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Boxit: Your Physical Dropbox

Haider Al-MosawiWhile cleaning their flat, Premlal Pullisserry turned to his wife and jokingly said: "If only we can store some of these things at our neighbor's house." As it turns out, the problem Premlal identified wasn't a joke, and he started Boxit, a smart solution for physical storage. He recently secured the highest amount for a seed funding round in the MENA region. Here's Boxit's story...Premlal's problemAll successful startups have...

Turkish ambassador to Kuwait Murad Tameer speaks during a press conference at the Turkish embassy in Kuwait City, on July 18, 2016. Saudi authorities have detained the Turkish military attache to Kuwait for his suspected involvement in a foiled coup against the rule of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, local media reported July 18. The attache, identified as Mikail Gullu, was arrested at an airport in the eastern Saudi city of Dammam as he attempted to board a flight to Germany, the reports said.n / AFP / YASSER AL-ZAYYAT

Fleeing Turkish army attache to Kuwait arrested by Saudis

TOPSHOT - People carry the coffin of Sehidmiz Murat Inci, victim of the coup attempt during his funeral ceremony, at Kocatepe Mosque in Ankara on July 18, 2016. Support from the highest echelons in the army helped keep President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in power after the failed coup but July 15's events risk further undermining the military's status as a key player in Turkish politics. Turkey has detained 103 generals and admirals as well as more...

Shamlan Al-Roumi Mosque, built in 1893

Activists, MPs call to halt demolition of historical mosque

Shamlan Al-Roumi Mosque, built in 1893KUWAIT: A number of MPs and activists yesterday called on authorities to stop orders to demolish a 123-year old historical mosque in Kuwait City to make way for a key road project. The ministry of awqaf and islamic affairs said the decision to demolish the Shamlan Al-Roumi Mosque, built in 1893, was taken by the Cabinet and it had objected to the decision. The demolition is required because the mosque is in...

Acting Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled meets with the head of the Yemeni government delegation Abdulmalak Al-Mikhlafi.

UN Special Envoy meets prisoners' committee of Yemeni peace talks - Yemeni parties thank Kuwait for sponsoring talks

Acting Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled meets with the head of the Yemeni government delegation Abdulmalak Al-Mikhlafi.KUWAIT: The United Nations' (UN) Special Envoy for Yemen Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed met YESTERDAY with the committee dealing with prisoners and detainees, part of UN-brokered peace talks held in Kuwait. The meeting featured discussions on the release of all captives, an issue that has seen much progress...

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Cabinet OKs final accounts, supports Turkey, France - Ministers examine financial stability report

KUWAIT: Acting Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah (second from left) chairs the cabinet’s meeting yesterday. — KUNAKUWAIT: The Cabinet yesterday approved final accounts for the 2015-2016 fiscal year of government departments, addressed major external issues namely Turkey's events expressing satisfaction at the legitimacy success, expressed solidarity with France in aftermath of the "blatant and...

Croatia's Ivan Dodig, right, and Marin Cilic react during a win over Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan, of the United States, in a Davis Cup tennis match Saturday, July 16, 2016, in Portland, Ore. Dodig and Cilic won 6-2, 2-6, 6-2, 6-4. (Pete Christopher/The Oregonian via AP)

Croatia rallies to stun US 3-2 in Portland

Croatia's Ivan Dodig, right, and Marin Cilic react during a win over Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan, of the United States, in a Davis Cup tennis match Saturday, July 16, 2016, in Portland, Ore. Dodig and Cilic won 6-2, 2-6, 6-2, 6-4. -AP)PORTLAND: The odds stacked against his underdog side, Croatian captain Zeljko Krajan was brimming with confidence Sunday morning before the reverse singles matches in the Davis Cup quarterfinal tie against United...

Protesters hold up a sign before the opening of the Republican National Convention on July 18, 2016 in Cleveland, Ohio. Thousands of delegates descend on a tightly secured Cleveland arena for the opening of the Republican National Convention, with Donald Trump's wife playing character witness as the tough-talking mogul seeks to lock up his party's presidential nomination. / AFP / Andrew CABALLERO-REYNOLDS

Trump show rolls into Cleveland - 'Unconventional' Republican National Convention opens

Protesters hold up a sign before the opening of the Republican National Convention on July 18, 2016 in Cleveland, Ohio. Thousands of delegates descend on a tightly secured Cleveland arena for the opening of the Republican National Convention, with Donald Trump's wife playing character witness as the tough-talking mogul seeks to lock up his party's presidential nomination. -AFP CLEVELAND: Thousands of delegates descended on a tightly secured...

