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Woman injured while escaping kidnappers - Nine expats arrested for prostitution

KUWAIT: A citizen in her thirties threw herself from a car driven by a citizen and his son, who kidnapped her from a public parking lot in Ardhyiya. The woman sustained fractures and bruises and was admitted to Farwaniya hospital. The kidnappers are being sought by police.ProstitutionNine expats were arrested for prostitution, after Farwaniya security Director Brig Saleh Al-Enezi received tips on a brothel being run by an Indian man in Jleeb...

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Two dead in minivan accident

MinivanKUWAIT: Two people were killed when a minivan flipped over on Wafra Road, and six ambulances were dispatched to the scene. Five injured people were taken to Adan Hospital, two were taken by medevac to Sabah Hospital and the bodies of the dead were recovered by the coroner. The casualties are Indian and Egyptian.Offensive 'tweets'The Interior Ministry's Relations and Security Information Department commented on tweets made by political...

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Accidents caused by cattle on the rise in Kuwait

Accidents caused by cattleKUWAIT: Road accidents caused by camels or cattle are no longer scarce in Kuwait. They have become recurrent in large numbers, thus solutions must be found for this growing and often deadly problem. Most of the accidents caused by straying camels happen on the roads in Kabad, Al-Metlaa, Al-Sabbiyah, Al-Abdaly and Al-Salmy as well as on King Fahad highway.Tackling the problem warrants a set of measures such as guiding...

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'Ramadan is the month of giving and sacrifice'

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...

JEDDAH: Saudi policemen stand guard at the site where a suicide bomber blew himself up in the early hours of yesterday near the American consulate in the Red Sea city of Jeddah. - AFP

Bomber strikes near US consulate in Saudi - Amir sends cable of condolence to Saudi King

JEDDAH: Saudi policemen stand guard at the site where a suicide bomber blew himself up in the early hours of yesterday near the American consulate in the Red Sea city of Jeddah. - AFPRIYADH: A suicide bomber blew himself up near the American consulate in Saudi Arabia's western city of Jeddah in the early hours of US Independence Day yesterday, wounding two security officers. The Saudi Interior Ministry said the two officers suffered minor...

BAGHDAD: An Iraqi man reacts as he enters a building that was destroyed in a suicide-bombing attack which took place a day earlier in Baghdad's Karrada neighborhood.- AFP

Anger mounts as Iraqi death toll exceeds 200

BAGHDAD: An Iraqi man reacts as he enters a building that was destroyed in a suicide-bombing attack which took place a day earlier in Baghdad's Karrada neighborhood.- AFPBAGHDAD: Iraqis yesterday mourned more than 200 people killed in a Baghdad suicide bombing claimed by the Islamic State group and accused the government of not doing enough to protect them. The search continued for bodies at the site of the attack, which ripped through the...

LAHORE: Hassan Khan, whose wife Zeenat was killed by her mother, lays rose petals on her grave in Lahore, Pakistan. - AP

Pakistan 'honor' killings grow more brutal

LAHORE: Hassan Khan, whose wife Zeenat was killed by her mother, lays rose petals on her grave in Lahore, Pakistan. - APLAHORE: Parveen Rafiq screamed from her rooftop, "I have killed my daughter. I have saved my honor. She will never shame me again." In the room below lay the charred body of 18-year-old Zeenat. Neighbors in the narrow alley who saw the smoke and heard screams rushed to Rafiq's home, but the door was bolted from within. Zeenat...

GURGAON, India: Relatives and friends console the mother of Tarishi Jain, one of the victims of the attack on Dhaka’s Holey Artisan Bakery, as they take her for cremation on the outskirts of New Delhi yesterday. — AP

Some Bangladesh hostages questioned - Families of cafe victims take bodies home

GURGAON, India: Relatives and friends console the mother of Tarishi Jain, one of the victims of the attack on Dhaka’s Holey Artisan Bakery, as they take her for cremation on the outskirts of New Delhi yesterday. — APNEW DELHI: Some of the hostages rescued from the weekend attack on an upscale restaurant in Bangladesh's capital were being questioned yesterday by investigators searching for clues about the possible masterminds behind the...

DHAKA: Bangladeshi security personnel stand guard after gunmen stormed a restaurant in Dhaka’s high-security diplomatic district early yesterday. — AFP

Rich kids who grew up to be militants

DHAKA: Well-educated and hailing from wealthy families, the gunmen who killed 20 hostages in a Bangladesh cafe defy the increasingly outdated stereotype of jihadists from poor backgrounds who have been radicalized in madrassas. Six young men were shot dead Saturday at the end of the all-night siege in a Dhaka cafe claimed by the Islamic State group.One may have been an innocent bystander, but among the remaining five are a graduate of...

This combination of pictures shows five men, allegedly the gunmen who carried out an attack in Dhaka on July 1, 2016 posing with rifles in front of a flag of the Islamic State jihadist group at an undisclosed location. —AP

Educated, well-off Dhaka attackers defy stereotype - Militants do not fit usual profile

This combination of pictures shows five men, allegedly the gunmen who carried out an attack in Dhaka on July 1, 2016 posing with rifles in front of a flag of the Islamic State jihadist group at an undisclosed location. —APNEW DELHI: The young men had been missing for months. Their families sensed something was wrong. Some had come from privileged backgrounds, had grown up loved and were educated in top schools. They had bright futures. It...

FALLUJAH: In this June 28, 2016 photo, Iraqi security forces celebrate their victory. —AP

Fallujah victory takes on sectarian tones

FALLUJAH: In this June 28, 2016 photo, Iraqi security forces celebrate their victory. —APFALLUJAH: A highway overpass in Fallujah is plastered with Shiite banners, graffiti and posters of militia leaders, a virtual shrine to victory over the Islamic State group in this majority Sunni Muslim city. The fight to wrest Fallujah from IS control appears to have inflicted considerably less damage to the city's infrastructure than past battles. But...

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Doctor shot near Houston mosque on way to prayer

HOUSTON: A Muslim doctor headed for morning prayers on Sunday at a Houston mosque was shot in an attacked by three men, police said. The motive for the attack was unclear, but comes a day after another Muslim man was beaten outside a Florida mosque. The victim of the Texas incident, Dr Arslan Tajammul, an eye specialist in his 30s, was undergoing surgery and was expected to survive, according to Mustafaa Carroll, executive director of the Houston...

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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

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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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Being in Kuwait during invasion: Soldier’s sister shares story