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Ahmed Al-Gharabally - The great giver
I am still in shock. Then again, that is exactly what you used to do. You shocked people.Sometimes, you shocked them with your appearance. After all, you were a Collin-Farrell-lookalike who wore  a dishdasha and a 'nasfa' angled to precision, but who couldn't say one full paragraph in Arabic.Sometimes, you shocked them with your eccentric sense of humor which knew no boundaries. And sometimes, you shocked them with your ability to give.You were...
Ahmed Al-Gharabally
Local entrepreneur, activist passes away
Ahmed Al-GharaballyA popular, well-known local entrepreneur, humanitarian and activist, Ahmed Al-Gharabally passed away yesterday. He was the founder of local real estate website, masahati.com and Adlyx, the digital media consultancy and a shining example of Kuwait’s best and brightest.Al-Gharabally, who attended the American School of Kuwait and the American University of Kuwait, was active in the community and on social media, organizing a...
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Niqab-wearing beggar arrested
KUWAIT: An Asian man was arrested for wearing a niqab and begging outside the woman's section of a Salmiya mosque. Case papers indicate that a female citizen suspected the beggar sitting outside the mosque and called the police. The suspect tried to run away but was chased and apprehended.MuggingAn Egyptian man reported that someone dressed in a dishdasha stopped him in Fahaheel, claimed to be a police detective, stole KD 7,450 he had just...
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Fake cop caught
KUWAIT: A search is on for a suspect who impersonated a police detective and stopped a female citizen in a co-op's parking lot, where he started harassing her. But the moment she reached for her phone and called the police, the suspect drove away.Destroyed passportA search is on for a woman heard on a social media video threatening someone named Ali, saying: "Now show me Ali how you will travel!" after she tore up his passport. Security sources...
Philippine Marines smile at the media near the stronghold of Maute group in Marawi City in southern Philippines May 30, 2017. — Reuters pic - See more at: http://www.themalaymailonline.com/world/article/89-militants-killed-during-philippine-urban-battle#sthash.Tmdqw3Rh.dpuf
Philippine troops kill 89 Islamist militants
Philippine Marines smile at the media near the stronghold of Maute group in Marawi City in southern Philippines May 30, 2017. — ReutersMARAWI: Philippine troops have killed 89 Islamist militants during more than a week of urban battles but a final showdown is expected to be fierce as the gunmen protect their leaders and hold hostages, authorities said yesterday. Attack helicopters fired rockets yesterday morning into parts of Marawi, a Muslim...
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A massive truck bomb kills 90 in Afghanistan
Taleban 'strongly condemn' the attack   KABUL: A dog is seen running at the site of a car bomb attack in Kabul yesterday. At least 80 people were killed yesterday as a massive blast ripped through Kabul's diplomatic quarter, shattering the morning rush hour and bringing carnage to the streets of the Afghan capital. - AFPKABUL: At least 90 people were killed and hundreds wounded yesterday when a massive truck bomb ripped through Kabul's...
This screen grab shows a tweet from President Donald Trump which has social media trying to find a meaning in the mysterious term 'covfefe.' - AP
Saudi King earns more retweets than Trump
Trump cryptic tweet 'covfefe' trends on Twitter This screen grab shows a tweet from President Donald Trump which has social media trying to find a meaning in the mysterious term 'covfefe.' - APWASHINGTON: Not for the first time, a Donald Trump tweet has lit up the internet. But this time, users the world over have been left scratching their heads over "covfefe": a bizarre word apparently created by the president. "Despite the constant negative...
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Weird faceless fish found
This undated photo shows a faceless fish.SYDNEY: Faceless fish and other weird and wonderful creatures, many of them new species, have been hauled up from the deep waters off Australia during a scientific voyage studying parts of the ocean never explored before. The month-long journey off the country's eastern seaboard has been surveying life lurking in a dark and cold abyss that plunges four kilometers below the surface, using nets, sonar and...
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Saudi school shooting
A police car passes through the main entrance of the Kingdom School in Riyadh on May 31, 2017. Photo: AFP/ Fayez NureldineRIYADH: A gunman killed two staff at a private school in the Saudi Arabian capital yesterday, a security source said.  "A teacher took a gun and then he went to the school room and he killed the assistant school principal and one of the employees," said the source who asked not to be identified because a formal statement...
CALABAR, Nigeria: This file photo taken on November 16, 1967 shows Nigerian federal army soldiers patrolling near the destroyed prison of Calabar, the oldest port on the West African coast, after the federal troops took the city from the Biafran rebellion, during the Biafran war. — AFP
Calabar: Slave trade to people trafficking in Nigeria
CALABAR, Nigeria: This file photo taken on November 16, 1967 shows Nigerian federal army soldiers patrolling near the destroyed prison of Calabar, the oldest port on the West African coast, after the federal troops took the city from the Biafran rebellion, during the Biafran war. — AFPCALABAR, Nigeria: They travel thousands of kilometers across west Africa to get to the southeast Nigerian city of Calabar where small boats are supposed to take...
In this frame grab provided yesterday, long-range Kalibr cruise missile is launched by the Russian Navy Admiral Essen frigate in the Mediterranean. — AP
Russia fires cruise missiles at IS targets in Syria
In this frame grab provided yesterday, long-range Kalibr cruise missile is launched by the Russian Navy Admiral Essen frigate in the Mediterranean. — APMOSCOW: Russians warships in the Mediterranean Sea have fired four cruise missiles at the Islamic State group's positions in Syria, the Russian defense ministry said yesterday. The announcement came as Syrian government troops pushed ahead in their offensive against IS and militants in central...
This file photo taken on June 5, 1967 shows Israeli air force Dassault Mirage III fighters flying over the Sinai peninsula at the Israeli-Egyptian border on the first day of the Six-Day Arab-Israeli war. – AFP
How the 1967 war began
This file photo taken on June 5, 1967 shows Israeli air force Dassault Mirage III fighters flying over the Sinai peninsula at the Israeli-Egyptian border on the first day of the Six-Day Arab-Israeli war. – AFPJERUSALEM: The Arab-Israeli Six-Day War erupted early on Monday, June 5, 1967, a morning that saw heavy Israeli bombing of Egyptian air bases near Cairo and in the Suez desert. Within a few hours almost all Egyptian aircraft had been...
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