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Man storms son's school, assaults principal
KUWAIT: A citizen entered the room of a school principal and very angrily demanded to see a teacher who "insulted" him, according to his son, who is a student at the school. The principal attempted to calm the father down, but matters escalated and the father insulted the principal and beat him before others intervened and stopped the fight. The principal then went to the police station and lodged a complaint, and investigations have begun in the...
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Modernization in Saudi Arabia
Muna Al Fuzai Statements by Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman that he wants to return Saudi Arabia to moderate Islam sparked much discussion, enthusiasm and optimism. It is a rare and important statement with repercussions at the local, Gulf and international levels. These remarks by the crown prince came during a panel discussion on the first day of the "Future Investment Initiative" forum in Riyadh last week.   The prince's...
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Kuwait Festival for Arab Youth Theater
The theater that combines sadness with joy personifies the reality of a human being and the emotions that he carries, which means theater and reality are two sides of a coin, due to what it simulates from human reality. The start of last week marked the beginning of the theatrical feast of 'Kuwait Festival for the Arab Youth Theater 2017' from Sunday night at Abdelhussein Abdelredha Theater. This year's festival has a special flavor and many...
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Axed Catalan leader urges resistance to Madrid rule
MADRID: People hold signs reading "(Catalan regional president Carles) Puigdemont to prison" while waving Spanish flags during a demonstration calling for unity at Plaza de Colon yesterday, a day after direct control was imposed on Catalonia over a bid to break away from Spain. - AFPBARCELONA: Catalonia's secessionist leader Carles Puigdemont stood defiant yesterday against Madrid's moves to depose him, urging "democratic resistance" to direct...
BAHRAIN: The shrapnel-ridden bus hit by a blast is seen in this handout photo. – KUNA
Blast kills Bahrain policeman; Amir sends condolences
BAHRAIN: The shrapnel-ridden bus hit by a blast is seen in this handout photo. – KUNADUBAI: A Bahraini policeman was killed and eight others wounded on Friday in a "terrorist" bomb attack on the bus in which they were travelling, the interior ministry said. The eight wounded policemen sustained serious to medium injuries and were admitted to hospital, the ministry said on its Twitter account. It said the attack was carried out by a "terrorist"...
SEOUL: (Left to right) Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff General Joseph Dunford, US Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis, South Korea's Defense Minister Song Young-Moo and Chairman of the South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff General Jeong Kyeong-Doo salute during a welcoming ceremony at the Defense Ministry in Seoul yesterday. - AFP
US won't accept a nuclear North Korea: Defense Secretary Mattis
SEOUL: (Left to right) Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff General Joseph Dunford, US Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis, South Korea's Defense Minister Song Young-Moo and Chairman of the South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff General Jeong Kyeong-Doo salute during a welcoming ceremony at the Defense Ministry in Seoul yesterday. - AFPSEOUL: US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said yesterday that he could not imagine United States ever accepting a...
KABUL: The ceiling of a damaged mosque is covered with blood at the Imam Zaman Shiite mosque after a suicide attack during Friday evening prayers, in Kabul. _ AFP
Afghan Shiites under attack; IS stirs up sectarian violence
KABUL: The ceiling of a damaged mosque is covered with blood at the Imam Zaman Shiite mosque after a suicide attack during Friday evening prayers, in Kabul. _ AFPKABUL: The massacre at a Kabul mosque last week highlighted the vulnerability of the country's Shiite minority, increasingly the target of the Sunni Islamic State group that is trying to stir up sectarian violence. Victims of last Friday's suicide blast inside the Imam Zaman prayer hall...
TEKNAF, Bangladesh: Rohingya refugees rest after crossing into Bangladesh from Myanmar at Shah Porir Dwip Island near Teknaf yesterday. - AFP
Bangladesh eyes sterilization to curb Rohingya population
TEKNAF, Bangladesh: Rohingya refugees rest after crossing into Bangladesh from Myanmar at Shah Porir Dwip Island near Teknaf yesterday. - AFPPALONGKHALI: Bangladesh is planning to introduce voluntary sterilization in its overcrowded Rohingya camps, where nearly a million refugees are fighting for space, after efforts to encourage birth control failed. More than 600,000 Rohingya have arrived in Bangladesh since a military crackdown in neighboring...
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Zain Group records KD 40m net income for Q3
Zain HQ buildingKUWAIT: Zain Group, a leading mobile telecom innovator in eight markets across the Middle East and Africa, announces its consolidated financial results for the nine-month and third-quarter periods ended 30 September 2017. The company ended the period serving 45.3 million customers. For the first nine months of 2017, Zain Group generated consolidated revenues of KD 767 million ($2.5 billion), down 7 percent year-on-year (Y-o-Y)...
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MP Kandari delays grilling because the govt is quitting
MP Faisal Al-KandariKUWAIT: MP Faisal Al-Kandari said yesterday that he decided to delay submitting a grilling request against the oil minister because the government is quitting and will announce its resignation on Monday.Kandari in Wednesday cowed he will file a request to grill Oil Minister Essam Al-Marzouk along with MP Omar Al-Tabtabai.He said that he went to the assembly speaker's office to file the grilling but "speaker told me that the...
KUWAIT: Minister of Justice and Minister of State for National Assembly Affairs Dr Faleh Al-Azb (right) attends the Austrian embassy’s ceremony to mark its national day. — Photos by Joseph Shagra
Justice Minister: Govt ‘unfazed’ by institutional, constitutional action
KUWAIT: Minister of Justice and Minister of State for National Assembly Affairs Dr Faleh Al-Azb (right) attends the Austrian embassy’s ceremony to mark its national day. — Photos by Joseph ShagraKUWAIT: Minister of Justice and Minister of State for National Assembly Affairs Dr Faleh Al-Azb said yesterday that the government was not panicked of institutional measures based on constitution articles. “We do not fear the parliamentary...
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Kuwait’s Al-Salam offers further aid to Rohingya refugees
KUWAIT: Kuwait's Al-Salam society for humanitarian and charity work is offering further aid and support to the Rohingya Muslims who are bitterly suffering from ethnic cleansing and mass displacement, it said yesterday. As part of the Kuwait's concern about the Rohingyas and the state orientation to provide them with humanitarian aid, the society has started building "Al-Salam Model Village" on the border strip with, and inside Bangladesh, for...
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This photograph taken in 1967 shows French actor Alain Delon accompanied by his wife Nathalie Delon. --AFP photos
Alain Delon: Women he loved and left
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Kuwait Integrated Petroleum Industries Company (KIPIC)
Massive fuel shortage forces electricity cuts in Kuwait
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Interior Minister orders removal of violations in Failaka
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The sun sets behind electricity pylons in this file photo. -- Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat
Kuwait swelters amid power cuts
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EL KFOUR: Lebanon: People inspect the damage to a building after a Zionist airstrike in the southern town of Kfour, in the Nabatiyeh district, on August 17, 2024, amid the ongoing cross-border clashes between Zionist troops and Hezbollah fighters. – AFP
Hezbollah reveals its military muscle