, at Zayed Military City in Abu Dhabi. - AFP LONDON: A British law firm filed requests on Tuesday with the authorities in Britain, the United States and Turkey to arrest senior officials from the United Arab Emirates on suspicion of carrying out war crimes and torture in Yemen. The complaints were...
Afghan soliders gather on a road following a suicide attack near the Marshal Fahim Military Academy base in Kabul on February 11, 2020. - A suicide attack rattled the Afghan capital Kabul early January 11, the interior ministry said, with casualties feared in what appeared to be the first major assault in the city in months. (Photo by - / AFP)
US-Taleban breakthrough appears closer
KABUL: Afghan soldiers gather on a road following a suicide attack near the Marshal Fahim Military Academy base in Kabul. - AFP KABUL: The US and the Taleban appeared closer yesterday to a breakthrough in talks over an American troop withdrawal from Afghanistan, after Afghan President Ashraf Ghani said there had been "notable progress" in negotiations. Washington and the insurgents have been locked in grueling discussions that have stretched...
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Somalia executes 2 men by firing squad for girl's gang rape
NAIROBI: Somalia executed two men by firing squad on Tuesday for the gang rape and murder of a 12-year-old girl, a government official said, adding it would serve as a warning to others in a country where crimes against women have rarely been punished. Aisha Ilyes Aden was abducted at a market in northern Puntland's Galkayo town in February last year. Her body was found the next morning near her home. She had been gang-raped, her genitals...
This photograph taken on February 8, 2020 shows Jhumur Begum (L), who heads a sex workers group, walking with other members next to a graveyard used for the burial of sex workers in Daulatdia, Rajbari District, 110 kms (70 miles) west of Dhaka. - Daulatdia is one of about 12 legal but frowned upon brothel areas operating in the country. (Photo by Munir UZ ZAMAN / AFP) / TO GO WITH Bangladesh-prostitution-death-religion,FOCUS by Shafiqul ALAM
Daulatdia brothels: Sex workers to get 'honorable' funeral
DAULATDIA: Photo shows Jhumur Begum (left), who heads a sex workers group, walking with other members next to a graveyard used for the burial of sex workers in Daulatdia, Rajbari District, 110 kms west of Dhaka. - AFP DAULATDIA: Often treated as less than human in life, there has been little dignity in death for the sex workers of one of the world's biggest brothels: their bodies frequently tossed into unmarked graves or dumped in the river....
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KUWAIT CITY: Jassim Al-Awadhi waits at a bus stop as a bus approaches in this file photo.
Disorganized bus network behind lacking transit system
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Kuwait's fencer Yusuf Al-Shamlan
Shamlan leaves Olympic Games
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KUWAIT: Young girls participate in Girl Up Kuwait's first conference which focused on the role of women in Kuwaiti society and politics.
Girl Up Kuwait: Young trailblazers give girls a voice
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Air Force carries out aeromedical evacuation exercise
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Kuwaiti pilots learn to fly Turkish Bayraktar drones