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(FILES) This combo of file pictures created on June 19, 2009 shows Muslim women wearing a Niqab (L) and Burqas (C and R) in India (L) and Afghanistan (C and R). German Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere came out on August 19, 2016 in favour of a partial burqa ban amid a fierce national debate on integration. / AFP / STF
Germany proposes niqab ban - Merkel's CDU under pressure from anti-immigrant party
(FILES) This combo of file pictures created on June 19, 2009 shows Muslim women wearing a Niqab (L) and Burqas (C and R) in India (L) and Afghanistan (C and R). German Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere came out on August 19, 2016 in favour of a partial burqa ban amid a fierce national debate on integration. / AFP / STFBERLIN: German Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives have agreed that women should be banned from wearing the face veil in...
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Putin visits Crimea after Ukraine incursion claim - Russia rehearses swiftly moving military hardware
TOPSHOT - Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) speaks with Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev during their meeting at the Belbek airport near the Black sea port of Sevastopol, Crimea, on August 19, 2016. Putin's visit to Crimea comes after he lashed out last week at Kiev over an incident on the frontier between Crimea and Ukraine, accusing it of "practising terror" and sending a group of saboteurs into Crimea ahead of the elections. - AFP MOSCOW:...
Ukrainian journalist and member of parliament Serhiy Leshchenko holds pages showing allegedly signings of payments to Donald Trump's presidential campaign chairman Paul Manafort from an illegal shadow accounting book of the party of former Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovych during a press conference in Kiev on August 19, 2016. The Ukrainian authorities have released line-item entries of payments worth million of dollars that US presidential campaign hopeful Donald Trump's campaign chief allegedly received from the now-ousted Russian-backed leaders in Kiev. The revelations from the National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) on August 18, 2016 were followed on August 19 by claims by a top lawmaker that Paul Manafort lobbied in favour of a pro-Kremlin party even after a February 2014 pro-EU revolt had pulled Ukraine out of Russia's orbit. Manafort served as a public relations adviser to Moscow-backed president Viktor Yanukovych -- now living in self-imposed exile in Russia -- and his Regions party in the former republic between 2007 and 2012. / AFP / SERGEI SUPINSKY
Trump advisers waged covert influence drive - Ukraine details payments to top aide
Ukrainian journalist and member of parliament Serhiy Leshchenko  - AFPWASHINGTON: A firm run by Donald Trump's campaign chairman - who resigned early yesterday - directly orchestrated a covert Washington lobbying operation on behalf of Ukraine's then-ruling political party, attempting to sway American public opinion in favor of the country's pro-Russian government, emails obtained by AP. Paul Manafort and his deputy, Rick Gates, never disclosed...
Ambassador of Germany to Kuwait Karlfried Bergner seen during a press conference yesterday. —KUNA
Kuwait investments in Germany hits $18.3 bn
Ambassador of Germany to Kuwait Karlfried Bergner seen during a press conference yesterday. —KUNAKUWAIT: Reflective of the strong relations binding the two countries, Kuwaiti investments in Germany have reached $18.3 billion according to recent statistics, Ambassador of Germany to Kuwait Karlfried Bergner said yesterday.This statement came during a press conference held at the German embassy on the occasion of the beginning of Ambassador...
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Water Park launched
.KUWAIT: As part of its efforts to boost tourism in Kuwait, the Ministry of Information on Wednesday launched a Water Park on the Fahaheel seaside area next to Al Kout Mall. This park is open daily from 10:00 am to 6:30 pm for families - from August 17 to September 30, 2016.There will be no entrance fee. There will be musical concerts during the weekends (in the evening) and also during Eid Al Adha. Some of the concerts will be held inside the...
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Kuwaiti ‘extradited’
KUWAIT: In an unprecedented judicial event, US has extradited a Kuwaiti who worked at the Kuwait Health Office in Washington. The suspect is accused of embezzlement and forgery. According to a judicial source, this is the first time an extradition request has been granted by a western country.US and Kuwait have not signed any extradition treaty. Three government bodies (Prosecution, Interior Ministry and Foreign Ministry) worked continually for...
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2 Kuwaiti robbery suspects arrested
KUWAIT: Criminal Detectives have arrested two Kuwaiti suspects following a gunshot incident in Jahra area. A task force was formed after officers received several complaints from citizens and expats about car thefts in the area. On Tuesday morning, detectives noticed a black 4WD vehicle in an open yard without a license plate number.Detectives found out (through the chassis number) that the vehicle was reported stolen in Abu Halaifa police...
Ammunition's seized
Ex-convict arrested, ammunition's seized; Woman stabs police
Ammunition's seizedKUWAIT: Weapons detectives have arrested an ex-convict citizen, who is wanted for another three-year jail sentence. Firearms, machine gun, 14 magazines and large quantity of ammunitions were found in his possession. The suspect has been sent to concerned authorities.Woman stabs policeA police corporal narrowly escaped death after a mentally-disturbed woman in her 30s stabbed him between the shoulder and heart while attempting...
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Stay in the closet to stay safe
Chidi Emmanuel Recently there was a hot debate in a neighboring Arab country about the issue of homosexuality. A local website had published an essay from a closeted gay man living there expressing his point of view on the issue - the dangers homosexual people face and the fear under which he lived. The next day, the same publication published on its website a counter argument, attacked the previous editorial and instead offered both religious...
KUWAIT: Ouda Al-Muhanna performs during a wedding party in these file photos. — KUNA
Ouda Al-Muhanna - top Kuwaiti, Gulf folk artist
KUWAIT: Ouda Al-Muhanna performs during a wedding party in these file photos. — KUNAKUWAIT: Ouda Al-Muhanna was one of the top icons of folkorish singing in Kuwait and the Gulf region. Ouda’s real name was Jawhara Bashir Mayouf Al-Muhanna. She was named Ouda after her grandmother’s nickname. She started singing at the early age of 15 in her aunt Hadiya Al-Muhanna’s band, after the death of her aunt, Suad Al-Beraiki led the band, and...
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Naming the streets of Kuwait
Yousef Al- Mnawer, Head of the Committee and Assistant Director General for Projects Affairs at the Municipal Council. — Photo by Yasser Al-ZayyatKuwait’s streets are a hodgepodge of numbers, names and nicknames. Ask for directions and you might be told take the 30, get off at Fahaheel Expressway or turn onto Istiqlal Street. Part of the confusion stems from the many different communities in Kuwait. Similar to some areas, different...
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The mouth says it all - Local ventriloquist explains his passion for comedy and performance
Basel with his private collection of ‘dummies’.Some people may find them creepy, but talking puppets are Basel Al-Dosery’s best friends. Putting his hands inside a puppet head and entertaining audiences across the world is a dream for this Kuwaiti ventriloquist. Ventriloquism is an act of stagecraft in which a person (a ventriloquist) changes his voice so that it appears that the voice is coming from elsewhere, usually a puppeteered...
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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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Late Information Minister Bader Al-Ya'agoub checking the damage.-KUNA
Invasion could not confiscate KUNA’s will, national role
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Today in Kuwait's history
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DHAKA: Anti-Discrimination Student Movement held a rally at Central Shaheed Minar in Dhaka on August 3, 2024, to demand justice for the victims killed in the recent countrywide violence during anti-quota protests. -- AFP
Bangladesh students call for nationwide civil disobedience
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CSC’s faceprint attendance rule sparks debate