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KUWAIT: The truck used by the suspect in the failed suicide attack (bottom left), the pickup carrying the US soldiers (top left) and explosives including a suicide belt (right) are seen yesterday. - MoI
US Embassy confirms GIs came under 'terror' attack - US troops pulled attacker from burning truck
KUWAIT: A collision between a truck driven by an Egyptian and a vehicle carrying three US soldiers in Kuwait was a "terrorist attack", not an accident as first thought, the embassy confirmed yesterday. "US Embassy in Kuwait confirms that what at first appeared to be a routine traffic accident involving three deployed US military personnel... was in fact an attempted terrorist attack," the mission said in a statement posted on its website. The...
Ahmad Al-Qudhaibi
Court restores citizenship of pro-opposition TV owner - MP files request to grill justice minister
Ahmad Al-QudhaibiKUWAIT: The administrative lower court yesterday ordered the government to restore the citizenship of pro-opposition Al-Youm television owner Ahmad Jabr Al-Shemmari, more than two years after it was revoked. In a landmark ruling, the court also abolished the Amiri decree that withdrew the citizenship of Shemmari and his four children, and ordered the government to return the nationality to them "immediately" without waiting for...
SHARM EL-SHEIKH: Kuwaiti National Assembly Speaker Marzouq Ali Al- Ghanim speaking to the media in Sharm El-Sheikh yesterday. —KUNA
Kuwait, Egypt seek closer parliamentary ties: Speaker
SHARM EL-SHEIKH: Kuwaiti National Assembly Speaker Marzouq Ali Al- Ghanim speaking to the media in Sharm El-Sheikh yesterday. —KUNA SHARM EL-SHEIKH: The Egyptian parliament has proven its repute despite the adversity it has encountered during the course of its illustrious history, Kuwaiti National Assembly Speaker Marzouq Ali Al-Ghanim said yesterday.Al-Ghanim's remarks came in a statement to the press after participating in celebrations...
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Global silence over Aleppo carnage disgraceful: Kuwait
JEDDAH: An extraordinary session of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) at the delegates' level yielded calls yesterday for an urgent meeting to discuss worsening conditions in Syria. The session, which was chaired by Kuwait's Consul General and permanent delegate to the OIC Wael Al-Enezi, aimed to ensure that Islamic nations would act in concert over efforts to end the war in Syria and other conflicts plaguing the Arab world, a...
Kuwait to empower young entrepreneurs
Kuwait to empower young entrepreneurs - Minister opens 3-day Industries Union Expo 2016
Kuwait to empower young entrepreneursKUWAIT: Minister of Social Affairs and Labor Hind Al-Subaih yesterday said the government has 11 transformative and youth projects in the pipeline, and the General Secretariat for Planning will execute them. "The government aims to have more industries run by the youth that promote local products," said Subaih, who is also the State Minister for Planning and Development, during the launch of the Kuwait...
Attorney Fajer Ahmed
Small and Medium enterprises issues
The amount of small and medium enterprises that have been flourishing in Kuwait in the past few years has been absolutely inspiring. Oil prices might be dropping, but other sectors have been blooming, from food and beverage to the creative industry, fashion, music, design, you name it! I am very proud to be representing clients in such industries and although the majority of my clients are prospering in their field, they do face challenging legal...
KUWAIT: The stateless person arrested for impersonating as a police detective.
3 brothers arrested for reckless driving - Stateless person posed as detective held
KUWAIT: Three Kuwaiti brothers were arrested for reckless driving, endangering others' lives, resisting arrest and assaulting police officers. Security sources explained that one of the brothers was driving dangerously, and when told to pull over, he drove on the opposite side of the road, hitting another vehicle. The source added that his two brothers tried to free him, but they were eventually controlled. Policemen found one of them was wanted...
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Jet ski rider arrested for Asian swimmer's death off Salmiya
KUWAIT: The rider of the jet ski who hit an Asian swimmer off Salmiya resulting in the latter's death was eventually arrested, security sources. The jet ski rider, who had fled the scene following the incident and the police were in the pursuit of the man.Pirated CDs seizedA massive inspection campaign was launched recently across Kuwait in order to protect copyrights resulted in confiscating hundreds of pirated CDs from 38 places.Fake robberyA...
RAEL, Syria: Syrian rebel fighters get into a pickup truck flying an Islamist flag in this northern village after they captured it from the Islamic State group in the Marj Dabiq area north of the embattled city of Aleppo yesterday. - AFP
Syria regime keeps up Aleppo assault
RAEL, Syria: Syrian rebel fighters get into a pickup truck flying an Islamist flag in this northern village after they captured it from the Islamic State group in the Marj Dabiq area north of the embattled city of Aleppo yesterday. - AFPBEIRUT: Syrian government forces yesterday kept up their blistering assault on rebel-held eastern Aleppo after a divided UN Security Council failed to agree on a truce to save the war-battered city. Regime forces...
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Syrian mother living under siege is Marvel's superhero
WASHINGTON: A woman looks at the cover of the comic book "Madaya Mom" on Oct 7, 2016. - AFPNEW YORK: Besieged by the Syrian government for two years, the city of Madaya has had little contact with the outside world - barely reachable by aid convoys, let alone video journalists. So ABC News and Marvel Comics, known for its muscular superheroes, teamed up find another way to help the world see the devastating reality of life under siege....
Balwinder Sahani
Indian tycoon pays $9m for Dubai car plate
Balwinder SahaniDUBAI: An Indian businessman has paid $9 million at auction to grab a single-digit car registration plate in Dubai, feeding a passion for "unique" number plates. Balwinder Sahani, who owns a Dubai-based property management company, spent AED 33 million on the "D5" number plate, in an auction organized by the road authority, Gulf News daily reported yesterday. "I have collected 10 number plates so far and I am looking forward to...
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(Left) Demonstrators brandish placards and flags of Palestine during a rally in Rabat on Aug 3, 2024, protesting the killing of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh. (Right) Protesters rally in London during the "National March for Gaza", calling to end the genocide, stop arming the Zionist entity and no Middle East war on Aug 3, 2024. - AFP photos
Fears of Middle East war grow
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Shereeda Al-Maousherji
CSC’s faceprint attendance rule sparks debate
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NOTTINGHAM: Protesters are detained on Aug 3, 2024 during an 'Enough is Enough' demonstration. - AFP
Britain hit by worst rioting in 13 years
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MOGADISHU: Relatives carry the body of a woman killed during an attack on Aug 3, 2024. - AFP
Somalia beach attack kills 32
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GAZA: A woman mourns over the bodies of children killed in Zionist bombardment on the Hassan Salama and Al-Nasser schools housing displaced Palestinians on Aug 4, 2024 at the at Al-Ahli Arab hospital, also known as the Baptist hospital in Gaza City. - AFP
Bloodbath in Gaza as region boils