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Drugs, an unidentified liquid material and a sensitive scale found inside the house of a drug dealer who was arrested yesterday.
Drug dealer arrested with 4 kg of shabu
Drugs, an unidentified liquid material and a sensitive scale found inside the house of a drug dealer who was arrested yesterday.KUWAIT: Drug Control General Department (DCGD) officers arrested a man with possession of four kilograms of shabu (methamphetamine), an unidentified liquid material and a sensitive scale. The Arab man was arrested inside his house, where he confessed to preparing the shabu for sale.Separately, Fahaheel firemen tackled a...
Attorney Fajer Ahmed
Tech start-ups in Kuwait
Attorney Fajer Ahmed Most of you have probably heard the great success story of Talabat, and how a group of Kuwaiti students in Egypt decided to get together and start one of the biggest online platforms for restaurants in the region. They then sold Talabat for KD 80,000, and it was resold again after five years for KD 50 million. We also saw Carriage successfully emerge from Kuwait and compete with Talabat, which was also sold to a German VC...
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Maid absconding after stealing jewelry, watches and cash
KUWAIT: An Ethiopian domestic helper disappeared from her sponsor's home after stealing her jewelry and watches, in addition to KD 900, according to a complaint filed at Mubarak Al-Kabeer police station. Detectives are searching to arrest her. Separately, a citizen in Salam said his domestic helper went missing and was not answering his calls. He then discovered that KD 2,000 was gone too, and accused the helper of stealing it. In a similar case,...
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Drug dealer holds family hostage
KUWAIT: A bedoon beat his parents and young sisters while under the influence of drugs. He locked them up in their Sulaibiya house and slashed his father with an axe, then stabbed himself before the arrival of policemen, who controlled him with difficulty. A security source said preliminary investigations revealed the suspect is unemployed, and a police flasher was found in his car. His father said he was active in peddling drugs, and when his...
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Iraq’s Mosul, devastated city in need of reconstruction
IRBIL: Mosul, one of the largest cities in Iraq, is suffering the aftermath of nine months of military operations to end the control of the so-called Islamic State (IS). As the military action came to an end, it was obvious that the city has endured great damage, mainly in its western part, which represents the city’s ancient history. Having been under IS’ siege for three years, Mosul has become a deserted city with its key location ‘the...
MOSUL: A Kuwaiti media delegation representing chief editors of a number of Kuwait newspapers and Kuwait Journalists Association (KJA) is seen near the destroyed leaning minaret of the historic Great Mosque of Al-Nuri during a visit to this Iraqi city after its recent liberation from the grip of the so-called Islamic State group. The Kuwaiti delegation includes Editor-in-Chief of Kuwait Times Abd Al-Rahman Al-Alyan, Kuwait News Agency (KUNA) Deputy Director General for Editorial Affairs and Editor-in-Chief Saad Al-Ali, Editor-in-Chief of Al-Anbaa Yousef Al-Marzouq, KJA Trustee Adnan Al-Rashed and KUNA reporter in Kurdistan Mukhlis Khishnaw. — KUNA
Kuwaiti media delegation visits traumatized, triumphant Mosul
Group briefed on destruction, reconstruction of historic city MOSUL: A Kuwaiti media delegation representing chief editors of a number of Kuwait newspapers and Kuwait Journalists Association (KJA) is seen near the destroyed leaning minaret of the historic Great Mosque of Al-Nuri during a visit to this Iraqi city after its recent liberation from the grip of the so-called Islamic State group. The Kuwaiti delegation includes Editor-in-Chief of...
Authorities say the explosion damaged one room but no one was injured. - AP
Minnesota mosque firebombed, FBI seeking suspects
Authorities say the explosion damaged one room but no one was injured. - APBLOOMINGTON, Minnesota: FBI investigators are seeking suspects after an explosive device tore through part of a suburban Minneapolis mosque as people were preparing for morning prayers, damaging a room but not causing any injuries, authorities and witnesses said. The blast happened at around 5 a.m. Saturday at the Dar Al-Farooq Islamic Center in Bloomington, according to...
JERUSALEM: An employee of the Qatar-based news network and TV channel Al- Jazeera is seen in the channel’s Jerusalem office yesterday. — AFP
Israel seeks to silence Jazeera
JERUSALEM: An employee of the Qatar-based news network and TV channel Al- Jazeera is seen in the channel’s Jerusalem office yesterday. — AFPJERUSALEM: Israel said yesterday it planned to close the offices of Al-Jazeera in the state, after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused the Arab satellite news broadcaster of incitement. Netanyahu had said on July 27 that he wanted Al-Jazeera expelled amid tensions over a sensitive Jerusalem holy...
PYONGYANG: In a photo taken on July 21, 2017 pedestrians and vehicles pass before the portraits of late North Korean leaders Kim Il-Sung (left) and Kim Jong-Il (right). — AFP
US pressures N Korea after sanctions vote
Sanctions could cost Pyongyang $1 billion a year PYONGYANG: In a photo taken on July 21, 2017 pedestrians and vehicles pass before the portraits of late North Korean leaders Kim Il-Sung (left) and Kim Jong-Il (right). — AFPMANILA: The United States and China piled pressure on North Korea yesterday to abandon its nuclear missile program after the UN Security Council approved tough sanctions which could cost Pyongyang $1 billion a year. One day...
ALLAHABAD: Indian children shelter under a tree during rain. — AFP
Just going outdoors could become deadly in S Asia
ALLAHABAD: Indian children shelter under a tree during rain. — AFPNEW DELHI: Venturing outdoors may become deadly across wide swaths of India, Pakistan and Bangladesh by the end of the century as climate change drives heat and humidity to new extremes, according to a new study. These conditions could affect up to a third of the people living throughout the Indo-Gangetic Plain unless the global community ramps up efforts to rein in...
TABQA, Syria : A picture taken on August 4, 2017 shows displaced Syrian children, who fled from the Islamic State (IS) group's Syrian stronghold of Raqa, receiving humanitarian aid delivered by UNICEF at a temporary camp in the town of Tabqa, about 55 kilometers west of Raqa. - AFP
From fighting regime to anti-IS, Syria rebel traces US policy shifts
More than 330,000 dead and millions displaced TABQA, Syria : A picture taken on August 4, 2017 shows displaced Syrian children, who fled from the Islamic State (IS) group's Syrian stronghold of Raqa, receiving humanitarian aid delivered by UNICEF at a temporary camp in the town of Tabqa, about 55 kilometers west of Raqa. - AFPBEIRUT: From Special Forces officer to brigade-hopping rebel, Abu Jaafar has seen Syria's uprising from all angles. But...
PARIS: In this Friday, June 10, 2016 file photo, French riot police officers patrol under the Eiffel Tower. —AP
Knifeman arrested at Eiffel Tower ‘wanted to kill soldier’: Sources
PARIS: In this Friday, June 10, 2016 file photo, French riot police officers patrol under the Eiffel Tower. —APPARIS: A man arrested at the Eiffel Tower after brandishing a knife in front of tourists and security forces has told investigators he wanted to kill a soldier, sources close to the case told AFP yesterday. The intruder, who is aged around 19 and has a history of psychological problems, was arrested late on Saturday at the Paris...
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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