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10-year-old boy raped; Filipina working for beauty salon arrested for theft

KUWAIT: An Asian and an Arab expat were recently arrested for taking turns raping a 10-year-old Kuwaiti school boy, said security sources, noting that the suspects had put an anesthetic into a juice they gave to the boy and drove off to a remote spot where they raped him. The sources added that on returning home and noticing that he did not look well, the mother took the boy to the hospital to be examined. Doctors confirmed the incident of...

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Fraud at traffic department

KUWAIT: A citizen working for the traffic police was recently referred to prosecution on charges of forgery and embezzling public funds. The man was caught using a former employee's password to access the traffic department's computer system of ticketing. He would change the names on tickets from the real offenders to people who had died or been deported. The real offenders would pay him half the value of the ticket instead as a bribe....

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Muna Al Fuzai Imagine sitting at your humble desk, worrying about your daily needs, expenses and school fees. Suddenly you receive a message that you have won a million dinars. Naturally you will feel joy and would consider contacting the sender or replying to the message. Surely, you will have some doubts, but there will be hope and joy that your prayers have finally been answered. These sentiments have led many people to lose their money,...

KUWAIT: Inside the Amal Al-Kuwait Perfumes factory, a variety of processes take place where the essences of scents are distilled. Different products including perfumes, eau de cologne and even dish washing liquids and soaps can be produced. — Photos by Joseph Shagra

Scent making in Kuwait

Makki Al-Qallaf, CEO of Amal Al- Kuwait PerfumesIn our region and especially Kuwait, people are known for their love of scent. Women and men will douse themselves from head to toe in perfume before leaving the house and the business of small local factories producing unique and locally-derived scents is booming.Most of us have numerous bottles of perfumes, but we are not aware how these perfumes are made. Kuwait Times visited a local perfume...

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Nostalgia Kuwait: Fond memories of Showbiz

ShowBizDespite rapid changes taking place in Kuwait, people still have unforgettable memories of places that were a part of Kuwait in the past. One place that remains in the memories of those who grew up in the 1980s and early 1990s is ShowBiz, a kitschy symbol of that decadent era. ShowBiz Pizza Place was a pizza restaurant chain and family entertainment center founded in 1980 by Robert L Brock in the US. Its branch in Kuwait was an arcade...

HOBOKEN, NEW JERSEY: First responders treat injured passengers after a New Jersey Transit train crashed into the platform at Hoboken Terminal during morning rush hour yesterday.—AFP

Train crashes into New Jersey station - 1 DEAD,100-plus hurt

HOBOKEN, NEW JERSEY: First responders treat injured passengers after a New Jersey Transit train crashed into the platform at Hoboken Terminal during morning rush hour yesterday.—AFPHOBOKEN, NEW JERSEY: A commuter train plowed into the bustling Hoboken rail station during the morning rush hour yesterday, killing at least one person and injuring more than 100 others, some critically, in a tangle of broken concrete, twisted metal and dangling...

AMMAN: Jordanian King Abdullah II (2nd-R) and Prime Minister Hani Mulki (R) offering their condolences to relatives of Jordanian writer Nahed Hattar yesterday.—AFP

Slain Jordanian writer buried amid tight security

AMMAN: Jordanian King Abdullah II (2nd-R) and Prime Minister Hani Mulki (R) offering their condolences to relatives of Jordanian writer Nahed Hattar yesterday.—AFPFUHAIS, JORDAN: Thousands of people attended the funeral of Jordanian writer Nahed Hattar on Wednesday amid tight security, three days after he was shot dead on the steps of an Amman court. Wrapped in the national flag, his body was buried in his hometown, Fuhais, 20 kilometers north...

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Imam: Pulse shooter prayed at mosque 4 days before attack

KISSIMMEE, FLORIDA: An imam has released video footage of Orlando nightclub shooter Omar Mateen praying in a central Florida mosque four days before the attack that killed 49 people and injured 53 others on June 12.Imam Helmi Elagha told reporters Wednesday that he was unaware that Mateen had visited the mosque until FBI investigators contacted him a couple of days after the June 12 shooting at Pulse nightclub.The imam showed reporters a grainy,...

JERUSALEM: Members of the Knesset guard carry the coffin of former Israeli President Shimon Peres at the Knesset, Israel’s Parliament yesterday.—AP

Israelis pay respects to Peres, Clinton arrives in Israel

JERUSALEM: Members of the Knesset guard carry the coffin of former Israeli President Shimon Peres at the Knesset, Israel’s Parliament yesterday.—APJERUSALEM: Former US President Bill Clinton joined thousands of Israeli mourners yesterday who paid their respects to the late Shimon Peres outside Israel's parliament in Jerusalem, as the country somberly remembered the Nobel-winning politician who helped lead Israel during a remarkable...

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Berlin store manager allegedly beats shoplifter to death

BERLIN: Berlin police say a 29-yearold supermarket manager is under arrest on charges he beat an alleged shoplifter so badly that he died of his injuries. Police said yesterday that they are looking into further similar occurrences at the same store.Police say the victim, a 34-year-old Moldovan man, was seized by the market operator on Sept. 17 and accused of shoplifting. Instead of turning him over to police, authorities say he beat the man.Two...

CURUP, Indonesia: Indonesian police escort suspects including Zainal (second right orange jacket) charged with gangrape and murder after their trial at a court in Curup, Bengkulu province yesterday. —AFP

Indonesian sentenced to death in fatal gang-rape case

CURUP, Indonesia: Indonesian police escort suspects including Zainal (second right orange jacket) charged with gangrape and murder after their trial at a court in Curup, Bengkulu province yesterday. —AFPCURUP, Indonesia: The leader of an Indonesian gang who murdered and gang-raped a schoolgirl was sentenced to death yesterday, in a high-profile case that led to the introduction of tougher punishments for child sex offenders. Zainal was handed...

NEW DELHI: In this handout photograph released yesterday, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi (fourth left) chairs a Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) meeting in New Delhi over alleged Pakistani ceasefire violations at the Line of Control in the disputed Kashmir region jointly administered by India and Pakistan. —AFP

Pakistan fury after India launches Kashmir strikes

NEW DELHI: In this handout photograph released yesterday, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi (fourth left) chairs a Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) meeting in New Delhi over alleged Pakistani ceasefire violations at the Line of Control in the disputed Kashmir region jointly administered by India and Pakistan. —AFPNEW DELHI: Indian commandos carried out a series of lightning strikes yesterday along the de facto border with Pakistan in...

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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

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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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