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Dr Malak Al-Reshaid, Professor of Sociology and Social Service Department at Kuwait University
Candidates make youth violence issue a priority
Dr Malak Al-Reshaid, Professor of Sociology and Social Service Department at Kuwait UniversityKUWAIT: Over the past decade, youth antisocial and violent behavior has become a great national concern and a top political policy issue that has been sensationalized by media coverage in Kuwait. Rare, yet devastatingly violent, these crimes are usually committed by youth at schools and public places. Youth involvement in such dysfunctional and violent...
Abandoned vehicles, scraps removed
Abandoned vehicles, scraps removed
Abandoned vehicles, scraps removedKUWAIT: An inspection campaign was recently launched in various Kuwaiti governorates to remove abandoned and scrap vehicles. 480 citations were filed.Robbery suspect nabbedA citizen with a criminal record was recently arrested for robbing a number of expats in Salmiya after threatening them with a knife, said security sources.Abdali land Border ExitMoI's Relations and Security Media Director Brigadier Adel Ahmed...
India's Ravichandran Ashwin (2R) celebrates the wicket of England's Joe Root with captain Virat Kohli (L) and teammates during the second day of the second Test cricket match between India and England at the Dr. Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium in Vishakhapatnam on November 18, 2016. / AFP PHOTO / Prakash SINGH / ----IMAGE RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - STRICTLY NO COMMERCIAL USE----- / GETTYOUT
Ashwin puts India on top in second Test
India's Ravichandran Ashwin (2R) celebrates the wicket of England's Joe Root with captain Virat Kohli (L) and teammates during the second day of the second Test cricket match between India and England at the Dr. Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium in Vishakhapatnam on November 18, 2016. - AFP VISAKHAPATNAM: Ravichandran Ashwin starred with the bat and ball to put India on top in the second Test as England's batsmen struggled...
Tunisian mothers of a torture victims carry their sons' portraits as they arrive for a hearing before the The Truth and Dignity Commission (IVD) in Tunis on November 17, 2016.nVictims of murder, rape and torture under successive dictatorships started testifying on live television Thursday as Tunisia -- in a rare move for the Arab world -- tries to deal with decades of abuse.nnThe Truth and Dignity Commission (IVD) has tracked human rights violations committed between July 1955, a year before Tunisia gained its independence from France, and December 2013 when the fact-finding body was established. / AFP PHOTO / FETHI BELAID
Tears as Tunisians relive torture years
Tunisian mothers of a torture victims carry their sons' portraits as they arrive for a hearing before the The Truth and Dignity Commission (IVD) in Tunis on November 17, 2016.Victims of murder, rape and torture under successive dictatorships started testifying on live television Thursday as Tunisia -- in a rare move for the Arab world -- tries to deal with decades of abuse.The Truth and Dignity Commission (IVD) has tracked human rights...
In this photograph taken on November 11, 2016, Bablu Lama, (R) arrested and tortured by members of the Nepalese army during Nepal's decade-long war, speaks to AFP in an interview in Kathmandu. nNovember 20, 2016 marks a decade since the Maoists signed a peace deal to end a 10-year civil war that claimed more than 16,000 lives, laying down their arms and promising to play by the rules of a parliamentary democracy. / AFP PHOTO / PRAKASH MATHEMA
A decade on, legacy of Maoist war stalks Nepal
In this photograph taken on November 11, 2016, Bablu Lama, (R) arrested and tortured by members of the Nepalese army during Nepal's decade-long war, speaks to AFP in an interview in Kathmandu.November 20, 2016 marks a decade since the Maoists signed a peace deal to end a 10-year civil war that claimed more than 16,000 lives, laying down their arms and promising to play by the rules of a parliamentary democracy. - AFP KATHMANDU: Sabitri...
