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Bedoon arrested for faking identity
KUWAIT: Criminal detectives sent a bedoon (stateless) man to the public prosecution for posing as a Kuwaiti official and meeting several senior officials. He is also wanted to serve a three-year jail sentence. The man claimed to be a Kuwaiti citizen and formed a specialized committee, met the senior officials and gained support for the committee. Investigations revealed that he had formed a bogus committee related to the environment and sea,...
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Equal powers
Labeed Abdal After six month of waiting, Russia has finally taken some action and the Russian foreign ministry made some decisions to counter the US Senate’s approval of a bill to impose stricter sanctions on Russia. Nonetheless, people still feel that Russia is weak despite the ‘late vengeance.’ Energy industries, finance, railways, shipping and mining have always been major lines of Russian business in the United States though many...
nAL-KHUBAH, Saudi Arabia: Saudi border guards keep watch along the border with Yemen in this area in southern Jizan province on Oct 3, 2017. - AFP n
Saudis tackling border spillover from Yemen war
AL-KHUBAH, Saudi Arabia: Saudi border guards keep watch along the border with Yemen in this area in southern Jizan province on Oct 3, 2017. - AFPAL KHUBAH , Saudi Arabia: Gas masks lie abandoned among rusting debris in a shell-pocked Saudi military outpost on the border with war-torn Yemen, an enduring flashpoint in more than two years of fighting against Houthi rebels. The post in Al Khubah, a deserted village framed by barren mountain ridges,...
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Tehran warns US against imposing further sanctions
 Trump planning new Iran strategyBEIRUT/DUBAI: Iran warned the United States against designating its Revolutionary Guards Corp as a terrorist group and said US regional military bases would be at risk if further sanctions were passed. The warning came after the White House said on Friday that President Donald Trump would announce new US responses to Iran's missile tests, support for "terrorism" and cyber operations as part of his new Iran...
BARCELONA: People on a rooftop wave Spanish flags during a march in downtown Barcelona, Spain, to protest the Catalan government’s push for secession from the rest of Spain yesterday. — AP
Thousands rally in Barcelona against Catalan independence
Catalan leader to declare independence tomorrow - Organizers say protest represents 'silent majority' BARCELONA: People on a rooftop wave Spanish flags during a march in downtown Barcelona, Spain, to protest the Catalan government’s push for secession from the rest of Spain yesterday. — APBARCELONA: Tens of thousands of people took to the streets of Catalonia's capital Barcelona yesterday to express their opposition to any declaration of...
ACCRA: Photo shows burnt vehicles on the site where a gas tanker caught fire, triggering explosions at two fuel stations. —AFP
Ghanaians fume after 7 die in fuel station explosion
ACCRA: Photo shows burnt vehicles on the site where a gas tanker caught fire, triggering explosions at two fuel stations. —AFPACCRA: Ghanaians yesterday pushed the government to improve safety at fuel stations after seven people were killed when a tanker truck carrying natural gas caught fire in the nation's capital, triggering explosions. The fire and blasts gutted a liquefied gas filling station and a nearby petrol station in the Atomic...
LONDON: Britain’s Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson collects his baggage at London Stansted Airport, north of London yesterday. Newspaper reports yesterday suggested that May is considering a reshuffle of her cabinet in which she would promote a younger generation of MPs. — AFP
Britain's May signals FM Johnson could be sacked
Turmoil adding to uncertainty over Brexit - PM's comments seen as threat to Johnson LONDON: Britain’s Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson collects his baggage at London Stansted Airport, north of London yesterday. Newspaper reports yesterday suggested that May is considering a reshuffle of her cabinet in which she would promote a younger generation of MPs. — AFPLONDON: British Prime Minister Theresa May has signaled that she could sack Foreign...
