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Ex-wife's murderer sentenced to death
KUWAIT: The court of appeal yesterday upheld the criminal court's verdict sentencing a citizen to death, after he was found guilty of murdering his ex-wife in Salwa by stabbing her in front of her son. In another case, the court also upheld a first instance verdict acquitting a female citizen and sentencing her son (Abu Turab) to five years in presence over charges of joining IS. Notably, the criminal court had sentenced Abu Turab (A Al-Ossaimi)...
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Children freed from kidnapper
KUWAIT: Jahra detectives managed to arrest a citizen in his forties shortly after he abducted two children from an open yard in Saad Al-Abdullah, said security sources. The sources said that a female citizen reported that an unidentified person had kidnapped her two children aged 10 and 12 while they were playing in an open yard in the area. A case was filed and further investigations are in progress to find the kidnapper's motives. By A Saleh
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Wasta allowed prisoner's escape?
KUWAIT: A security source said a citizen in his 30s was arrested on several felony charges, and instead of being taken to the central prison to serve his sentences, a former MP intervened and asked that he be sent to the sentences implementation department in Sulaibiya until investigations are over, with the hope he may be released on bail. The suspect used the ex-MP's wasta (intervention) and the officer's laxity and escaped. He then left the...
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Policeman insulted
KUWAIT: A citizen in his 70s was sent to the state security when he insulted a traffic policeman with takfeeri (accusation of apostasy) words. He also insulted certain government departments. Police received a call about a person distributing leaflets in Mubarak Al-Kabeer, so a patrol was sent there. Policemen found the elderly man distributing the leaflets, who was accusing anyone who refused to take the leaflet of being an infidel. The title of...
The guided-missile destroyer USS Mahan (DDG 72). REUTERS/Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jacob D. Moore/U.S. Navy/Handout via Reuters/File Photo
US Navy fires flare at Iran vessel in Gulf
The guided-missile destroyer USS Mahan (DDG 72). REUTERS/Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jacob D. Moore/U.S. Navy/Handout via Reuters/File PhotoDUBAI: A US Navy guided-missile destroyer fired a warning flare toward an Iranian Revolutionary Guard vessel coming near it in the Arabian Gulf, an American official said on Wednesday, the latest tense naval encounter between the two countries. The incident happened Monday as the vessel attempted...
KAYSERI, Turkey: Turkish police officers escort people after their arrest for alleged links with US-based Muslim cleric Fethullah Gulen yesterday in this central city. - AFP
Turkey detains 1,000 in anti-Gulen crackdown
KAYSERI, Turkey: Turkish police officers escort people after their arrest for alleged links with US-based Muslim cleric Fethullah Gulen yesterday in this central city. - AFPISTANBUL: Turkey yesterday detained more than 1,000 people in a huge new crackdown against alleged supporters of a cleric accused of orchestrating the coup bid against President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. The dawn raids across the country - seeking more than 3,000 suspects - come...
An Iraqi-modified T-72M tank belonging to the pro-government Hashed al-Shaabi (Popular Mobilization) paramilitary forces advances towards the UNESCO-listed ancient city of Hatra, southwest of the northern city of Mosul, during an offensive to retake the area from Islamic State (IS) group fighters yesterday. - AFP
Iraqi forces seize Hatra from IS
An Iraqi-modified T-72M tank belonging to the pro-government Hashed al-Shaabi (Popular Mobilization) paramilitary forces advances towards the UNESCO-listed ancient city of Hatra, southwest of the northern city of Mosul, during an offensive to retake the area from Islamic State (IS) group fighters yesterday. - AFPHATRA, Iraq: Iraqi pro-government forces said Wednesday they had seized the UNESCO-listed ancient site of Hatra from the Islamic State...
DAMASCUS: Syrian mourners attend a funeral ceremony in the Sayyida Zeinab Mosque on the outskirts of Damascus yesterday for the victims of a bombing that targeted buses carrying evacuees from the besieged government-held towns of Fuaa and Kafraya. - AFP
France says has proof Syria launched 'chemical attack'
DAMASCUS: Syrian mourners attend a funeral ceremony in the Sayyida Zeinab Mosque on the outskirts of Damascus yesterday for the victims of a bombing that targeted buses carrying evacuees from the besieged government-held towns of Fuaa and Kafraya. - AFPPARIS: French intelligence services have scientific proof that the Syrian regime was responsible for a suspected chemical attack that killed 88 people, France's foreign minister said yesterday....
nnBALKH, Afghanistan: A damaged mosque is seen on the grounds of an army compound in Dihdadi District of Balkh province yesterday, following the deadly assault by Taliban militants.-AFPn
Bullet holes reveal horror of deadly attacks
Traces of death at Afghan base attacked by Taliban BALKH, Afghanistan: A damaged mosque is seen on the grounds of an army compound in Dihdadi District of Balkh province yesterday, following the deadly assault by Taliban militants.-AFPMAZAR-I-SHARIF: The green mosque in the Afghan military compound attacked by Taliban militants is scarred-disfigured by bullet holes, blast marks and with blood splattered across the ceiling-telltale signs of the...
SRINAGAR: In this photo, Kashmiri man Farooq Ahmed Dar, right, sits as his mother displays a muddy and torn out robe that Dar was wearing on the day of his alleged abuse at his residence in Chill village, about 60 kilometers southwest of Srinagar, Kashmir.-AP
In Kashmir, brutality of videos deepens anger against India
SRINAGAR: In this photo, Kashmiri man Farooq Ahmed Dar, right, sits as his mother displays a muddy and torn out robe that Dar was wearing on the day of his alleged abuse at his residence in Chill village, about 60 kilometers southwest of Srinagar, Kashmir.-APSRINAGAR: One video showed a young Kashmiri man strapped to a patrolling Indian army jeep as a human shield against stone-throwing protesters. Others showed soldiers beating local men with...
Bangladesh has suffered from a rise in extremism in recent years as the moderate Islam worshipped for generations has given way to a more conservative interpretation of the scriptures (AFP)
Bangladesh to build hundreds of mosques with Saudi cash
Bangladesh has suffered from a rise in extremism in recent years as the moderate Islam worshipped for generations has given way to a more conservative interpretation of the scriptures (AFP)DHAKA: Bangladesh has approved a project to build hundreds of mosques with almost $1 billion from Saudi Arabia, official said yesterday, worrying minorities who fear they could be used to spread fundamentalist Islam. The government plans to construct 560...
SAN FRANCISCO: City Attorney Dennis Herrera talks about a federal judge’s order blocking any attempt by the Trump administration to withhold money from “sanctuary cities” during a news conference at City Hall on Tuesday. —‚AP
US judge blocks Trump order on sanctuary cities
 White House slams 'erroneous' ruling SAN FRANCISCO: City Attorney Dennis Herrera talks about a federal judge’s order blocking any attempt by the Trump administration to withhold money from “sanctuary cities” during a news conference at City Hall on Tuesday. —‚APLOS ANGELES: A US judge on Tuesday blocked an executive order by President Donald Trump that could deny billions of dollars to so-called sanctuary cities as punishment for...
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DHAKA: A Hindu shopkeeper (left) helps a woman put on a traditional conch shell bangle at a shop selling traditional prayer items in Shakhari Bazar, a Hindu majority area, in Dhaka on August 9, 2024. — AFP
Misinformation from India, vandalism frighten Hindus in Bangladesh
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GAZA: People inspect the damage in Gaza City's Sheikh Radwan neighborhood following Zionist bombardment on August 11, 2024. — AFP
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