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KUWAIT: Olympic bronze medalist Abdullah Al-Rashidi is welcomed by officials and well-wishers at Kuwait airport’s VIP lounge yesterday. — Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat
Rashidi returns to rousing welcome
KUWAIT: Olympic bronze medalist Abdullah Al-Rashidi is welcomed by officials and well-wishers at Kuwait airport’s VIP lounge yesterday. — Photo by Yasser Al-ZayyatKUWAIT: Kuwaiti shooter Abdullah Al-Turki Al-Rashidi, who won the bronze medal in the men's skeet event at the Rio Olympics, was welcomed at the airport yesterday after his arrival home. Rashidi bagged the bronze medal days after the historic gold medal won by double trap shooter...
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Homeowner warned to remove telecom tower
telecom towerKUWAIT: The Jahra municipality emergency team warned a house owner and asked him to remove a telecommunication tower on top of his house and gave him one week to do so. They said the municipality will remove the tower, which was erected illegally, if he does not. Surrounding houses owners asked the municipality to take action because the tower is dangerous, and the municipality acted accordingly.Hospital fireSmoke and odor at Razi...
KUWAIT: Pictures taken from the project’s site. — Photos by Joseph Shagra
Major project workers not paid for months - Company yet to receive down payment
KUWAIT: Pictures taken from the project’s site. — Photos by Joseph ShagraKUWAIT: Workers, suppliers, subcontractors and other staff working on a vital project in Kuwait City have not received their salaries since the past few months.Some of them have left the project while others are trying to survive. This case may affect the reputation of Kuwait and some companies may lose interest in executing projects in the state. “It is very sad to...
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British company to run Jaber Hospital
Jaber hospitalKUWAIT: As part of moves towards implementing the Cabinet’s decision to invest in and manage Jaber Hospital, talks are heading towards an agreement with a British company, as chances of American and French companies are fading. Sources said the Kuwait Investment Authority, Finance Ministry, Fatwa and Legislation Department and the Secretariat General of the Supreme Planning Council, who were asked by the Cabinet to study the...
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Indian embassy celebrates 70th Independence Day - Indian minister Singh to visit Kuwait
Indian Ambassador Sunil JainKUWAIT: Braving the scorching summer heat, thousands of Indians gathered at the Indian Embassy yesterday to celebrate India’s 70th Independence Day. The celebrations got off to solemn start with the unfurling of the national flag by Ambassador Sunil Jain at 8:00 am followed by the singing of the national anthem.The ambassador read out Indian President Pranab Kumar Mukherjee’s address to the nation on the occasion,...
KUWAIT: This handout photo released by the Interior Ministry yesterday shows people arrested inside a fake domestic help office.
28 arrested in fake domestic help office - Dead woman found in Jaber Al-Ahmad
KUWAIT: This handout photo released by the Interior Ministry yesterday shows people arrested inside a fake domestic help office.KUWAIT: The Relations and Security Information Department at the Interior Ministry said residency detectives busted an Ethiopian gang of 28 persons running a bogus domestic help office. The department received tips about their activities of harboring absconding domestic helpers and making them work elsewhere. It said...
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Face-veiled thief identified
KUWAIT: A security source said Farwaniya police have determined the identity of an Arab woman wearing a veil who committed seven thefts as reported, but sources believe there may be more thefts that victims did not report because of embarrassment. Farwaniya police station investigator received a complaint from an Egyptian over sexual molestation and theft, who added the suspect is a beautiful woman. The source said the woman gets in lifts with...
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NY police question man in killing of imam
NEW YORK: New York City police said yesterday they were questioning a man about the fatal shooting of a Muslim cleric and his associate after prayers at a mosque in the borough of Queens, an attack that many in their Bangladeshi community insisted was a hate crime. The man was detained on unrelated circumstances and has not been charged in the killings, a police spokesman said. Earlier, local media, including NBC News and the New York Daily News,...
SHIMLA: Indian schoolchildren dressed in the national colors perform a routine during India Independence Day celebrations in Shimla yesterday. (Inset) Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi waves at the crowd after his address during the Independence Day function at the Red Fort monument in New Delhi. — AP
Modi urges unity; India marks Independence Day - Indian PM blasts Pakistan, Islamabad hits back
SHIMLA: Indian schoolchildren dressed in the national colors perform a routine during India Independence Day celebrations in Shimla yesterday. (Inset) Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi waves at the crowd after his address during the Independence Day function at the Red Fort monument in New Delhi. — APNEW DELHI: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi took aim at supporters of "terrorism" in his Independence Day speech yesterday, ratcheting up...
ISTANBUL: People pass by closed shops as they walk down the Istiklal avenue on in Istanbul. - AFP
Grant us EU visa freedom or abandon migrant deal: Turkey - Turkey's threat follows Western criticism of crackdown
ISTANBUL: People pass by closed shops as they walk down the Istiklal avenue on in Istanbul. - AFPBERLIN: Turkey could walk away from its promise to stem the flow of illegal migrants to Europe if the European Union fails to grant Turks visa-free travel to the bloc in October, Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu told a German newspaper. His comments in Bild's Monday edition coincide with rising tension between Ankara and the West following the July...
LOUISIANA: A vehicle is submerged in floodwaters in Youngsville, La. Louisiana Gov John Bel Edwards said that at least 7,000 people had been rescued so far. He declared a state of emergency Saturday, calling the floods “unprecedented” and “historic.” — AP
Flood leaves thousands homeless in Louisiana
LOUISIANA: A vehicle is submerged in floodwaters in Youngsville, La. Louisiana Gov John Bel Edwards said that at least 7,000 people had been rescued so far. He declared a state of emergency Saturday, calling the floods “unprecedented” and “historic.” — APBATON ROUGE: Robert and Gwen Arceneaux endured a sleepless night Sunday after noticing floodwater creeping into their home - in a neighborhood that had never seen water before. They...
SISCO, France: Photo shows the place where three cars has burned close by the creek. About 500 people participated in a rally in Bastia in a tense atmosphere after a violent brawl between members of Corsica and North African communities that left at least four wounded in Sisco. A minor girl who witnessed the confrontation explained the fight happened after a group of youngsters insulted tourists who were photographing women bathing in burkini. — AFP
Third French burqini ban after clashes in Corsica
SISCO, France: Photo shows the place where three cars has burned close by the creek. About 500 people participated in a rally in Bastia in a tense atmosphere after a violent brawl between members of Corsica and North African communities that left at least four wounded in Sisco. A minor girl who witnessed the confrontation explained the fight happened after a group of youngsters insulted tourists who were photographing women bathing in burkini....