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KUWAIT: ‘Team Nocturne’ from the American University of Kuwait, winners of Microsoft’s Imagine Cup 2017 in Kuwait. —Photos by Yasser Al-Zayyat
Imagine Cup continues to spark innovation among Kuwaiti Youth
'Teams Nocturne' bags Microsoft's Imagine Cup 2017 in Kuwait KUWAIT: ‘Team Nocturne’ from the American University of Kuwait, winners of Microsoft’s Imagine Cup 2017 in Kuwait. —Photos by Yasser Al-ZayyatKUWAIT: 'Team Nocturne' from the American University of Kuwait (AUK) bagged Microsoft's Imagine Cup 2017 in Kuwait; a global technology competition that aims to deliver educational, entrepreneurial and employment opportunities for students...
KUWAIT: Ambassador of Australia to Kuwait Warren Hauck and Education Minister Dr Mohammad Al-Faris inaugurate the exhibition. — Photos by Joseph Shagra
Australian Embassy, Kuwait Times organize 'Colours of Australia' paintings exhibition
Gallery hosted at Bayan Secondary School campus KUWAIT: Ambassador of Australia to Kuwait Warren Hauck and Education Minister Dr Mohammad Al-Faris inaugurate the exhibition. — Photos by Joseph ShagraKUWAIT: The Australian Embassy, in cooperation with Kuwait Times, organized the 'Colours of Australia' paintings exhibition yesterday at Bayan Secondary School. "The competition allowed for cultural exchange between Kuwait and Australia," Ambassador...
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Maid, driver face adultery charges
KUWAIT: An Indian driver had a relationship with a Filipina domestic helper, who got pregnant out of wedlock. The Filipina was in pain, so she was taken to hospital, where it was discovered she is four months pregnant. She said the father is the house driver. The driver and maid were arrested and charged with adultery.AccidentA Nepalese woman suffered fractures and lacerations after she was run over by a Lebanese driver and was admitted to the...
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Doctor assaulted
KUWAIT: A patient attacked a doctor at Mubarak Hospital, and is being sought for questioning. The doctor went to Jabriya police station and told them that a citizen insulted him in front of other patients and employees, and he gave them his information.ThreatsAn Egyptian woman asked police for protection from a man who threatened to harm her. The woman told Salmiya police that she met an Egyptian man she knows, and a heated argument ensued. When...
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Man accuses brother of attempted murder
KUWAIT: A citizen pulled a pistol in the face of his brother and threatened to kill him. He then fired at the walls after the two had a dispute over inheritance. The citizen called police for help to save him from his brother, who attacked him in his diwaniya. The suspect escaped before the arrival of police. Detectives are looking to charge him with possessing an unlicensed firearm and attempted murder. — Translated from the Arabic press
IDLIB: Syrians, who were injured in a suicide car bombing that targeted buses carrying evacuees from besieged government-held towns, sit in a tent on the Syrian-Turkish border in Idlib province. —AFP
US-led coalition Syria strikes kill 20 civilians
IDLIB: Syrians, who were injured in a suicide car bombing that targeted buses carrying evacuees from besieged government-held towns, sit in a tent on the Syrian-Turkish border in Idlib province. —AFPBEIRUT: Air strikes by the US-led coalition fighting the Islamic State group killed 20 civilians in Syria's eastern Deir Ezzor province, a monitor said yesterday. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the deaths came in two separate...
TEHRAN: Iranian F-4 Phantom fighter jets perform during a parade on the occasion of the country’s Army Day yesterday. —AFP
Exiled Bahraini cleric points to Iran's widening influence
US puts Sanadi on proscribed 'terrorist' list TEHRAN: Iranian F-4 Phantom fighter jets perform during a parade on the occasion of the country’s Army Day yesterday. —AFPMANAMA: At a wake in Iran's holy city of Qom in February, a small group of Bahraini emigres and clerics mourned a young militant killed in a gun battle with Bahrain's security forces. The eulogy was delivered by an exiled Bahraini cleric who has called for the island's Shiite...
Pakistani civil society members, university students and children hold placards as they take part in a protest against the killing of Mashal Khan, a journalism student, in Islamabad on April 15, 2017 Picture: Farooq Naeem / AFP Photo
Teacher describes facing mob that lynched Pakistan student
Pakistani civil society members, university students and children hold placards as they take part in a protest against the killing of Mashal Khan, a journalism student, in Islamabad on April 15, 2017 Picture: Farooq Naeem / AFP PhotoPESHAWAR: A teacher has described the moment he was turned on by a Pakistani mob as it lynched a liberal student in a deadly attack which has triggered shock, outrage and fear across the country.  Hundreds of men...
TRIPURA, India: An Indian Hindu devotee runs over smouldering charcoal during the ritual of Shiva Gajan in the village of Pratapgarh on the outskirts of Agartala. Devotees believe that by enduring the pain, Shiva, the Hindu god of destruction, will grant their prayers. —AFP
Hardline Hindu youth call the shots on streets of north India
Muslim men 'singled out for courting' Hindu women TRIPURA, India: An Indian Hindu devotee runs over smouldering charcoal during the ritual of Shiva Gajan in the village of Pratapgarh on the outskirts of Agartala. Devotees believe that by enduring the pain, Shiva, the Hindu god of destruction, will grant their prayers. —AFPUNNAO: One recent afternoon, dozens of young Hindu men, swords drawn and saffron scarves draped around their necks, rode...
BANDA ACEH, Indonesia: One of four Acehnese teen gets whipped for spending time in close proximity with her boyfriend who is not her husband, which is against Sharia law. Aceh on Sumatra island began implementing Sharia law after being granted special autonomy in 2001, an attempt by the central government in Jakarta to quell a long-running separatist insurgency. —AFP
'Dirty' Jakarta election looms; religious politics resurfaces
BANDA ACEH, Indonesia: One of four Acehnese teen gets whipped for spending time in close proximity with her boyfriend who is not her husband, which is against Sharia law. Aceh on Sumatra island began implementing Sharia law after being granted special autonomy in 2001, an attempt by the central government in Jakarta to quell a long-running separatist insurgency. —AFPJAKARTA: Luar Batang is one of the Indonesian capital's oldest neighborhoods,...
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Videos show desperation of suspect in Facebook killing
Steve StephensCLEVELAND: The suspect in the random killing of a retiree posted on Facebook made his living mentoring teens in Cleveland, but his life appeared to be unraveling under the weight of gambling debts and trouble with his girlfriend. Rambling videos he shared showed his despair, saying he was out of options and wanted to kill as many innocent people as he could. While authorities have not found any evidence that he killed anyone else,...
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Australia toughens foreign worker visas
SYDNEY: Australia will abolish a temporary work visa popular with foreigners and replace it with a new program requiring better English-language and job skills, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said yesterday. Turnbull, struggling with poor voter approval ratings, rejected suggestions the visa policy change was in response to far-right wing political parties, such as One Nation, demanding more nationalistic policies. But in a Facebook announcement...
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BELFAST: Protestors attend a "unity over division" protest called to oppose an anti immigration demonstration in Northern Ireland on Aug 9, 2024. - AFP
N Ireland violence shocks Muslims amid sectarianism
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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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His Highness Sheikh Salem Al-Ali Al-Sabah
Sheikh Salem Al-Ali passes away
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Drilling Rig (Oriental Phoenix)
Marine region a ‘promising area’ for hydrocarbon resources: KOC
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PARIS: Gold medallists USA pose during the podium ceremony after the women's gold medal basketball match against France during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at the Bercy Arena on Aug 11, 2024. - AFP
US pip China in medals table as Games end