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Trio 'brought together' by drugs

KUWAIT: A car was spotted driving erratically in Ahmadi, so it was stopped, and police found two men and an Egyptian woman in an abnormal condition. The three had used drugs earlier, so their car was searched and 62 tablets of a banned substance were found. The Egyptian woman said she does not have any work relations with the men and it was the drugs that brought them together. The three are being questioned by the Drugs Control General...

‘Large breweries’ busted in Egaila, Kabd

'Large breweries' busted in Egaila, Kabd

‘Large breweries’ busted in Egaila, KabdKUWAIT: Ahmadi police busted a local liquor brewery in Egaila, described as one of the largest to ever be discovered in Kuwait. Police raided the place and found hundreds of drums containing liquor distillation material, in addition to pumps and tools used in brewing alcohol. Five people were arrested during the operation. Meanwhile, a man was arrested during a similar raid in Kabd, in which a large...

Attorney Fajer Ahmed

Alcohol and the law in Kuwait

I am extremely grateful that my clients and readers come from all walks of life and that I get to work with companies and individuals. I am also very happy that I can reach out to expats with my legal writings and explain to them my country's legislation, making their transition to Kuwait easier. Kuwaitis are so blessed to be exposed to the diversity of people in Kuwait and to learn from them and their culture. The diversity of nationalities in...

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Al-Hailag Years

There was a great famine in Kuwait in the years 1868-1871. These years were named Al-Hailag, which means the year of hunger. And, as usual, Kuwaitis used it to mark dates and history. At that time, Kuwait was ruled by the late Sheikh Abdullah II, the son of Sabah II. Sheikh Abdullah, may the Almighty have mercy on his soul, exerted a lot of efforts to ease the impact of the famine on the people despite the very limited resources he had...

BAGHDAD: An Iraqi man buys liquor from a closed shop selling illegally through a window in the capital yesterday. - AFP

Iraq booze ban sparks backlash

BAGHDAD: An Iraqi man buys liquor from a closed shop selling illegally through a window in the capital yesterday. - AFPBAGHDAD: Secular Iraqis woke up feeling hungover yesterday, after a surprise parliament vote they claim is unconstitutional and shows that dominant religious parties have their priorities wrong. An article banning the sale, import and production of alcohol was slipped into a draft on municipalities and caught the anti-ban camp...

Hassan Rouhani

US vote between 'bad and worse': Rouhani

Hassan RouhaniTEHRAN: Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said yesterday that he had no preference in the US election race between Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump, saying it was a choice between "bad and worse"."At the UN, the leader of a country asked me which of the candidates I preferred. I responded: 'Do I prefer the bad over the worse, or the worse over the bad?" Rouhani said at a speech in Arak in central Iran.The moderate president said he...

VIRGINIA BEACH: Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump arrives to speak at a campaign rally at Regent University. —AP

Trump team says ‘we are behind’ - Plans to sue all women who have accused him of groping

VIRGINIA BEACH: Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump arrives to speak at a campaign rally at Regent University. —APWASHINGTON: Donald Trump's campaign bluntly acknowledged Sunday that the real estate mogul is trailing Hillary Clinton as the presidential race hurdles toward a close, but insisted he still has a viable path to win the White House.With barely two weeks left and early voting underway in most of the US, Trump's team said...

HAITI: A guard lies dead inside the Civil Prison after a jail break in the coastal town of Arcahaiea. — AP

172 inmates escape Haiti prison, 2 dead

HAITI: A guard lies dead inside the Civil Prison after a jail break in the coastal town of Arcahaiea. — APPORT-AU-PRINCE: At least 172 inmates escaped a Haitian prison near the capital Port-au-Prince during an armed mutiny, killing one guard and many escaping with police weapons, local media reported. Le Nouvelliste newspaper quoted Arcahaie prison manager Heurtelou Paul Colson on Saturday as saying a guard was shot dead and two other police...

KIRKUK: Kirkuk provincial Governor, Najm al-Din Karim (C), walks on October 22, 2016 alongside police and Kurdish security forces as he visits the damaged sites where fighting against Islamic State (IS) jihadists took place in the centre the Kurdish-controlled city. — AFP

Forces advance near Mosul as IS attacks western town - Death tolls till not released

KIRKUK: Kirkuk provincial Governor, Najm al-Din Karim (C), walks on October 22, 2016 alongside police and Kurdish security forces as he visits the damaged sites where fighting against Islamic State (IS) jihadists took place in the centre the Kurdish-controlled city. — AFPKHAZER, Iraq: Iraqi and Kurdish forces advanced on a town near Mosul yesterday as part of an operation to retake the northern city from the Islamic State group, which staged...

Swiss court faults employer for firing woman over headscarf

GENEVA: A Swiss court has ruled against a company that fired a longtime employee after she began wearing the Muslim headscarf, marking one of the first such rulings in Switzerland, media reported yesterday. A regional court in Bern ruled last month that a 29-year-old Serbian woman was fired without just cause from a dry cleaning business, and ordered the company to dish out back-pay and damages to her, the Le Matin Dimanche weekly reported.The...

UTSUNOMIYA: Police officers investigate near a damaged wooden bench, right, following an explosion at a park. —AFP

One killed and several hurt in suspected Japan suicide blast - 72-year-old sets off explosive device

UTSUNOMIYA: Police officers investigate near a damaged wooden bench, right, following an explosion at a park. —AFPTOKYO: A retired soldier was killed and several people injured by twin blasts at a Japanese park on yesterday in what may have been a bizarre suicide, police and reports said. A festival was under way at the park when the 72-year-old former member of Japan's Self Defense Forces apparently set off an explosive device that killed him...

LONDON: Manchester United’s Swedish striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic (L) heads the ball during the English Premier League football match between Chelsea and Manchester United at Stamford Bridge in London yesterday. — AFP

Chelsea thrash Mourinho’s United 4-0

LONDON: Manchester United’s Swedish striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic (L) heads the ball during the English Premier League football match between Chelsea and Manchester United at Stamford Bridge in London yesterday. — AFPLONDON: Chelsea supporters taunted Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho with chants of “You’re not special anymore!” as his Stamford Bridge return yielded a humiliating 4-0 defeat yesterday. With seven major titles across...

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