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HH the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah

Amir receives Eid Al-Adha greetings from top officials

HH the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-SabahKUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah yesterday received Eid Al-Adha greetings from His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, National Assembly Speaker Marzouq Ali Al-Ghanem, National Guard Chief His Highness Sheikh Salem Al-Ali Al-Sabah, Deputy Chief of the National Guard Sheikh Meshaal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, His Highness Sheikh...

MAKKAH: Muslim pilgrims gather to perform noon and afternoon prayers at Namira Mosque in Mount Arafat, southeast of the Saudi holy city of Makkah yesterday. — AFP

Kuwaiti pilgrims safe and sound: Official - Electronic bracelets track pilgrims' whereabouts

MAKKAH: Muslim pilgrims gather to perform noon and afternoon prayers at Namira Mosque in Mount Arafat, southeast of the Saudi holy city of Makkah yesterday. — AFPMAKKAH: Kuwaiti pilgrims are safe and sound and no incidents have been recorded, Kuwait's Minister of Justice and Minister of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs Yagoub Al-Sanea reassured yesterday. Minister Al-Sane said that Kuwaiti pilgrims have smoothly completed their transition from Mina...

MP Dr Abdullah Al-Turaiji

MP criticizes embassy officials in Thailand

MP Dr Abdullah Al-TuraijiKUWAIT: MP Abdullah Al-Turaiji said that Kuwait's embassy in Thailand was very inconsiderate with a citizen on vacation there and that this resulted in the death of the citizen's son.Turaiji explained that citizen Anwar Botaiban told him that his son had a medical problem and that he called the embassy several times to help him, but his attempts went in vain and he received no reply. The citizen added that his son died...

MP Abdullah Al-Maayouf

Lawmaker decries loss of court cases

MP Abdullah Al-MaayoufKUWAIT: MP Abdullah Maayouf strongly criticized the number of court cases lost by the state in various governmental bodies. "It is unacceptable that the state loses all these cases and wastes public funds to pay for ministers' and advisors' mistakes," he underlined, calling for holding those responsible for such losses accountable.Sharia collegeMinister of Justice and Awqaf and Islamic Affairs Yaqoub Al-Sane said that the...

Kuwait utterly denies reports on FM statements

.KUWAIT: Kuwait’s Foreign Ministry Saturday utterly denied recent reports by Iran’s Fars News Agency and other media sources, in which they claimed that First Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Khaled Al-Hamad Al- Sabah talked to his Saudi counterpart Adel Al-Jubeir about changing the Kingdom’s policies toward the crisis in Yemen.As a member of the Saudi-led Arab and international coalition to restore stability in...

The suspect pictured with the rifle he used in a shooting reported in Qusour recently and man arrested for practicing medicine illegally

Diwaniya shooter arrested; Fake doctor caught

The suspect pictured with the rifle he used in a shooting reported in Qusour recently and man arrested for practicing medicine illegallyKUWAIT: Mubarak Al-Kabeer detectives managed to arrest a citizen who shot his friend in the shoulder in a diwaniya in Qusour, the Ministry of Interior's relation and media security department announced. Security sources added that the shooter confessed, saying he did so to settle old scores. The shooter also led...

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Mother's killer reenacts crime

KUWAIT: Following up the case of a Lebanese woman who beat her elderly mother to death in Kaifan, Al-Rai local daily interviewed her grandmother in Lebanon, who she said the suspect had always been beating her mother, although she suffered from diabetes and hypertension. The grandmother also said that her late daughter was married at the age of 18 and that she gave birth to her eldest daughter (the killer) 39 years ago when she and her husband...

Attorney Fajer Ahmed

Attorney Fajer Ahmed Eid Mubarak to everyone and I hope you are all enjoying your holidays. Eid is a Muslim holiday that means festival. There are two Eids - one that falls right after Ramadan - Eid Al-Fitr, and the second Eid that we are celebrating now called Eid Al-Adha. Religious celebrations can be a lovely time for friends and families to spend their holidays together, sharing food, music, fashion, playing games, and more importantly...

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Eidiya in the old days

Eidiya is money given as a gift to children during Eid. However, eidiya used to be the target of many opportunists in the past, who usually came up with bright ideas to sell kids some sort of temporary joys and games to get their money. These people included the owners of 'dairefas', composed of a wooden box hung with two ropes to swing the kids inside back and forth. Children also used to take their eidiya and spend them to get a donkey ride,...

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The DNA law 78/2015 will be in effect soon. It is an exceptional law, as it is considered, according to media reports, that Kuwait is the first country in the world that will apply the DNA law on all citizens, expats and visitors. The law deals with the inherited biological gene map, which indicates the individual's personality and distinguishes him from others. The biological characters or the genetic line of the non-coded sites are very clear...

MOUNT ARAFAT: Pilgrims join the high point of the hajj rituals on Mount Arafat near Makkah yesterday. — AFP

Pilgrims ascend Mount Arafat for hajj climax - Saudi Arabia launches Persian hajj TV

MOUNT ARAFAT: Pilgrims join the high point of the hajj rituals on Mount Arafat near Makkah yesterday. — AFPMOUNT ARAFAT, Saudi Arabia: The hajj reached its high point yesterday when Muslims from across the world converged on a stony hill in Saudi Arabia, a year after the worst tragedy in the pilgrimage's history. More than 1.8 million gathered from sunrise at the hill and a vast surrounding plain known as Mount Arafat, about 15 km from Makkah....

NEW YORK: Police officer Eloy Suarez holds an American flag with the names of the people who died during the attacks on the World Trade Center during the 15th anniversary ceremony at the Sept 11 memorial yesterday. — AP

US mourns 9/11 victims - Unwell Clinton leaves ceremony early

NEW YORK: Police officer Eloy Suarez holds an American flag with the names of the people who died during the attacks on the World Trade Center during the 15th anniversary ceremony at the Sept 11 memorial yesterday. — APNEW YORK: America commemorated the 15th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks yesterday with emotional services of remembrance in New York, Washington and Pennsylvania to honor those who perished in the world's deadliest terror...

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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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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