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Renewals to stop for old Kuwaiti passports from Jan 19th to 21st
KUWAIT: The Interior Ministry's Citizenship and Passports Department will stop issuance of old Kuwaiti passports from Jan 19 to 21, 2017. It said it will not accept passport renewal applications from Thursday, Jan 19, as the information technology department will carry out preliminary tests on issuing electronic passports, which requires a halt in the issuance of passports during the test period.MeetingKuwait Fire Services Directorate's Director...
Abdulmohsen Abdulaziz Al-Babtain and Interior Ministry inaugurates first licensing department
Abdulmohsen Abdulaziz Al-Babtain and Interior Ministry inaugurates first licensing department
'In cooperation with General Traffic Department to provide car license plates' Abdulmohsen Abdulaziz Al-Babtain and Interior Ministry inaugurates first licensing departmentKUWAIT: Abdulmohsen Abdulaziz Al-Babtain Co, the authorized agent of Nissan, Infiniti and Renault vehicles in the State of Kuwait, hosted yesterday high officials from Kuwait's Ministry of Interior (MOI), General Department of Citizenship & Travel Documents, General Department...
KUWAIT: This photo released by the Interior Ministry yesterday shows phones and cash found with a thief who stole them from passengers at Kuwait International Airport.
Egyptian arrested for thefts at Kuwait International Airport
KUWAIT: This photo released by the Interior Ministry yesterday shows phones and cash found with a thief who stole them from passengers at Kuwait International Airport.KUWAIT: Farwaniya detectives arrested a man responsible for multiple thefts committed at Kuwait International Airport. Investigations led detective to identify an Egyptian man who had several phones and a tablet, in addition to cash with him at the time of his arrest. The man...
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Kuwaiti citizen jailed for forging Saudi school certificates
KUWAIT: The criminal court sentenced a citizen to four years in jail but refrained from announcing its verdict on 16 others in a case in which they were all accused of forging Saudi school certificates and submitting them to Kuwait's education ministry for accreditation. The education ministry had asked the Saudi Embassy about several certificates claimed to be issued by there, but contained false information. It sent the embassy a list...
UMM AL-HIRAN: Bedouins cry following the destruction of houses yesterday in the Bedouin village of Umm Al-Hiran, which is not recognized by the Israeli government, near the southern city of Beersheba, in the Negev desert. — AFP
Demolitions spark deadly violence in Arab Israeli village
'No car-ramming attack, terrorist neutralized' UMM AL-HIRAN: Bedouins cry following the destruction of houses yesterday in the Bedouin village of Umm Al-Hiran, which is not recognized by the Israeli government, near the southern city of Beersheba, in the Negev desert. — AFPUMM AL-HEIRAN, Israel: Demolitions in an Arab Israeli village activists say has been targeted by racist policies sparked violence yesterday, with a policeman killed and the...
IDLIB: Syrians gather around a heavily damaged house following a reported airstrike that targeted the Idlib bus station yesterday.—AFP
Fears of mass killings as IS advances on Syria's Deir Ezzor
'Civilians terrified and anxious' IDLIB: Syrians gather around a heavily damaged house following a reported airstrike that targeted the Idlib bus station yesterday.—AFPHASAKEH, Syria: As the Islamic State group closes in on Syria's Deir Ezzor, residents said they are terrified of falling victim to the mass killings for which the jihadists have become infamous. Besieged by IS since early 2015, the government-held third of Deir Ezzor city is home...
CHICAGO: This file photo shows US President Barack Obama crying as he speaks during his farewell address in Chicago, Illinois.—AFP
Trump needs to learn how to cry from Obama
'Squeezing out a tear would have an amazing effect' CHICAGO: This file photo shows US President Barack Obama crying as he speaks during his farewell address in Chicago, Illinois.—AFPPARIS: Donald Trump has one big lesson to learn from outgoing US President Barack Obama-he needs to learn to be cool about crying. "If he could squeeze one tear out during his inauguration" on Friday, "people will turn around quite quickly their feelings towards...
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Pakistan will not free doctor who helped US find bin Laden
ISLAMABAD: A jailed Pakistani doctor believed to have helped the CIA hunt down al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden will be neither released nor handed to the United States, Pakistan's law minister has told legislators, media reported yesterday. Dr. Shakil Afridi, hailed as a hero by US officials, was arrested after US forces killed bin Laden in May 2011 in a secret raid in a northern Pakistani town that plunged relations between the uneasy strategic...
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Pakistan forces kill new leader of banned sectarian militant group
LAHORE: Pakistani counter-terrorism forces killed the new leader of the banned sectarian Lashkar-e-Jhangvi militant group, along with three more militants, in an operation in the eastern province of Punjab, authorities said yesterday. The killings come 18 months after police gunned down longtime Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LeJ) leader Malik Ishaq in a separate encounter. Among the four militants killed on Tuesday night was Asif Chotoo, also known by the...
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Sri Lanka scuttles move to legitimize homosexuality
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka's cabinet has rejected a proposal to end discrimination based on sexual orientation because it could legitimize homosexuality, which is illegal on the island, a government minister said yesterday. Sri Lanka's 1883 penal code, a legacy of its British colonial rulers, makes sex between men punishable by 12 years in jail, although the law is rarely enforced. Health Minister Rajitha Senaratne said the cabinet had refused to endorse...
INDIA: In this file photo, Bull tamers try to control a bull during an ancient heroic sporting event of the Tamils called Jallikattu, in Palamedu, about 575 kilometers south of Chennai, India. —AP
Protests in southern Indian state over bull taming ban
'In support of preserving the culture'    INDIA: In this file photo, Bull tamers try to control a bull during an ancient heroic sporting event of the Tamils called Jallikattu, in Palamedu, about 575 kilometers south of Chennai, India. —APCHENNAI, India: A ban on a bull-taming festival, which has been blighted by allegations that the beasts are doped with liquor and then taunted with chili powder, triggered street protests in southern India...
MANILA: This photo shows Catholic Father Atilano Fajardo posing for a portrait at a church inside the Adamson University in Manila.—AFP
Philippine Church speaks out on drug killings
'Church at forefront against extrajudicial killings' MANILA: This photo shows Catholic Father Atilano Fajardo posing for a portrait at a church inside the Adamson University in Manila.—AFPMANILA: People going to mass at one of the most famous churches in the Philippine capital over Christmas were met by a disturbing sight: poster-size pictures of Filipinos dying in pools of blood. The shock Baclaran church exhibit was part of a campaign by one...
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PARIS: Bangladesh's finance pioneer Muhammad Yunus is escorted by French police personnel as he arrives at Roissy-Charles de Gaulle Airport on Aug 7, 2024, enroute to Bangladesh, where he is set to lead a caretaker government. - AFP
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The second phase of the Avenues Roads Project, the exit leading to the Fifth Ring Road towards Jahra and the opposite U-turn. – KUNA photos
Second phase of roads project leading to The Avenues mall opened
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