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TOPSHOT - A gamer uses the Pokemon Go application on his mobile in the main fish market in Kuwait City on July 14, 2016. n / AFP PHOTO / YASSER AL-ZAYYAT

Communications ministry joins campaign against Pokemon Go

TOPSHOT - A gamer uses the Pokemon Go application on his mobile in the main fish market in Kuwait City on July 14, 2016. - AFP KUWAIT: The Ministry of Communications warned smartphone users against downloading the Pokemon Go game, which became a hit in most countries around the world. Assistant Undersecretary Hamad Al-Qattan said the ministry is discussing means of protection from such games with the Communications and Information Technology...

Ministry of Electricity and Water

Power cuts hit seven areas around Kuwait

Ministry of Electricity and WaterKUWAIT: Power was cut in seven areas during various times when temperatures exceeded 50 degree C yesterday. Complaints to the call center kept coming due to repeated power cuts in Surra, Dhahr, Zahra, Sabahiya, Salwa, Kabd and Wafra farms. Citizens were upset with the unannounced cuts, which means there are some defects in the power network in some areas. Emergency teams moved in as soon as they received the...

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Ministry, lawyers society go back-and-forth on assault case

Relations and Security Information Department's Director Brigadier Adel Ahmad Al-HashashKUWAIT: The Interior Ministry does not accept manipulation of the truth and making baseless claims, especially when there are documents proving this, a senior official said. Claims made by Kuwait Lawyers Society's Secretary General about a lawyer being insulted by a policeman at Sabah Al-Salem police station on July 12 are not true and contradict all...

Britain's Dominic Inglot, left, returns a ball as his doubles partner, Jamie Murray, watches during their Davis Cup quarterfinal tennis doubles match against Serbia's Nenad Zimonjic and Filip Krajinovic in Belgrade, Serbia, Saturday, July 16, 2016. (AP Photo/Marko Drobnjakovic)

Doubles win gives Britain lead over Serbia

Britain's Dominic Inglot, left, returns a ball as his doubles partner, Jamie Murray, watches during their Davis Cup quarterfinal tennis doubles match against Serbia's Nenad Zimonjic and Filip Krajinovic in Belgrade, Serbia, Saturday, July 16, 2016. -AP BELGRADE: Defending champions Great Britain took a 2-1 lead over hosts Serbia in their Davis Cup World Group quarter-final in Belgrade yesterday. In the second singles rubber, rescheduled from...

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Muna Al Fuzai France witnessed an awful crime on Thursday evening on its National Day. A Tunisian resident of France drove his truck into a crowd watching traditional fireworks in the lovely French city of Nice, killing at least 84 and wounding many, as well as causing intense fear. The terrorist was shot dead. A local government official said weapons and grenades were later found inside the rented vehicle. French police stated that the...

A Syrian man mourns the death of a child following reported air strikes on July 16, 2016 in the rebel-controlled neighbourhood of Saleheen in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo.nAir raids on rebel-held districts of Syria's battleground second city of Aleppo killed at least 21 civilians including children, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. nn / AFP PHOTO / THAER MOHAMMED

Air raids kill at least 28 civilians in Syria's Aleppo

A Syrian man mourns the death of a child following reported air strikes on July 16, 2016 in the rebel-controlled neighbourhood of Saleheen in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo. Air raids on rebel-held districts of Syria's battleground second city of Aleppo killed at least 21 civilians including children, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. - AFP ALEPPO: Air raids on rebel-held districts of Syria's battleground second city of Aleppo...

This Tuesday, May 24, 2016 photo shows a memorial at the site of Eric Garner's death in the Staten Island borough of New York. The 43-year-old black man died in July 2014 after a white police officer placed him in a chokehold during an arrest for selling loose cigarettes. A grand jury declined to indict the officer who put Garner in the hold or any of the other officers involved in the arrest. The city agreed to pay a $5.9 million civil settlement. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

DIVIDED AMERICA: Bridging the gap between police, policed

This Tuesday, May 24, 2016 photo shows a memorial at the site of Eric Garner's death in the Staten Island borough of New York. The 43-year-old black man died in July 2014 after a white police officer placed him in a chokehold during an arrest for selling loose cigarettes. A grand jury declined to indict the officer who put Garner in the hold or any of the other officers involved in the arrest. The city agreed to pay a $5.9 million civil...

