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KUWAIT: Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Sheikh Mohammad Khaled Al-Sabah is pictured during his visit to the administration of elections affairs. —Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat
Unlawful consultations will be stamped out: Interior Minister
36 more candidates join race KUWAIT: Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Sheikh Mohammad Khaled Al-Sabah is pictured during his visit to the administration of elections affairs. —Photo by Yasser Al-ZayyatKUWAIT: The Ministry of Interior (MoI) will use the full force of law to quell any forms of 'illegal consultations' amongst candidates contesting upcoming parliamentary elections, Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Sheikh...
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16-year-olds trialed as adults from Jan 1
KUWAIT: Teenagers as young as 16 years of age will be tried as adults in criminal cases starting from January 1, 2016, security sources said, urging legal guardians to take extra caution and make sure that their children stay away from criminal behavior. The National Assembly had last year passed a law to reduce the legal age for criminal accountability for teenagers from 18 to 16. - Al-RaiDNA lawKUWAIT: The Interior Ministry's visions to amend...
Fifth Youth Empowerment Symposium
Fifth Youth Empowerment Symposium 'Tmkeen' concludes
Fifth Youth Empowerment SymposiumKUWAIT: The second and final day of the fifth annual Youth Empowerment Symposium (Tmkeen) yesterday witnessed a host of activities to provide opportunities for Kuwaiti youth to gain valuable insights about entrepreneurship from industry leaders, academics and experts. As a national youth initiative, Tmkeen holds this annual conference with the goal of spreading awareness, knowledge and inspiration to aspiring...
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'Hooligans' to be deported
KUWAIT: A security source said the Farwaniya security director has asked for deporting five Somalis because of their hooliganism at a Khaitan public park and terrorizing picnickers. The source said interior ministry operations received calls about some expats harassing picnickers in the park. A police patrol went to the park and arrested the five. Meanwhile, five Indians were arrested while intoxicated, and 29 locally-brewed liquor bottles were...
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Two held for possession of unlicensed weapons
KUWAIT: Two citizens were arrested by weapons detectives for possessing unlicensed weapons. Tips were received about a suspect having unlicensed firearms, so a warrant was obtained and his house was raided, where a large amount of ammunition was found. They then went to the second suspect's house, where they found two AK-47s and a pistol. Both were sent to concerned authorities, the Ministry of Interior's relations and security information...
Pedestrians walk past a cordoned off area surrounding the vandalized star for Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump on thenHollywood Walk of Fame, Wednesday, Oct. 26,2016, in Los Angeles.
Trump makes mid-campaign stop to promote new hotel
Mogul’s Hollywood Walk of Fame star vandalized Pedestrians walk past a cordoned off area surrounding the vandalized star for Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump on theHollywood Walk of Fame, Wednesday, Oct. 26,2016, in Los Angeles.LOS ANGELES: An axe-wielding protester hacked out the gold lettering and television logo on Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame yesterday. A man who...
IRBIL: A customer gets his beard trimmed at a makeshift barbershop inside the Baharka camp for displaced persons on the outskirts of Irbil. — AP
Jihadists 'shave beards' as pressure builds on Mosul
IRBIL: A customer gets his beard trimmed at a makeshift barbershop inside the Baharka camp for displaced persons on the outskirts of Irbil. — APKHAZIR: Islamic State group fighters were shaving their beards and changing hideouts in Mosul, residents said, as Iraqi forces moved ever closer to the city yesterday and civilians fled in growing numbers. Reached by AFP inside Mosul, several residents said the jihadists seemed to be preparing for an...
TEHRAN: Photo shows what Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guards referred to as ‘suicide drone’ - capable of delivering explosives to blow up targets at sea and on land. — AFP
Iran unveils 'suicide drone'
US 'troubled' by spying sentence of Iranian American TEHRAN: Photo shows what Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guards referred to as ‘suicide drone’ - capable of delivering explosives to blow up targets at sea and on land. — AFPTEHRAN: Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards said yesterday they had developed a "suicide drone" capable of delivering explosives to blow up targets at sea and on land. The new drone is primarily for maritime surveillance...
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump and Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton speak during the second presidential debate at Washington University in St Louis. —AP
Clinton warns against complacency, as Trump warns of World War Three
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump and Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton speak during the second presidential debate at Washington University in St Louis. —APCOCONUT CREEK: Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton warned her supporters on Tuesday against complacency as opinion polls show her holding a clear lead over Republican rival Donald Trump with exactly two weeks left until the Nov 8 election. Clinton...
Gambia’s President Yahya Jammeh
Five questions and answers on the ICC
Gambia’s President Yahya JammehTHE HAGUE: The Gambia has become the third country in just a matter of weeks to announce it plans to withdraw from the International Criminal Court (ICC). The shock announcement will be a personal blow to the tribunal's chief prosecutor Fatou Bensouda, a Gambian lawyer and former justice minister. The Gambia's move comes after South Africa dealt the world tribunal a huge setback on Friday by announcing its...
GHOR: Afghan men gather around the bodies of civilians, including children who were killed by Islamic State militants in Ghor province yesterday. — AFP
Islamic State abducts, kill 30 in Afghanistan
IS expanding presence beyond its eastern stronghold GHOR: Afghan men gather around the bodies of civilians, including children who were killed by Islamic State militants in Ghor province yesterday. — AFPKABUL: Militants linked to Islamic State jihadists abducted and killed around 30 civilians, including children, in central Afghanistan, officials said yesterday, raising concerns about the group's expanding presence beyond its eastern...
PESHAWAR: Afghan Sharbat Gula, the ‘Afghan Girl’ who appeared on the cover of a 1985 edition of National Geographic magazine, waits ahead of a court hearing in Peshawar. — AFP
National Geographic 'Afghan girl' arrested in Pakistan
PESHAWAR: Afghan Sharbat Gula, the ‘Afghan Girl’ who appeared on the cover of a 1985 edition of National Geographic magazine, waits ahead of a court hearing in Peshawar. — AFPPESHAWAR: An Afghan woman immortalized on a celebrated National Geographic magazine cover as a green-eyed 12-year-old girl was arrested yesterday for living in Pakistan on fraudulent identity papers. The haunting image of Sharbat Gula, taken in a Pakistan refugee camp...
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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
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NOTTINGHAM: Protesters are detained on Aug 3, 2024 during an 'Enough is Enough' demonstration. - AFP
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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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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