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MANILA: Kuwaiti national (2nd left) and Syrian national (2nd right) are escorted by National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) personnel after a press conference in Manila yesterday. — AFP
Philippine deports Kuwaiti IS suspect
MANILA: Kuwaiti national (2nd left) and Syrian national (2nd right) are escorted by National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) personnel after a press conference in Manila yesterday. — AFPMANILA: A Kuwaiti man suspected to be a member of the Islamic State group was yesterday deported by the Philippines to face charges at home, a justice department official said. Hussein Al-Dhafiri, one of the two suspected IS members arrested in the Philippines...
KUWAIT: His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah returns home Thursday evening. —KUNA
Crown Prince returns home
KUWAIT: His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah returns home Thursday evening. —KUNAKUWAIT: Representative of His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah returned home Thursday after partaking in the 2017 King Abdulaziz camel festival.  His Highness was received at Kuwait International Airport by Speaker of the National...
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Customs officers arrest passengers with drugs
KUWAIT: Customs officers at Kuwait International Airport arrested an Arab man in possession of 14 pieces of hashish which he had hidden in empty cigarette packs. The man was taken to the proper authorities to face charges.Meanwhile, Nuwaiseeb land border outlet officers caught a Saudi national in possession of illicit tablets. The tablets were hidden in his car. Customs officers found the drugs after searching the man's vehicle. In other news,...
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Five wounded in shooting spree
KUWAIT: Several people from the same family suffered gunshot wounds following a shooting spree caused by family disputes. According to the police report, a citizen entered his relatives' house and started shooting, injuring five persons including a 12-year-old boy, before people who were in the diwaniya put the man under control and managed to take the pistol away from him. The man managed to escape before police arrived to the scene. The men at...
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Stolen car found two years later
KUWAIT: Detectives managed to locate a vehicle two years after it was reported stolen, and arrested three persons involved in the case. The car was put up for sale by its original Kuwaiti owner two years ago, so a Syrian man approached him to buy it. He asked to test drive it, but when he did, he escaped with it. The owner reported the case at the time, and did not know a thing about it until detectives told him it was found in a Salmiya showroom...
JIDDAH: Children fly kites on the Red Sea beach, in Jiddah, Saudi Arabia. —AFP
Saudi woman’s fear: ‘They will kill me’
JIDDAH: Children fly kites on the Red Sea beach, in Jiddah, Saudi Arabia. —AFPDUBAI: Activists feared yesterday for the safety of a young Saudi woman they say was returned to the kingdom against her will, in a case highlighting tight restrictions on women. Dina Ali Lasloom, 24, intended to flee to Australia to escape a forced marriage, Human Rights Watch cited a Canadian witness as saying. The witness said Lasloom approached her while in...
United's Matteo Darmian, right, leaves behind Anderlecht's Massimo Bruno during a Europa League quarterfinal first leg soccer match between Anderlecht and Manchester United at the Constant Vanden Stock stadium in Brussels, Thursday, April 13, 2017. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)
United denied, violence erupts in Lyon
United's Matteo Darmian, right, leaves behind Anderlecht's Massimo Bruno during a Europa League quarterfinal first leg soccer match between Anderlecht and Manchester United at the Constant Vanden Stock stadium in Brussels, Thursday, April 13, 2017. -APBRUSSELS: Leander Dendoncker struck late to snatch a 1-1 draw for Anderlecht against Manchester United in the first leg of Thursday's Europa League quarter-final, while crowd trouble overshadowed...
Iraqi Christian residents from Qaraqosh (also known as Hamdaniya), some 30 kilometres east of Mosul, take part in a parade on April 9, 2017, as Christians celebrate the first Palm Sunday event in the town since Iraqi forces recaptured it from Islamic State (IS) group jihadists.nQaraqosh, with an overwhelmingly Christian population of around 50,000 before the jihadists took over the area in August 2014, was the largest Christian town in Iraq. / AFP PHOTO / AHMAD GHARABLI
Iraq's Christians return to ransacked town with fear
Iraqi Christian residents from Qaraqosh (also known as Hamdaniya), some 30 kilometres east of Mosul, take part in a parade on April 9, 2017, as Christians celebrate the first Palm Sunday event in the town since Iraqi forces recaptured it from Islamic State (IS) group jihadists. Qaraqosh, with an overwhelmingly Christian population of around 50,000 before the jihadists took over the area in August 2014, was the largest Christian town in Iraq....
FILE - In this July 14, 2016 file photo, police officers stand by medical personnel attending a person on the ground, right, in Nice, southern France, next to the lorry that had been driven into crowds of revelers . With the scars and threat of extremist violence looming over France's presidential election, voters will cast ballots under a state of emergency that is becoming a part of the fabric of French life. (AP Photo, File)
Fears, scars of extremism loom over French presidential vote
FILE - In this July 14, 2016 file photo, police officers stand by medical personnel attending a person on the ground, right, in Nice, southern France, next to the lorry that had been driven into crowds of revelers . With the scars and threat of extremist violence looming over France's presidential election, voters will cast ballots under a state of emergency that is becoming a part of the fabric of French life. - AP PARIS: The scars of...
Supporters of the 'NO' vote waving flags and sing songs during campaigning in Istanbul, ahead of the upcoming referendum, Friday, April 14, 2017. Turkey is heading to an April 16 contentious referendum on constitutional reforms to expand Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's powers. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)
Stability or autocracy? - Turkey divided over key referendum
Supporters of the 'NO' vote waving flags and sing songs during campaigning in Istanbul, ahead of the upcoming referendum, Friday, April 14, 2017. Turkey is heading to an April 16 contentious referendum on constitutional reforms to expand Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's powers. -AP  ANKARA: Turkey is heading toward a historic referendum on a new political system that could change the course of its history - and it has the country...
President Donald Trump waves as he boards Air Force One, Thursday, April 13, 2017, in Andrews Air Force Base, Md., en route to Palm Beach International Airport, in West Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
Why Trump the trade critic offering outstretched hand
President Donald Trump waves as he boards Air Force One, Thursday, April 13, 2017, in Andrews Air Force Base, Md., en route to Palm Beach International Airport, in West Palm Beach, Fla. -AP WASHINGTON: What happened to Donald Trump the "America First" trade warrior? This week, Trump abandoned a campaign vow to label China a currency manipulator. Two weeks ago, his administration proposed a mild rewrite of the North American Free Trade...
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LONDON: Police officers stand guard outside the East London Mosque after Friday prayers in Tower Hamlets in London on August 9, 2024. — AFP
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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