Na'Quincy, son of Alton Sterling, looks back at his father's grave as he leaves Alton's burial, at the Mount Pilgrim Benevolent Society Cemetery in Baton Rouge, La., Friday, July 15, 2016. Sterling was shot July 5 outside a Baton Rouge convenience store in an encounter with police that was caught on video. Left is family attorney Justin Bamberg, and right is Na'Qunicy's grandmother, whose name was withheld. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, Pool)

Peaceful remembrance for man killed by police in Baton Rouge

Na'Quincy, son of Alton Sterling, looks back at his father's grave as he leaves Alton's burial, at the Mount Pilgrim Benevolent Society Cemetery in Baton Rouge, La., Friday, July 15, 2016. Sterling was shot July 5 outside a Baton Rouge convenience store in an encounter with police that was caught on video. Left is family attorney Justin Bamberg, and right is Na'Qunicy's grandmother, whose name was withheld. -AP PBATON ROUGE: Grieving residents...

TOPSHOT - People take streets near the Fatih Sultan Mehmet bridge during clashes with military forces in Istanbul on July 16, 2016. Istanbul's bridges across the Bosphorus, the strait separating the European and Asian sides of the city, have been closed to traffic. Turkish military forces on July 16 opened fire on crowds gathered in Istanbul following a coup attempt, causing casualties, an AFP photographer said. The soldiers opened fire on grounds around the first bridge across the Bosphorus dividing Europe and Asia, said the photographer, who saw wounded people being taken to ambulances.n / AFP / GURCAN OZTURK

Anger, protests and bloodshed in coup-hit Istanbul

TOPSHOT - People take streets near the Fatih Sultan Mehmet bridge during clashes with military forces in Istanbul on July 16, 2016. Istanbul's bridges across the Bosphorus, the strait separating the European and Asian sides of the city, have been closed to traffic. Turkish military forces on July 16 opened fire on crowds gathered in Istanbul following a coup attempt, causing casualties, an AFP photographer said. The soldiers opened fire on...

Mongolia's President Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj (L) embraces European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker after a press conference during the 11th Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) in the Mongolian capital of Ulan Bator on July 16, 2016.nThe 11th Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) summit runs from July 15 to 16. / AFP PHOTO / WANG ZHAO

Tokyo seeks to pressure Beijing on S China Sea ruling

Mongolia's President Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj (L) embraces European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker after a press conference during the 11th Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) in the Mongolian capital of Ulan Bator on July 16, 2016. The 11th Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) summit runs from July 15 to 16. - AFP ULAN BATOR: Tokyo raised pressure on Beijing at an Asia-Europe summit yesterday to respect an international tribunal's ruling that dismissed...

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At least 84 killed in Nice truck rampage - Truck attacker ploughs into crowd; Kuwait condemns Nice terror

French gendarmes walk past clothes and mattresses at the site of the deadly attack on the Promenade des Anglais seafront in the French Riviera city of Nice on July 15, 2016, after a gunman smashed a truck through a crowd celebrating Bastille Day, killing at least 84 and injuring dozens of children in what President Francois Hollande called a "terrorist" attack. Hollande declared three days of mourning after the assault, as the shellshocked...

A man tries to catch the pokèmon 'Nidoran' using the app 'Pokèmon Go' in the main fish market in Kuwait City on July 14,2016.

Kuwait's Interior Ministry warns Pokemon Go users - 'Sensitive landmarks, locations' off limits

A man tries to catch the pokèmon 'Nidoran' using the app 'Pokèmon Go' in the main fish market in Kuwait City on July 14,2016.KUWAIT: Kuwait is saying "no" to "Pokemon Go" in certain places. The tiny oil-rich emirate's Interior Ministry issued a statement yesterday warning users of the smash mobile phone application from taking pictures of any vital government, military or security location. It also warned users not to pounce on Pikachus or...

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