(COMBO) This combination of pictures created on November 18, 2016 shows (L to R)nUS Representative from Kansas Mike Pompeo, Retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn and Senator Jeff Sessions. n President-elect Donald Trump has chosen Jeff Sessions to be attorney general, Mike Pompeo has been selected to be CIA director, and the influential post of national security adviser to his controversial campaign adviser, former general Michael Flynn, US media reported on November 18, 2016. / AFP / STF
Trump taps Pompeo, Sessions for top jobs
(COMBO) This combination of pictures created on November 18, 2016 shows (L to R) US Representative from Kansas Mike Pompeo, Retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn and Senator Jeff Sessions. President-elect Donald Trump has chosen Jeff Sessions to be attorney general, Mike Pompeo has been selected to be CIA director, and the influential post of national security adviser to his controversial campaign adviser, former general Michael Flynn, US media...
German chancellor Angela Merkel, third left, attends a meeting with US president Barack Obama, left, French president, Francois Hollande, third right, Spain's Prime Minister , Mariano Rajoy, right, Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May, second right, and Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi, second left, at the chancellary in Berlin, Friday Nov.18, 2016. Obama is joining the leaders of key European countries to discuss an array of security and economic challenges facing the trans-Atlantic partners as the U.S. prepares for President-elect Donald Trump to take office in January. (Kay Nietfeld/Pool Photo via AP)
Obama urges European leaders to accept Trump
German chancellor Angela Merkel, third left, attends a meeting with US president Barack Obama, left, French president, Francois Hollande, third right, Spain's Prime Minister , Mariano Rajoy, right, Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May, second right, and Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi, second left, at the chancellary in Berlin, Friday Nov.18, 2016. Obama is joining the leaders of key European countries to discuss an array of security and...
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Kuwaiti assaulted
KUWAIT: A citizen reported that an old friend of his assaulted him with a knife and tried to break into his house in Daher area but he managed to escape before the police arrived at the scene. A case was filed and the suspect was summoned for further investigations. Also, a female citizen was recently arrested for threatening her brother with a knife at the family house in Adan.SMS love messagesA Syrian living in Salmiya reported that her...
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India's millions pay price of cash ban
 Indian villagers queue outside a bank as they wait to deposit and exchange 500 and 1000 rupee notes in Hanuman Ganj village on the outskirts of Allahabad on November 18, 2016. India's government asked its citizens to put up with what it called the "short-term inconvenience" when it announced the move to withdraw 85 percent of currency in circulation in a bid to tackle widespread tax evasion. - AFPBULANDSHAHR, India: Indian farmer Zakir Khan...
Pakistani students of the Pak-Turk International school protest in Karachi, Pakistan, Thursday, Nov. 17, 2016. Pakistan's order for 400 Turkish nationals, mostly schoolteachers and their families, to leave the country within 72 hours was being challenged in court on Thursday as hundreds of students took to the streets to denounce the expulsions. (AP Photo/Fareed Khan)
Pakistani parents rally against Turkish teachers' expulsion
Pakistani students of the Pak-Turk International school protest in Karachi, Pakistan, Thursday, Nov. 17, 2016. Pakistan's order for 400 Turkish nationals, mostly schoolteachers and their families, to leave the country within 72 hours was being challenged in court on Thursday as hundreds of students took to the streets to denounce the expulsions. -AP ISLAMABAD: Dozens of Pakistani parents are rallying against a government order expelling their...
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of Calif. speaks at her weekly news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 17, 2016. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
Nancy Pelosi faces challenge As house minority leader
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of Calif. speaks at her weekly news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 17, 2016. -AP WASHINGTON: House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi is facing a challenge from one of her caucus' frustrated younger members as the party faces another two years in the minority. Ohio Rep. Tim Ryan said Thursday he will challenge the California lawmaker, who has led the party since 2002 and was the first...
KUWAIT: Suspected visa violators are detained in this file photo as Ministry of Interior intensifies crackdown on illegals. — MOI
Anti-expat sentiments on the rise; Interior plans to fines and fees
KUWAIT: Suspected visa violators are detained in this file photo as Ministry of Interior intensifies crackdown on illegals. — MOIKUWAIT: The Ministry of Interior plans to ask the next National Assembly to approve decisions to increase charges of Ministry services as a whole and on residency services in particular, the head of the Residency Department said yesterday. Director of the General Department for Residence Affairs Major General Talal...
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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