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German Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere addresses the press on the attacks in Reutlingen and Ansbach in Berlin, on July 25, 2016.nA Syrian refugee was arrested after killing a Polish woman with a large kebab knife in the southwestern city of Reutlingen and a failed Syrian asylum seeker set off an explosive device near an open-air music festival in the southern city of Ansbach, southern Germany. / AFP PHOTO / TOBIAS SCHWARZ

Germany warns of anti-migrant backlash after week of bloodshed - Europe's economic powerhouse still reeling

German Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere addresses the press on the attacks in Reutlingen and Ansbach in Berlin, on July 25, 2016.A Syrian refugee was arrested after killing a Polish woman with a large kebab knife in the southwestern city of Reutlingen and a failed Syrian asylum seeker set off an explosive device near an open-air music festival in the southern city of Ansbach, southern Germany. / AFP ANSBACH, GERMANY: Yesterday Germany...

Singapore's Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan, left, shakes hands with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, right before they pose for a photo during the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) – China Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Vientiane, Laos, Monday, July 25, 2016. A highly anticipated meeting between Southeast Asian foreign ministers and their Chinese counterpart Wang Yi has begun in what is expected to be tense discussions on China's territorial expansion in the South China Sea. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

China scores diplomatic victory, avoids criticism from ASEAN - Other bloc's members are victims actions

Singapore's Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan, left, shakes hands with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, right before they pose for a photo during the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) – China Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Vientiane, Laos, Monday, July 25, 2016. A highly anticipated meeting between Southeast Asian foreign ministers and their Chinese counterpart Wang Yi has begun in what is expected to be tense discussions on...

Sheikh Saud Bin Nasser Al Thani, Chairman of Ooredoo Kuwait

ooredoo Kuwait posts KWD 350.8m revenue for H1 2016

Sheikh Saud Bin Nasser Al Thani, Chairman of Ooredoo KuwaitKUWAIT CITY: NMTC (Ooredoo), a member of Ooredoo Group, announced yesterday its financial results for the first half of 2016. Sheikh Saud Bin Nasser Al Thani, Chairman of Ooredoo Kuwait - (NMTC) commented:"Ooredoo NMTC generated good levels of profitability during the first half of the year, with net profit increasing by 30% to KWD 19 million during the period. We have also grown our...

In this frame from video, people gather near the scene of a fatal shooting at Club Blu nightclub in Fort Myers, Fla., Monday, July 25, 2016. (WBBH via AP)

Two youths dead in shooting outside Florida teen party - 16 injured

In this frame from video, people gather near the scene of a fatal shooting at Club Blu nightclub in Fort Myers, Fla., Monday, July 25, 2016. (WBBH via AP)MIAMI: Two youths were killed and as many as 16 other people injured early yesterday in a shooting outside a Florida nightclub as parents were picking up their children from a "teen night" event. Police in Fort Myers, Florida identified the dead as 14-year-old Sean Archilles and 18-year-old...

Attorney Fajer Ahmed

Domestic workers

The countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) in the past 10 plus years have changed drastically and significantly for the good. We had skyscrapers shoot up, millions of jobs created, a dominant art and culture scene, SMEs flourishing, active youth citizens and a World Cup coming up in Qatar, as well as a world expo on its way to the UAE.We also had a flock of people from all walks of life seeking jobs in the GCC, becoming a necessary...

Attorney Fajer Ahmed

Sexual harassment towards women

It might seem absurd that in 2016 we still have to talk about legal equality between males and females. But to bring things in perspective, there is still a huge gap in legal rights between women and men around the world, even in the most progressive countries, putting equality on top of the United Nations' agenda.Let us focus on Kuwait though, were women were only granted the right to vote in 2005. It has only been a decade for political equal...

