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Kuwait role model for health care in detention places: ICRC

KUWAIT: Kuwait is the only Arab country that directly designates the Ministry of Health to provide health care in places of detention, said Coordinator of the International Committee of the Red Cross' (ICRC) protection department Ralph Wehbe yesterday. Wehbe in statement during the second GCC workshop on health care in detention held recently in Kuwait praised the unique and leading experience of Kuwait in this regard.The ICRC is carrying out its...

KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah meets with National Assembly Speaker Marzouq Ali Al-Ghanem and members of the National Assembly Office for the first regular session of the 15th Legislative Term. —Amiri Diwan and KUNA photos

Amir, CP meet Speaker, Assembly office members

KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah meets with National Assembly Speaker Marzouq Ali Al-Ghanem and members of the National Assembly Office for the first regular session of the 15th Legislative Term. —Amiri Diwan and KUNA photosKUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah yesterday received at Bayan Palace National Assembly Speaker Marzouq Ali Al-Ghanem and members of the National...

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Muna Al Fuzai The Middle East is facing very complex and difficult conditions, especially since the situation involves religious ideologies. Talk about assault and murder in the media seems normal. It is a disgusting situation. Aleppo has been exposed to crimes against humanity, regardless of the justifications or reasons given by any power. My simple understanding of crimes against humanity is the well-known definition that includes...

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Forged visa results in arresting Egyptian, Moroccan and a Syrian

KUWAIT: Residency detectives arrested an Egyptian mandoub (company representative), a Moroccan woman and a Syrian man for questioning in a forgery case. The case revolves around a suspected forgery of a visit visa. The visit visa was issued in the name of a man but then changed to a woman's name. A security source said the Egyptian mandoub allegedly received a KD 1,000 bribe for facilitating the woman's entry. The Syrian man said he was in...

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Kuwaiti beats up his girlfriend

KUWAIT: A citizen beat his girlfriend because she did not tell him she was traveling, then took away her mobile phone. The woman went to the local police station, filed a case and press charges against her boyfriend. Police are investigating.TheftsA felony case was filed when a woman told police a citizen named (M.A) stole her phone. Meanwhile in an unrelated case, a thief stole the license plate of a car, along with its back wheels, and a...

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How can they be good for Kuwait

Why do I believe her and give my vote to people whom she follows while she does not know how to keep in touch with her own relatives? The National Assembly's 2016 elections are over. Some accepted the results while others did not. That was how I was drawn to an incident that took place during the elections. My friend Um Yousuf and I were exchanging views on the very election day on the next assembly, when her phone rang. After speaking for a few...

ADEN: Yemenis gather at the Al-Sawlaba base in Aden's Al-Arish district yesterday, after a suicide bomber targeted a crowd of soldiers. - AFP

52 Yemen soldiers dead in IS-claimed bombing

Kerry discusses Yemen on Saudi trip ADEN: Yemenis gather at the Al-Sawlaba base in Aden's Al-Arish district yesterday, after a suicide bomber targeted a crowd of soldiers. - AFPADEN/RIYADH: A suicide bomber from the Islamic State group killed at least 52 Yemeni soldiers in Aden yesterday, the latest in a string of deadly attacks against recruits in the country's second city. Military officials and medics said dozens more were wounded in the...

IDLIB, Syria: In this file photo released on October 17, 2015, and provided by the Fursan al-Haq Syrian rebel brigade, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, Free Syrian Army fighters of Fursan al-Haq Brigade hold a banner. —AP

Idlib likely to be Syria's next bloody theater after Aleppo

Packed with tens of thousands of rebels IDLIB, Syria: In this file photo released on October 17, 2015, and provided by the Fursan al-Haq Syrian rebel brigade, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, Free Syrian Army fighters of Fursan al-Haq Brigade hold a banner. —APBEIRUT: The battle for Aleppo has gripped the world, but it is hardly the only active front across war-torn Syria. One of the next targets for...

ANBAR PROVINCE: Iraqi pro-government forces stand next to armored vehicles as they take position in Al-Aramil area, south of the Anbar province’s capital Ramadi, during military operations on December 22, 2015. —AFP

Rights group: State-backed Iraqi militia killed IS captives

IRBIL, Iraq: A militia backed by the Iraqi government killed suspected Islamic State fighters captured during the operation to retake Mosul, Human Rights Watch said yesterday.The Hashed al-Jabour militia, made up of Sunni tribal fighters, killed four men it had captured in a village north of Mosul in November, according to a report published by the New York-based group. The report cited witnesses who said the men were shot in the presence of...

HASAN SHAM, Iraq: This file photo taken on December 16, 2016 shows displaced Iraqi women and children from the embattled city of Mosul arriving at the Sewdinan camp for internally displaced persons. —AFP

Displaced Iraqis long for home, but return risky

Bombs left by jihadists to blame HASAN SHAM, Iraq: This file photo taken on December 16, 2016 shows displaced Iraqi women and children from the embattled city of Mosul arriving at the Sewdinan camp for internally displaced persons. —AFPHASSAN SHAM CAMP, Iraq: Iraqi civilians displaced by the battle to recapture Mosul long to return home but bombs left by jihadists and ongoing fighting makes going back now a dangerous proposition.More than...

MOBILE, ALABAMA: US President-elect Donald Trump greets members of the Azalea Trail Maids as he arrives in Mobile, Alabama, for a ‘Thank You Tour 2016’ rally on December 17, 2016. —AFP

Electoral College, archaic and unloved, prepares to anoint Trump

Decision to be announced today MOBILE, ALABAMA: US President-elect Donald Trump greets members of the Azalea Trail Maids as he arrives in Mobile, Alabama, for a ‘Thank You Tour 2016’ rally on December 17, 2016. —AFPWASHINGTON: Donald Trump's fiercest critics may be dreaming of a last-minute revolt, but the Electoral College, a peculiarly American institution, appears near-certain today to select the 70-year-old real estate mogul as the 45th...

Ahmad Ishchi, who is reported to have been beaten and detained by Afghanistan's vice president Abdul Rashid Dostum last month, speaks during an interview at his home in Kabul, Afghanistan December 13, 2016. — Reuters pic -

Afghan VP faces probe over claims of sex assault, torture

KABUL: Afghanistan has launched an investigation into allegations that the country's vice president sexually assaulted a rival, in the face of mounting criticism from Western allies and activists over a pervasive culture of impunity.Abdul Rashid Dostum, a former warlord who has a catalogue of war crimes attached to his name, is accused of abducting Ahmad Ishchi last month during a traditional game of Buzkashi, or polo with an animal carcass, in...

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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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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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Ahmed Al-Basat celebrating his birthday at the office.

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