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Ahmadi man stabs father - Police raid brothel in Jleeb Al-Shuyoukh
KUWAIT: A citizen attacked his father with a knife, who only suffered a superficial cut. The suspect was arrested by Ahmadi detectives after escaping from the house located in Fahd Al-Ahmad. A security source said a call came from a citizen claiming his drug addict son pulled a knife at him and attempted to stab him. Detectives located the suspect and arrested him after stiff resistance, and he was taken to the detectives department for...
Young Voices
'I want to help kids become healthy so they can enjoy their childhood'
Young VoicesNearly a quarter of Kuwait's entire population is under the age of 14 and yet with the exception of school assemblies, we never hear their voices. During Ramadan, Kuwait Times likes to publish a special series that engages with its readership in a more direct, personal way to learn their concerns, issues and viewpoints.This Ramadan, we will chat with some of our youngest readers about their lives in Kuwait, in an attempt to see the...
The victorious Gulf Cables
Gulf Cables crowned champions - 37th Al-Roudhan Ramadan futsal tournament
The victorious Gulf CablesKUWAIT: The 37th Al-Roudhan Ramadan futsal tournament concluded on Monday under the patronage of HH the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al- Sabah, which was held over the month of Ramadan, with the crowning of the Gulf Cables team after it defeated Kuwait International Bank in a shootout.The match, that saw a large number of officials and fans attending, headed by National Assembly Speaker Marzouq Al- Ghanem and...
MEDINA: People stand near an explosion site in Medina. (Inset) Undated photo shows Abdullah Qalzar Khan, who is alleged to have carried out a suicide attack in Jiddah, Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia identified the suicide bomber as a Pakistani resident of the kingdom who arrived 12 years ago to work as a driver.- AP
Suicide bombers hit 3 Saudi cities, Pakistani attacker identified - Saudis rattled by terror attacks; bombings kill 4
MEDINA: People stand near an explosion site in Medina. (Inset) Undated photo shows Abdullah Qalzar Khan, who is alleged to have carried out a suicide attack in Jiddah, Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia identified the suicide bomber as a Pakistani resident of the kingdom who arrived 12 years ago to work as a driver.- APRIYADH: Outrage spread yesterday after a deadly suicide bombing at Islam's second-holiest site in the Saudi city of Medina, one of three...
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Killing of Saudi mother sparks debate about Islamic scholar - Interior Ministry accused twins of killing their mother
DUBAI: Driven by radical beliefs, twin brothers allegedly killed their mother in Saudi Arabia after she tried to stop them from joining Islamic State in Syria in a case that outraged Saudi Arabians worried about rising Islamic militancy. The June 24 killing, in a country where respect for elders is seen as a bedrock of society, whipped up a storm of debate over the possible influence of a mediaeval Islamic scholar revered as a forerunner of Saudi...
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UN: Nearly 30,000 'foreign terrorists' in Syria, Iraq
GENEVA: Nearly 30,000 "foreign terrorist fighters" are currently in Syria and Iraq, a high-ranking UN official said yesterday, warning that the risk of attacks in their home countries was growing. "The number of foreign terrorist fighters is very high" in war-ravaged Syria and neighboring Iraq, said Jean-Paul Laborde, UN assistant secretary general and head of its Counter-Terrorism Committee."There are nearly 30,000, and now that the territory...
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Muslim teens beaten outside a NY mosque
NEW YORK: Two Muslim teenagers were beaten outside a New York City mosque by an attacker who shouted slurs at them, a rights group said on Monday, calling for police to investigate the incident as a bias crime.The attack early on Sunday was at least the third involving Muslims in the United States over the weekend. A law enforcement source said investigators had ruled out the incident as a bias crime.The New York chapter of the Council on...
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Japanese jailed for cutting off and flushing rival private part
TOKYO: A former boxer who chopped off the penis of his wife’s lover with a pair of garden shears before flushing it down the toilet was jailed in Japan yesterday.Ikki Kotsugai, 25, carried out the “vicious” attack in August 2015 when he burst into the office of a lawyer who had an affair with his wife.Kotsugai, an ex-boxer and law student, became enraged after mistakenly believing his wife had been forced to sleep with her boss at a legal...
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Boko Haram tragedy: Malnutrition
MAIDUGURI: This photo taken on June 30, 2016 shows a young baby boy suffering from severe acute malnutrition in the Muna informal settlement on the outskirts of the capital of Borno State. — AFPMAIDUGURI, Nigeria: Halima cries as her mother Yagana lifts her up to be weighed. The one-year-old girl's belly protrudes over legs that are barely more than paper-thin skin and bone. The baby has been treated for severe acute malnutrition for a week...
LONDON: British Secretary of State for Justice and leadership candidate for Britain’s ruling Conservative Party Michael Gove gives a thumbs-up to photographers as he arrives for a cabinet meeting at 10 Downing Street yesterday. — AP
Voting begins in race to replace British premier - Interior minister May clear frontrunner
LONDON: British Secretary of State for Justice and leadership candidate for Britain’s ruling Conservative Party Michael Gove gives a thumbs-up to photographers as he arrives for a cabinet meeting at 10 Downing Street yesterday. — APLONDON: Britain's Conservative party started voting yesterday to replace outgoing Prime Minister David Cameron following his resignation in the wake of Britain's shock decision to leave the European Union....
DHAKA: People offer flowers to pay their respects to the victims of the attack on Holey Artisan Bakery yesterday. —AP
Bangladesh police may have killed hostage by mistake - Six men killed by police; five named in case filing
DHAKA: People offer flowers to pay their respects to the victims of the attack on Holey Artisan Bakery yesterday. —APDHAKA: Bangladeshi police said yesterday one of the men they shot dead during the siege of a Dhaka cafe on the weekend may have been a hostage killed by mistake, while the hunt for accomplices of the gunmen who killed 20 people focused on six suspects. Police yesterday named five Bangladeshi gunmen who stormed the restaurant in...
LIUZHOU, China: A general view shows the swollen Liujiang River in south China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region yesterday. — AFP
China floods kill 130, wipe out crops
LIUZHOU, China: A general view shows the swollen Liujiang River in south China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region yesterday. — AFPSHANGHAI: Severe flooding across central and southern China over the past week has killed almost 130 people, damaged more than 1.9 million hectares of crops and led to direct economic losses of more than 38 billion yuan ($5.70 billion), state media said yesterday. Premier Li Keqiang traveled on Tuesday to Anhui,...
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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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Being in Kuwait during invasion: Soldier’s sister shares story
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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