KUWAIT: Minister of Information and Minister of State for Youth Affairs Sheikh Salman Sabah Al-Salem Al-Homoud Al-Sabah tours the electronic publishing department yesterday. - KUNA

Law regulating Internet media comes into effect

KUWAIT: Minister of Information and Minister of State for Youth Affairs Sheikh Salman Sabah Al-Salem Al-Homoud Al-Sabah tours the electronic publishing department yesterday. - KUNAKUWAIT: A new law regulating all Web-based publications including electronic news services, bulletins, websites of newspapers and televisions and alike came into effect yesterday after its bylaws were published in the official gazette. Information Minister Sheikh...

KUWAIT: Minister of Commerce and Industry Dr Yousef Al-Ali (center) attends thensigning ceremony. — Photo by Fouad Al-Shaikh

Two Kuwaiti departments cooperate against money-laundering, terrorism

KUWAIT: Minister of Commerce and Industry Dr Yousef Al-Ali (center) attends the signing ceremony. — Photo by Fouad Al-ShaikhKUWAIT: Minister of Commerce and Industry Dr Yousef Al-Ali yesterday affirmed significance of the memorandum of understanding worked out by the ministry with the national financial inspection department for combating money laundering and terrorism-financing.This accord aims at exchanging information and secret data "and...

Ministry of State for Youth Affairs’s Undersecretary Sheikha Al-Zain Al-Sabah

National strategy underway to combat social, youth challenges

Ministry of State for Youth Affairs’s Undersecretary Sheikha Al-Zain Al-SabahKUWAIT: Ministry of State for Youth Affairs is working on a national vision and a strategy to counter the challenges facing the society, especially young people, a senior official said yesterday. The ministry is being guided by the elevated Amiri initiatives and His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah's keenness and infinite care for youth,...

Information Minister and Minister of State for Youth Affairs Sheikh Salman Al-Humoud Al-Sabah meets with Sheikha Al-Majed

Info Minister vows nonstop support of youth

Information Minister and Minister of State for Youth Affairs Sheikh Salman Al-Humoud Al-Sabah meets with Sheikha Al-MajedKUWAIT: The country's leadership will incessantly support the youth to help them excel on regional and international arenas, Minister of Information and Minister of State for Youth Affairs Sheikh Salman Sabah Salem Al-Humoud Al-Sabah said yesterday.Sheikh Salman met with a bevy of outstanding achievers, a statement issued by...

KUWAIT: This handout photo released by the Interior Ministry yesterday shows members of a gang arrested for harboring runaway maids and running illegal domestic help activities.

15 suspects arrested for harboring absconding maids - Gang members offered illegal domestic help services

KUWAIT: This handout photo released by the Interior Ministry yesterday shows members of a gang arrested for harboring runaway maids and running illegal domestic help activities.KUWAIT: A 15-member gang was arrested by residency detectives for harboring absconding maids and offering their services to other people in exchange for money. The residency detectives department said the gang was operating under several bogus offices' names, and used to...

FILE - In this Aug. 12, 2012 file photo Team Russia celebrates winning the gold medal during the rhythmic gymnastics group all-around final at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Sunday in London. The IOC's ruling 15-member executive board will meet Sunday, July 24, 2016 via teleconference to weigh the unprecedented step of excluding Russia as a whole from the 2016 Rio Olympic Games because of systematic, state-sponsored cheating. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, file)

IOC stop short of complete ban on Russians

FILE - In this Aug. 12, 2012 file photo Team Russia celebrates winning the gold medal during the rhythmic gymnastics group all-around final at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Sunday in London. The IOC's ruling 15-member executive board will meet Sunday, July 24, 2016 via teleconference to weigh the unprecedented step of excluding Russia as a whole from the 2016 Rio Olympic Games because of systematic, state-sponsored cheating. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull,...

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A helicopter flied over burning oil fields which were set on fire by Iraqi soldiers before they retreated from Kuwait.

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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

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KUWAIT: Oil wells were set ablaze by Iraqi troops. – KUNA

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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

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