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Kuwaiti philanthropists and religious figures at the State’s Grand Mosque Imam Dr Waleed Al-Ali and Fahad Al-Hussaini and Kuwaiti actor Abdulhussein Abdulredha

Kuwait bids farewell to actor Abdulredha, philanthropists

Kuwaiti philanthropists and religious figures at the State’s Grand Mosque Imam Dr Waleed Al-Ali and Fahad Al-Hussaini and Kuwaiti actor Abdulhussein AbdulredhaKUWAIT: Kuwait has witness an atmosphere of utter sadness and sorrow as people of all walks of life will bid their final farewell to legendary Kuwaiti actor Abdulhussein Abdulredha and Kuwaiti philanthropists and religious figures the State’s Grand Mosque Imam Dr Waleed Al-Ali and...

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Kuwait immortalizes iconic actor with commemorative stamps

KUWAIT: Despite scorching heat and summer-end high humidity, waves of nationals and residents yesterday gathered at funeral of the renowned Kuwaiti actor Abdulhussein Abdulredha to express their deep grief at the great loss and bid the last good-bye to the deceased. At around dusk, National Assembly Speaker Marzouq Ali Al-Ghanim led the huge crowd of citizens and expatriates, overseeing with tearful eyes coffin of the actor, who had made them...

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The late Abdulhussein Abdulredha fought against backwardness and extremism along with other great artists. There isn't a single Kuwaiti, as far as I know, who looked at Abdulhussein as a different man or a stranger. The bedoons did not look at him as (hadhar) urban or the Sunnis as a Shiite. Those who call themselves the children of the fence did not see him as an outsider. Everyone cried for the son and actor of Kuwait, who appeared only as a...

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KUWAIT: Detectives are working on identifying a person who called Interior Ministry operations claiming to be a lieutenant colonel and asked for information about certain people. When operations officers checked on him, they found he was lying.Addict beats sisterDetectives are working on arresting a drug addict who beat his eldest sister, took her ATM card and withdrew the amount left from her salary. The woman told police that her brother went...

NEW YORK: US President Donald Trump delivers remarks following a meeting on infrastructure at Trump Tower on Tuesday. Standing alongside him (from left) are Director of the National Economic Council Gary Cohn, Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin, Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao and Director of the Office of Management and Budget Mick Mulvaney. — AFP

Defiant Trump again blames 'both sides'

Reps balk, Dems aghast, aides shocked at president's about-face NEW YORK: US President Donald Trump delivers remarks following a meeting on infrastructure at Trump Tower on Tuesday. Standing alongside him (from left) are Director of the National Economic Council Gary Cohn, Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin, Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao and Director of the Office of Management and Budget Mick Mulvaney. — AFPNEW YORK: US President Donald...

BEIRUT: In this March 15, 2017 file photo, an activist from the Lebanese NGO Abaad stands in a golden cage dressed as a bride while during a protest in front of a government building in downtown Beirut. — AP

Lebanon scraps reviled rape law

BEIRUT: In this March 15, 2017 file photo, an activist from the Lebanese NGO Abaad stands in a golden cage dressed as a bride while during a protest in front of a government building in downtown Beirut. — APBEIRUT: Lebanon's parliament yesterday scrapped a controversial law allowing rapists who marry their victims to go free, official media and activists said, after a high-profile campaign for its repeal. A proposal to repeal Article 522 of...

KOBAR: People check the remains of the house of a Palestinian after it was demolished by Israeli authorities in this village near Ramallah in the occupied West Bank yesterday. — AFP

Israel demolishes home of Palestinian who stabbed 3

KOBAR: People check the remains of the house of a Palestinian after it was demolished by Israeli authorities in this village near Ramallah in the occupied West Bank yesterday. — AFPKOBAR: Israeli forces demolished the home yesterday of a Palestinian who fatally stabbed three Israelis in a nearby settlement as tensions soared last month over Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa mosque compound. The military confirmed the demolition in the village of Kobar in...

MANILA: Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte holds documents containing a list of suspected drug dealers and users during the 19th Founding Anniversary of the Volunteers Against Crime and Corruption at the Malacanang Presidential Palace in Manila yesterday. — AP

Duterte praises police killings of 32, urges more

MANILA: Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte holds documents containing a list of suspected drug dealers and users during the 19th Founding Anniversary of the Volunteers Against Crime and Corruption at the Malacanang Presidential Palace in Manila yesterday. — APMANILA: Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte yesterday urged police to kill dozens of drug suspects every day, as he praised officers who shot dead 32 people this week in "shock and...

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US blacklists Kashmir militant group Hizbul

WASHINGTON: The Trump administration has added a Kashmiri militant group fighting to end Indian rule in the disputed Himalayan region to several terrorism blacklists. The designation blocks any assets the group may have in US jurisdictions and bars Americans from doing business with it. The State and Treasury departments said yesterday they had designated Hizbul Mujahideen a foreign terrorist organization and also added it to list of specially...

In this June 17 2016 photo, an Indian tourist rides on a horse back at the Pangong lake high up in Ladahak region of India. The Chinese soldiers hurled stones while attempting to enter Ladakh region near Pangong Lake on Tuesday but were confronted by Indian soldiers, said a top police officer. — AP

China, India soldiers hurl stones at one another

Incidents escalate tensions in border standoff In this June 17 2016 photo, an Indian tourist rides on a horse back at the Pangong lake high up in Ladahak region of India. The Chinese soldiers hurled stones while attempting to enter Ladakh region near Pangong Lake on Tuesday but were confronted by Indian soldiers, said a top police officer. — APSRINAGAR: Chinese and Indian soldiers yelled and hurled stones at one another high in the Himalayas in...

SINSHEIM: Hoffenheim’s Bosnian defender Ermin Bicakcic (C) and Hoffenheim’s midfielder Kevin Vogt (R) and Liverpool’s Senegalese midfielder Sadio Mane (L) vie for the ball during the Champions League football qualifier match TSG 1899 Hoffenheim vs Liverpool FC in Sinsheim, Germany, on Tuesday. —AFP

Own goal seals Liverpool win at Hoffenheim

SINSHEIM: Hoffenheim’s Bosnian defender Ermin Bicakcic (C) and Hoffenheim’s midfielder Kevin Vogt (R) and Liverpool’s Senegalese midfielder Sadio Mane (L) vie for the ball during the Champions League football qualifier match TSG 1899 Hoffenheim vs Liverpool FC in Sinsheim, Germany, on Tuesday. —AFPBERLIN: Jurgen Klopp insists Liverpool are far from certain of a Champions League group stage berth despite their 2-1 win at Hoffenheim on...

CHEMNITZ: In this Aug. 12, 2017 file photo Munich’s Franck Ribery and referee Bibiana Steinhaus walk on the pitch during the German Soccer Cup first-round soccer match between Chemnitzer FC and FC Bayern Munich in Chemnitz, Germany. Carving her way in a man’s world, Bibiana Steinhaus is striking a blow for equality as the Bundesliga’s first female referee this season. — AP

German female ref ready to whistle in Bundesliga

CHEMNITZ: In this Aug. 12, 2017 file photo Munich’s Franck Ribery and referee Bibiana Steinhaus walk on the pitch during the German Soccer Cup first-round soccer match between Chemnitzer FC and FC Bayern Munich in Chemnitz, Germany. Carving her way in a man’s world, Bibiana Steinhaus is striking a blow for equality as the Bundesliga’s first female referee this season. — APBERLIN: Germany's Bibiana Steinhaus insists she is no feminist...

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