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The 2017 Arab Summit
Muna Al Fuzai The 28th Arab Summit, which was held on March 29 in Jordan, concluded its meetings with a closing statement that is worth examining. Twenty-two member countries of the Arab League participated in this summit, except for Syria, which has been suspended by the League since 2011. The summit was due to be held in Yemen, but because of the political situation there, the summit was shifted to Jordan. The summit's discussions do not...
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Municipality employee arrested for taking bribes
KUWAIT: A 43-year-old citizen working for Kuwait Municipality was recently arrested for taking bribes. Security sources said the case came to light when an Egyptian representative of a restaurant company applied to renew the license of one of the restaurant’s branches in Ardhiya.The suspect - a food inspector - immediately told him that the application could not be approved because there were a number of violations, which was rejected by the...
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Mentally disturbed kidnapped and raped
KUWAIT: A citizen was arrested for forcing a mentally-disturbed citizen to join him in abducting a Filipino from Salmiya. He took him to an isolated area in Abdullah Mubarak where he beat him, robbed his tablet and KD 30 and sexually assaulted him before dumping him on the street. The victim reported the matter, giving detectives a full description of the suspect and his vehicle.Drug abuseA citizen and a Syrian were arrested for driving their...
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Man arrested for police impersonation, theft
KUWAIT: A Syrian man was arrested in Salmiya for multiple robberies and impersonating as a police detective, said security sources. Case papers indicate that several expats reported being robbed by someone dressed in a dishdasha, who stopped them claiming to be a police detective before he robbed them. One of the victims, a 57-year-old Asian running a laundry, reported that the suspect stopped him and asked for his ID, then pretended to check on...
This is file photo - Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump (L) meets with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi at the Plaza Hotel on 19 September 2016 in New York (AFP)
Trump to meet 'fantastic guy' Sisi
Washington 'reboots' Egypt ties after years of tension This is file photo - US President Donald Trump (L) meets with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi at the Plaza Hotel on 19 September 2016 in New York (AFP)CAIRO: Egypt's President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi meets his counterpart and admirer Donald Trump in Washington tomorrow for a "reboot" of relations following years of tension with the American president's predecessor. The former reality...
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Boko Haram kidnaps 22
KANO: Boko Haram Islamists have abducted 22 girls and women in two separate raids in northeast Nigeria, residents and vigilantes said. In the first attack on Thursday, the jihadists raided the village of Pulka near border with Cameroon where they kidnapped 18 girls.“Boko Haram fighters from Mamman Nur camp arrived in pickup vans around 6:00 am and seized 14 young girls aged 17 and below while residents fled into the bush,” a Pulka community...
GREATER NOIDA: African students greet each other after Friday prayers in Greater Noida, India. Tens of thousands of Africans live and study in India, and newly built suburbs like Greater Noida especially draw students because they are home to several sprawling private universities. But prejudice and racism are near-constants for Africans in the country. —AP
Brothers recount Indian mob attacks
GREATER NOIDA: African students greet each other after Friday prayers in Greater Noida, India. Tens of thousands of Africans live and study in India, and newly built suburbs like Greater Noida especially draw students because they are home to several sprawling private universities. But prejudice and racism are near-constants for Africans in the country. —APGREATER NOIDA: The Amalawa brothers were wandering through a mall in a New Delhi suburb...
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Tehran rejects US terror allegation, blames Saudi
DUBAI: Iran rejected an allegation by US Defense Secretary James Mattis that it was "the primary exporter of terrorism" and said yesterday that the main source was US ally Saudi Arabia. "Some countries led by America are determined to ignore the main source of Takfiri-Wahhabi terrorism and extremism," foreign ministry spokesman Bahram Ghasemi was quoted by Iran's state news agency IRNA as saying.He was referring to hardline Sunni Muslim groups...
TUNIS: Photo shows the abandoned headquarters of ousted Tunisian president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali’s Constitutional Democratic Rally party (RDC) in central Tunis. The make-over of the former RDC headquarters is nearly complete and it will soon be operational - hosting three ministries. —AFP
Tunisians irked over civil liberties
Activists fume over 'oppressive and backward' laws TUNIS: Photo shows the abandoned headquarters of ousted Tunisian president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali’s Constitutional Democratic Rally party (RDC) in central Tunis. The make-over of the former RDC headquarters is nearly complete and it will soon be operational - hosting three ministries. —AFPTUNIS: Tunisian activists say they are frustrated by the slow progress on reforms to improve civil...
ASUNCION: Photo shows the damages in the Congress building, set on fire by demonstrators protesting against the approval of a constitutional amendment for presidential reelection yesterday. — AFP
Angry protesters storm Paraguay congress over controversial bill
Right-wing president seeks another term in office ASUNCION: Photo shows the damages in the Congress building, set on fire by demonstrators protesting against the approval of a constitutional amendment for presidential reelection yesterday. — AFPASUNCION: Furious protesters stormed Paraguay's legislature, ransacked lawmakers' offices and set fires after senators approved a law allowing the country's president to be re-elected. The unrest late on...
BEIJING: Cyclists ride past a mural depicting Beijing city landmarks in a former industrial area that has been converted to an arts district in Beijing yesterday. —AP
Muslims in Xinjiang face restrictions on Islamic dress
Terror threats transform Uighur heartland into a security state BEIJING: Cyclists ride past a mural depicting Beijing city landmarks in a former industrial area that has been converted to an arts district in Beijing yesterday. —APKASHGAR: Three times a day, alarms ring out through the streets of China's ancient Silk Road city of Kashgar, and shopkeepers rush out of their stores swinging government-issued wooden clubs. In mandatory anti-terror...
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India highways run dry after court liquor ban
NEW DELHI: Thousands of liquor outlets along India's national and state highways closed after a Supreme Court order kicked in yesterday in an attempt to reduce drunken driving on the world's deadliest roads. The top court set the April 1 deadline in December barring liquor shops from operating within a range of 500 meters from India's highways, where 17 traffic accident deaths occur every hour. On Friday the court dismissed a slew of petitions...
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