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Iraq recovers stolen ancient Kuwaiti relic
Ancient Kuwaiti relicBAGHDAD: Iraqi security personnel have seized a unique Kuwaiti ancient manuscript that had been stolen during the 1990- 1991 Iraqi occupation of the country. Adel Al- Husseini, the police chief in Babel, told KUNA that an antiquities trader was nabbed as he tried to sell the piece, worth millions of dollars.A freshly-established security team lured the man to a cafe in Hilla, the provincial city in Babel, pretending to be...
BEIRUT: Kuwait Red Crescent Society (KRCS) launched a project yesterday to distribute bread and other food supplies as well as diesel fuel to hundreds of Syrian refugee families in Lebanon.— KUNA
Kuwait world’s largest aid giver: Diplomat
BEIRUT: Kuwait Red Crescent Society (KRCS) launched a project yesterday to distribute bread and other food supplies as well as diesel fuel to hundreds of Syrian refugee families in Lebanon.— KUNAKUWAIT: Kuwait tops the world in terms of most humanitarian aid provided as compared to national income, a Kuwaiti diplomat said on Thursday. In a speech at a Kuwaiti foreign ministry-sponsored ceremony held by a contingent from the International...
Municipality destroys tons of bad food
Municipality destroys tons of bad food
Municipality destroys tons of bad foodKUWAIT: Kuwait Municipality released a statement to comment on footage showing a municipality bulldozer appearing to destroy large amounts of foodstuff, which went viral on social media recently.The municipality confirmed the reports, saying that the footage were taken from an operation to destroy expired food items received from the imported food department.It added that the operation took place Thursday...
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Four Filipinas arrested for selling pork
KUWAIT: Criminal detectives prevented four Filipinas from selling pork they said they bought from an American man thinking it was lamb meat, according to their statements. Tips were received about the four in Mahboula selling pork, which is banned in Kuwait. An undercover Filipino agent made an agreement to buy KD 120 worth of pork, and the four were arrested red-handed. The arrested women told police about the other three women who were also...
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Man killed in Salmi landmine explosion
KUWAIT: An unidentified man was killed in a landmine blast reported yesterday in the Salmi desert. Paramedics and police rushed to the scene, located near the 41st kilometer mark of Al-Abraq Road, after receiving an emergency call reporting an explosion and a possible injury. They found one man at the site, but he had already succumbed to his injuries. The victim’s legs had been blown off. His body was taken to the coroner. Explosives...
Italian police and forensics experts stand by the body of suspected Berlin truck attacker Anis Amri after he was shot dead in Milan early yesterday. (Inset) An image grab taken from an Islamic State propaganda video shows Amri pledging allegiance to IS on the Kieler Bruecke, a Berlin bridge. —AFP
Berlin attack suspect killed
Italian police and forensics experts stand by the body of suspected Berlin truck attacker Anis Amri after he was shot dead in Milan early yesterday. (Inset) An image grab taken from an Islamic State propaganda video shows Amri pledging allegiance to IS on the Kieler Bruecke, a Berlin bridge. —AFPMILAN: Italian police yesterday shot dead the prime suspect in the Berlin Christmas market attack, ending a frantic four-day hunt for Europe’s...
VALLETTA: A picture taken yesterday in Valletta, Malta, shows a crew member helping a group of hostages to disembark from the Afriqiyah Airways A320 after it was hijacked from Libya. —AFP
Libyan plane hijackers surrender in Malta
All 111 passengers freed, 2 ‘Gaddafi loyalists’ arrested VALLETTA: A picture taken yesterday in Valletta, Malta, shows a crew member helping a group of hostages to disembark from the Afriqiyah Airways A320 after it was hijacked from Libya. —AFPVALLETTA: Hijackers claiming to have a grenade took over a Libyan plane yesterday and diverted it to Malta before releasing everyone onboard and surrendering to authorities, officials said. “Final...
