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Kuwaiti royal’s jail term upheld for insulting Amir
KUWAIT: A Kuwaiti appeals court yesterday upheld a three-year prison sentence for a member of the ruling family on charges of insulting His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah and other royals in the Gulf state. Sheikh Abdullah Salem Al- Sabah was handed the jail term in September. Both he and the public prosecution appealed.The charges related to video messages he posted on social media in early 2015 in which he strongly criticized...
TEHRAN: Iranian President Hassan Rouhani (right) meets Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al- Sabah yesterday, where Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled delivered a letter from HH the Amir on the troubled ties between the Islamic republic and its Arab neighbors in the Gulf. — AFP
Tehran, Kuwait urge better Iran-Gulf ties
TEHRAN: Iranian President Hassan Rouhani (right) meets Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al- Sabah yesterday, where Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled delivered a letter from HH the Amir on the troubled ties between the Islamic republic and its Arab neighbors in the Gulf. — AFPTEHRAN: Iran’s president and Kuwait’s foreign minister both appealed yesterday for better relations between the Islamic Republic and Gulf Arab countries, Iranian...
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Traffickers using Gulf tourist visas to beat India rules
MUMBAI: Traffickers are bypassing government efforts to protect thousands of Indian housemaids from slave-like conditions in the Gulf by transporting women on tourist visas, according to Indian emigration officials.The officials told Thomson Reuters that women who fly out as tourists were mostly rendered untraceable once overseas. “They fly on a tourist visa so they can skip the emigration check and then we don’t know where they go,” said M...
MOGADISHU: Somalis walk near the destroyed hotel and cars in Mogadishu, Somalia, yesterday. —AP
28 killed in Shabaab attack on Mogadishu hotel
MOGADISHU: Somalis walk near the destroyed hotel and cars in Mogadishu, Somalia, yesterday. —APMOGADISHU: Twenty-eight people were killed yesterday when Al-Shabaab fighters attacked a popular Mogadishu hotel, setting off two car bombs and opening fire on security guards, according to the city’s main ambulance service. The attack, claimed by the Al-Qaeda-aligned Shabaab insurgents, began when a car loaded with explosives rammed the gate of...
MOSUL: Civilians flee their neighborhoods due to fighting between Iraqi security forces and Islamic State militants, in eastern Mosul, Iraq, yesterday. —AP
Hundreds of families leave Iraq camps for Mosul return
MOSUL: Civilians flee their neighborhoods due to fighting between Iraqi security forces and Islamic State militants, in eastern Mosul, Iraq, yesterday. —APKHAZIR, Iraq: Hundreds of families who fled Mosul last year left displacement camps yesterday to head back to their homes, in the biggest wave yet of returns to the city, officials said. Iraqi forces recently completed their recapture of eastern Mosul, which tens of thousands of people had...
NORTH CAROLINA: Protestors march past the Civil Rights Museum during the Triad NC Womenís March in Greensboro, North Carolina. —AP
Sexist, vulgar posts on women’s marches
Officials reprimanded over social media postings NORTH CAROLINA: Protestors march past the Civil Rights Museum during the Triad NC Womenís March in Greensboro, North Carolina. —APINDIANAPOLIS: A school board member in Hillary Clinton’s hometown resigned after making a derogatory reference on Twitter to the female anatomy in describing women marching against President Donald Trump.An Illinois teacher was pulled from the classroom for a tweet...
VATICAN CITY: In this file photo, Pope Francis delivers his blessing during his meeting with Grand Master of the Knights of Malta Matthew Festing, left, at the Vatican. —AP
Pope axes Knights chief in condoms row
VATICAN CITY: In this file photo, Pope Francis delivers his blessing during his meeting with Grand Master of the Knights of Malta Matthew Festing, left, at the Vatican. —APVATICAN CITY: Pope Francis has ended a bitter dispute with the Knights of Malta by obtaining the resignation of the ancient order’s top official in a saga linked to a row over condoms. The resignation of Grand Master Matthew Festing, confirmed by the order yesterday,...
ALGIERS: A general view shows the Carriere-Jaubert neighborhood, one of the oldest suburbs on the northern outskirts of the capital Algiers, known for its gang violence. —AFP
Gang violence on the rise on edges of Algerian cities
Towns built without territorial logic ALGIERS: A general view shows the Carriere-Jaubert neighborhood, one of the oldest suburbs on the northern outskirts of the capital Algiers, known for its gang violence. —AFPALGIERS: Tired of living in fear of gang violence, Karima and her children left the drab satellite town of Ali Mendjeli near Constantine in northeast Algeria to seek refuge with in-laws. The 45- year-old mother of three, who asked not...
LAHORE: In this file photo, activists from Pakistan’s civil society demand recovery of the missing persons, in Lahore, Pakistan. — AP
Blasphemy law exalts killer; threatens missing bloggers in Pakistan
LAHORE: In this file photo, activists from Pakistan’s civil society demand recovery of the missing persons, in Lahore, Pakistan. — APBARAKHAO, Pakistan: Two ornate minarets pierce the evening sky. They frame the emerald green colored dome of an ornate shrine erected to honor Mumtaz Qadri, an assassin hanged for gunning down a politician who criticized Pakistan’s controversial blasphemy law and defended a Christian woman sentenced to death...
KARACHI: In this photo, Nusrat Sahar Abbasi, a Member of Parliament in Pakistan’s Sindh province speaks during an interview in Karachi. —AFP
Pakistani female lawmaker harassed in parliament
Women protection laws not enforced KARACHI: In this photo, Nusrat Sahar Abbasi, a Member of Parliament in Pakistan’s Sindh province speaks during an interview in Karachi. —AFPKARACHI: A Pakistani female lawmaker threatened to self-immolate after she was harassed by male colleagues in parliament, said that the widely-publicized incident shows how laws to protect women are not being enforced. Nusrat Sahar Abbasi, an MP in Sindh province, spoke...
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Red Bull Reign’s 3-on-3 basketball tournament
KUWAIT: In continuation with Red Bull’s habit of staging offbeat sports events, Red Bull Reign invites Kuwait’s top basketball players to compete in the ultimate 3-on-3 battle, testing teams’ endurance, skills, teamwork, and ability to own their court while trying to accumulate the most points possible to outlast their opponents.Besides other qualifiers happening in 14 other countries this year, the local qualifiers will take place this...
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Amir’s 6th International Shooting Grand Prix to kick off on Saturday
KUWAIT: HH The Amir Sheikh Sabah Al- Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah Sixth International Shooting Grand Prix will kick off on Saturday with the participation of 650 shooters from 47 countries. President of Arab and Kuwait Shooting Federations Eng Duaij Khalaf Al-Otaibi said the tournament will include the 13th Arab Shooting Tournament that will continue until February 3rd. Al-Otaibi was speaking at a press conference held Tuesday night at Sheikh Sabah...
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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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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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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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Kuwaiti Ambassador to China Jasem Ibrahem Al-Najem with Standing Committee of National Committee of Political Consultative Conference member Cai Guanxin.
China highlights growing investment opportunities in Kuwait