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Indonesia's President Joko Widodo (L) presents a photo album with images from their meeting in Bogor the day before to Saudi Arabia's King Salman bin Abdul Aziz in Jakarta on March 3, 2017. Salman is leading a 1,000-strong delegation, including princes and ministers, on the first visit by a Saudi Arabian monarch to the world's most populous Muslim-majority country in almost half a century. - AFPJAKARTA: Saudi Arabia's King Salman has embraced...

KUWAIT: Walid Al-Khabizi, the Assistant ForeignnMinister for Europe Affairs (right) and BulgariannAmbassador to Kuwait Boris Borissov cut the ceremony’s cake. —Photos by Joseph Shagra

Electronic passport helps Kuwait's Schengen visa waiver bid: official

KUWAIT: Walid Al-Khabizi, the Assistant Foreign Minister for Europe Affairs (right) and Bulgarian Ambassador to Kuwait Boris Borissov cut the ceremony’s cake. —Photos by Joseph ShagraKUWAIT: Kuwait's adoption of the e-passport system will hopefully help prepare the ground for exempting Kuwaiti nationals from visa requirements in the Schengen Area, a Kuwaiti official said. The e-passport system is one of the EU technical requirements for a...

TOPSHOT - Atletico Madrid's forward Fernando Torres lies on the field after loosing a chance to score during the Spanish league football match RC Deportivo de la Coruna vs Club Atletico de Madrid at the Municipal de Riazor stadium in La Coruna on March 2, 2017. / AFP / MIGUEL RIOPA

Torres suffers head trauma in collision

TOPSHOT - Atletico Madrid's forward Fernando Torres lies on the field after loosing a chance to score during the Spanish league football match RC Deportivo de la Coruna vs Club Atletico de Madrid at the Municipal de Riazor stadium in La Coruna on March 2, 2017. - AFP BARCELONA: Sevilla moved within two points of La Liga leaders Barcelona with a 1-0 home win over Athletic Bilbao on Thursday, while Atletico Madrid's Fernando Torres was knocked...

TOPSHOT - A member of the Jordanian armed forces carries a toddler from the informal Rukban camp, which lies in no-man's-land off the border between Syria and Jordan in the remote northeast, through the rain outside a UN-operated medical clinic immediately on the Jordanian-side on March 1, 2017.nConditions in the Rukban camp deteriorated sharply after Jordan sealed its border almost a year prior, following a cross-border jihadist attack that killed seven Jordanian border guards in June 2016. / AFP PHOTO / KHALIL MAZRAAWI

Trapped Syrians tell of misery in no man's land

TOPSHOT - A member of the Jordanian armed forces carries a toddler from the informal Rukban camp, which lies in no-man's-land off the border between Syria and Jordan in the remote northeast, through the rain outside a UN-operated medical clinic immediately on the Jordanian-side on March 1, 2017.Conditions in the Rukban camp deteriorated sharply after Jordan sealed its border almost a year prior, following a cross-border jihadist attack that...

In this photograph taken on February 3, 2017, Nepalese women Pabitra Giri (L) and Yum Kumari Giri (R) sit by a fire as they live in a Chhaupadi hut during their menstruation period in Surkhet District, some 520km west of Kathmandu. The practice of banning women from the home when they are menstruating is linked to Hinduism and considers women untouchable at this time. They are banished from the home -- barred from touching food, religious icons, cattle and men -- and forced into a monthly exile sleeping in basic huts. Chhaupadi was banned a decade ago, but new legislation currently before parliament will criminalise the practice, making it a jailable offence to force a women to follow the ritual. - TO GO WITH AFP STORY: Nepal-women-religion-society, FEATURE by Annabel SYMINGTONn / AFP / PRAKASH MATHEMA / TO GO WITH AFP STORY: Nepal-women-religion-society, FEATURE by Annabel SYMINGTON

Hindu ritual forces Nepali women into monthly exile

In this photograph taken on February 3, 2017, Nepalese women Pabitra Giri (L) and Yum Kumari Giri (R) sit by a fire as they live in a Chhaupadi hut during their menstruation period in Surkhet District, some 520km west of Kathmandu. The practice of banning women from the home when they are menstruating is linked to Hinduism and considers women untouchable at this time. They are banished from the home -- barred from touching food, religious icons,...

Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi, left, walks with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, while reviewing an honor guard during an official welcome ceremony at the presidential palace in Carthage, near Tunis, Tunisia, Friday March 3, 2017. Merkel visits Tunisia as she tries to press North African governments to better cooperate in Europe's efforts to fight Islamic extremism and illegal migration. (AP Photo/Hassene Dridi)

Tunisia, Germany strike new immigration deal

Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi, left, walks with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, while reviewing an honor guard during an official welcome ceremony at the presidential palace in Carthage, near Tunis, Tunisia, Friday March 3, 2017. Merkel visits Tunisia as she tries to press North African governments to better cooperate in Europe's efforts to fight Islamic extremism and illegal migration. -AP TUNIS: German Chancellor Angela Merkel...

TOPSHOT - North Korean national Ri Jong Chol (C) is escorted with a heavy police presence as he leaves the Sepang police headquaters in Sepang on March 3, 2017. The only North Korean arrested over the dramatic airport assassination of Kim Jong-Nam is to be deported, Malaysia said on March 2, as it announced the abrupt cancellation of a visa-waiver programme with Pyongyang. / AFP / MOHD RASFAN

Frustrated Malaysian police release North Korean suspect

North Korean national Ri Jong Chol (C) is escorted with a heavy police presence as he leaves the Sepang police headquaters in Sepang on March 3, 2017. The only North Korean arrested over the dramatic airport assassination of Kim Jong-Nam is to be deported, Malaysia said on March 2, as it announced the abrupt cancellation of a visa-waiver programme with Pyongyang. -AFPKUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia issued an arrest warrant for a North Korean airline...

In this Feb. 19, 2017, file photo, people carry posters during a rally against President Donald Trump's executive order banning travel from seven Muslim-majority nations, in New York's Times Square. Trump‚Äôs travel ban has been frozen by the courts, but the White House has promised a new executive order that officials say will address concerns raised by judges that have put the policy on hold.nThe first order was met by legal challenges, confusion at airports worldwide and mass protests, but the White House has forecast smoother sailing the second time around. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)

Trump's new travel ban delayed

In this Feb. 19, 2017, file photo, people carry posters during a rally against President Donald Trump's executive order banning travel from seven Muslim-majority nations, in New York's Times Square. Trump‚ travel ban has been frozen by the courts, but the White House has promised a new executive order that officials say will address concerns raised by judges that have put the policy on hold. The first order was met by legal challenges,...

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Planned increases in electricity charges ‘sharply reduced’: MP

KUWAIT: The Electricity and Water Ministry has decided to sharply reduce the planned high increases in electricity charges which were due to be implemented in May, opposition MP Riyadh Al-Adasani said yesterday. Adasani said that he has been officially informed by the Ministry of Electricity and Water in a response to a parliamentary question that the new charges for apartment buildings, affecting mainly expatriates, will now be a maximum of five...

Filipino maid jumps from the 6th floor

.KUWAIT: A Filipina domestic helper has been hospitalized after allegedly jumping from the 6th floor of her sponsor's building. The woman, who spoke with Kuwait Times, claimed that she jumped willingly after her sponsor threatened to call the police. She had been caught stealing KD 110 from her sponsor and she admitted the theft to this reporter. "Only small mistakes, but they'll shout at me and hit me in the face. I know how angry they could...

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17 million gallons of water wasted in 2 days

Muna Al Fuzai Last week I wrote about the national celebrations and predicted that water will be sprayed in the streets, which is a negative phenomenon. The national celebrations have turned into a water festival. What is the connection between the two? Nothing! It is shameful that we celebrated in this fashion a national occasion in which many families remember their loved ones who sacrificed their lives for the nation to protect its land....

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Fugitives escaped from jail arrested - Indecent photo with short clothes asked

KUWAIT: Ahmadi detectives arrested the two fugitives who escaped from Riqqa police station within 24 hours of their escape. The two were located in Meidan Hawally. Their accomplice who helped them escape was also arrested.Indecent photoA security source said a citizen in her 40s told Qadsiya police that a driver attempted to abuse her by asking her indecent mobile photo. According to her, she had a flat tire between Daeya and Qadisiya. She said...

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