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KUWAIT: An Indian man killed himself by hanging. His friend found him hanging by a rope in a small grocery store. The man removed the rope and took his friend to the hospital. Doctors failed to revive him and he was pronounced dead. Kuwait records a relatively low suicide rate compared with other developed countries but has seen suicides increasing in recent years, especially among lower income expatriate communities.Citizens beat policeFive...
Fire in a Taima area house.
Five hurt in fire
Fire in a Taima area house.KUWAIT: Three brothers and two maids were injured and suffered smoke inhalation during a fire in a Taima area house. Firemen from Jahra fire station battled the fire and put it out. An investigation was opened to determine the cause of the fire.Municipality inspectionAhmadi Municipality branch has launched a series of inspection campaigns focused on local coops to ensure quality of foodstuffs being sold. The campaign...
MOSUL: Iraqi special forces Lt Col Ali Hussein holds a destroyed drone used by Islamic State militants, which was shot down by his brigade on the frontline Bakr neighborhood on Nov 25, 2016. - AP
'Dronejacking' may be next big cyber threat; Fears of IS' use of weaponized drones
MOSUL: Iraqi special forces Lt Col Ali Hussein holds a destroyed drone used by Islamic State militants, which was shot down by his brigade on the frontline Bakr neighborhood on Nov 25, 2016. - APBAGHDAD/WASHINGTON: The Mosul battle in Iraq has seen the Islamic State group increasingly resort to weaponized drones, which Western governments fear could lead to a new type of attack at home. France issued an internal note to its security forces last...
LA UNION, Colombia: Rescuers search for survivors yesterday in the wreckage of the LAMIA airlines charter plane carrying members of the Chapecoense Real football team that crashed in the mountains of Cerro Gordo. - AFP
75 killed as plane carrying Brazil footballers crashes
LA UNION, Colombia: Rescuers search for survivors yesterday in the wreckage of the LAMIA airlines charter plane carrying members of the Chapecoense Real football team that crashed in the mountains of Cerro Gordo. - AFPBOGOTA: A charter plane carrying a Brazilian football team crashed in the mountains in Colombia late Monday, killing as many as 75 people, officials said. But they said six survived, including four players. Brazil's President...
COLUMBUS, Ohio: Guests stand for a moment after lighting their candles during a vigil at St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church on Monday. —AP
Ohio attacker angry at US interference
Fumming Facebook posts found COLUMBUS, Ohio: Guests stand for a moment after lighting their candles during a vigil at St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church on Monday. —APCOLUMBUS: A university student whose family immigrated from Somalia rammed his car Monday into a crowd at Ohio State University and attacked them with a butcher knife, injuring 11 before police fatally shot him.Identifying the assailant as Abdul Razak Ali Artan, officials in the...
An Iraqi Christian prepares for the first Sunday mass at the Grand Immaculate Church since it was recaptured from Islamic State in Qaraqosh, near Mosul in Iraq, October 30, 2016 Photo: Reuters/Ahmed Jadallah
Ransacked homes and little hope for returning Iraqi Christians
QARAQOSH, Iraq: A strip of negatives lying in the rubble of a home in northern Iraq contains snapshots of life as it was before Islamic State overran the area two years ago and purged its Christian community.In some of the frames, a woman barbecues meat on a skewer surrounded by friends or family, perhaps celebrating a birthday or engagement. Others show a man scaling a ladder propped against the wall of a house under construction.Those images...
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Philippines detains hundreds of Chinese in casino raid
AFP Photo.MANILA: More than 1,300 Chinese citizens have been arrested in the Philippines for working illegally at an unlicensed online gaming business, the immigration bureau said yesterday.China has expressed concern over the raid at a casino- hotel complex in the northern Philippines and said Manila must guarantee “humanitarian treatment” of those being held. Some 1,318 people were detained during the raid on November 24 in Angeles city,...
CHAPECO: People pay tribute to the players of Brazilian team Chapecoense Real who were killed in a plane accident in the Colombian mountains, at the club’s Arena Conda stadium in Chapeco, in the southern Brazilian state of Santa Catarina, yesterday. — AFP
Air disasters in football history
CHAPECO: People pay tribute to the players of Brazilian team Chapecoense Real who were killed in a plane accident in the Colombian mountains, at the club’s Arena Conda stadium in Chapeco, in the southern Brazilian state of Santa Catarina, yesterday. — AFPMONTEVIDEO: The crash in Colombia of a plane carrying the Brazilian football club Chapecoense Real, killing 76 people, was among the deadliest air disasters in the sport's history. Here are...
CHAPECO: This file photo taken on November 24, 2016 shows Brazil’s Chapecoense players posing for pictures during their 2016 Copa Sudamericana semifinal second leg football match against Argentina’s San Lorenzo held at Arena Conda stadium, in Chapeco, Brazil. — AFP
Plane crash kills dream of football team that defied odds
CHAPECO: This file photo taken on November 24, 2016 shows Brazil’s Chapecoense players posing for pictures during their 2016 Copa Sudamericana semifinal second leg football match against Argentina’s San Lorenzo held at Arena Conda stadium, in Chapeco, Brazil. — AFPSAO PAULO: Traveling on the doomed airliner that crashed in Colombia overnight were the players and staff of a Brazilian football club about to complete a fairytale journey from...
MOHALI: India's Parthiv Patel plays a shot for a boundary on the fourth day of the third cricket Test match against England, in Mohali, India, yesterday. - AP
India brush aside England for 2-0 lead
MOHALI: India's Parthiv Patel plays a shot for a boundary on the fourth day of the third cricket Test match against England, in Mohali, India, yesterday. - APMOHALI: India registered a comprehensive eight-wicket win over England in the third Test in Mohali and went up 2-0 in the five-match series.The hosts finished at 104-2 in 20.2 overs, chasing down the 103-run target with resolute ease. With two tests to play, India has outplayed England so...
HAMILTON: New Zealand's Matt Henry bowls during day five of the second cricket Test match between New Zealand and Pakistan at Seddon Park in Hamilton yesterday. -- AFP
Kiwis win after final-session as Pakistan collapse
HAMILTON: New Zealand's Matt Henry bowls during day five of the second cricket Test match between New Zealand and Pakistan at Seddon Park in Hamilton yesterday. -- AFPHAMILTON:  New Zealand took nine wickets in a dramatic final session of the second Test against Pakistan to win by 130 runs in Hamilton yesterday and sweep the series 2-0.  It was New Zealand's first series win over Pakistan since 1985 and a relieved captain Kane Williamson...
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MUMBAI: A vendor counts a wad of Indian rupees. - AFP
Indian rupee hits record low amid geopolitical jitters
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Flag of Kuwait, visa application form and passport on table
Why small-scale project visas can be problematic
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KUWAIT: Kuwaitis walk inside the Avenues Mall, the country’s largest shopping centre. The Public Authority for Civil Information (PACI) issued the latest detailed statistics on population and employment at the end of June 2024. The data shows that total population in Kuwait reached 4.919 million people. - Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat
Kuwait population hits 4.919 million
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DHAKA: Anti-government protestors display Bangladesh's national flag as they storm Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's palace on Aug 5, 2024. - AFP
People power rocks Bangladesh
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Al-Sawaber Complex
Kuwait’s historic buildings should be preserved