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Dana Al-Rashid
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Dana Al-Rashid I see this almost every day, but I don't think I'll ever get used to it: In the coffee shop I often go to, locals come in, wearing the most fashionable attire, carrying luxurious handbags (if women), and stepping outside their expensive cars; usually accompanied by family, friends, and loved ones. But, despite all the comfort and luxury they effortlessly enjoy; they are always frowning! It doesn't matter if the weather is...
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Ramadan Kareem!
To everyone, happy Ramadan in advance! May you have a blessed and hopeful Ramadan filled to the brim with true happiness. To parents - thank you for being there for us; thank you so much for keeping us hidden away from the worst that is to come. To friends and family - thank you for brightening up our days. I am writing to remind us all, myself included, on the purpose of Ramadan. During the blessed month of Ramadan, Muslims all over the world...
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Fake charities and our responsibility
.Ramadan is one of my favorite months of the year. In Kuwait, people go the extra mile to give to charity and do good deeds. But sadly there are always those who try to take advantage of the holy month to exploit and cheat people.From fake charities to scam talent shows to millionaire beggars on the streets, we are barraged by conmen trying to make an easy profit from our desire to do good deeds. Charities that claim to be helping war victims or...
Fanous laterns are a popular Ramadan accessory used throughout the Middle East during the holy month when much of social life shifts to night time. - Photo by Athoob Al-Shuaibi
What are your favorite Ramadan memories?
Fanous laterns are a popular Ramadan accessory used throughout the Middle East during the holy month when much of social life shifts to night time. - Photo by Athoob Al-ShuaibiThe holy month of Ramadan is here and people are gearing up for a month of fasting, prayer and doing good deeds. Ramadan is a month of happiness, because it drives us to relive the memories of our childhood every year and pass them down through generations. What does...
BRUSSELS: US President Donald Trump (L) and French President Emmanuel Macron (R) shake hands ahead of a working lunch, at the US ambassador’s residence, on the sidelines of the NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) summit. — AFP
Trump scolds NATO on spending, terror
'Terrorism must be stopped in its tracks' BRUSSELS: US President Donald Trump (L) and French President Emmanuel Macron (R) shake hands ahead of a working lunch, at the US ambassador’s residence, on the sidelines of the NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) summit. — AFPBRUSSELS: US President Donald Trump yesterday berated NATO allies for not doing enough on terrorism and spending, while stopping short of the public commitment to...
A photo released on the Facebook page of Libya’s Ministry of Interior’s Special Deterrence Force on May 24, 2017 claims to shows Hashem Abedi, the brother of the man suspected of carrying out the bombing in the British city of Manchester, after he was detained in Tripoli for alleged links to the Islamic State (IS) group. — AFP
Salman Abedi: Young, angry man thirsting for revenge
'Isolated, quiet, reserved individual' A photo released on the Facebook page of Libya’s Ministry of Interior’s Special Deterrence Force on May 24, 2017 claims to shows Hashem Abedi, the brother of the man suspected of carrying out the bombing in the British city of Manchester, after he was detained in Tripoli for alleged links to the Islamic State (IS) group. — AFPMANCHESTER: Manchester suicide bomber Salman Abedi was a British-born...
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Russia holds 4 over IS plot against Moscow
MOSCOW: Russia’s security service yesterday said it had uncovered an alleged bomb-making laboratory in Moscow as officers detained four suspected Islamic State group members plotting “terror attacks” on public transport. The FSB said those held included citizens of Russia and ex-Soviet Central Asia who were “preparing terror attacks with the use of homemade explosives on Moscow’s transport infrastructure.” “As a result of searches...
MANCHESTER: People look at tributes in a square in central Manchester ahead of a minute’s silence for the victims of the suicide attack at an Ariana Grande concert that left more than 20 people dead and many more injured, as it ended on Monday night at the Manchester Arena. —AP
US leaks over Manchester test 'special relationship'
Stemming a tide of damaging leaks MANCHESTER: People look at tributes in a square in central Manchester ahead of a minute’s silence for the victims of the suicide attack at an Ariana Grande concert that left more than 20 people dead and many more injured, as it ended on Monday night at the Manchester Arena. —APLONDON: US leaks about the British investigation into the Manchester bomber have strained the two countries' "special relationship"...
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Migration to Britain falls
LONDON: Net migration to Britain fell to its lowest level in more than two-and-a-half-years in 2016, official data showed yesterday, driven in part by an increase in the number of European Union citizens leaving the country. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) said net migration to Britain in the year to December 2016 was 248,000, down 84,000 on the previous year and the lowest estimated level since the year to March 2014.Concerns about...
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China condemns couple’s kidnapping in Pakistan
BEIJING: China condemned yesterday the armed kidnapping of a Chinese couple in Pakistan, after the abduction raised safety concerns for Beijing's multi-billion dollar investments in the country. "The Chinese government attaches high importance to the safety of Chinese citizens overseas," foreign ministry spokesman Lu Kang said during a regular press briefing. "We condemn all forms of kidnapping activities," Lu said, adding that the government was...
NEW DELHI: Uzma touches the feet of Indian Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj as a mark of respect and gratitude upon her return to India. — AP
Indian woman forced to marry Pakistani at gunpoint returns home
 National rallying cry against arch-rival Pakistan NEW DELHI: Uzma touches the feet of Indian Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj as a mark of respect and gratitude upon her return to India. — APNEW DELHI: An Indian woman who said she was forced to marry a Pakistani at gunpoint returned to India yesterday after a court ordered her release. Uzma Ahmad was reunited with her family at the Wagah border crossing near Amritsar in northern Punjab state...
MARAWI: Armored Personnel Carriers make their way through a queue of vehicles with fleeing residents that stretches for miles as Muslim militants lay siege. — AP
How a botched raid led to martial law in Philippines
MARAWI: Armored Personnel Carriers make their way through a queue of vehicles with fleeing residents that stretches for miles as Muslim militants lay siege. — APMARAWI: It was meant to be a "surgical operation" to capture one of the world's most wanted terrorists, who was hiding and wounded in a southern Philippine city. But it went spectacularly wrong. Three days later Marawi, the centre of Islam in the mainly Catholic nation was swarmed by...
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