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Search for MH370 facing suspension - Hopes 'fade' for missing plane
Malaysia's Transport Minister Liow Tiong Lai (C), Chinese Minister of Transport Yang Chuantang (R) and Australia's Minister for Infrastructure and Transport Darren Chester (L) hold hands together after a joint press conference of the Ministerial Tripartite Meeting on the search for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 at the Malaysian federal administrative centre in Putrajaya, outside Kuala Lumpur on June 22, 2016. Hopes of finding flight...
TOPSHOT - Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump addresses delegates at the end of the last day of the Republican National Convention on July 21, 2016, in Cleveland, Ohio. / AFP / Timothy A. CLARY
Trump accepts GOP nomination - Mogul slams Clinton, vows to put 'America first'
TOPSHOT - Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump addresses delegates at the end of the last day of the Republican National Convention on July 21, 2016, in Cleveland, Ohio. / AFP / Timothy A. CLARYCLEVELAND: Donald Trump accused Democratic rival Hillary Clinton of a legacy of "death, destruction, terrorism and weakness" as US secretary of state and vowed to be tough on crime and illegal immigrants in a speech on Thursday accepting the...
People walk on the other side of barbed wire where makeshift graves were placed at the United Nations Mission in the Republic of South Sudan (UNMISS), the UN House for internally displaced persons in the Jebel area in Juba on July 22, 2016. About 10,000 people have been displaced since the fighting began in Juba on the 8th of July 2016. According to a camp manager 137 people suffered from gunshot wounds and were being treated in the camp clinics, but some had succumbed to their injuries so they had been buried. Juba was rocked by days of heavy fighting in early July between government forces and fighters loyal to current Vice President Riek Machar which erupted as he was meeting President Salva Kiir in the presidential palace. More than 300 people were killed and tens of thousands of people fled, escalating fears of a return to the brutal civil war that erupted just over two years after independence in 2011. The latest violence in the capital echoed the fighting that first triggered the civil war in December 2013, when Kiir accused Machar of plotting a coup. / AFP / CHARLES ATIKI LOMODONG
Ex-rebels accuse Kiir of plot to oust Machar - VP has no plans to return
People walk on the other side of barbed wire where makeshift graves were placed at the United Nations Mission in the Republic of South Sudan (UNMISS), the UN House for internally displaced persons in the Jebel area in Juba on July 22, 2016. About 10,000 people have been displaced since the fighting began in Juba on the 8th of July 2016. According to a camp manager 137 people suffered from gunshot wounds and were being treated in the camp...
Captagon pills worth KD 25 mln seized
Captagon pills worth KD 25 million seized - MoI foils major smuggling attempt
Captagon pills worth KD 25 mln seizedKUWAIT: The Interior Ministry has thwarted an attempt to smuggle a huge amount of Captagon pills into the country, according to a statement issued yesterday. Ministry Undersecretary Lt Gen Sulaiman Al-Fahd supervised the effort to foil the major attempt to bring 10 million Captagon pills worth KD 25 million into the country, the statement added. The pills were professionally hidden in a container coming from...
Five-year-old Syrian girl Rima lies in a hospital bed on July 21, 2016 as she undergoes treatment at the Department of Care in the Unified Medical Office for Douma, three days after she was wounded in shelling by Syrian government forces in the village of al-Rehan, near Douma, a rebel-held town east of the capital Damascus.nMore than 280,000 people have been killed and millions displaced since Syria's civil war erupted with the brutal repression of anti-government protests in 2011. / AFP PHOTO / Sameer Al-Doumy
77 civilians killed in Manbij city - Syrian opposition calls for suspension of US-led air strikes
Five-year-old Syrian girl Rima lies in a hospital bed on July 21, 2016 as she undergoes treatment at the Department of Care in the Unified Medical Office for Douma, three days after she was wounded in shelling by Syrian government forces in the village of al-Rehan, near Douma, a rebel-held town east of the capital Damascus. More than 280,000 people have been killed and millions displaced since Syria's civil war erupted with the brutal...
