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Pokemon Go guide for Kuwait players
Pokemon Go guide for Kuwait players
Pokemon Go guide for Kuwait playersOnly a handful of games have reached the global exposure that 'Pokemon Go' has achieved, and it has done so in less than a month. But unlike other worldwide hits, it has fortunately reached Kuwait as well. Kuwait has also been fortunate enough to have received an abundant amount of 'Pokestops' and 'Gyms' to ensure players are never far from refilling their supplies (like Pokeballs and health potions) and...
Al Shamiya gate - also another part of the wall which now sits opposite the seaside in Kuwait City. — KUNA photos
A historic monument of solidarity
Al Shamiya gate - also another part of the wall which now sits opposite the seaside in Kuwait City. — KUNA photosKUWAIT: The Third Wall of Kuwait, built in the 1920s, was considered as an embodiment of solidarity between the leadership and people of the land.On an order by the then Amir of Kuwait Sheikh Salem Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah, the construction of the Third Wall began to replace the second structure which was weakened through natural causes...
LONDON: Police personnel stand beside floral tributes left in London’s Russell Square yesterday, following an overnight stabbing spree that left one woman dead and five others injured. —AFP
US woman killed in London stabbings - 19-year-old being held as murder suspect
LONDON: Police personnel stand beside floral tributes left in London’s Russell Square yesterday, following an overnight stabbing spree that left one woman dead and five others injured. —AFPLONDON: British police were holding a 19-year-old man on suspicion of murder yesterday after a central London stabbing spree that killed a US woman but appeared unrelated to terrorism. Cities across Europe have been on edge after a string of attacks in...
MANILA: This file photo shows Jennilyn Olayres hugging the dead body of her partner Michael Siaron who was shot by unidentified gunman and left with a cardboard sign with a message “I’m a pusher” along a street in Manila. —AFP
Human toll rises as bodies pile up in Philippine drug war
MANILA: This file photo shows Jennilyn Olayres hugging the dead body of her partner Michael Siaron who was shot by unidentified gunman and left with a cardboard sign with a message “I’m a pusher” along a street in Manila. —AFPMANILA: Men shot and left to bleed out on busy streets, mutilated corpses dumped in vacant lots. The bodies are piling up as President Rodrigo Duterte’s drug war brings terror to Filipino slums. Hundreds of people...
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Iran executes 20 Sunni ‘terrorists’
TEHRAN: Iran said yesterday it had hanged 20 "terrorist" Sunni prisoners, in one of the Islamic republic's biggest mass executions in recent years. The men, who were hanged on Tuesday, were accused of carrying out a string of attacks against civilians and religious leaders in Iran's western Kurdish region, state media reported. Iran's intelligence ministry earlier issued a statement detailing 24 armed attacks between 2009 and 2011, including...
In this July 18, 2016 photo, Syrian Mohammed Al-Haj Ali messages eyewitnesses in Syria for the news organization Syria Direct. —AP
Syrian reporters cover war at home from Jordan exile - Getting a unique perspective on the civil war
In this July 18, 2016 photo, Syrian Mohammed Al-Haj Ali messages eyewitnesses in Syria for the news organization Syria Direct. —APAMMAN: From a small office in Jordan's capital, two dozen Syrians and Americans talk daily by Skype with activists and civilians on both sides of the conflict in neighboring Syria to get a unique perspective on the civil war and the scope of the suffering. The setup of Syria Direct, a US-funded nonprofit group, is...
DHAKA: Bangladeshi policemen patrol the area around the site of an attack in Dhaka, yesterday. Bangladeshi forces stormed the Holey Artisan Bakery in Dhaka’s Gulshan area where heavily armed militants held dozens of people hostage yesterday morning, rescuing some captives including foreigners. — AP
Bangladesh detains two over July cafe attack that killed 20 hostages - Case has drawn criticism from rights groups
DHAKA: A court in Bangladesh yesterday allowed police to detain two men over an attack claimed by militant group Islamic State on a cafe in the capital, Dhaka, that killed 20 hostages, mostly foreigners. The case has drawn criticism from human rights groups who say the suspects were illegally detained and denied access to a lawyer. A lawyer for one of the two men, Hasnat Karim, said his client was innocent and demanded his immediate release....
AFGHANISTAN: Two foreign tourists, (center), wounded during a Taleban militant attack, are treated at a hospital in the western Herat province yesterday. —AFP
Militants ambush foreign tourists in Afghanistan
AFGHANISTAN: Two foreign tourists, (center), wounded during a Taleban militant attack, are treated at a hospital in the western Herat province yesterday. —AFPHERAT, Afghanistan: Taleban militants attacked a group of 12 American and European tourists escorted by an Afghan army convoy in western Herat province yesterday, leaving at least seven people wounded as the insurgents step up nationwide attacks. The tourists-eight British, three...
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Stalker sets Indian schoolgirl on fire
CHENNAI, India: The death of a schoolgirl three days after she was set on fire by a stalker in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu has sparked outrage from activists who said the law was failing victims of unwanted advances from men.In a statement to the police before she died, the 17-year-old said the man walked into her house in Villupuram on Monday, set himself on fire and hugged her, all the while saying that he would not let her live for...
NEW DELHI: This file photo shows Indian Bollywood Actor Aamir Khan (left) with writer and director Anusha Rizvi (center) and Mahmood Farooqui (right) as they attend a promotional event for the new film’ Peepli Live’, in New Delhi. —AFP
Indian court jails film director Farooqui for 7 years over rape
NEW DELHI: This file photo shows Indian Bollywood Actor Aamir Khan (left) with writer and director Anusha Rizvi (center) and Mahmood Farooqui (right) as they attend a promotional event for the new film’ Peepli Live’, in New Delhi. —AFPNEW DELHI: An Indian court yesterday sentenced a Bollywood director to seven years in jail for raping an American research scholar last year, the victim’s lawyer said. Mahmood Farooqui, best known for...
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Streisand slams Trump repeatedly in concert tour opener
Barbra StreisandBarbra Streisand kicked off her first concert in three years Tuesday singing many of her greatest hits-and taking more than a few hits at Donald Trump. The 74-year-old chanteuse ripped the Republican presidential candidate repeatedly at Los Angeles’ Staples Center, where she began a nine-date tour entitled “Barbra: The Music...The Mem’ries...The Magic!” After sharing the stage between songs for a comedic bit with mind...
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How I Quit Sugar
Aisha Al-ZabinI’ll admit it. Sugar is a drug and I was an addict. When I was around 7 years old, my favorite thing to do at family gatherings was steal a sugar cube. I would put it in my mouth and feel it melt on my tongue. It made me so happy. My grandmother had bowls of candy displayed on the coffee table at all times. My mother, who’s a dentist by the way, always gave us stern looks when we asked if we could take one. The fact that candy...
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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