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Germany backs Kuwait in attempt to quell Gulf row

BERLIN: Germany supports His Highness the Amir of Kuwait Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah's efforts as the main mediator in the Gulf crisis, Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel said on yesterday. Speaking via telephone with his Bahraini counterpart Sheikh Khaled bin Ahmad prior to embarking on a tour of the Gulf region, which will take him to Saudi Arabia, UAE, Qatar and Kuwait, Gabriel said that his country firmly supports Kuwait as it seeks...

Some of the workers who staged a sit-in protest yesterday to demand salaries

Hundreds of workers stage protest, 15 arrested

Some of the workers who staged a sit-in protest yesterday to demand salariesKUWAIT: Hundreds of Bangladeshi workers, mostly cleaners, staged a sit-in protest yesterday to demand salaries, overtime and leave pay. The workers have not reported to work for the last three days and will only do so when all their demands are met, they said. The workers, who are housed in 'camps' in Jleeb Al-Shuyiukh and Khaitan, are assigned to various offices and...

KUWAIT: His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah chair’s the cabinet’s weekly meeting yesterday. — KUNA

Cabinet deplores terrorist plot on Makkah Grand Mosque

Firefighters applauded for their recent efforts KUWAIT: His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah chair’s the cabinet’s weekly meeting yesterday. — KUNAKUWAIT: The cabinet yesterday condemned the recent terrorist plot which targeted the Grand Mosque of Makkah in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. During its weekly meeting at Bayan Palace, chaired by His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad...

Drugs and cash found with the gang members.

Drug trafficking gang busted

Drugs and cash found with the gang members.KUWAIT: The Interior Ministry's Relations and Security Information Department said criminal security busted a gang that sells drugs in the country. The bust was made following information that the gang used a place to meet in a Kabd farm, where they were arrested. Drugs and money collected from the sales were also found. Gang members were sent to concerned authorities.Farwaniya fireFirefighters tackled...

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Husband prevented from beating his wife in a cafe

KUWAIT: Patrons of a cafe prevented a man from beating his wife after he found her with her friend. So he threatened her before leaving the place. She then lodged a complaint against him. The man wanted to speak to the woman about the custody of their daughter, but she ignored him, and told him to call her lawyer. He did not like this and insulted her, before attempting to beat her, but patrons restrained him. He will be summoned for...

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Naturalized woman kicks husband out

KUWAIT: A recently naturalized Syrian woman kicked her husband out of their house. When police told him to go back to the house, even if by force, he told them: "I love her and I do not want to disturb her." A security source said the man sought their help, so they went to his house. When they asked him why his wife had kicked him out, he said that his wife was a Syrian who lately received Kuwaiti citizenship. They asked him to reenter the house,...

KUWAIT: HH the Amir of Kuwait Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah (center right) looks at a letter from Qatar’s emir given to him by Qatari Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani (center left) yesterday. — AP

Qatar responds to demands, deadline extended by 48 hrs

Trump calls Gulf leaders - FMs to meet in Cairo - Saudi king skips G20 meet KUWAIT: HH the Amir of Kuwait Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah (center right) looks at a letter from Qatar’s emir given to him by Qatari Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani (center left) yesterday. — APKUWAIT: Qatar yesterday responded to a list of demands from Saudi Arabia and its allies after they agreed to give a defiant Doha another 48...

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Total signs Iran deal, defies US

TEHRAN: Patrick Pouyanne (left), Chairman and CEO of French energy company Total, shakes hands with Ezzatollah Akbari, Managing Director of Petropars Group, after signing an offshore gas field agreement yesterday. — AFPTEHRAN: French energy giant Total defied US pressure yesterday by signing a multi-billion-dollar gas deal with Iran, the first by a European firm in more than a decade. Total will invest an initial $1 billion in the South Pars...

Members of the fire brigade work at the scene where a tour bus burst into flames following a collision with a trailer truck on highway A9 near Muenchberg in southern Germany yesterday. — AFP

Fiery Germany bus crash kills 18

Members of the fire brigade work at the scene where a tour bus burst into flames following a collision with a trailer truck on highway A9 near Muenchberg in southern Germany yesterday. — AFPSTAMMBACH, Germany: Eighteen people were killed yesterday in one of the deadliest road accidents in recent Germany history when a tour bus carrying pensioners smashed into a trailer truck and burst into flames. Emergency workers retrieved 11 bodies and a...

ISLAMABAD: Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif (right) shakes hands with US Senator John McCain at Prime Minister House in Islamabad.- AFP

McCain-led delegation visits Pakistan for security talks

ISLAMABAD: Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif (right) shakes hands with US Senator John McCain at Prime Minister House in Islamabad.- AFPISLAMABAD: A US Senate delegation led by top Republican John McCain flew over Pakistan's tribal areas yesterday after meeting with Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to discuss regional security, as Washington gears up to send more troops to neighboring Afghanistan. The visit by members of the influential Senate...

MOSUL: A woman screams while fleeing with her family through a destroyed alley, as Iraqi Special Forces continue their advance against Islamic State militants, in the Old City of Mosul. — AP

Islamic State unleash female suicide bombers

IS hits back in Mosul MOSUL: A woman screams while fleeing with her family through a destroyed alley, as Iraqi Special Forces continue their advance against Islamic State militants, in the Old City of Mosul. — APMOSUL: Iraqi forces are facing increasingly difficult fighting and a rising number of suicide bombings in the final stages of the battle for Mosul, senior commanders said yesterday. Following recent suicide bombings by two girls,...

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Islamist extremists in Sweden rise to 2,000

STOCKHOLM: Sweden is home to some 2,000 Islamist extremists, the nation’s intelligence chief said yesterday, a nearly 10-fold increase in less than a decade. Anders Thornberg, head of domestic spy service Sapo, attributed the rise primarily to the sophisticated propaganda machine of the Islamic State group. Although “few extremists” have “the will and ability” to carry out attacks, they must be found and closely followed, Thornberg...

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