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Nowadays, Kuwait appears to be very empty - where is everybody?! Kuwait airport has reported an increased travel rate of over 100 percent! Doesn't anyone want to stay here? Sure there are some good reasons for this exodus - Kuwait recorded an all-time temperature high last Thursday. The hottest temperature ever recorded, according to the world meteorological center, is a whopping 54 degrees of scorching heat in Mitribah. This reading was taking...

Amr Al-Refai (right) at work at Solo Pizza Napulitana in Kuwait City.

Meet Amr Al-Refai - Kuwaiti pizzaiolo and pioneering entrepreneur Amr Al-Refai (right) at work at Solo Pizza Napulitana in Kuwait City.Young entrepreneurs seem to be everywhere these days, starting their own small and medium enterprises and promoting them online. The Kuwaiti government is fully supporting and encouraging them by loosening up rigid laws and cutting down the paperwork and time needed to register a business. But before SMEs became a...

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Sabeel: Fountains of life and charity on the streets of Kuwait

You cannot die of thirst in Kuwait. Whether you are on foot, or driving around, free drinking water is available in all neighborhoods of this desert country. The water fountains, knownlocally as 'sabeel' in Arabic, literally meaning 'road'.Water is viewed as a gift here and many families will erect water fountains, sabeel, as memorials to deceased relatives. They are also often gifted as awqaf to provide free water to anyone who might need it....

HAMBURG: US President Donald Trump waves after he and US First Lady Melania Trump were greeted by Hamburg’s Mayor Olaf Scholz, right, upon arrival at the airport in Hamburg, northern Germany yesterday.—AFP

Trump warns future of the West at stake

Trump describes Moscow’s behavior as destabilizing HAMBURG: US President Donald Trump waves after he and US First Lady Melania Trump were greeted by Hamburg’s Mayor Olaf Scholz, right, upon arrival at the airport in Hamburg, northern Germany yesterday.—AFPWARSAW: US President Donald Trump warned that the future of the West was at risk and lashed out at Russia and North Korea yesterday at the start of a high-stakes trip to Europe. On the eve...

HADERA: In this handout photograph released by the Indian Press Information Bureau (PIB) yesterday Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, left, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu talk on Olga Beach in Hadera.—AFP

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HADERA: In this handout photograph released by the Indian Press Information Bureau (PIB) yesterday Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, left, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu talk on Olga Beach in Hadera.—AFPJERUSALEM: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi capped a historic three-day visit to Israel yesterday with a barefoot stroll along the Mediterranean shore with Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu. The two leaders' exuberance...

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Classmates rescue Indian child bride

JAIPUR: An Indian teenager sent to live with a much older husband who she married aged just 11 has returned to school after being rescued by her classmates, a children's charity said yesterday. The 16-year-old girl, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was married off by her family in the western state of Rajasthan, where child marriage is particularly prevalent. In May, relatives forced her to leave school and go to a nearby village to live...

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Pizza bytes! Pakistan enchanted by first robot waitresses

Pakistani engineer Osama Jafari (center) poses with robot waitresses Annie (left), Rabia (right) and Jennie (background) at his pizza restaurant in MultanPakistan's first robot waitresses are serving up smiles for customers at an upscale pizza restaurant in the ancient city of Multan, better known for its centuries-old Sufi shrines, mango orchards and handicrafts. Rabia, Annie and Jennie greet customers and bring them their pies at Pizza.com,...

SRINAGAR: Kashmiri villagers look through the debris of houses destroyed during a gunfight between rebels and Indian government forces at Bahmnoo village in Pulwama, south of Srinagar.—AFP

Kashmir tense as key anniversary looms

Civilians intervene in anti-militant raids SRINAGAR: Kashmiri villagers look through the debris of houses destroyed during a gunfight between rebels and Indian government forces at Bahmnoo village in Pulwama, south of Srinagar.—AFPSRINAGAR: In a crowded hospital in Kashmir a 17-year-old student is recovering from gunshot wounds, one of thousands of civilians injured in protests against Indian rule that have exploded since the death of a popular...

BANGKOK: Luxury vehicles up for auction are on display in a lot at a Thai customs property in Bangkok yesterday.—AFP

Thailand auctions seized supercars

BANGKOK: Luxury vehicles up for auction are on display in a lot at a Thai customs property in Bangkok yesterday.—AFPBANGKOK: Thai customs officials sold off hundreds of seized luxury vehicles yesterday, including dozens of supercars- although many lots were removed last minute after it emerged they were stolen from abroad. Thailand's role in the global grand theft auto trade has received fresh attention in recent weeks after British police...

MOSUL: Members of Iraq’s Counter-Terrorism Service (CTS) stand in a street in the Old City of Mosul, during the government forces’ ongoing offensive to retake the city from Islamic State (IS) group fighters.—AFP

Up to 20,000 civilians trapped in IS-held areas of Iraq’s Mosul

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Britain opens separate ‘jihadi jails’

LONDON: Britain said yesterday it had begun housing Islamist extremists in separate prison units to prevent them radicalizing other inmates, as it grapples with a mounting terror threat. A new "separation centre" has been opened at Frankland jail near Durham, northeast England, the interior ministry said. It is first of three centers which together will have a capacity of 28 inmates. "The most dangerous and subversive offenders are now being...

DHAKA: Bangladeshi security personnel stand guard after gunmen stormed a restaurant in Dhaka’s high-security diplomatic district early yesterday. — AFP

Bangladesh eatery bans foreigners fearing attack

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