(COMBO)This three image combination photo shows L-R: Baton Rouge police officers Matthew Gerald and Montrell Jackson and Baton Rouge Parish Deputy Brad Garafalo. A black veteran shot three police officers dead July 17, 2016 in the Louisiana capital of Baton Rouge, in a bloody act reminiscent of recent slayings in Dallas to avenge African Americans killed by law enforcement. The shooting, which also wounded three other officers, took place in a city scarred by racial tensions and protests against police brutality since the July 5 death of Alton Sterling, a black man shot at point-blank range by white police. Louisiana State Police Superintendent Colonel Mike Edmonson told reporters the gunman behind the shooting -- widely identified by US media as Gavin Long, 29 -- was killed and there are no suspects at large. The motive was not immediately clear.n / AFP / Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's Office / Baton Rouge Police Department / Handout

Gunman 'was seeking out,' ambushed six US officers - Police-community relations in Baton Rouge tense

(COMBO)This three image combination photo shows L-R: Baton Rouge police officers Matthew Gerald and Montrell Jackson and Baton Rouge Parish Deputy Brad Garafalo. A black veteran shot three police officers dead July 17, 2016 in the Louisiana capital of Baton Rouge, in a bloody act reminiscent of recent slayings in Dallas to avenge African Americans killed by law enforcement. The shooting, which also wounded three other officers, took place in a...

FILE - In this July 8, 2016, file photo released by Xinhua News Agency, Chinese missile frigate Yuncheng launches an anti-ship missile during a military exercise in the waters near south China's Hainan Island and Paracel Islands. China said Monday, July 18, 2016, that it is closing off a part of the South China Sea for military exercises this week, days after an international tribunal ruled against Beijing's claim to ownership of virtually the entire strategic waterway. Hainan's maritime administration said an area southeast of the island province would be closed from Monday to Thursday, but gave no details about the nature of the exercises. (Zha Chunming/Xinhua via AP, File)

Freedom of navigation could end 'in disaster' - Chinese admiral warns US

FILE - In this July 8, 2016, file photo released by Xinhua News Agency, Chinese missile frigate Yuncheng launches an anti-ship missile during a military exercise in the waters near south China's Hainan Island and Paracel Islands. China said Monday, July 18, 2016, that it is closing off a part of the South China Sea for military exercises this week, days after an international tribunal ruled against Beijing's claim to ownership of virtually the...

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Faith in government drops; France mourns Nice victims - Crowds jeer French leaders

This handout picture taken by a drone and released by the City of Nice on July 18, 2016, shows a general view of the Jardin ALbert 1er and the promenade des Anglais crowded as thousands gather to observe a minute of silence in Nice. France fell silent on July 18, 2016, for the victims of the Nice truck attack, but the mourning was overshadowed by politicians tearing into each other over the massacre. A sea of people thronged the Nice promenade...

TOPSHOT - Yemenis run for cover as smoke rises following a car bomb attack at an army checkpoint at the entrance to the town of Hajr, located some 15 kilometres (nine miles) to the west of Mukalla, the capital of Yemen's southeastern Hadramawt province on July 18, 2016. Suicide bombers attacked two army checkpoints in a former stronghold of Al-Qaeda in southeastern Yemen, killing 11 people, health and security officials said.n / AFP / ABDULJABBAR BAJUBAIR

Suicide bombers attack Yemen army, killing 10

TOPSHOT - Yemenis run for cover as smoke rises following a car bomb attack at an army checkpoint at the entrance to the town of Hajr, located some 15 kilometres (nine miles) to the west of Mukalla, the capital of Yemen's southeastern Hadramawt province on July 18, 2016. Suicide bombers attacked two army checkpoints in a former stronghold of Al-Qaeda in southeastern Yemen, killing 11 people, health and security officials said. - AFP ADEN: Two...

This photo shows a general view of a landscape with many destroyed tanks, remaining from soviet regime era, on the outskirts of Charikar city in Parwan province, north of capital Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, July 17, 2016. (AP Photos/Massoud Hossaini)

Afghan forces see hopeful signs; air strikes hit Taleban - New Taleban leader seen struggling with finances

This photo shows a general view of a landscape with many destroyed tanks, remaining from soviet regime era, on the outskirts of Charikar city in Parwan province, north of capital Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, July 17, 2016. (AP)KABUL: A combination of airstrikes and a Taleban apparently still adapting to its new leader Mullah Haibatullah Akhundzada has given a lift to Afghan forces that had braced for heavy fighting at the start of summer. After...

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

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