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MEW managed to control high load phase: Al-Jassar - 17.4 million deal to replace overhead power lines
KUWAIT: Minister of Electricity and Water Ahmed Al-Jassar stressed that despite the heat and high temperatures, MEW managed to control the high load phase. A record consumption rate increase of 580 megawatts was recorded in mid-August, when total consumption was 13,390 megawatts, a 4 percent increase compared to the same period last year. Speaking to reporters on receiving Eid greetings at his office, Jassar said that MEW has already started...
KUWAIT: Failaka Island, one of the most sought after destinations for visitors during holidays. — Photos by Joseph Shagra.
Failaka remains off limits to visitors during Eid
KUWAIT: Failaka Island, one of the most sought after destinations for visitors during holidays. — Photos by Joseph Shagra.KUWAIT: Failaka Island is one of the most popular destinations during Eids and other holidays for those who are not travelling abroad, but not so this Eid. Many visitors, especially those who prefer to stay there over the weekend, couldn’t do so as the ferry transporting them along with their vehicles stopped its trips to...
KUWAIT: The wreckage of a car being pulled out of a truck following a collision along Khubara Al-Awazem highway.
Security agent, companion killed in highway collision
KUWAIT: The wreckage of a car being pulled out of a truck following a collision along Khubara Al-Awazem highway.KUWAIT: A border security agent and his Asian companion were killed in a traffic accident along Khubara Al-Awazem highway, said security sources, noting that the accident took place when the victims' vehicle collided into a truck and ended up jammed underneath it. Further investigations are still in progress.Fire in AndalusA fire broke...
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Kuwait police captain arrested with drugs in Egypt
KUWAIT: A Kuwait police captain was recently arrested at Hurghada airport, Egypt in possession of three bars of hashish and a large quantity of illicit pills. The man was detained just prior to his planned departure to Turkey, said security sources. The officer, who had been to Egypt on vacation, seemed anxious while checking in for the flight and on checking his luggage, airport detectives found the drugs.Drug overdoseA citizen, who had just...
NEW YORK: Police and firefighters work near the scene of an explosion in Manhattan’s Chelsea neighborhood late Saturday. — AP
NY blast is 'terrorism', but no claim, motive unclear
NEW YORK: Police and firefighters work near the scene of an explosion in Manhattan’s Chelsea neighborhood late Saturday. — APNEW YORK: A bomb that tore through an upscale New York neighborhood injuring 29 people was an act of terror, the state governor said yesterday, but the motive is unknown and there has been no claim of responsibility. Heavily armed police and National Guard soldiers deployed throughout New York as the city of 8.4...
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Kashmir attack kills 17 soldiers, India blames Pakistan militants
.SRINAGAR: Gunmen hurling grenades killed 17 soldiers in a raid on an army base in Indian Kashmir yesterday, with India blaming Pakistan-based militants for the worst such attack in the disputed region for over a decade. The militants broke into the base near the de facto border with Pakistan before dawn and lobbed grenades at tents and barracks housing soldiers, before opening fire with automatic weapons, the army said.Indian Prime Minister...
SEASIDE PARK, NEW JERSEY: Police gather at a command center on Saturday, Sept. 17, 2016, during an investigation of a pipe bomb which exploded before a charity race to benefit Marines and sailors. No injuries were reported. —AP
Pipe bomb explodes before Marines charity run
SEASIDE PARK, NEW JERSEY: Police gather at a command center on Saturday, Sept. 17, 2016, during an investigation of a pipe bomb which exploded before a charity race to benefit Marines and sailors. No injuries were reported. —APSEASIDE PARK, NEW JERSY: A pipe bomb exploded in a New Jersey shore town Saturday shortly before thousands of runners were to participate in a charity 5K race to benefit Marines and sailors, authorities said.No injuries...
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Two Saudi police shot dead in mainly Shiite city
RIYADH: Unidentified gunmen killed two Saudi policemen in the mainly Shiite eastern city of Dammam late on Saturday, the interior ministry said, describing it as a “terrorist attack”. The two officers were patrolling in a police car when they came under fire at around 11:30 pm (2030 GMT), a ministry spokesman told the official Saudi Press Agency.They were both pronounced dead on arrival in hospital. The spokesman did not specify who it held...
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Death toll in Pakistan suicide bombing rises to 36
PESHAWAR, PAKISTAN: The death toll from a Taleban suicide bomb attack on a mosque in northwest tribal Pakistan has risen to 36, including eight children, officials said yesterday. The Friday attack targeted a mosque in the Mohmand tribal district bordering Afghanistan where the army has been fighting against Taleban militants.“We have now compiled a list of victims of the blast which includes 36 dead and 27 injured. At least eight children...
MANILA: A resident wearing an election campaign t-shirt of the then Presidential candidate Rodrigo Duterte stands near the body of a Filipino Muslim, which is wrapped in white cloth, after he and another Muslim were killed in a police “buy-bust” operation on Friday, Sept. 16, 2016. —AP
Philippine president seeks extension of bloody war on drugs - "Even if I wanted to, I cannot kill them all."
MANILA: A resident wearing an election campaign t-shirt of the then Presidential candidate Rodrigo Duterte stands near the body of a Filipino Muslim, which is wrapped in white cloth, after he and another Muslim were killed in a police “buy-bust” operation on Friday, Sept. 16, 2016. —APMANILA: The Philippine president said yesterday that he may need to extend a bloody government anti-drug campaign that has left more than 3,000 people dead...
DAVAO CITY: Released Norwegian hostage Kjartan Sekkingstad, left, briefly delivers his statement after meeting Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte yesterday.—AP
Norwegian says his Philippine kidnapping was 'devastating'
DAVAO CITY: Released Norwegian hostage Kjartan Sekkingstad, left, briefly delivers his statement after meeting Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte yesterday.—APINDANAN, Philippines: A Norwegian man freed by militants after a year of jungle captivity in the southern Philippines described the ordeal yesterday as "devastating," carrying a backpack with a bullet hole as a reminder of a near-death experience that included the beheadings of the two...
SINGAPORE: Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team’s German driver Nico Rosberg (Left) celebrates winning the Formula One Singapore Grand Prix in Singapore with Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team’s British driver Lewis Hamilton (Right) taking third place yesterday. —AFP
Rosberg wins in Singapore to retake overall lead
SINGAPORE: Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team’s German driver Nico Rosberg (Left) celebrates winning the Formula One Singapore Grand Prix in Singapore with Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team’s British driver Lewis Hamilton (Right) taking third place yesterday. —AFPSINGAPORE: Germany’s Nico Rosberg celebrated his 200th Formula One race by retaking the championship lead from Mercedes team mate Lewis Hamilton after a pole to flag win in Singapore...
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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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MOGADISHU: Relatives carry the body of a woman killed during an attack on Aug 3, 2024. - AFP
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LIVERPOOL: Police officers face protesters outside the Liver Building in Liverpool on August 3, 2024 during an 'Enough is Enough' anti-immigrant rally. — AFP
Fearful UK mosques on alert over far-right protests