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Kuwait reigns at the Sixth International Grand Prix

Sixth International Grand PrixKUWAIT: HH the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah Sixth International Grand Prix came to a close on Thursday at Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Olympic Shooting Complex with the participation of more than 650 shooters. Kuwait topped the medals table with a total of 20 (7 gold, 6 silver, 7 bronze), seconded by Saudi Arabia with 9 medals (4 gold, 2 silver, 3 bronze). Qatar took the third position with (2 gold, 6...

French presidential election candidate for the right-wing Les Republicains (LR) party Francois Fillon (C) stands on stage at the end of his public meeting in Charleville-Mezieres, northeastern France, on February 2, 2017. French presidential hopeful Francois Fillon was fighting to keep his campaign alive on February 2 as a TV interview with his wife added fuel to a fake job scandal and some members of his party openly plotted to replace him. / AFP / FranÁois NASCIMBENI

France's far-right ups attacks on scandal-hit, hopeful Fillon

French presidential election candidate for the right-wing Les Republicains (LR) party Francois Fillon (C) stands on stage at the end of his public meeting in Charleville-Mezieres, northeastern France, on February 2, 2017. French presidential hopeful Francois Fillon was fighting to keep his campaign alive on February 2 as a TV interview with his wife added fuel to a fake job scandal and some members of his party openly plotted to replace him....

German Chancellor Angela Merkel arrives for an EU summit, in Valletta, Malta, Friday, Feb. 3, 2017. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

EU leaders say Trump a worry as rhetoric becomes policy

German Chancellor Angela Merkel arrives for an EU summit, in Valletta, Malta, Friday, Feb. 3, 2017. -AP VALLETTA: European Union leaders yesterday sought a common stand on US President Donald Trump, now that they increasingly fear that campaign rhetoric will be turned into policy and further tear their troubled bloc apart. At a summit in Malta, several of the 28 leaders highlighted the fundamental gap between the EU position and how Trump wants...

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The long, arduous trek to find the American Dream

Buta Singh (2nd L), a Punjabi asylum seeker, is pictured with his nephew Sahibjot Singh, 5, and sister Davinder Kaur at their home in Kent, Washington, on January 11, 2017. In spring 2013, Buta Singh, a 34-year-old Sikh from Punjab, India, fled his homeland for fear of religious and political persecution, hoping for a new start in the United States. It has proved a bewilderingly long and brutal quest, with no immediate end in sight and new US...

US President Donald Trump and others wait for a policy and strategy forum with executives in the State Dining Room of the White House February 3, 2017 in Washington, DC. / AFP / Brendan Smialowski

Trump rolling back key reforms

US President Donald Trump and others wait for a policy and strategy forum with executives in the State Dining Room of the White House February 3, 2017 in Washington, DC. - AFP WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump took the first step yesterday to undoing key reforms enacted after the 2008 financial crisis, aiming to scale back toughened regulations on the banking industry. The initiative aims to scrap parts of the so-called Dodd-Frank law, which...

US Defense Secretary James Mattis (R) attends an honour guard ceremony with his South Korean counterpart Han Min-Koo (L) at the Defense Ministry in Seoul on February 3, 2017. Mattis was in the South Korean capital before going on to Tokyo, on the first overseas tour by a senior Trump administration official as concerns rise about the direction of US policy in the region under the protectionist and fiery leader. / AFP / Ed JONES

US Defense Chief Mattis reassures Japan, S Korea

US Defense Secretary James Mattis (R) attends an honour guard ceremony with his South Korean counterpart Han Min-Koo (L) at the Defense Ministry in Seoul on February 3, 2017. Mattis was in the South Korean capital before going on to Tokyo, on the first overseas tour by a senior Trump administration official as concerns rise about the direction of US policy in the region under the protectionist and fiery leader. -AFP TOKYO: US Defense Secretary...

University of California at Berkeley police guard the building where Breitbart News editor Milo Yiannopoulos was to speak Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2017, in Berkeley, Calif. A small group of people with their faces covered broke windows, hurled fireworks at police officers and threw smoke bombs, prompting UC Berkeley officials to cancel Yiannopoulos's talk Wednesday evening. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)

Trump slams university, threatens to revoke funds

University of California at Berkeley police guard the building where Breitbart News editor Milo Yiannopoulos was to speak Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2017, in Berkeley, Calif. A small group of people with their faces covered broke windows, hurled fireworks at police officers and threw smoke bombs, prompting UC Berkeley officials to cancel Yiannopoulos's talk Wednesday evening. -AP LOS ANGELES: President Donald Trump threatened Thursday to withdraw...

KUWAIT: His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah headed the 113th (1-2017) meeting of the Supreme Council of petroleum at Seif Palace yesterday. During the meeting, participants discussed items on the agenda. — KUNA

Lawmaker proposes exit visa for expats

'Population session' fails to take place; no quorum KUWAIT: His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah headed the 113th (1-2017) meeting of the Supreme Council of petroleum at Seif Palace yesterday. During the meeting, participants discussed items on the agenda. — KUNAKUWAIT: Kuwaiti MP Majed Al-Mutairi yesterday proposed an amendment to the labor law in the private sector stipulating that expatriates must obtain an...

KUWAIT: (From left) Ali Khaja, Dr Ghadeer Aseri, Dr Adel Al-Damkhi, Soad Al-Atiqi and Alia Al-Khalid are pictured during the symposium held at the Women Cultural and Social Society. — Photo by Joseph Shagra

Our problem is corruption - not the expats

Symposium on 'Argument on Demographics' KUWAIT: (From left) Ali Khaja, Dr Ghadeer Aseri, Dr Adel Al-Damkhi, Soad Al-Atiqi and Alia Al-Khalid are pictured during the symposium held at the Women Cultural and Social Society. — Photo by Joseph ShagraKUWAIT: The Women Cultural Society held a symposium on the 'Argument on Demographics' at its premises in Khaldiya on Wednesday. The issue has been highlighted frequently in recent times, particularly by...

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Muna Al Fuzai Last week I raised the topic of animals that are abandoned on the streets by their owners or market vendors. This week, I feel obliged to call for 'saving' expats, after a Kuwait Times reader asked me a question over a situation he and many others face daily. He said and I quote: "We expats do not even know where to complain or what to complain about. I live in Farwaniya, where traffic police entered a dilapidated side street...

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Kuwaitis 'not affected' by US travel ban

WASHINGTON: Kuwaiti Ambassador to the US Sheikh Salem Abdullah Al-Jaber Al-Sabah stressed that the US administration's travel ban will not affect Kuwaiti citizens who wish to travel to the United States. Sheikh Salem Al-Abdullah even encouraged Kuwaitis to resume their plans to visit the US as usual. However, he advised them to abide by the US authorities' laws and regulations. The US administration temporary travel ban includes: Iraq, Iran,...

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Police hunt suspects in niqabs

KUWAIT: A search is in progress for two women wearing niqabs seen on a surveillance camera stealing a female citizen's purse at a shopping center in Ogaila, security sources said. Case papers indicate that on discovering her purse was missing, the woman told her husband who asked to check the cameras. The tapes showed one woman distracting the victim while the other reached into her handbag to steal the purse, before both fled.Shooting incident...

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