ALEPPO: Syrian soldiers sit by a fire in the former rebel-held Ansari district in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo yesterday. —AFP
Syria army and civilians reclaim Aleppo streets
The goal of regime downfall failed: Nasarallah ALEPPO: Syrian soldiers sit by a fire in the former rebel-held Ansari district in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo yesterday. —AFPALEPPO: Syrian troops cemented their hold on Aleppo yesterday after retaking full control of the city, as residents anxious to return to their homes moved through its ruined streets. The army announced on Thursday it had recaptured the former rebel stronghold of east...
Saint Elias Cathedral in east Aleppo's Old City, pictured on December 21, 2016 (AFP Photo/Youssef KARWASHAN)
Christians in Aleppo prepare war-ravaged church for Christmas
Saint Elias Cathedral in east Aleppo's Old City, pictured on December 21, 2016 (AFP Photo/Youssef KARWASHAN)ALEPPO, Syria: Inside Aleppo’s crumbling Saint Elias Cathedral, Nehme Badawi and his brother Bashir rummage through the snow-covered rubble for wood and scrap metal to make a crude Nativity scene for Christmas. The roof of the famed church in Aleppo’s Old City had collapsed years ago under a salvo of rocket fire, and bright white...
MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin waves as he leaves after his annual press conference in Moscow yesterday. — AFP
Putin warms to Trump, flexes muscles on Syria - ‘US Democrats sore losers’
MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin waves as he leaves after his annual press conference in Moscow yesterday. — AFPMOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin yesterday appeared to cozy up to US President-elect Donald Trump while stamping his authority as the key powerbroker in Syria. At his annual endof- year press conference, the confident Kremlin strongman praised Trump for tapping into the public mood in the US to claim his surprise win...
In this photo taken on Thursday, Dec 1, 2016, Pakistani Hindu Jeevti sits in her husband’s house in Pyaro Lundh, Pakistan. The night Jeevti disappeared, her family slept outside to escape Pakistan’s brutal summer heat; in the morning she was gone, snatched by a wealthy landlord to whom her parents owed $1,000. — AP
Pakistani girl enslaved for a debt
The harrowing tale of a 14-year girl who was snatched in the night In this photo taken on Thursday, Dec 1, 2016, Pakistani Hindu Jeevti sits in her husband’s house in Pyaro Lundh, Pakistan. The night Jeevti disappeared, her family slept outside to escape Pakistan’s brutal summer heat; in the morning she was gone, snatched by a wealthy landlord to whom her parents owed $1,000. — APMIRPUR KHAS, Pakistan: The mother rummages through a large...
JEDDAH: Kuwait’s First Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah speaks at an urgent meeting of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) convened to discuss the humanitarian crisis in Aleppo at Jeddah yesterday. —KUNA
Kuwait urges dialogue to end Syria carnage
Sheikh Khaled addresses OIC meeting on Aleppo JEDDAH: Kuwait’s First Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah speaks at an urgent meeting of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) convened to discuss the humanitarian crisis in Aleppo at Jeddah yesterday. —KUNAJEDDAH:  The solution to the "catastrophic" conflict in Syria can never be a military one, Kuwait's First Deputy Prime Minister and...
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KUWAIT: First Deputy Prime Minister and Interior and Defense Minister Sheikh Fahad Al-Yousef Al-Sabah holds talks with senior defense ministry officials on Aug 7, 2024. - KUNA
Kuwait army alert, govt prepared
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Ahmed Al-Basat celebrating his birthday at the office.
A forgotten courtesy: The silent struggle of Kuwait’s expatriates
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WEYMOUTH: A police officer restrains a protester during a 'Enough is Enough' demonstration called by far-right activists in Weymouth, on the southwest coast of England where the Bibby Stockholm migrant accommodation barge is moored, on August 4, 2024. — AFP
No end in sight for UK riots
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GAZA: In this March 25, 2017 photo, Hamas leaders Yahya Sinwar (right) and Ismail Haniyeh attend the funeral of slain Hamas official Mazen Faqha in Gaza City. - AFP
Hamas names Sinwar new chief
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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
Yunus: Get ready to build Bangladesh