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KFSD denies fire engine used in IS video
KUWAIT: Kuwait Fire Service Directorate (KFSD) denied rumors speculating that one of its vehicles appeared in a video clip posted recently online by the Islamic State (IS) terrorist group. KFSD explained in a statement yesterday that all of its vehicles are closely monitored and their movements are known and recorded. It said that legal action has been taken to arrest the person behind spreading the rumors.Corrupt officialsSpokeswoman of the...
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Municipality issues 44 citations for food related violations
KUWAIT: Kuwait Municipality’s public relations department said Hawally municipality inspection and municipal services follow-up department carried out a campaign resulting in issuing 44 citations for various food-related violations, operating without a health certificate and commencing activities prior to municipality approval. Meanwhile, the Capital branch issued 129 warnings and removed 71 encroachments in Jaber Al-Ahmad and northwest...
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Man arrested with drugs in Ahmadi home
KUWAIT: Drugs Control General Department arrested a citizen with seven kilograms of marijuana. Tips were received about the man trading in drugs, so investigations were conducted and he was arrested in his Ahmadi home. He confessed the drugs belonged to him and he traded in it.TrafficThe traffic department carried out several traffic campaigns in all governorates from July 23 till July 29, resulting in issuing 32,555 citations, impounding 1,052...
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'Neturei Karta'
I saw a TV report about an extreme Jewish movement called 'Neturei Karta' (city guardians), and the word Natoor is mentioned with the same pronunciation in Hebrew. The similarity between the Arab and Hebrew pronunciations in the word 'natoor' leads me to remembering a short period in which I studied Hebrew and found a similarity in some vocabulary between it and Arabic. I still remember little Hebrew, as much of what I learned nearly 40 years...
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Policeman at airport faces charges
KUWAIT: A policeman at the airport passports department was caught by his colleagues trying to allow entry to an Indian who is banned from the country in exchange of money. Doubts were raised about the policeman, so his superiors asked that he be put under surveillance. He was caught when he did not enter the Indian’s data in the computer. The policeman was sent to the prosecution for further questioning. – Translated from the Arabic press
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Man stabbed to death in Jleeb Al-Shuyoukh fight
KUWAIT: An Indian’s body was recovered by the coroner, after he died of wounds from a deep stab in the chest during a fight. The suspected killer escaped and detectives are working on identifying him. Police responded to a call about a fight in Jleeb Al-Shuyoukh, but when they arrived, nobody was there except the injured kid, who died en route to hospital.SuicideAn Asian woman hanged herself to death from a tree in Farwaniya. An Asian man...
KOBANI: A Kurdish man mourns over his friend’s grave who was killed while fighting against Islamic State militants in Raqqa, at a cemetery. — AP
The ‘lost generation’ of Middle East men
War, violence and turmoil affecting men in particular KOBANI: A Kurdish man mourns over his friend’s grave who was killed while fighting against Islamic State militants in Raqqa, at a cemetery. — APMIAMI: Suicide and murder take 10 times as many lives as war does in the Middle East and nearby regions, creating a "lost generation," particularly among men, researchers said yesterday. These violent acts accounted for 1.4 million deaths in 2015...
AFGHANISTAN: This file photo shows Afghan Taleban fighters as they listen to an unseen Mullah Mohammad Rasool Akhund, the newly appointed leader of a breakaway faction of the Taliban, at Bakwah in the western province of Farah. —AFP
Taleban, IS jointly massacred 50 civilians: Afghan officials
KABUL: The Taleban and Islamic State group jointly massacred dozens of civilians in an Afghan village, officials said yesterday, highlighting rare co-operation between the insurgents that could increase the strain on Afghanistan's beleaguered security forces. The fighters killed more than 50 men, women and children in the remote Sayad district of northern Sar-e Pul province on Saturday after overrunning the Afghan Local Police (ALP) -- a...
BLOOMINGTON: Mohamed Omar, left, the executive director of the Dar Al Farooq Center Islamic Center leads afternoon prayers outside the police tape surrounding the center. —AP
Minnesota mosque explosion 'deeper, scarier' than threats
Governor: 'This is an act of terrorism' BLOOMINGTON: Mohamed Omar, left, the executive director of the Dar Al Farooq Center Islamic Center leads afternoon prayers outside the police tape surrounding the center. —APMINNEAPOLIS: The Dar Al-Farooq Islamic Center in suburban Minneapolis, like other US mosques, occasionally receives threatening calls and emails. Its leaders say they're more frightened now after an explosive shattered windows and...
NAIROBI: Kenyans walk past election posters in the Kibera slum. — AFP
Why Kenyans are nervous about presidential vote
A look at the issues around the election NAIROBI: Kenyans walk past election posters in the Kibera slum. — AFPKAMPALA: Kenyans vote today in a close presidential election between President Uhuru Kenyatta, who seeks a second term, and Raila Odinga, who lost the last two elections. The East African high-tech and commercial hub of 44 million people is often described as one of the continent's most politically stable countries, but the torture and...
TAGUIG CITY: Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte dons a Philippine Army ball cap presented to him by Army Chief Lt Gen Glorioso Miranda during the 120th anniversary celebration of the Philippine Army at Fort Bonifacio in suburban Taguig city, east of Manila, Philippines. - AP
Duterte on human rights scandals: Don’t go there
MANILA: Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte met Monday with America's top diplomat, where he voiced solidarity with the US amid global concerns over North Korea's nuclear program and angrily dismissed media questions about human rights abuses by his government. Duterte and US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson met in Manila at a regional Asia gathering. It was the highest-level interaction to date between a member of President Donald Trump's...
PORT DICKSON: In this file picture taken late July 11, 2017, detained foreign workers board a truck following a raid by Malaysian immigration authorities at a construction site. —AFP
Southeast Asia urges Malaysia to halt migrant crackdown
PORT DICKSON: In this file picture taken late July 11, 2017, detained foreign workers board a truck following a raid by Malaysian immigration authorities at a construction site. —AFPKUALA LUMPUR: Southeast Asian lawmakers yesterday urged Malaysia to halt a crackdown on migrant workers that has seen more than 6,000 foreigners detained and sparked alarm among rights groups. Relatively developed Malaysia is a magnet for migrant workers from...
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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: 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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Kuwait Society for Relief’s second relief plane. - KUNA photos
Kuwait sends relief planeload to Sudan
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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