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Husband beats wife for faking pregnancy

KUWAIT: A woman was beaten badly by her husband after he discovered she lied to him about being pregnant by forging a medical report. The woman was fed up with her husband's threats that he may marry another woman because she was not getting pregnant. The husband went to the clinic and found the report was incorrect. He returned back to the house and beat his wife till she bled from the nose, then took her to the hospital for treatment.Man...

BARCELONA: Spain’s King Felipe (center) stands with Queen Letizia and Catalonia President Carles Puigdemont (center left) at a memorial tribute of flowers, messages and candles to the van attack victims in Las Ramblas promenade yesterday. — AFP

Spain hunts suspect over Barcelona terror attacks

Kuwaitis among injured BARCELONA: Spain’s King Felipe (center) stands with Queen Letizia and Catalonia President Carles Puigdemont (center left) at a memorial tribute of flowers, messages and candles to the van attack victims in Las Ramblas promenade yesterday. — AFPBARCELONA: Spanish police yesterday hunted for a Moroccan man suspected to have carried out one of two terror attacks that killed 14 people, injured 120 more - including Kuwaitis...

A makeshift memorial to the victims of the Barcelona terror attack on Las Ramblas boulevard - AFP

They're our neighbors: Town of Spain attack suspects in shock

RIPOLL: In the Spanish border town of Ripoll, everyone knows each other-making it all the more shocking to residents that jihadists believed responsible for this week's deadly twin attacks lived among them. "You are neighbors your entire life and they end up doing this," said Maria, a waitress in the town of around 10,000 inhabitants, who declined to give her full name.The attackers killed 14 people and left 120 others wounded, using vehicles to...

Police officers stand by the body of a man who was killed after an alleged stabbing attack, in the Siberian city of Surgut, Russia, Saturday, Aug. 19, 2017(Photo: AFP)

IS claims Russia knife attack wounding 7

Police officers stand by the body of a man who was killed after an alleged stabbing attack, in the Siberian city of Surgut, Russia, Saturday, Aug. 19, 2017(Photo: AFP)MOSCOW: The Islamic State jihadist group yesterday claimed responsibility after a man stabbed seven people on the street in a Russian city before being shot dead by police, despite investigators saying it was probably not a terrorist attack. "The executor of the stabbing operation...

TURKU: Candles and floral tributes left for the victims of an attack at Turku Market Square. - AFP

Moroccan asylum seeker apprehended after stabbing rampage in Finland

Women targeted in Finland terror stabbing TURKU: Candles and floral tributes left for the victims of an attack at Turku Market Square. - AFPTURKU: Finnish police said yesterday that a Moroccan asylum seeker targeted women in a stabbing spree that left two people dead, in what is being investigated as a terrorist attack. Police shot and wounded the knife-wielding suspect on Friday, arresting him minutes after an afternoon stabbing rampage at a...

YARZEH: Army officers watch a video of President Michel Aoun calling field commanders in east Lebanon, during a press conference at the Lebanese Defense Ministry. — AP

Lebanon army launches new offensive against IS

YARZEH: Army officers watch a video of President Michel Aoun calling field commanders in east Lebanon, during a press conference at the Lebanese Defense Ministry. — APBEIRUT: Lebanese troops yesterday launched an offensive against the Islamic State group on the country's eastern border with Syria, seeking to drive the jihadists from a long-time stronghold. The operation came as IS faces multiple military attacks on territory it controls in...

MARAWI, Philippines: A man rides his motorcycle past shuttered shop fronts sprayed with pro- Islamic State group graffiti yesterday. —AFP

6 dead as Philippine militants battle pro-IS splinter group

DATU SALIBO: The Philippines' largest Muslim militant group has launched a deadly offensive against a splinter faction that has pledged allegiance to the Islamic State group, police said yesterday. The fighting between the two groups began about two weeks ago in the marshy farmlands around the southern town of Datu Salibo on Mindanao island, regional police spokeswoman Tara Leah Cuyco said.Clashes between the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF)...

