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In this Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2016 photo Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev addresses a youth forum in Vladimir region, Russia. More than 160,000, people have signed a petition on Friday Aug. 5, 2016 calling on President Vladimir Putin to sack Medvedev. The petition lamented the poor performance of the government and said a man like Medvedev should not lead the Cabinet. (Alexander Astafyev/Sputnik, Government Press Service Pool Photo via AP)
170,000 ink petition calling for Russia PM's resignation - Medvedev's comments seen as uncaring
In this Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2016 photo Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev addresses a youth forum in Vladimir region, Russia. More than 160,000, people have signed a petition on Friday Aug. 5, 2016 calling on President Vladimir Putin to sack Medvedev. The petition lamented the poor performance of the government and said a man like Medvedev should not lead the Cabinet. -APMOSCOW: More than 170,000 Russians have signed an online petition to...
Indonesian anti-terror police conduct a raid at a house in Batam on August 5, 2016. Indonesian police on August 5 arrested six suspected militants over a plot to launch a rocket attack on an up-market Singapore waterfront district from a nearby island, prompting the city-state to tighten security. The six men, aged between 19 and 46, were detained on the Indonesian island of Batam, which lies just south of the affluent city-state.n / AFP / Romy
Plot to fire rocket at S'pore foiled - Six arrested on Indonesian island of Batam
Indonesian anti-terror police conduct a raid at a house in Batam on August 5, 2016. Indonesian police on August 5 arrested six suspected militants over a plot to launch a rocket attack on an up-market Singapore waterfront district from a nearby island, prompting the city-state to tighten security. The six men, aged between 19 and 46, were detained on the Indonesian island of Batam, which lies just south of the affluent...
US President Barack Obama speaks at a press conference at the Pentagon in Washington, DC on August 4, 2016. / AFP PHOTO / Brendan Smialowski
US to hit Obama's target of 10,000 Syrian refugees - Islamic State 'likely to continue' threatening US
US President Barack Obama speaks at a press conference at the Pentagon in Washington, DC on August 4, 2016. - AFP WASHINGTON: After a slow start, it appears increasingly likely that the Obama administration will hit its goal of admitting 10,000 Syrian refugees into the United States before the end of September. State Department figures show that 2,340 Syrian refugees arrived last month in the United States. That's more than what occurred...
Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa, seated, and African National Congress party members discuss municipal election results at the results center in Pretoria, South Africa, Friday, Aug. 5, 2016. With 95 percent of votes counted the ruling ANC appears to have suffered its biggest electoral blow since it won power at the end of the apartheid era 22 years ago. (AP Photo/Herman Verwey)
ANC in worst election losses since apartheid - Party set to lose full control of major cities
Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa, seated, and African National Congress party members discuss municipal election results at the results center in Pretoria, South Africa, Friday, Aug. 5, 2016. With 95 percent of votes counted the ruling ANC appears to have suffered its biggest electoral blow since it won power at the end of the apartheid era 22 years ago. -APPRETORIA: South Africa's ANC was on track for its worst electoral performance since the...
Smoke rises from the site of a militant attack at Balajan Tinali, in the Kokrajhar district of northeastern Assam state on August 5, 2016. nGunmen opened fire on a busy market in a restive area of northeast India, killing 12 people and wounding several others, police said. / AFP PHOTO / STR
14 killed as gunmen open fire on a crowded market - Violent clashes erupt in Kashmir
Smoke rises from the site of a militant attack at Balajan Tinali, in the Kokrajhar district of northeastern Assam state on August 5, 2016.Gunmen opened fire on a busy market in a restive area of northeast India, killing 12 people and wounding several others, police said. -AFPGAUHATI: At least 14 people were killed and 16 others injured yesterday after rebels opened fire in a crowded market in Assam state in India's remote northeast, officials...
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Pearl divers mark end of season - Annual heritage expedition comes to a close
KUWAIT: Family members, friends and well-wishers welcome the pearl divers during a celebration known as Al Qafal (arrival of the divers with sea treasures) which marks the end of the fourmonth long traditional pearl diving season in KuwaitKUWAIT: Wearing traditional costumes, the 193 young men who spent a week at sea as part of Kuwait’s annual pearl diving festival returned to their families yesterday. The pearl divers arrived in 13 ships,...