This combo of photos shows German Chancellor Angela Merkel (R) and British Prime Minister Theresa May addressing a press conference after talks at the chancellery in Berlin on July 20, 2016. / AFP PHOTO / TOBIAS SCHWARZ
'Mission Impossible': Tight Brexit timeline unsettles the Germans - Tough stance on Article 50 must change
This combo of photos shows German Chancellor Angela Merkel (R) and British Prime Minister Theresa May addressing a press conference after talks at the chancellery in Berlin on July 20, 2016. - AFPBERLIN: German Chancellor Angela Merkel and fellow European leaders are pressing the new British government to trigger divorce proceedings with the European Union as soon as possible. But behind the scenes, senior German officials who spoke to Reuters...
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Turkish lawmakers give leader Erdogan sweeping new powers - Opposition warns of danger for abuse
Pro-nationalist university students shout during a protest against U.S.-based cleric Fethullah Gulen and his followers during a demonstration in Ankara, on July 21, 2016.Turkish authorities on July, 21 imposed a three-month state of emergency, strengthening powers to round up suspects accused of staging the failed military coup despite global alarm over a widening purge. The armed forces blamed the "Fethullah Terrorist Organisation" (FETO) for...
Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump waves as he leaves the stage during the Republican National Convention at the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio on July 20, 2016. The cost of the convention for the Republican Party will run some $64 million. The number of visitors expected in Cleveland is 50,000, including 15,000 journalists and 2,472 delegates (there are also 2,302 alternate delegates.) n / AFP / Robyn BECK
Trump faces uphill battle at raw Republican convention
Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump waves as he leaves the stage during the Republican National Convention at the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio on July 20, 2016. The cost of the convention for the Republican Party will run some $64 million. The number of visitors expected in Cleveland is 50,000, including 15,000 journalists and 2,472 delegates (there are also 2,302 alternate delegates.) -AFP CLEVELAND: Donald Trump will need...
Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Sheikh Mohammad Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah yesterday inaugurated the electronic-visa system at Kuwait International Airport;
Kuwait e-visa service launched - Interior Minister launches visa system at Kuwait Airport
Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Sheikh Mohammad Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah yesterday inaugurated the electronic-visa system at Kuwait International Airport;KUWAIT: Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Sheikh Mohammad Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah yesterday inaugurated the electronic-visa system at Kuwait International Airport; whereby applicants can obtain the entry visa online ahead of arrival in the country. Speaking upon the...
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense Sheikh Khaled Al-Jarrah Al-Sabah arrives for a meeting of the defense ministersnof the anti-IS coalition states held Wednesday in Andrews Airbase in the US state of Maryland. — KUNA
Kuwait emphasizes commitment to anti-Islamic State campaign
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense Sheikh Khaled Al-Jarrah Al-Sabah arrives for a meeting of the defense ministersof the anti-IS coalition states held Wednesday in Andrews Airbase in the US state of Maryland. — KUNAWASHINGTON: Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense Sheikh Khaled Al-Jarrah Al-Sabah reaffirmed Kuwait's supportive stance to international efforts to counter the so-called Islamic State (IS) militant group. "Kuwait...
Kuwaiti student are pictured while studying during the early 1900’s. — KUNA photo
Al-Katatib - Kuwait's earliest form of schooling
Kuwaiti student are pictured while studying during the early 1900’s. — KUNA photoKUWAIT: The early 1900's were trying times for Kuwait, demanding much effort from this country's men and women. Men were out enduring the unkindness of the sea for months at end while women were in their homes single-handedly managing the household and the extended family. With such realities being part of daily life, Al-Katatib, a traditional form of schooling,...
Fahd Sayed Mohammed, aka Shamshun (Samson) eat red-hot coal and glass and also bend metal with his teeth in these photos. - Photos by Joseph Shagra
Eating 'the weirdest of things' - 'Kuwaiti superhero' Shamshun showcases rare talent
Fahd Sayed Mohammed, aka Shamshun (Samson) eat red-hot coal and glass and also bend metal with his teeth in these photos. - Photos by Joseph ShagraPeople eat the weirdest of things, like munching on bars of soap, gobbling handfuls of sand and eating sponges, but Fahd Sayed Mohammed, aka Shamshun (Samson), can actually eat red-hot coal and glass. He can also bend metal and pull vehicles with his teeth. Kuwait Times spoke with Shamshun to know...
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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