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Woman killed, 2 hurt in Salmi road crash

KUWAIT: A female citizen was instantly killed and two others were severely injured when their vehicle flipped and rolled over several times yesterday morning along Al-Salmi highway. Security sources said the vehicle had to be cut open to free the two injured women.Separately, two people were severely injured when their vehicles collided at a road junction in Mubarak Al-Kabeer, said security sources, noting that both vehicles had to be cut open...

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Trump calls Amir, invites exchanged

KUWAIT: HH the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah received a phone call from US President Donald Trump Thursday evening. The Amir congratulated Trump on his election victory and assumption of the top US post, wishing him full success in his mission, a statement by the Amir Diwan said. During their conversation, the two leaders discussed the deeply-rooted and distinguished relations between the two friendly countries.They expressed...

KUWAIT: Revelers take part in the Hala February 2017 carnival in Salmiya as the annual festival got off to a colorful start yesterday. — Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat

Hala February kicks off with a bang

KUWAIT: Revelers take part in the Hala February 2017 carnival in Salmiya as the annual festival got off to a colorful start yesterday. — Photo by Yasser Al-ZayyatKUWAIT: Hala February 2017 Carnival kicked off yesterday as Kuwaitis, expatriates joined the colorful parade. Some government ministries, agencies and foreign embassies participated in the parade. The Hala February Festival is aimed at promoting tourism as lots of people from GCC...

Kuwait Finance House (KFH) exertednremarkable efforts to raise the environmentalnawareness in the community in annattempt to keep the environment safe,nhealthy and clean

KFH raises environmental awareness

KUWAIT: Kuwait Finance House (KFH) exerted remarkable efforts to raise the environmental awareness in the community in an attempt to keep the environment safe, healthy and clean. This comes in collaboration with the concerned authorities such as the Environmental Mabarrah and Kuwait Dive Team. KFH participated in the launch of the implementation phase of the plastic bottles recycling environmental project (Omnia) as an environmental partner and...

India's captain Virat Kohli, left, hugs teammate Wriddhiman Saha after scoring a double century during the second day of a cricket test match against Bangladesh in Hyderabad, India, Friday, Feb. 10, 2017. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)

India pummels Bangladesh on second day

India's captain Virat Kohli, left, hugs teammate Wriddhiman Saha after scoring a double century during the second day of a cricket test match against Bangladesh in Hyderabad, India, Friday, Feb. 10, 2017. -AP HYDERABAD: Another Virat Kohli double century powered India to a record total against Bangladesh in the one-off Test in Hyderabad yesterday-but only after he had to be persuaded to challenge his dismissal. In reply, Bangladesh were 41 for...

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Syrian Arab women battle IS, social stigma

Jihan Cheikh Ahmad (L), spokeswoman for the "Wrath of Euphrates" campaign and an Arab commander in the Syrian Democratic Forces, made up of US-backed Kurdish and Arab fighters, talks with other fighters near the village of al-Torshan, 20 km on the outskirts of Raqa on February 6, 2017. Unlike Syria's Kurds, who have emphasised gender equality in both their militias and nascent autonomous governing institutions in north and northeast Syria, the...

Iranian school girls wave national flags during an annual rally commemorating the anniversary of the 1979 Islamic revolution, which toppled the late pro-U.S. Shah, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, in Tehran, Iran, Friday, Feb. 10, 2017. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

Iranians march against Trump threats on revolution day

Iranian school girls wave national flags during an annual rally commemorating the anniversary of the 1979 Islamic revolution, which toppled the late pro-U.S. Shah, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, in Tehran, Iran, Friday, Feb. 10, 2017. (AP TEHRAN: Millions of Iranians marched on the anniversary of the 1979 Islamic revolution yesterday in what the president described as a response to the new US administration and a rejection of "threatening language"....

FILE - In this Feb. 4, 2017, file photo, Indians stand in a queue to cast their votes outside a polling station in Amritsar, in the northern Indian state of Punjab. At 1.3 billion people, India is the world's largest and arguably the most chaotic democracy. Elections are a complicated logistical exercise that blends colorful pageantry with more serious political issues. Five key states, Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Goa, Manipur and Uttarakhand are currently in the middle of elections to choose local legislatures. The voting began Feb. 4 and ends on March 8. Votes from all state polls will be counted on March 11. (AP Photo/Prabhjot Gill)

Freebies, symbols, funding: India's key election features

FILE - In this Feb. 4, 2017, file photo, Indians stand in a queue to cast their votes outside a polling station in Amritsar, in the northern Indian state of Punjab. At 1.3 billion people, India is the world's largest and arguably the most chaotic democracy. Elections are a complicated logistical exercise that blends colorful pageantry with more serious political issues. Five key states, Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Goa, Manipur and Uttarakhand are...

A portrait of Mikhail Tolstykh, a leading commander of the self-declared Donetsk People's Republic, is carried during his funeral ceremony in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk on February 10, 2017. Thousands of Ukrainians stood in line with flowers on in the separatist fiefdom of Donetsk to bid farewell to the field commander who was slain in a rocket attack on his office. Kiev and the insurgents have traded blame for the death of Mikhail Tolstykh with investigators saying a portable rocket launcher was fired at his office in a suburb of Donetsk on Wednesday morning.n / AFP / Aleksey FILIPPOV

Ukraine's rebel region bids farewell to slain warlord

A portrait of Mikhail Tolstykh, a leading commander of the self-declared Donetsk People's Republic, is carried during his funeral ceremony in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk on February 10, 2017. Thousands of Ukrainians stood in line with flowers on in the separatist fiefdom of Donetsk to bid farewell to the field commander who was slain in a rocket attack on his office. Kiev and the insurgents have traded blame for the death of Mikhail...

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Two drug suspects nabbed

KUWAIT: Jahra police arrested two citizens with five envelopes of shabu. One of them was also wanted to serve a jail sentence. The arrest was made in Saad Al-Abdullah, and both suspects were under the influence of drugs. They were sent to concerned authorities.18 bottles of liquorA Bangladeshi was caught with 18 imported bottles of liquor. The suspect was known for selling imported liquor, and asked to meet his customers in Mina Abdulla, where he...

A motorist rides past the wreckage of a truck partially buried under the mud following a landslide in Songan village on Bali island, Indonesia, Friday, Feb 10, 2017. A number of people including young children were killed in the landslides on the tourist island that wiped out several homes, Indonesia's disaster mitigation agency said. (AP Photo)

12 dead in landslides on Indonesia's Bali

A motorist rides past the wreckage of a truck partially buried under the mud following a landslide in Songan village on Bali island, Indonesia, Friday, Feb 10, 2017. A number of people including young children were killed in the landslides on the tourist island that wiped out several homes, Indonesia's disaster mitigation agency said. -AP JAKARTA: Twelve Indonesians, including three children, have been killed on the holiday island of Bali after...

TOPSHOT - An activist holds an anti-US banner during a protest in front of the US embassy in Manila on February 10, 2017. The protesters denounced the immigration and refugee restrictions recently imposed by US President Donald Trump. / AFP / Noel CELIS

US appeals court rules against Trump on travel ban

An activist holds an anti-US banner during a protest in front of the US embassy in Manila on February 10, 2017. The protesters denounced the immigration and refugee restrictions recently imposed by US President Donald Trump. - AFPLOS ANGELES: A US court on Thursday unanimously refused to reinstate Donald Trump's ban on refugees and nationals from seven Muslim-majority countries, dealing the new president and his controversial law-and-order...

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