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Dr Bader Al-Daihani
Sectarian threats
Dr Bader Al-Daihani No one disputes that our small society is suffering from acute sectarian and factional polarization, and an almost systematic social fragmentation that has increased in severity lately. All this is the result of contradicting political factors within the constitution and democratic system, and many policies that encourage sectarianism and factionalism including political quotas that have no connection with the constitution,...
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Police arrest Bangladeshi who lived 19 years illegally in Kuwait
.KUWAIT: A Bangladeshi man was caught by police after living 19 years in Kuwait in violation of the residency law. A security source suspected a man walking in Nuwaiseeb desert area, so they asked him for his ID.He said he did not have any, so he was taken to the police station. The source said the suspect had an old and tattered ID, and when they inquired about him, they found he is a Bangladeshi who has been living in the country since 1997 in...
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Attempt to kidnap Filipina woman
KUWAIT: A man offered a ride to a Filipina woman, but when she refused, he attempted to kidnap her. The woman went to Fintas police station and told them that when she left the beauty shop where she works, a man in an SUV attempted to convince her to let him give her a ride, and when she refused, he got out of his vehicle and attempted to bundle her in the car. When she started screaming, he escaped. The Filipina was not able to get the car's...
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Officer killed in 6th Ring Road crash; Romanian Prostitute in police custody
KUWAIT: A detective was killed and another injured when their vehicle flipped over while driving on the Sixth Ring Road. The injured man was taken to Jahra Hospital, as investigations are underway to find out whether foul play was involved.Man hurt while chasing ex-wifeA cement barrier brought a citizen who was chasing his ex-wife to a halt on Fahaheel expressway. The man confronted his ex-wife in a mall and attempted to abduct their daughter,...
ANKARA: Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, right, and Turkey’s Chief of Staff General Hulusi Akar, enter the military headquarters. — AP
Erdogan accuses West of ‘supporting coup’ - Demands Washington to extradite ‘suspected’ preacher
ANKARA: Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, right, and Turkey’s Chief of Staff General Hulusi Akar, enter the military headquarters. — APISTANBUL: President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has lashed out at Turkey's Western allies over last month's failed putsch, accusing them of supporting "terror" and demanding Washington extradite a preacher he says orchestrated the coup. Erdogan, who blames the attempt to unseat him on US-based preacher...
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Israel approves jailing ‘terrorists’ from age 12
JERUSALEM: Israeli lawmakers approved jailing children as young as 12 convicted of "terrorist offences" in the wake of repeated attacks by young Palestinians, the parliament said yesterday. "The 'Youth Bill,' which will allow the authorities to imprison a minor convicted of serious crimes such as murder, attempted murder or manslaughter even if he or she is under the age of 14, passed its second and third readings... Tuesday night," an...
ALEPPO: This file photo shows Syrian civil defense workers, right, helps an injured woman after warplanes attacked a street. — AP
Syrian regime forces roll back rebel gains in Aleppo
ALEPPO: This file photo shows Syrian civil defense workers, right, helps an injured woman after warplanes attacked a street. — APBEIRUT: Syrian regime forces bolstered by Russian air strikes recaptured territory overnight in the southwest suburbs of the battleground city of Aleppo, rolling back the short-lived gains of a rebel offensive. Rebels and their jihadists allies launched an assault Sunday in a bid to ease a more than two-week...
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Pakistani Islamic State suspect captained Italy cricket team
ROME: A Pakistani man expelled from Italy for allegedly plotting an attack in the name of the Islamic State (IS) group used to captain the Italian youth cricket team, media reports said yesterday. Aftab Farook was caught on a wire-tap talking about using a Kalashnikov or bomb to attack targets such as a wine shop in Milan or the airport of Bergamo in northern Italy, saying the important thing was to scare Europeans, Italian newspapers reported.On...
Eng Duaij Al-Otaibi
Regrets for not permitting athletes to participate under Kuwait flag: Al-Otaibi
Eng Duaij Al-OtaibiKUWAIT: President of Kuwait and Arab Shooting Federations Eng Duaij Khalaf Al- Otaibi expressed regrets for not allowing Kuwaiti athletes who qualified for the Brazil Olympics, including Kuwaiti shooters to participate under the Kuwait flag, and found it strange for some people to get Kuwait athletes involved in failed disputes to protect the interests of some officials at the Olympic Committee, and embarrass our country...
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Police: British woman asphyxiated in Lahore
LAHORE: A British woman suspected to have been the victim of an "honor killing" in Pakistan had been suffocated according to a forensic report, police said yesterday. Mukhtar Kazam, in a complaint to police, has said his wife Samia Shahid was murdered during a visit to her family in a village in Punjab province on July 20. Shahid's father has denied the charge and claimed his daughter died of natural causes.At an emotional press conference last...
DHAKA: Bangladeshi security personnel stand guard after gunmen stormed a restaurant in Dhaka’s high-security diplomatic district early yesterday. — AFP
Bangladesh’s missing militant link: The threat from abroad
DHAKA/NEW DELHI: When Bangladeshi authorities last month released the names of 261 men who have gone missing from their families, in an attempt to find militants hidden in this country of 160 million people, at the very end of the list was "Jilani alias Abu Zidal". He was not in Bangladesh. The young man, an engineering school dropout, travelled to Syria last year to fight for Islamic State. In April, IS announced he was blown to bits during...
RAIGAD DISTRICT: Members of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) look at the site of a bridge collapse over the River Savitri in Raigad District, some 100 kms south of Mumbai. — AFP
Search for 20 feared dead after India bridge collapse
RAIGAD DISTRICT: Members of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) look at the site of a bridge collapse over the River Savitri in Raigad District, some 100 kms south of Mumbai. — AFPMUMBAI: Rescuers were searching yesterday for 20 people missing and feared dead after two buses plunged into a fast-flowing river in western India when a bridge collapsed in torrential monsoon rain, officials said. Emergency workers pulled two bodies from the...
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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