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Kuwait’s domestic property sales fall
KUWAIT: The sale volume of domestic property dropped 11 percent during 1H 2016, compared with last year's same period of time, according to Kuwait International Bank (KIB). These sales fell to a larger scale on yearly basis, 31 percent, amounting to KD 664 million, the KIB said in a report issued yesterday. Investment sector's sales moved down 17 percent on quarterly basis, 45 percent on yearly basis, whereas housing sector's sales rose by one...
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Municipality prepares temporary slaughter houses for Eid Al-Adha
KUWAIT: Municipality Deputy Director General for Hawally and Ahmadi Affairs and Chairman of Temporary Slaughter Houses Committee Engr Fahad Dughaim Al-Otaibi headed a preliminary meeting to make preparations for temporary slaughter houses in governorates for the Eid Al-Adha. Branch directors also attended the meeting. Al-Otaibi said the idea of having temporary slaughter houses is to make it easier for citizens - and to reduce the burden on the...
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Hot weather will persist with relative humidity
Abdulaziz Al-QarawiKUWAIT: Hot weather will persist along with relative humidity in coastal areas until the end of the week, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) Abdulaziz Al-Qarawi said yesterday.Al- Qarawi said that the temperature will reach 48-50 degrees celsius with relative humidity especially in coastal areas, with light north easterly wind of varying speeds.Today and tomorrow’s weather will be very hot in the daytime as...
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Fighting over drugs
KUWAIT: Two Kuwaitis were arrested in Mahboula for fighting. Preliminary information revealed that they were fighting over drugs. The suspects had a dispute over who has the right to keep the illicit pills. Ahmadi police arrested them and sent them to Drugs Control General Department.Thief steals KD 2350A thief stole KD 2350 from the car of a citizen in Mubarak Al-Kabeer area. The citizen found his car's glasses smashed and a case containing the...
KUWAIT: Lulu Al-Rudaini is the general coordinator of the Taqabbal campaign (Acceptance) - One of the trainers at the tolerance program from the Human Line Organization
Promoting human rights in Kuwait
Human Line Organization believes that improving the affairs of the community is not just a task of the government, but of the members of the community themselves.  KUWAIT: Lulu Al-Rudaini is the general coordinator of the Taqabbal campaign (Acceptance) - One of the trainers at the tolerance program from the Human Line OrganizationHuman rights have been associated in the minds of Kuwaitis with political affairs, and it's often mistakenly believed...
Photos by Yasser Al-Zayyat
Still on the Go - Players in Kuwait continue hunting for Pokemon
Photos by Yasser Al-ZayyatCatching 'em all is the goal of any Pokemon Go player, but the wildly popular game app sweeping the world is also causing injuries and accidents. A Senegalese man in his early 20s was injured after falling from the stairs of a building while playing Pokemon Go in Khaitan. The man sustained injuries and was hospitalized. Another player, 28-year-old Anas Abozina, told Kuwait Times how his joy of finding a rare Pokemon led...
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A helicopter flied over burning oil fields which were set on fire by Iraqi soldiers before they retreated from Kuwait.
How Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait upended lives of expatriates
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ADDIS ABABA: Pedestrians walk on the newly built walkway in Addis Ababa. The Ethiopian birr weakened by 28 percent against the dollar this week after the central bank adopted a market-determined foreign exchange rate. – AFP
Ethiopian authorities crack down on price hikes after currency float
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KUWAIT: Oil wells were set ablaze by Iraqi troops. – KUNA
Kuwait marks 34th invasion anniversary, remembers support
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(Left) Iranians take part in a funeral procession for late Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran on Aug 1, 2024, ahead of his burial in Qatar. (Right) Hezbollah fighters and mourners carry the casket of slain top commander Fuad Shukr during his funeral in Beirut's southern suburbs on Aug 1, 2024. - AFP photos
Hamas, Hezbollah vow revenge
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Being in Kuwait during invasion: Soldier’s sister shares story