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Contractor summoned for Jabriya building collapse
.KUWAIT: A building collapsed in Jabriya while a contractor was pulling it down, as authorities summoned the contractor to hear his testimony. No casualties were reported in the incident, Kuwait Fire Service Directorate said in a statement. Kuwait Municipality's Deputy Director for Ahmadi and Hawally Affairs Fahad Al-Otaibi immediately rushed to the scene with relevant teams who helped remove the wreckage from the street. Otaibi said that all...
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Give back to the community - MAKE KUWAIT GREAT
Mohammad Naif OrabiEach of us can contribute to making Kuwait a better place for all of us to live. In our daily deeds and actions, we can find - if we choose to look - opportunities for improving Kuwait's environment. From not littering on the streets, to choosing to be kind and helpful to others, each individual here can have a positive impact on the society as a whole. Kuwait Times wants to know what can you do?Mohammad Naif Orabi is a...
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Wife's murderer admits crime
KUWAIT: An Indian man who is still on the run after he allegedly killed his wife called his family and confessed to his crime, a security source said. Farwaniya police were approached by a relative of the suspect who said that the man informed his family that he chose to put an end to his 'bothersome' wife's life because she was causing him so much trouble and asked for money all the time. The suspect also told his family that he planned to turn...
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Children age 6 and 4 left alone in Khaitan flat - Parents left for their home country
KUWAIT: A couple left their two children aged six and four in their Khaitan flat for no apparent reason, as Farwaniya security authorities handed them to their grandfather. The couple will be charged with negligence as they locked their two children inside the apartment and left for their home country. An Egyptian man had told police that his son and daughter-in-law disappeared two days earlier, so policemen went with him to the couple's...
KUWAIT: Zain Group Vice-Chairman and CEO Bader Nasser Al-Kharafi speaks during the ghabga.
'Zain family' celebrates success
KUWAIT: Zain Group Vice-Chairman and CEO Bader Nasser Al-Kharafi speaks during the ghabga.KUWAIT: Zain, the leading telecommunications company in Kuwait, celebrated its employees with a Ramadan Ghabga gathering at Al Raya Hall in Kuwait City, in an atmosphere of enthusiasm and team spirit, and in the presence of Zain Group Vice-Chairman and CEO Bader Nasser Al-Kharafi. Such events, which bring together staff and senior executive management, look...
LONDON: Fire engulfs Grenfell Tower, a residential tower block yesterday in west London. The massive fire ripped through the 27-storey apartment block in west London in the early hours of yesterday, trapping residents inside as 200 firefighters battled the blaze. — AFP
12 dead, 74 injured as deadly fire engulfs London tower
Babies, kids tossed out of windows as fire ravages building LONDON: Fire engulfs Grenfell Tower, a residential tower block yesterday in west London. The massive fire ripped through the 27-storey apartment block in west London in the early hours of yesterday, trapping residents inside as 200 firefighters battled the blaze. — AFPLONDON: A deadly overnight fire raced through a 24-story apartment tower in London yesterday, killing at least 12...
DOHA: A general view taken on June 11, 2017 shows portraits of Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani on the back of vehicles and text reading in Arabic: “Tamim the glorious”. —AFP
Turkey: Gulf rift damages Muslim world
Hamad port bustling with ships loaded with food, building materials DOHA: A general view taken on June 11, 2017 shows portraits of Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani on the back of vehicles and text reading in Arabic: “Tamim the glorious”. —AFPANKARA/DOHA: Turkey said yesterday Qatar's rift with fellow Gulf Arab states and Egypt was damaging the Islamic world and it would do all it could by diplomatic channels to prevent any...
ALEXANDRIA: Emergency personnel respond after reports of shots fired yesterday in Alexandria, Va. A top House Republican, Steve Scalise of Louisiana (inset), was shot by a rifle-wielding gunman yesterday at a congressional baseball practice just outside of Washington. — AP
Republican congressman Scalise wounded in multiple shooting
Shooting erupts at US lawmakers baseball practice ALEXANDRIA: Emergency personnel respond after reports of shots fired yesterday in Alexandria, Va. A top House Republican, Steve Scalise of Louisiana (inset), was shot by a rifle-wielding gunman yesterday at a congressional baseball practice just outside of Washington. — APALEXANDRIA: A rifle-wielding attacker opened fire on Republican lawmakers at a congressional baseball practice yesterday,...
SHARM EL SHEIKH: Photo taken through the window of an airplane shows the Red Sea’s Tiran (foreground) and the Sanafir (background) islands in the Strait of Tiran between Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula and Saudi Arabia. — AFP
Egypt MPs approve deal giving islands to Saudi
SHARM EL SHEIKH: Photo taken through the window of an airplane shows the Red Sea’s Tiran (foreground) and the Sanafir (background) islands in the Strait of Tiran between Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula and Saudi Arabia. — AFPCAIRO: In defiance of a court ruling, Egypt's parliament voted yesterday to ratify a disputed 2016 agreement that would transfer two strategic Red Sea islands to Saudi Arabia. The vote, in which lawmakers in favor were asked...
Indonesians arrive at the Ain Issa camp, 50 km north of Raqqa, after fleeing the Islamic State (IS) group’s Syrian bastion on Tuesday. —AFP
Indonesians decry ISIS ‘lies’ after fleeing Raqqa
Indonesians arrive at the Ain Issa camp, 50 km north of Raqqa, after fleeing the Islamic State (IS) group’s Syrian bastion on Tuesday. —AFPAIN ISSA, Syria: When Leefa set out from Indonesia for the Islamic State group's Syrian stronghold of Raqqa, she says she thought she was headed to an earthly paradise for the faithful. She and her family imagined being surrounded by true believers and expected free healthcare and jobs paying salaries...
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Rescuers battling to reach victims of Bangladesh landslides
Rescuers carry the body of a victim yesterday after Tuesday’s massive landslide in Rangamati district, Bangladesh. —APCHITTAGONG: Rescue workers battled yesterday to reach victims of the worst landslides ever to hit Bangladesh, as the death toll rose to 146, with dozens more still missing. Villagers in some of the worst-hit areas used shovels to try to dig bodies out of the mud that engulfed their settlements as they slept. Authorities say...
Cows gather at a cow shelter owned by Babulal Jangir, a rustic self-styled leader of cow raiders, and Gau Raksha Dal (Cow Protection Squad) in Taranagar in the desert state of Rajasthan. Cow slaughter and consumption of beef are banned in Rajasthan and many other states of officially secular India which has substantial Muslim and Christian populations, and almost every night a vigilante squad lie in wait for suspected cattle smugglers, in a bid to enforce the ban. — AFP
Cattle slaughter crackdown hits India leather industry
Muslim minority fears for livelihoods in shoemaking centerAGRA, India: In the backstreets of Agra's Muslim quarter, where shoes have been made for centuries, small-scale manufacturers are firing workers and families cutting back on spending as a government crackdown on cattle slaughter ripples through the community. The election of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi of the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) three years ago has...
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