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KUWAIT: Kuwaitis head to the polls to choose parliamentary representatives, in Kuwait City, yesterday. — Photos by Yasser Al-Zayyat and AP

Candidates who care for people will win: voters

KUWAIT: Kuwaitis head to the polls to choose parliamentary representatives, in Kuwait City, yesterday. — Photos by Yasser Al-Zayyat and APKUWAIT: Several citizens from the fourth constituency expressed confidence that candidates who care for the people will win, adding they expect a good number of opposition MPs to be victorious, with a 70 percent turnover in the constituency. They said some tribal candidates have a good chance to win, and...

A senior citizen holds up his passport as he arrives to cast his vote at a polling station yesterday

Elderly voters early birds at polling stations

A senior citizen holds up his passport as he arrives to cast his vote at a polling station yesterdayKUWAIT: Various polling stations across the country yesterday witnessed an influx of senior citizens since opening of polls at 8:00 am local time. The senior citizens were very eager to come to the polling centers early compared with young voters.The senior citizens were assisted by various transportation means and wheelchairs which were available...

Twenty-two female prosecutors supervise elections for 1st time

Twenty-two female prosecutors supervise elections for 1st time

Twenty-two female prosecutors supervise elections for 1st timeKUWAIT: Some 22 female prosecutors took their seats yesterday at the main and sub-committees overseeing the 2016 parliamentary elections for the first time in the history of Kuwait.The female prosecutors shared the responsibilities along with their male peers to chair the electoral committees for the parliamentary elections and supervise the process following the decision of the...

This photo released by the Interior Ministry shows Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Sheikh Mohammad Al-Khaled Al- Hamad Al-Sabah touring a polling station yesterday.

Supreme leadership keen on smooth polling process: Interior Minister

Ministry warns against taking photos of voting papers This photo released by the Interior Ministry shows Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Sheikh Mohammad Al-Khaled Al- Hamad Al-Sabah touring a polling station yesterday.KUWAIT: Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Sheikh Mohammad Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah asserted yesterday that the supreme leadership represented by His Highness the Amir, His Highness the Crown Prince and His...

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Three killed, five injured in Salmi Road accident

KUWAIT: Three people were killed, including a toddler in a car accident reported yesterday morning at Al-Salmi Road. Eight ambulances and two medevac helicopters were dispatched to the scene, located at the 99 kilometer mark, shortly after the accident was reported. Paramedics pronounced three victims dead on the scene, including a 17-year-old Saudi man, 4-month-old Saudi boy and a third person whose identity could not immediately be...

NEW YORK: Republican president-elect Donald Trump gives a victory speech on election night at the New York Hilton Midtown early yesterday. – AFP

Trump says will do all he can to help Cuban people

WEST PALM BEACH, Florida: US President-elect Donald Trump said yesterday that his administration would "do all it can" once it takes office on Jan 20 to help boost freedom and prosperity for Cuban people after the death of Fidel Castro. Trump had threatened late in his upstart campaign for the White House that concerns about religious freedom in Cuba could prompt him to reverse President Barack Obama's moves to open relations with the Cold War...

This file photo taken on Jan 8, 1989 shows a white dove landing on Cuban president Fidel Castro’s shoulder as he delivers a speech to Cuban youth at a ceremony to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the Cuban Revolution in Havana. – AP/AFP photos

In Havana, music stops as Cubans mourn 'father'

This file photo taken on Jan 8, 1989 shows a white dove landing on Cuban president Fidel Castro’s shoulder as he delivers a speech to Cuban youth at a ceremony to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the Cuban Revolution in Havana. – AP/AFP photosWorld leaders pay tribute to CastroHAVANA: Cubans will likely forever remember where they were when Fidel Castro's death was announced. The music stopped across the dance-happy city and people...

MOGADISHU: Security officers and military personnel secure yesterday the scene of a suicide car bomb attack in Somalia’s restive capital. —AFP

Car bomb hits Mogadishu market

At least 8 killed, but death toll expected to rise MOGADISHU: Security officers and military personnel secure yesterday the scene of a suicide car bomb attack in Somalia’s restive capital. —AFPMOGADISHU: A car bomb exploded near a busy market in Somalia's capital Mogadishu yesterday, killing at least eight people, police said, as medical sources warned the toll could be far higher. "We have counted about eight civilians so far who were killed...

BAIDOA, Somalia: This photo taken on Nov 16, 2016 shows a Somali woman celebrating after the results of an election were announced. — AFP

Men made mess of Somalia, now women want to fix it

BAIDOA, Somalia: This photo taken on Nov 16, 2016 shows a Somali woman celebrating after the results of an election were announced. — AFPMOGADISHU: Raped, abused and subjected to genital mutilation, many women suffer terribly in Somalia, an unrepentantly patriarchal country shown by successive surveys as one of the worst places to be female. A quota reserving 30 percent of parliamentary seats for women in current elections is supposed to help...

MOSUL: Fighters of the Popular Mobilization forces take a photo on the frontline against Islamic State militants yesterday. — AP

Iraq legalizes Shiite militias

MOSUL: Fighters of the Popular Mobilization forces take a photo on the frontline against Islamic State militants yesterday. — APBAGHDAD: Iraq's parliament yesterday voted to accord full legal status to government-sanctioned Shiite militias as a "back-up and reserve" force for the military and police and empower them to "deter" security and terror threats facing the country, like the Islamic State group. The legislation, supported by 208 of the...

Myanmar Rohingya migrant Nur Begum reacts after the death of her six-month-old son Alam in a refugee camp in Teknaf, in Bangladesh’s Cox’s Bazar district, yesterday. — AFP

Death of a baby as unwanted Rohingya hunt for a home

Myanmar Rohingya migrant Nur Begum reacts after the death of her six-month-old son Alam in a refugee camp in Teknaf, in Bangladesh’s Cox’s Bazar district, yesterday. — AFPTEKNAF, Bangladesh: Alam's short life ended yesterday in a dark, tattered tent in Bangladesh, the Rohingya child's skeletal body succumbing to illness contracted while fleeing Myanmar where his stateless people are under attack. He was six-months-old.Alam died hours after...

HERAT: Taleban fighters react to a speech by their senior leader in the Shindand district of Herat province, Afghanistan, in this file photo. — AP

Taleban leaders may have 'relocated' to Afghanistan

Shift from Pakistan signal group's growing confidence HERAT: Taleban fighters react to a speech by their senior leader in the Shindand district of Herat province, Afghanistan, in this file photo. — APKABUL: After operating out of Pakistan for more than a decade, the leaders of Afghanistan's Taleban movement may have moved back to their homeland to try to build on this year's gains in the war and to establish a permanent presence.If confirmed,...

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