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Weekly roundup of Kuwait relief efforts

Kuwait's humanitarian aid is being distributed.KUWAIT: Living up to its status as International Humanitarian Center, Kuwait continued offering assistance to needy people in the Middle East and beyond throughout the just-ended week. On Sunday April 16, Kuwait Red Crescent Society (KRCS) distributed 3,500 food parcels to displaced Iraqis in several parts of Mosul city as part of 'Kuwait is by Your Side' campaign.The humanitarian aid was...

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On Friday, authorities released former parliamentarian Musallam Al-Barrak after he served two years in prison in a state security case for insulting His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah. Kuwaiti law criminalizes insulting the head of state and article 54 of the constitution states: "The Amir is the head of state. His person is immune and inviolable." Barrak is known among Kuwaiti people as the 'conscience of the...

A demonstrator throws back a tear gas canister fired by Israeli troops during clashes after a protest for solidarity with Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike in Israeli jails and against the expansion of the nearby Jewish settlement of Halamish, in the West Bank village of Nebi Saleh near Ramallah, Friday, April 21, 2017. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)

US identifies, charges teen accused of Jewish threats

A demonstrator throws back a tear gas canister fired by Israeli troops during clashes after a protest for solidarity with Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike in Israeli jails and against the expansion of the nearby Jewish settlement of Halamish, in the West Bank village of Nebi Saleh near Ramallah, Friday, April 21, 2017. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)FLORIDA: An Israeli-American teenager accused of making dozens of bomb threats to Jewish...

A French riot police officer patrols in Paris, Saturday, April 22, 2017, as family members of police officers demonstrate in what they described as a march of support for all French security forces. The Saturday march comes just two days after the Champs Elysees attack in which a police officer was shot with two bullets to the head and two others were wounded before being able to kill the shooter. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

France on edge as election looms

A French riot police officer patrols in Paris, Saturday, April 22, 2017, as family members of police officers demonstrate in what they described as a march of support for all French security forces. The Saturday march comes just two days after the Champs Elysees attack in which a police officer was shot with two bullets to the head and two others were wounded before being able to kill the shooter. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)PARIS: France was on...

Fiance Ministers and Central Bank Governors pose for the Family Photo during the G20 at the 2017 World Bank Group Spring Meetings in Washington, Friday, April 21, 2017. Seat in the front row from left, Anthony Mothae Maruping, Commissioner for Economic Affairs, AUC, Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen, Federico Sturzenegger, Chairman of the Central Bank of Argentina, Argentina Finance minister Nicol√°s Dujovne, Bundesbank President Jens Weidmann, Germany's Federal Minister of Finance Wolfgang Sch√§uble, Zhou Xiaochuan, Governor of the People's Bank of China, Chinese Finance Minister Xiao Jie, Christine Lagarde Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund, Italian Finance minister Pier Carlo Padoan, and Bank of Italy Governor Ignazio Visco. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

G20: Protectionism damaging for global economy

Fiance Ministers and Central Bank Governors pose for the Family Photo during the G20 at the 2017 World Bank Group Spring Meetings in Washington, Friday, April 21, 2017. Seat in the front row from left, Anthony Mothae Maruping, Commissioner for Economic Affairs, AUC, Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen, Federico Sturzenegger, Chairman of the Central Bank of Argentina, Argentina Finance minister Nicol√°s Dujovne, Bundesbank President Jens...

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That's what Xi said: South Korea outrage over Trump's comment

This image obtained from the US Navy shows the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (L) leading the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Michael Murphy (C) and the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Lake Champlain in the Indian Ocean on April 14, 2017. The US supercarrier Carl Vinson will arrive in the Sea of Japan in days, US Vice President Mike Pence said in Australia on April 22, 2017, amid high tensions with North...

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Waiting for green cards, Indian visa-holders see hope in Trump

FILE - In this Nov. 4, 2015 file photo, Juan Escalante, of the immigration reform group America's Voice, conducts interviews in New York. Young immigrants protected by executive action from deportation say they won't "rest easy," even if President Donald Trump said they should. Nearly 800,000 people living illegally in the U.S. qualify for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, or DACA. Trump said Friday, April 21, 2017, that his...

Zimbabwe main opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai (L) and former vice president Joice Mujuru (R) sign a Memorandum of Understanding to negotiate a coalition ahead of the 2018 general election in Harare, April 19 2017. / AFP PHOTO / Jekesai NIJIKIZANA

Anti-Mugabe election coalition takes shape

Zimbabwe main opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai (L) and former vice president Joice Mujuru (R) sign a Memorandum of Understanding to negotiate a coalition ahead of the 2018 general election in Harare, April 19 2017. / AFP PHOTO / Jekesai NIJIKIZANAHARARE: President Robert Mugabe's grip on power has faced little recent threat from Zimbabwe's splintered opposition, but efforts to forge a unified alliance in next year's election could test his...

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Cop arrested with drugs

crime-sceneKUWAIT: A policeman and his friend were arrested with possession of drugs, said security sources, noting that the policeman begged his 'colleagues' to release him. "I am your colleague and work in a police station," he pleaded in vain.Visa violator caughtFarwaniya detectives arrested an Egyptian man who had arrived in Kuwait on a visit visa five years earlier and had been hiding in Hasawi. Security sources said the suspect was...

Cleveland Cavaliers' LeBron James goes to the basket against Indiana Pacers' Kevin Seraphin, left, during the first half in Game 3 of a first-round NBA basketball playoff series, Thursday, April 20, 2017, in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)

Cavs set NBA record to beat Pacers

Cleveland Cavaliers' LeBron James goes to the basket against Indiana Pacers' Kevin Seraphin, left, during the first half in Game 3 of a first-round NBA basketball playoff series, Thursday, April 20, 2017, in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)INDIANAPOLIS: LeBron James finished with 41 points, 13 rebounds and 12 assists, and the Cleveland Cavaliers set an NBA postseason record by erasing a 25-point halftime deficit to beat the Indiana Pacers...

Supporters of Kuwaiti opposition leader Mussallam al-Barrak (C) celebrate his release from jail on April 21, 2017 in Kuwait City, after serving two years in prison for insulting the emir. / AFP PHOTO / Yasser Al-Zayyat

Kuwait most prominent opposition figure freed

Supporters of Kuwaiti opposition leader Mussallam al-Barrak (C) celebrate his release from jail on April 21, 2017 in Kuwait City, after serving two years in prison for insulting the emir. / AFP PHOTO / Yasser Al-ZayyatKUWAIT: Prominent Kuwaiti opposition leader Mussallam Al-Barrak was released from prison yesterday after serving a two-year sentence for insulting HH the Amir in public. Barrak, 61, walked free from Kuwait's central prison to a...

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Caught on camera

KUWAIT: Farwaniya detectives are currently in search of an unidentified person who is accused of damaging a vehicle. Security sources said that a Kuwaiti woman claimed the man - who dressed like a cleaner was caught on security camera in Andalus while smashing her vehicle. The lady added that the suspect always hang around her house - pretending to be removing the garbage. She alleged that her ex-husband might have hired the suspect. A case was...

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