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French police arrest terror suspects - Two Kuwaitis questioned for trying to buy assault rifles
PARIS: French police have arrested a teenager suspected of plotting to kill in the name of the Islamic State, sources said, bringing the number of 15-years-olds detained on such grounds to three in the last week.The latest youth detained is believed to have been planning an imminent attack and using encrypted social media channels to communicate with a French Islamist militant believed to be in Syria or Iraq. In an operation led by France’s...
Kuwaiti airport staff arrested
Eid security measures
KUWAIT: As part of the security measures taken during the Eid holidays, and upon the instructions from the Deputy PM, Minister of Interior and Acting Minister of Defense Sheikh Mohammed Al-Khaled, MoI’s Acting General Security Director Major General Ibrahim Al-Tarrah led an inspection campaign to check the security measures taken in various shopping malls. Also, MoI’s Undersecretary Lit General Suleiman Al-Fahad recently visited Kuwait’s...
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Strange case of strange voices and other crimes
KUWAIT: A female citizen living in Rawda recently called the police reporting the presence of strangers in her house, said security sources noting that the woman reported hearing a stranger's voice coming from the ground floor. But after arriving on the scene, police searched the house and found no one. The Asian housemaid denied the presence of strangers or even hearing any strange voices in the house.Fugitive arrestedJahra detectives recently...
This rule essentially recommends 10 minutes of homework per grade level, beginning with first grade. So kids in first grade receive no more than 10 minutes of homework per night, kids in second grade get 20 minutes and so on
Helping or hurting? Homework in the modern age
This rule essentially recommends 10 minutes of homework per grade level, beginning with first grade. So kids in first grade receive no more than 10 minutes of homework per night, kids in second grade get 20 minutes and so onIs homework a part of the learning process, which extends and reinforces the learning experiences that occur in the classroom? Or it is just a waste of time? Is it really necessary or effective? Does it help at all? More and...
The old Salam Building was built in the 1960s at the intersection of Salem Al-Mubarak Street in Salmiya.
Remembering Al-Salam Complex
The old Salam Building was built in the 1960s at the intersection of Salem Al-Mubarak Street in Salmiya.As you move along SAM Street, or Salem Al-Mubarak Street, in Salmiya, you'll notice a clear manifestation of continuous urban development. This lane became the high street of Kuwait after the discovery of oil.In the pre-oil era, Salmiya was mostly inhabited by the Awazem tribe and known by a different name. But when the area within the...
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Saudi prince warns Iran against force
DUBAI: A senior Saudi official, responding to Iranian criticism of Riyadh’s management of the hajj pilgrimage, urged Iran to end what he called wrong attitudes towards Arabs and warned it against any use of force in its rivalry with the kingdom. Mecca province governor Prince Khaled Al-Faisal, in remarks likely to be seen as a reference to Iran, added that the orderly conduct of the pilgrimage this year “is a response to all the lies and...
BAUTZEN: In this Sept 14, 2016 photo refugees and asylum-seekers stand on the square by the Kornmarkt shopping center. — AP
Far-right group, migrants fight in East German town - 'I'm shocked and very worried about the escalation'
BAUTZEN: In this Sept 14, 2016 photo refugees and asylum-seekers stand on the square by the Kornmarkt shopping center. — APBERLIN: Dozens of police officers intervened as groups of far-right Germans and young asylum-seekers clashed in an eastern German town that has previously seen racist incidents, officials said yesterday. Around 80 Germans and around 20 migrants attacked each other Wednesday night in Bautzen, a town between Dresden and the...
ON, Ohio: Supporters cheer as Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump walks offstage during a rally. — AP
For some Americans, Trump is 'lesser evil' - Perspectives vary along American Rust Belt states
ON, Ohio: Supporters cheer as Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump walks offstage during a rally. — APBARBERTON: For some voters, Democrat Hillary Clinton in November is the clear choice for the White House-after all, she certainly has more political experience than Republican rival Donald Trump. But a trip through the American Rust Belt states of Pennsylvania and Ohio quickly reveals that for others, such logic doesn't hold much...
FIRT PIERCE: In this photo provided by the St. Lucie Sheriff’s Office, firefighters work at the scene of a fire at the Islamic Center of Fort Pierce on Monday, Sept 12, 2016. —AP
Suspect in mosque fire made anti-Islamic Facebook posts - Fire coincided with 9/11 and Eid Al-Adha holidays
FIRT PIERCE: In this photo provided by the St. Lucie Sheriff’s Office, firefighters work at the scene of a fire at the Islamic Center of Fort Pierce on Monday, Sept 12, 2016. —APFORT PIERCE: About two months before Joseph Michael Schreiber allegedly tried to burn down a mosque sometimes attended by Orlando nightclub shooter Omar Mateen, he posted on Facebook that "All Islam is radical" and that all Muslims should be treated as terrorists and...
MULTAN: Pakistani residents gather beside the wreckage at the site of the collision of two trains on the outskirts of Multan yesterday. At least four people were killed and more than 100 injured when two trains collided in central Pakistan early yesterday. —AFP
Pakistan train crash kills four, injures 100 - 'I thought that some bomb had exploded'
MULTAN: Pakistani residents gather beside the wreckage at the site of the collision of two trains on the outskirts of Multan yesterday. At least four people were killed and more than 100 injured when two trains collided in central Pakistan early yesterday. —AFPMULTAN, Pakistan: At least four people were killed and more than 100 injured when two trains collided in central Pakistan early yesterday, officials said. The accident occurred when the...
KABUL: One of the six nooses prepared for men sentenced to death at a jail. Afghanistan has hanged six men convicted of terrorism, signaling a tougher approach toward the Taleban. — AP
Pakistan woman, boyfriend hanged for 'extra-marital affair'
MULTAN, Pakistan: A Pakistani mother-of-three and the man she was allegedly having an affair with were hanged from a tree yesterday, with police blaming her husband, brother and father for carrying out the killings. The grisly murders occurred in the village of Chak 56 around 55 kilometers (33 miles) northeast of the central city of Multan. Hundreds of so-called "honor killings", in which the victim, normally a woman, is killed by a male relative...
BULACAN, Philippines: Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte (center in white) raises a clenched fist with Secretary of Defense Delfin Lorenzana (center right, in checkered shirt) and military chief General Ricardo Visaya (fifth right back row) as he poses for photos with members of the Scout Rangers regiment at a military training camp in San Miguel town, Bulacan province, north of Manila yesterday. —AFP
Duterte killed justice official, hitman tells Philippine senate - 'The people of Davao were being slaughtered like chicken'
BULACAN, Philippines: Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte (center in white) raises a clenched fist with Secretary of Defense Delfin Lorenzana (center right, in checkered shirt) and military chief General Ricardo Visaya (fifth right back row) as he poses for photos with members of the Scout Rangers regiment at a military training camp in San Miguel town, Bulacan province, north of Manila yesterday. —AFPMANILA: Rodrigo Duterte shot dead a...
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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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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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Stop smoking, Quit smoking for health.
Many smokers quit as ‘chests cannot stand two fires’
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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