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MANCHESTER: Manchester United’s Swedish striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic (C) is tackled by Burnley’s English defender Ben Mee (R) on the edge of the box during the English Premier League football match between Manchester United and Burnley at Old Trafford in Manchester, north west England, yesterday. — AFP
Mourinho banished, Heaton frustrates Man Utd
MANCHESTER: Manchester United’s Swedish striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic (C) is tackled by Burnley’s English defender Ben Mee (R) on the edge of the box during the English Premier League football match between Manchester United and Burnley at Old Trafford in Manchester, north west England, yesterday. — AFPMANCHESTER: Tom Heaton’s saves frustrated his former club Manchester United as Burnley drew 0-0 at Old Trafford yesterday to secure a first...
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Family attacker 'not extremist': police
WeaponsKUWAIT: The Ministry of Interior's relations and security information department said a 35-year-old Saudi and his mother told Sulaibiya police they were attacked by his brother with a knife, and accused him of having extremist ideas. Police arrested the accused and questioned him, and authorities concluded what took place was a domestic dispute. They said the suspect is unstable and he was referred to determine his mental condition....
Kuwaiti candidate Salah al-Muhawesh (L) registers on the final day of candidate's registration for the upcoming parliamentary elections, at the election's department, in Kuwait City on October 28, 2016. / AFP / Yasser Al-Zayyat
454 hopefuls sign for polls as opposition makes a comeback
Kuwaiti candidate Salah al-Muhawesh (L) registers on the final day of candidate's registration for the upcoming parliamentary elections, at the election's department, in Kuwait City on October 28, 2016. -Yasser Al-ZayyatKUWAIT: As many as 454 candidates including 15 women have registered their names to run in next month's parliamentary elections and the opposition has almost ended its four-year boycott by fielding close to 30 candidates, many of...
Makkah
Houthi missile shot down near Makkah
Kuwait condemns attackRIYADH: Yemeni rebels have launched one of their longest-range strikes against Saudi Arabia, firing a ballistic missile that was shot down near the holy city of Makkah, the Saudi-led coalition fighting them said yesterday. Saudi Arabia has deployed Patriot missiles to intercept the rebel fire. Houthi rebels launched the missile "toward the Makkah area" on Thursday evening from their Saada province stronghold just across the...
CHICAGO, IL - OCTOBER 27: Dwyane Wade #3 of the Chicago Bulls reacts to a three point shot late in the fourth quarter against the Boston Celtics at the United Center on October 27, 2016 in Chicago, Illinois. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Stacy Revere/Getty Images/AFPn== FOR NEWSPAPERS, INTERNET, TELCOS & TELEVISION USE ONLY ==
Dwyane Wade begins Bulls career in style
CHICAGO, IL - OCTOBER 27: Dwyane Wade #3 of the Chicago Bulls reacts to a three point shot late in the fourth quarter against the Boston Celtics at the United Center on October 27, 2016 in Chicago, Illinois. -AFPCHICAGO: Dwyane Wade tallied 22 points in his Chicago homecoming as the Bulls showed off their retooled roster with a 105-99 win over the Boston Celtics on Thursday at the United Center. After trading point guard Derrick Rose to the New...
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London borough opens doors to 'Jungle' migrant children
In this Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2016 photograph, shoes lay abandoned in the entranceway of a tent in the makeshift migrant camp known as "the jungle" near Calais, northern France. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)LONDON: Horrified by the desperate plight of traumatized children in the "Jungle" migrant camp in France, one London borough is seeking to provide a new life in Britain for unaccompanied youngsters. As bulldozers raze the sprawling camp in the...
A picture shows houses in an Iraqi Kurdish Kakai minority village located near the town of Kalak, east of Mosul, on October 26, 2016, after Iraqi forces recaptured it from Islamic State (IS) group jihadists a few months ago. The Kakai are a secretive religious minority that was badly hit when the Islamic State group swept through the Nineveh plain in August 2014. - TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY THIBAULD MALTERRE AND SAFA MAJEEDn / AFP / SAFIN HAMED / TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY THIBAULD MALTERRE AND SAFA MAJEED
IS kills hundreds, kidnaps thousands around Mosul
A picture shows houses in an Iraqi Kurdish Kakai minority village located near the town of Kalak, east of Mosul, on October 26, 2016, after Iraqi forces recaptured it from Islamic State (IS) group jihadists a few months ago. The Kakai are a secretive religious minority that was badly hit when the Islamic State group swept through the Nineveh plain in August 2014. - TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY THIBAULD MALTERRE AND SAFA MAJEED/ AFP / SAFIN HAMED / TO...
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'Good Muslims grow beards, not moustaches'
Victims' rights campaigner Raymond McCord (C) speaks to the media outside the High Court in Belfast on October 28, 2016 after attending the ruling in a legal challenge against Brexit. nNorthern Ireland's High Court on Friday rejected a legal challenge to Brexit, the first judicial ruling on the issue in the UK. The challenge was brought by a cross-party group of politicians that claimed Northern Ireland should have a veto on leaving the European Union and was linked to a challenge on the impact of Brexit on the Northern Irish peace process by veteran victims' rights campaigner Raymond McCord, whose son, Raymond Jr, was murdered by paramiltaries in 1996. In a statement to the media after the ruling McCord confirmed that they would be appealing the decision at the UK Supreme Court.n / AFP PHOTO / PAUL FAITH
Northern Ireland court rejects Brexit challenge
Victims' rights campaigner Raymond McCord (C) speaks to the media outside the High Court in Belfast on October 28, 2016 after attending the ruling in a legal challenge against Brexit.Northern Ireland's High Court on Friday rejected a legal challenge to Brexit, the first judicial ruling on the issue in the UK. The challenge was brought by a cross-party group of politicians that claimed Northern Ireland should have a veto on leaving the European...
FILE - In this Oct. 10, 2015, photo, missiles are paraded during a military parade during celebrations to mark the 70th anniversary of North Korea's Workers' Party. North Korea’s leader, Kim Jong Un, appears to see nuclear weapons as a guarantee of his own survival - that no country will attack him if he’s able to respond with such force. He has ordered a dramatic increase in nuclear and missile tests since coming to power in 2011, and particularly over the past year, increasing both the strength of the North’s nuclear blasts and the range of its missiles. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E, File)
Lost cause? North Korea nuke threat awaits next president
FILE - In this Oct. 10, 2015, photo, missiles are paraded during a military parade during celebrations to mark the 70th anniversary of North Korea's Workers' Party. North Korea’s leader, Kim Jong Un, appears to see nuclear weapons as a guarantee of his own survival - that no country will attack him if he’s able to respond with such force. He has ordered a dramatic increase in nuclear and missile tests since coming to power in 2011,...
Abdulhameed Dashti
Dashti registers but still faces appeal
'Prominent opposition figures throw hats into ring' Abdulhameed DashtiKUWAIT: The administrative court yesterday rejected a government objection to its ruling to allow former Shiite MP Abdulhameed Dashti to file his nomination papers despite living outside the country for the past seven months. Dashti's elder son Talal immediately went to the election department and registered his father as a candidate for next month's election from the first...
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Interior Ministry to ‘penalize’ vehicles impeding traffic flow
KUWAIT: Vehicles found disrupting the flow of traffic will have their registration plates annulled starting on Sunday, the Ministry of Interior's Assistant Undersecretary for Traffic Affairs Major General Fahad Al-Shuwaiy said yesterday.Al-Shuwaiy, who is also Director General of the General Directorate of Traffic, said that after the registration plates have been revoked, violators will be required to pay a fine to retrieve them. Moreover,...
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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