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757 illegal residents employed in co-ops
KUWAIT: The Central Apparatus for Illegal Residents announced yesterday that the number of illegal residents who are employed in cooperative societies till the end of June of 2016 has reached 757. Assistant Secretary General for Technical and Information Affairs in the Apparatus Waleed Al-Asfoor told KUNA that the number of Cooperative Societies which are employing illegal residents went up to 38.Al-Asfoor stated that Saad Al-Abdullah Co-op has...
AMembers take their seat for the opening of an Olympic Summit on reforming the anti-doping system on October 8, 2016 in Lausanne. After a Russian doping scandal plunged the Olympic movement into one of its worst crises, top figures in world sport meet in a bid to overhaul global drug testing. / AFP / FABRICE COFFRINI
IOC calls for new anti-doping body
AMembers take their seat for the opening of an Olympic Summit on reforming the anti-doping system on October 8, 2016 in Lausanne. After a Russian doping scandal plunged the Olympic movement into one of its worst crises, top figures in world sport meet in a bid to overhaul global drug testing. / AFP / FABRICE COFFRINILAUSANNE: Olympic bosses yesterday asked the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) to create a new body for testing athletes and revamp...
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Hijab in Playboy
Muna Al Fuzai Some see the hijab that covers the hair as a symbol of modesty and chastity that distinguishes Muslim women from other women. Conversely, they view Playboy magazine as a tool of pornographic pictures of nude girls that symbolizes permissiveness and sexual freedom, despite the fact that this magazine stopped publishing nude pictures a year ago after six full decades of dissemination of pornography. Now, a beautiful Muslim girl...
His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah
ACD communique to include Amir's proposal for Asia fund - Summit endorsing a permanent secretariat based in Kuwait
His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-SabahBANGKOK: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah's participation in the 2nd Asia Cooperation Dialogue Summit (ACD) reiterates Kuwait's keenness to give impetus to the initiative to realize its goals, Assistant Foreign Minister for Asian Affairs Ambassador Ali Al-Said, told KUNA yesterday.The 2nd ACD Summit kicks off in Bangkok, today for three days. The first ACD...
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Spanish adventurer who walked 6,400km arrives in Kuwait
IshaqKUWAIT: An intrepid adventurer, who has been walking from Paris to Makkah to perform umrah, arrived in Kuwait a few days ago. Ishaq, a 33-year-old Spaniard of Algerian descent, began his journey around five months back. He has already walked a distance of 6,400 km and is planning to reach his destination in 50 days. He is now waiting for a visa to enter Saudi Arabia. Ishaq was received by his Kuwaiti host Abu Mohammed Al-Mutairi at the...
KUWAIT: Minister of Information and Minister of State for Youth Affairs Sheikh Salman SabahnAl-Salem Al-Humoud Al-Sabah holding a meeting with the United Nations ResidentnCoordinator in the State of Kuwait, Zineb Touimi-Bejelloun yesterday.—KUNA
Sheikh Salman meets UNDP representative
KUWAIT: Minister of Information and Minister of State for Youth Affairs Sheikh Salman Sabah Al-Salem Al-Humoud Al-Sabah holding a meeting with the United Nations Resident Coordinator in the State of Kuwait, Zineb Touimi Bejelloun yesterday.—KUNAKUWAIT: Minister of Information and Minister of State for Youth Affairs Sheikh Salman Sabah Al-Salem Al-Humoud Al-Sabah yesterday discussed with the United Nations Resident Coordinator in the State of...
The Ministry of Interiorn(MoI) announced yesterday it foilednan attempt to smuggle 221 pieces ofncannabis weighing 140 kg.
MoI foils bid to smuggle in 140 kg of hashish
The Ministry of Interior (MoI) announced yesterday it foiled an attempt to smuggle 221 pieces of cannabis weighing 140 kg.KUWAIT: The Ministry of Interior (MoI) announced yesterday it foiled an attempt to smuggle 221 pieces of cannabis weighing 140 kg. The ministry's public relations department pointed out that seven traffickers - two illegal residents and five Iranians - attempted to smuggle the drugs by sea.Security sources explained that...
U.S. Marine Amphibious Assault Vehicles (AAV) manoeuvre in rough seas facing the South China Sea during the joint US-Philippines amphibious landing exercise dubbed PHIBLEX Friday Oct.7, 2016 at Naval Education Training Command in San Antonio township, Zambales province northwest of Manila, Philippines. The combat drill, however, maybe the last under President Rodrigo Duterte, who has opposed the war games partly because they may upset China and because of his disgust over U.S. criticisms of his bloody anti-drug campaign. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)
Philippines tells US no joint patrols in South China Sea - 107 US troops may be asked to leave South
U.S. Marine Amphibious Assault Vehicles (AAV) manoeuvre in rough seas facing the South China Sea during the joint US-Philippines amphibious landing exercise dubbed PHIBLEX Friday Oct.7, 2016 at Naval Education Training Command in San Antonio township, Zambales province northwest of Manila, Philippines. The combat drill, however, maybe the last under President Rodrigo Duterte, who has opposed the war games partly because they may upset China and...
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
Egyptian arrested after failed suicide attack on US soldiers - Explosives found in truck used in attack * 5 GIs unhurt
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. - MoIKUWAIT: An Egyptian yesterday tried to ram a truck into another vehicle carrying five American soldiers in a failed suicide bombing yesterday. The interior ministry identified the attacker as Ibrahim Suleiman, born in 1988. It said he was driving...
Rafael Nadal of Spain hits a return against Grigor Dimitrov of Bulgaria during the men's singles quater-finals match at the China Open tennis tournament in Beijing on October 7, 2016. / AFP / WANG ZHAO
Nadal crashes, Murray wins in Beijing quarters
Rafael Nadal of Spain hits a return against Grigor Dimitrov of Bulgaria during the men's singles quater-finals match at the China Open tennis tournament in Beijing on October 7, 2016. / AFP / WANG ZHAOBEIJING: Rafael Nadal crashed out of the China Open quarter finals to 20th-ranked Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov yesterday as Andy Murray swept into his 11th semi of the season. Despite two breaks in the first set, the fourteen-time Grand Slam champion...
Colombian president Juan Manuel Santos gestures before a press conference after winning the Nobel Peace Prize 2016 on October 7, 2016 at Casa de Narino presidential palace in Bogota. Colombia's President Juan Manuel Santos dedicated his Nobel Peace Prize Friday to the victims of his country's civil war, which he has worked to end through a contested peace accord with communist rebels / AFP / GUILLERMO LEGARIA
Nobel Peace Prize for Colombian president - 'Resolute efforts' to end Latin America's longest war
Colombian president Juan Manuel Santos gestures before a press conference after winning the Nobel Peace Prize 2016 on October 7, 2016 at Casa de Narino presidential palace in Bogota. Colombia's President Juan Manuel Santos dedicated his Nobel Peace Prize Friday to the victims of his country's civil war, which he has worked to end through a contested peace accord with communist rebels / AFP / GUILLERMO LEGARIAOSLO: Colombian President Juan Manuel...
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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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NOTTINGHAM: Protesters are detained on Aug 3, 2024 during an 'Enough is Enough' demonstration. - AFP
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MOGADISHU: Relatives carry the body of a woman killed during an attack on Aug 3, 2024. - AFP
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