BIHAR: Flood affected people sleep by the national highway toll plaza at Araria district. — AP

Nearly 600 dead in South Asia floods

BIHAR: Flood affected people sleep by the national highway toll plaza at Araria district. — APNEW DELHI: Nearly 600 people have died and millions have been affected by monsoon floods in South Asia, officials said yesterday, as relief and rescue operations continued. The latest floods and landslides in the subcontinent began in the second week of August, as the annual monsoon strengthened its grip over the northern and eastern parts of the...

INDIA: Rescue workers search for victims at the site of the derailment of the Jagdalpur-Bhubaneswar express train near Kuneru station in southern Andhra Pradesh state yesterday. —AFP

10 dead as train derails in India

NEW DELHI: At least a dozen people were injured when an express train derailed in north India yesterday, media reports and authorities said. Police said the casualties were being rushed to hospital, but they were unable to give numbers or say whether any had died. One media report said 15-20 people had been injured and there were fears of fatalities."There are certainly casualties but right now the focus is on evacuation," senior police officer...

SWANSEA: Manchester United's Eric Bailly, left, celebrates with teammate Romelu Lukaku after scoring his side's first goal during their English Premier League soccer match at the Liberty Stadium, Swansea, Wales, yesterday. – AP

Lukaku on mark as Man United score four again

SWANSEA: Manchester United's Eric Bailly, left, celebrates with teammate Romelu Lukaku after scoring his side's first goal during their English Premier League soccer match at the Liberty Stadium, Swansea, Wales, yesterday. – APSWANSEA: Manchester United maintained their dream Premier League start as goals from Eric Bailly, Romelu Lukaku, Paul Pogba and Anthony Martial secured a 4-0 victory at Swansea City yesterday. Having put West Ham United...

LIVERPOOL: Liverpool's Senegalese midfielder Sadio Mane (2nd R) shoots to score the opening goal of the English Premier League football match between Liverpool and Crystal Palace at Anfield in Liverpool, north west England yesterday. -- AFP nn

Sadio Mane kickstarts Liverpool's campaign

LIVERPOOL: Liverpool's Senegalese midfielder Sadio Mane (2nd R) shoots to score the opening goal of the English Premier League football match between Liverpool and Crystal Palace at Anfield in Liverpool, north west England yesterday. -- AFPLIVERPOOL: Senegalese forward Sadio Mane's cool second-half finish earned Liverpool a hard-fought 1-0 victory over Crystal Palace at Anfield yesterday. Missing Adam Lallana, Nathaniel Clyne and Philippe...

DHAKA: Australian cricket captain Steve Smith speaks during a news conference in Dhaka, Bangladesh, yesterday. Australia is schedulednto play two Test matches against Bangladesh with the first Testnbeginning Aug 27 in Dhaka. – AP

Smith banks on India experience to beat Bangladesh

DHAKA: Australian cricket captain Steve Smith speaks during a news conference in Dhaka, Bangladesh, yesterday. Australia is scheduledto play two Test matches against Bangladesh with the first Testbeginning Aug 27 in Dhaka. – APDHAKA: Australia captain Steve Smith said yesterday his team's experience in India earlier this year will help overcome the challenge of Bangladesh in the forthcoming two-Test series. "I think Bangladesh have played some...

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This undated imageshows a colorized transmission electron micrograph of mpox particles (green) found within an infected cell (pink and purple) cultured in the laboratory. - AFP

Mpox global health emergency, Kuwait monitoring situation

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VARANASI: Medical students shout slogans and hold posters as they protest the rape and murder of a young medic from Kolkata, in Varanasi on August 15, 2024. -- AFP

Protests sweep India over rape and murder of doctor

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Kuwait Society for Relief’s second relief plane. - KUNA photos

Kuwait sends relief planeload to Sudan

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KUWAIT: People watch pearl diving boats as they arrive at the main beach at the end of the 33rd annual pearl diving festival. Pearl-diving trips are held annually under the patronage of the Kuwaiti Amir in order to keep traditions alive.

Pearl diving trip winds up

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NEW DELHI: India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi inspects the guard of honor to mark the country's Independence Day, at the Red Fort in New Delhi on August 15, 2024. -AFP

Modi renews push for common civil code for India