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Disabled citizens' families stage demonstration

KUWAIT: Speaking at a demonstration held by the families of disabled citizens on Tuesday, MPs Mubarak Al-Hajraf, Thamer Al-Suwaitt, Osama Al-Shaheen, Askar Al-Enezi, Marzouq Al-Khalifa and Nasser Al-Doussary said disabled citizens are not receiving due care and that their transactions are being delayed. Board member of the Kuwait Society for the Welfare of the Disabled Ali Al-Thuwaini said demands of citizens with disabilities are falling on deaf...

KUWAIT: Deputy Foreign Minister Khaled Al- Jarallah speaks during the symposium. —Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat

Constitution protects children's rights: Jarallah

KUWAIT: Deputy Foreign Minister Khaled Al- Jarallah speaks during the symposium. —Photo by Yasser Al-ZayyatKUWAIT: The Saud Nasser Al-Sabah Kuwait Diplomatic Institute held a symposium yesterday on adopting the child rights' law no. 21/2015, during which experts from various institutions spoke about children's rights. Khaled Al-Jarallah, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, said the Kuwaiti constitution enshrined the rights of children in its...

KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah poses for a group photo with 2016 KFAS award winners. — Amiri Diwan photos

Amir patronizes, attends 2016 KFAS award ceremony

Supporting scientific research in Kuwait, Arab World KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah poses for a group photo with 2016 KFAS award winners. — Amiri Diwan photosKUWAIT: With patronage and attendance of His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, the Kuwait Foundation for Advancement of Science (KFAS) held its 2016 award ceremony at Bayan Palace yesterday.The awards include the Kuwait Prize...

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Counterfeit goods' smuggling foiled

KUWAIT: Customs inspectors at Shuwaikh Port managed to foil a smuggling attempt of fake goods, including watches, pens, lighters and electric shock guns carrying logos of well-known brands. The shipment is worth thousands of dinars. The importers were arrested and referred to relevant authorities.Contests rejectedThe constitutional court yesterday rejected three contests regarding domestic labor, the fatwa and legislation department and lineage...

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2 Sri lankan, 2 Filipinas and 4 Ethiopian women deported

KUWAIT: Farwaniya police recently arrested eight women reported absconding by their employers. The eight include two Sri Lankan, two Filipina and four Ethiopian nationals. They were sent to the relevant authorities and are being held pending deportation.In troubleA bedoon (stateless) man got his Kuwaiti friend in trouble when he made him a partner in dealing with drugs, as both were arrested with shabu (methamphetamine), hashish joints, drug...

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Security tightened around embassies

KUWAIT: Security measures around embassies, particularly the Russian mission, are very strict, a security source said adding that this is the situation all year long. The source did not confirm or deny reports claiming that the Russian Embassy placed extra surveillance cameras at its perimeter, saying that "this is a matter of [the embassy's] concern." He said instructions are to have forces ready to deal decisively with any attempted terrorist...

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Child begging goes against the reputation of our country, and this practice cannot be justified under any circumstances. The state's social aid and charity organizations lend helping hands to needy families, and if discrimination is involved in giving the aid, then this issue must be exposed and fixed because being silent about such a disgraceful thing is a big mistake that will create a problem on the social and security levels. Kuwait is a...

MEXICO CITY: A massive explosion guts Mexico’s biggest fireworks market on Tuesday. — AFP

31 killed in Mexico fireworks blast

MEXICO CITY: A massive explosion guts Mexico’s biggest fireworks market on Tuesday. — AFPTULTEPEC, Mexico: A massive explosion gutted Mexico’s biggest fireworks market on Tuesday, killing at least 31 people and injuring 72, the authorities said. The conflagration in the Mexico City suburb of Tultepec set off a quick-fire series of multicolored blasts that sent a vast cloud of smoke billowing over the capital. The market had been packed...

ANKARA: Wreaths are left on the road leading to the Russian embassy in Ankara on December 21, 2016, two days after Russian ambassador to Turkey was gunned down by a Turkish policeman. — AFP

Turkey claims Gulen link to envoy killing

Kremlin cautions ANKARA: Wreaths are left on the road leading to the Russian embassy in Ankara on December 21, 2016, two days after Russian ambassador to Turkey was gunned down by a Turkish policeman. — AFPISTANBUL: Turkish authorities were yesterday looking into claims the alleged mastermind of the failed July coup was involved in the assassination of Moscow's ambassador, but the Kremlin warned against jumping to conclusions.Monday's murder of...

BERLIN: An Iraqi refugee lays a flower at a makeshift memorial near the Kaiser-Wilhelm-Gedaechtniskirche (Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church) yesterday. — AFP

Deadly truck attack sparks security debate in Germany

Rush to secure everything BERLIN: An Iraqi refugee lays a flower at a makeshift memorial near the Kaiser-Wilhelm-Gedaechtniskirche (Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church) yesterday. — AFPBERLIN: Should Germany's popular Christmas markets be ringed with concrete, patrolled by armed soldiers and screened with surveillance cameras? After a truck ploughed through a crowd of holiday revelers in central Berlin, the country-having so far been spared...

BERLIN: Italian Foreign Affairs Minister Angelino Alfano (R) and German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier speak to journalists near the Kaiser-Wilhelm-Gedaechtniskirche (Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church), close to the site where a truck crashed into a Christmas market two days before. — AFP

Germany hunts Tunisian suspect after IS claims truck attack

BERLIN: Italian Foreign Affairs Minister Angelino Alfano (R) and German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier speak to journalists near the Kaiser-Wilhelm-Gedaechtniskirche (Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church), close to the site where a truck crashed into a Christmas market two days before. — AFPBERLIN: German police launched a manhunt yesterday for a Tunisian suspected of driving the truck that ploughed through a Berlin Christmas market in a...

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Indonesian police kill 3 militant suspects in gunfight, find bombs

JAKARTA: Indonesian anti-terrorism police killed three suspects in a gunfight on the outskirts of the capital, Jakarta, on Wednesday and foiled a suicide bomb plot, a police spokesman said.The raid is the latest in a series over recent weeks that police say have disrupted bomb plots, raising concern that homegrown militants in the world's largest Muslim-majority nation are getting bolder in their attempts to launch attacks.Police said this week...

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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

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Ahmed Al-Basat celebrating his birthday at the office.

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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

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ALDERSHOT: Protesters hold placards during a 'Enough is Enough' demonstration called by far-right activists near a hotel housing asylum seekers in Aldershot on August 4, 2024. — AFP

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