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Trio arrested for trading in banned sexual enhancers
KUWAIT: Residency detectives managed to arrest a gang including three expats for trading with banned sexual enhancers. Case papers indicate that detectives were tipped off about an Arab man selling the enhancers in Sabah Al-Salem. He was later on arrested with possession of some of the merchandise he sold, the Interior Ministry's relations and security media department said in a statement.The suspect led detectives to his source; another expat,...
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Parents of pro-Daesh youth contact Awqaf for help
KUWAIT: Parents of several Kuwaiti youth have informed the Ministry of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs about their concerns that their children are sympathetic to Daesh (the Islamic State) and could be recruited. Reports in the Arabic press noted that the youth include both male and females and that the Awqaf ministry is dealing with this information in secret in order to protect the youth and their families. Citizens who have demonstrated sympathy...
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Expat arrested over queue jumping
KUWAIT: An American expat was detained at Salwa police station for beating a citizen at a supermarket over priority in a line. Shoppers called police who came over and found an injured citizen; who was sent to Mubarak Hospital while the American was detained.Thief soughtCriminal detectives are looking for a person who committed at least 12 thefts, and they are examining tapes from surveillance cameras attached outside one of the houses he robbed....
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Liquor traders arrested
KUWAIT: Farwaniya detectives arrested three Bangladeshis with 190 homebrewed liquor bottles who were selling them to bachelors. A source said information had it that three Bangladeshis are active in distributing liquor so they were placed under surveillance then caught in the act. They were sent to concerned authorities. - Translated from the Arabic press
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Kidnapping investigated
KUWAIT: Interior Ministry authorities are investigating a kidnapping and beating in which four people were involved. A citizen who works at the interior ministry went to Al-Waha police station with a medical report, alleging that his son, who is a student, had been kidnapped while waiting in front of his uncle's house. An Indian man who works as a driver for the neighbors pulled the boy into his sponsor's house, where the sponsor's brother, his...
ISTANBUL: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan greets supporters during his visit to the Eyup Sultan Mosque yesterday, a day after his victory in a national referendum to change the constitution. - AFP
Erdogan slams criticism of Turkish referendum
Amir congratulates president ISTANBUL: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan greets supporters during his visit to the Eyup Sultan Mosque yesterday, a day after his victory in a national referendum to change the constitution. - AFPANKARA: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan yesterday angrily rejected criticism by international monitors of a referendum granting him extra powers that was disputed by the opposition and exposed bitter divisions...
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Layoffs, 'digital transformation' at The National
DUBAI: A state-backed newspaper in the United Arab Emirates that was bought by an Emirati who oversees the English football club Manchester City is undergoing layoffs, those with knowledge of the firings said yesterday. They told AP that staffers at The National were informed Sunday they had been let go. They spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity for fear of repercussions. It wasn't clear how wide the layoffs were or what specific plans The...
MOSUL: Smoke billows from Mosul’s Old City yesterday, during an offensive by Iraqi security forces to recapture the city from Islamic State (IS) group fighters. — AFP
Iraq's forces fight door-to-door as battles enters seventh month
Drones used to direct air strikes on militants MOSUL: Smoke billows from Mosul’s Old City yesterday, during an offensive by Iraqi security forces to recapture the city from Islamic State (IS) group fighters. — AFPMOSUL: Iraqi forces gained fresh ground in door-to-door fighting in the Old City of Mosul, a military spokesman said yesterday, as the US-backed offensive to capture Islamic State's de facto capital in Iraq entered its seventh month....
PAJU: US Vice President Mike Pence (center) arrives at Camp Bonifas outside of the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ), near the border village of Panmunjom, in Paju, South Korea yesterday. — AP
'Era of strategic patience is over,' N Korea warned
US Vice President visits highly fortified DMZ PAJU: US Vice President Mike Pence (center) arrives at Camp Bonifas outside of the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ), near the border village of Panmunjom, in Paju, South Korea yesterday. — APSEOUL: US Vice President Mike Pence put North Korea on notice yesterday neither the United States nor South Korea would tolerate further missile and nuclear tests, with US attacks in Syria and Afghanistan showing its...
ALEPPO: This frame grab from video shows rebel gunmen at the site of a blast that damaged several buses and vans at the Rashideen area, a rebel-controlled district outside Aleppo city, Syria. —AP
Over 120 Syrians killed in bus bombing during swap
For evacuees, bus bombing a tragic end to tragic dealBEIRUT: Mothers Noha, a Shiite, and Samira, a Sunni, were besieged for nearly two years on each side of Syria's civil war. At the weekend they finally escaped the suffocating blockades under an evacuation agreement - but their ordeal was not over. As they waited at two transit points miles apart outside Aleppo, a bomb attack hit Noha's bus convoy, killing more than 120 people including dozens...
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Suspected acid attack in a London nightclub
LONDON: Twelve people were injured when a corrosive substance was sprayed inside a packed London nightclub, police and fire services said, amid a sharp rise in acid attacks in Britain’s capital. Two of the victims, both men in their twenties, are in a “serious but stable condition” and 10 others suffered “minor injuries”, police said in a statement.A London Fire Brigade spokesman said an “unknown corrosive substance” was thrown in...
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United Airlines removes a couple amid outrage
NEW YORK: An engaged couple were removed from a United Airlines flight to Costa Rica, as the airline remained under scrutiny following outrage caused by a video last week of a passenger being forcibly removed from a flight. According to the couple, who said they were en route to get married, a federal marshal had escorted them from the plane before take-off from Houston, Texas, but United denied this on Sunday, saying in a statement that neither...
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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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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
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Saudi Arabia’s Minister of Investment Khalid Al-Falih
Saudi Cabinet approves new investment law