JAKARTA: Indonesian Police shows men detained in a raid on a gay sauna during a press conference in Jakarta. — AFP
Indonesia police raid gay sauna arrest 58 men
JAKARTA: Indonesian Police shows men detained in a raid on a gay sauna during a press conference in Jakarta. — AFPJAKARTA: Indonesian police have detained 58 men including several foreigners in a raid on a gay sauna, an official said yesterday, the latest sign of a backlash against homosexuals in the Muslim-majority country. Police late Friday raided a building in the capital Jakarta that houses a sauna and a gym after they received...
UKHIA, Bangladesh: Rohingya refugee women sit by the side of the road at the Thangkhali refugee camp in Ukhia district yesterday. —AFP
Bangladesh police hunt for man who married Rohingya
Marriages between Bangladeshis, refugees banned - Rohingya refugees accused of marrying to gain citizenship UKHIA, Bangladesh: Rohingya refugee women sit by the side of the road at the Thangkhali refugee camp in Ukhia district yesterday. —AFPCOX'S BAZAR: Bangladesh police were yesterday searching for a man who defied a ban and married a Rohingya refugee, hundreds of thousands of whom have fled across the border to escape violence in Myanmar....
BLOMFONTEIN: Bangladesh’s batsman Mahmudallah (R) is watched by South Africa’s wicketkeeper Quinton de Kock as he plays a shot during the third day of the second Test cricket match between South Africa and Bangladesh in Bloemfontein yesterday. — AFP
Rabada spearheads South Africa’s biggest victory
BLOMFONTEIN: Bangladesh’s batsman Mahmudallah (R) is watched by South Africa’s wicketkeeper Quinton de Kock as he plays a shot during the third day of the second Test cricket match between South Africa and Bangladesh in Bloemfontein yesterday. — AFPBLOEMFONTEIN: Fast bowler Kagiso Rabada led a ruthless bowling performance as South Africa completed an innings and 254 run win on the third day of the second Test against Bangladesh at Mangaung...
ANDORRA LA VELLA: Portugal’s forward Cristiano Ronaldo (R) falls while challenging Andorra’s midfielder Victor Rodriguez during the FIFA World Cup 2018 football qualifier between Andorra and Portugal at the Municipal Stadium in Andorra la Vella, on Saturday.—AFP
France on brink of World Cup, Dutch hopes hang by a thread
Cristiano Ronaldo sets up Swiss showdown ANDORRA LA VELLA: Portugal’s forward Cristiano Ronaldo (R) falls while challenging Andorra’s midfielder Victor Rodriguez during the FIFA World Cup 2018 football qualifier between Andorra and Portugal at the Municipal Stadium in Andorra la Vella, on Saturday.—AFPPARIS: Blaise Matuidi’s early goal saw off Bulgaria 1-0 on Saturday and kept France top of European World Cup qualifying Group A, while the...
BEIJING: Rafael Nadal of Spain holds the trophy after winning the men’s singles final match against Nick Kyrgios of Australia at the China Open tennis tournament in Beijing yesterday. — AFP
Nadal wins 6th title, Garcia beats Halep
Rafael picks up his 75th career singles trophy BEIJING: Rafael Nadal of Spain holds the trophy after winning the men’s singles final match against Nick Kyrgios of Australia at the China Open tennis tournament in Beijing yesterday. — AFPBEIJING: Rafael Nadal beat Nick Kyrgios of Australia 6-2, 6-1 yesterday in the China Open final to win his sixth ATP title of the year, and Caroline Garcia defeated soonto- be-No. 1 Simona Halep 6-4, 7-6 (3) in...
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Massive fuel shortage forces electricity cuts in Kuwait
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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
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KUWAIT: His Excellency the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Oil Dr Imad Mohamed Al-Ateeqi (center) is greeted by Prime Minister His Highness Sheikh Ahmad Al-Abdullah Al-Hamad Al-Sabah (second right) and other officials. — KUNA
Oil minister returns to Kuwait after treatment in Turkey
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JAHRA: Part of the Al-Shagaya Concentrated Solar Power Project is seen in this photo taken from the Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research website.
KAPP shortlists companies for Dabdeba, Shagaya
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Interior Minister orders removal of violations in Failaka