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Defacing state utilities

Muna Al Fuzai Many people in Kuwait do not care about protecting state utilities. They think these belong to them and they can do whatever they want, even breaking and damaging them. This ill behavior has to stop. Because of the imbalance in the demographic structure and the presence of residents of a multitude of nationalities, some are not aware of the importance of preserving the environment or general hygiene. It is normal to...

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MPs demand action over escape of terror convicts

KUWAIT: MPs began yesterday signing a request to hold an emergency session of the National Assembly to discuss the developments surrounding the escape of several members of a pro-Iran cell, on a day when Kuwait ordered Iranian diplomats to leave.Tabtabaei said on his Twitter account that he has prepared the request for the emergency session and placed it in his office for signatures. He posted images of a number of lawmakers signing the...

Historical re-enactors walk among the crowd at the Souk Okaz Festival in the Saudi city of Taif on July 19, 2017. The 10-day cultural festival, a revival of the ancient Arabian market where merchants gathered and poets sparred, includes horse and camel shows, live performances of historical plays, and displays of fine artwork and handicrafts. / AFP / Amer HILABI

Why a Saudi woman's skirt sparked an outcry

Historical re-enactors walk among the crowd at the Souk Okaz Festival in the Saudi city of Taif on July 19, 2017. The 10-day cultural festival, a revival of the ancient Arabian market where merchants gathered and poets sparred, includes horse and camel shows, live performances of historical plays, and displays of fine artwork and handicrafts. / AFP / Amer HILABIDUBAI: A short video of a Saudi woman walking around in a miniskirt and crop top...

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Thatcher mulled plan to resupply embassy during Iraqi invasion

KUWAIT: British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher weighed the idea of sending special forces to Kuwait during the 1990-1991 Iraqi occupation. According to an article in the Guardian newspaper citing newly released Downing Street papers, Thatcher studied a plan to send supplies to the besieged British embassy in Kuwait City via SAS-style raids. According to the report, Percy Cradock, Thatcher's veteran foreign affairs adviser, was asked to...

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US ends laptop ban on Middle East carriers

DUBAI: The United States has ended a four month ban on passengers carrying laptops onboard US bound flights from certain airports in the Middle East and North Africa, bringing to an end one of the controversial travel restrictions imposed by President Donald Trump's administration. Riyadh's King Khalid International Airport was the last of 10 airports to be exempted from the ban, the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) confirmed in a tweet...

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Iraq airports open to Kuwaiti flights

BAGHDAD: All of Iraq's airports are open to Kuwaiti commercial flights, which will offer facilitations for the arrival of jets from the neighboring country, Iraq's Transportation Ministry said on Wednesday. The calls were made after both countries signed a cooperation agreement in the field of air transport in December last year. In a statement, the ministry said that Iraq's second largest airport, Basra International, in particular, operates...

KUWAIT: Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior Sheikh Khaled Al-Jarrah Al-Sabah meets US Ambassador to Kuwait Lawrence Silverman. - KUNA

US envoy lauds Kuwait's support of regional peace

KUWAIT: Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior Sheikh Khaled Al-Jarrah Al-Sabah meets US Ambassador to Kuwait Lawrence Silverman. - KUNAKUWAIT: US Ambassador to the country Lawrence Silverman lauded Kuwait's strong role in supporting regional peace and security, a statement said yesterday. This praise came during a meeting between Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior Sheikh Khaled Al-Jarrah Al-Sabah and Ambassador Silverman,...

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Yacht on fire at Sharq marina

Khaitan firesKUWAIT: Firemen put out a fire in a 50-ft yacht at Souk Sharq marina. The yacht was isolated before fire fighters tackled the blaze. No injuries were reported. Separately, Ardiya, Subhan, backup and Sulaibkhat fire centers responded to a call about a fire in a "bachelor" residence in Khaitan. The house was evacuated and the fire put out without injures. Wanted people arrested Several wanted people were arrested during inspection...

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Customs foils bid to smuggle drugs in gloves

crime-sceneKUWAIT: Air cargo customs officers foiled an attempt to smuggle one-and-a-half kilogram of heroin hidden in cricket gloves via courier. A customs source said the drugs arrived from Pakistan. Officers also prevented an Egyptian from smuggling 3,200 Tramadol pills in bags that arrived from his country. The drugs were found in three bags, which were 'cleared' and placed under surveillance. The man who came to claim them was arrested, and...

(FILES) This file photo taken on June 21, 2017 shows a Samburu man grazing cattle alongside wildlife in the wilds of the Laikipia county, where vast, privately run conservation areas like Loisaba conservancy have suffered unauthorised incursions by cattle herders, including from the Pokot community, resulting in ecosystem and infrastructure damage, disease outbreaks to wildlife populations and ocassional deadly conflict with property staff and owners. nClose by a narrow, rickety bridge in Kenya's central Laikipia highlands two herders sit on blistering hot rock next to the muddy trickle of the Ewaso Nyiro river to explain why they routinely break the law, invading private land to graze their cattle. / AFP PHOTO / TONY KARUMBA

Kenya cattle herders defend 'necessary' land invasions

(FILES) This file photo taken on June 21, 2017 shows a Samburu man grazing cattle alongside wildlife in the wilds of the Laikipia county, where vast, privately run conservation areas like Loisaba conservancy have suffered unauthorised incursions by cattle herders, including from the Pokot community, resulting in ecosystem and infrastructure damage, disease outbreaks to wildlife populations and ocassional deadly conflict with property staff and...

(L-R) Actors Reham Kassar, Mohammad Alrashi, Mohammad Alrefai and Nanda Mohammad perform during a dress rehearsal for 'While I was Waiting' as part of Lincoln Center Festival at Gerald W. Lynch Theater at John Jay College on July 19, 2017 in New York City. / AFP PHOTO / ANGELA WEISS

Syrian actors bring cost of war home to NY audience

(L-R) Actors Reham Kassar, Mohammad Alrashi, Mohammad Alrefai and Nanda Mohammad perform during a dress rehearsal for 'While I was Waiting' as part of Lincoln Center Festival at Gerald W. Lynch Theater at John Jay College on July 19, 2017 in New York City. / AFP PHOTO / ANGELA WEISSSix Syrian actors battled a fraught US visa process to tread the boards in New York this week, seeking to impress on American theater goers the human cost of a war...

French President Emmanuel Macron (C) meets with troops during a visit at an air force base (BA 125) in Istres, France, on July 20, 2017. French President Emmanuel Macron addressed troops at an air base on July 20 as he sought to repair the damage following the resignation of a highly-regarded military chief who challenged the government's budget cuts. Macron flew to the base in Istres, southern France, a day after General Pierre de Villiers quit in the wake of a row over the government's plans to slash 850 million euros ($980 million) from his budget.n / AFP / POOL / Arnold JEROCKI

French President seeks to repair damage after army chief quits

French President Emmanuel Macron (C) meets with troops during a visit at an air force base (BA 125) in Istres, France, on July 20, 2017. French President Emmanuel Macron addressed troops at an air base on July 20 as he sought to repair the damage following the resignation of a highly-regarded military chief who challenged the government's budget cuts. Macron flew to the base in Istres, southern France, a day after General Pierre de Villiers quit...

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