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'Protectors' of virtue and decency
They are calling for hijab and fight women who are not wearing veils. They call for gender-based segregation at schools from kindergarten through to university. They call for virtue, decency and dignity. They ask parents to prevent their daughters from flaunting, urging their women to dress in heavy, all-covering clothes. It would be better if they take after Taliban. They hate the woman and call, both secretly and openly, for her to remain at...
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Fake doctor arrested
KUWAIT: Criminal detectives arrested an Asian man in Khaitan who practiced medicine for five years without license. The suspect gave diagnoses and prescriptions to patients to patients, according to his statements made during questioning.Furthermore, the man admitted that he carried out several abortions for expatriate women who got pregnant out of wedlock. The suspect was placed under surveillance after detectives received information about his...
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Police officer forged investigation's report
KUWAIT: The criminal court sentenced a police officer and a citizen to five years in jail, and relieved the officer from his duties. The two were convicted of forging a drug case investigation's report. The officer, who was commissioned to carry out the investigations and write a report on it, entered the house of the suspects in the case without permission, taking advantage of his job, and arrested two people contrary to what the law stipulates....
PUTRAJAYA: A hospital van is escorted by a police vehicle as it leaves the hospital forensic department in Putrajaya, Malaysia yesterday. Kim Jong Nam, 46, was targeted Monday, Feb. 14, 2017, in a shopping concourse at Kuala Lumpur International Airport, Malaysia, and died on the way to the hospital, according to a Malaysian government official. —AP
Woman arrested over N Korean killing
Kim half-brother pleaded for his life - N Koreans try to stop autopsy PUTRAJAYA: A hospital van is escorted by a police vehicle as it leaves the hospital forensic department in Putrajaya, Malaysia yesterday. Kim Jong Nam, 46, was targeted Monday, Feb. 14, 2017, in a shopping concourse at Kuala Lumpur International Airport, Malaysia, and died on the way to the hospital, according to a Malaysian government official. —APKUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian...
MOSUL: Members from the ‘Rebirth Generation’, an Internet born group of Iraqi youths who are trying to revive the embattled city of Mosul, pose for a photo as they organize an event to mark Valentine’s Day at a school in the eastern part of Mosul on February 14, 2017. Valentine’s Day returned to the eastern sector of the Iraqi city of Mosul from where the Islamic State group was expelled last month, at least for a group of enthusiastic schoolchildren. —AFP
West Mosul eating once a day and bracing for worse
MOSUL: Members from the ‘Rebirth Generation’, an Internet born group of Iraqi youths who are trying to revive the embattled city of Mosul, pose for a photo as they organize an event to mark Valentine’s Day at a school in the eastern part of Mosul on February 14, 2017. Valentine’s Day returned to the eastern sector of the Iraqi city of Mosul from where the Islamic State group was expelled last month, at least for a group of enthusiastic...
WOODRUFF: The shipping container that an abducted woman was held in for two months is removed from Todd Kohlhepp’s property in Woodruff, SC. — AP
Woman chained in metal container says captor ‘bragged about killing’
WOODRUFF: The shipping container that an abducted woman was held in for two months is removed from Todd Kohlhepp’s property in Woodruff, SC. — APCOLUMBIA: A South Carolina woman who spent two months chained inside a large metal container says her captor raped her daily and bragged that he was good at killing, claiming that his victims tallied nearly 100. Kala Brown says she did what she had to do to survive. "He told me as long as I served...
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German authorities raid homes of Turkish imams
Muslim preachers suspects of spying for ErdoganBERLIN: German police yesterday searched the homes of four Turkish Muslim preachers on suspicion they spied for President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's government, officials said. The imams are accused of reporting on Turkish followers of US-based Islamic preacher Fethullah Gulen, who Erdogan blames for last July's failed coup attempt against him. The four imams allegedly passed on information through the...
MAWLAMYINE: Photo shows 14-year old Khin Khin Tun with deep scars on her back at Mawlamyine, some 300 kms southeast of Yangon. —AFP
'There was a lot of blood': Myanmar sisters scarred by abuse
MAWLAMYINE: Photo shows 14-year old Khin Khin Tun with deep scars on her back at Mawlamyine, some 300 kms southeast of Yangon. —AFPMAWLAMYINE: Khin Khin Tun's back is a patchwork of burns, searing memories she says from when her former employer poured two flasks of boiling water over her flesh-one for each orange she was accused of stealing. The 14-year-old and her sister spent years working as domestic helpers in the city of Mawlamyine,...
CHITTAGONG: Workers look on as Malaysian ship Nautical Aliya, with relief aid for Rohingya Muslims, is unloaded as she sits moored at the port of Chittagong. —AFP
How Rohingya girls become child brides in Malaysia
Sold into marriage CHITTAGONG: Workers look on as Malaysian ship Nautical Aliya, with relief aid for Rohingya Muslims, is unloaded as she sits moored at the port of Chittagong. —AFPKUALA LUMPUR: The slight girl in a turquoise headscarf held back tears as she recalled what happened when she fled to Malaysia from Myanmar's violence-hit Rakhine state. Just 12-years-old at the time, she was forced to wed a man she did not know, and who was more...
SRIHARIKOTA, India: Onlookers watch the launch of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C37) yesterday. - AFP
India puts 104 satellites in orbit
SRIHARIKOTA, India: Onlookers watch the launch of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C37) yesterday. - AFPSRIHARIKOTA, India: India successfully put a record 104 satellites from a single rocket into orbit on Wednesday in the latest triumph for its famously frugal space program. Celebrations erupted among scientists at the southern spaceport of Sriharikota as the head of India's Space Research...
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8 killed in knife attack in China
BEIJING: Eight people were killed in a knife attack on a crowd in China's restive Xinjiang region, including three assailants who were gunned down by police, local officials said yesterday. Ten other people were injured in the attack Tuesday evening in Pishan county, according to an announcement issued by the government of the nearby city of Hotan. Police sped to the scene within a minute of the attack, which remains under investigation, the...
MADRID: Real Madrid's Cristiano Ronaldo jumps for the ball during the Champions League round of 16, first leg, soccer match between Real Madrid and Napoli at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium in Madrid, yesterday. – AP
Real Madrid bounce back to beat Napoli
MADRID: Real Madrid's Cristiano Ronaldo jumps for the ball during the Champions League round of 16, first leg, soccer match between Real Madrid and Napoli at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium in Madrid, yesterday. – APMADRID:  Real Madrid shrugged off conceding an early away goal to take a huge step towards a seventh straight Champions League quarter-final as goals from Karim Benzema, Toni Kroos and Casemiro sealed a 3-1 win over Napoli...
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DHAKA: Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus (center) takes the oath of office as the chief adviser of Bangladesh's new interim government, administered by President Mohammed Shahabuddin (left) on August 8, 2024. - AFP
Yunus sworn in as Bangladesh leader
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GAZA: Palestinians surround bodies lying on the ground at the Al-Maamadani hospital after they were killed in a Zionist strike on a school used as a refuge by displaced Palestinians in Gaza City on Aug 8, 2024. - AFP
Iran says Zionists seeking war
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Abdullah Al-Sanousi
Digital nomads: New-age employees freely roaming around ever-changing job market
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Minister of Information and Bahrain's Minister of Tourism sign an executive program of tourism cooperation agreement for 2024, 2025, and 2026. – KUNA photos
Kuwait and Bahrain ink executive program for tourism cooperation
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KUWAIT: Workers take shelter from the sun under a tree in Kuwait City amidst a heatwave. - Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat
‘Inadequate’ heat protection for Gulf migrant workers