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Cop killer’s case adjourned to Aug 14

KUWAIT: The criminal court adjourned the case of the suspect in the murder of police officer Torky Al-Enezi until August 14, awaiting a psychiatrist's report. The public prosecution charged the suspect with premeditated homicide, and that he intended to kill the largest number of policemen at a security point by running them over during the national holiday's celebration earlier this year. He killed a police captain with a knife he had prepared...

Police arrest fugitive wanted to serve 117.5 years in jail

.KUWAIT: Police arrested a fugitive wanted to serve jail sentences totaling 117.5 years. The arrest was made under the supervision of Hawally governorate security director Brigadier Abdeen Al-Abdeen. Patrol officers stopped a taxi in Salwa, then when police asked for the ID of the person inside, he attempted to escape on foot, but was caught quickly. He was found wanted for four cases:* A felony case for which he was sentenced to 99 years in...

Attorney Fajer Ahmed

Eid Mubarak - Days off

A beautiful month of fasting, devotion, charity, prayers, kindness and forgiveness has passed and Muslims all over the world are looking forward to celebrating the Eid Al-Fitr holidays. The majority of GCC countries, including Kuwait, have a large number of non-Muslim workers who are greatly affected by Ramadan. Because of the way the schedule is for those fasting in Ramadan, a lot of businesses usually change their working hours, putting more...

Young Voices

‘I love singing the National Anthem’

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...

BAGHDAD: Iraqi security forces and civilians gather at the site after a car bomb hit Karada, a busy shopping district in the centernof Baghdad yesterday. (Inset) A man mourns in Najaf during a funeral procession for the victims of the bomb attack. - AP/AFP

IS bombings kill 120 in Baghdad - Bombers hit shopping area as residents celebrate Ramadan

BAGHDAD: Iraqi security forces and civilians gather at the site after a car bomb hit Karada, a busy shopping district in the centerof Baghdad yesterday. (Inset) A man mourns in Najaf during a funeral procession for the victims of the bomb attack. - AP/AFPBAGHDAD: Nearly 120 people were killed and 200 wounded in two bombings overnight in Baghdad, most of them in a busy shopping area as residents celebrated Ramadan, police and medical sources said...

This photo released on June 28, 2016 shows US-backed Syrian rebels of the New Syrian Army running in an unknown place in Syria. - AP

New Syrian US-backed force stumbles in test - Swift, humiliating defeat for army

This photo released on June 28, 2016 shows US-backed Syrian rebels of the New Syrian Army running in an unknown place in Syria. - APBEIRUT: The call came around noon, about four hours after US-backed Syrian fighters announced they had taken over an air base outside a town held by the Islamic State group near the Iraqi border. "We are trapped. Pray for us," a commander called into the operation room. Then communication was cut. Six hours later,...

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Muslim women campaign to end instant divorce in India

MUMBAI: In this June 29, 2016 photo, Indian Muslim woman Shagufta Sayyed (right) sits along with her mother Shama as they listen to Khawtoon Shiekh, an activist of Bhartiya Muslim Mahila Andolan, or the Indian Muslim Women's Movement, at their office. - APMUMBAI: Just hours after Shagufta Sayyed was married, her new husband told her he was having a relationship with another woman. He was clear the two would have no future, the 21-year-old Sayyed...

HAVANA: Cuban Muslim men eat after fasting at the Abdullah Mosque during Ramadan on July 1, 2016. — AFP

Cuban Muslims hold on to faith - Small community marks Ramadan, gets ready for Eid

HAVANA: Cuban Muslim men eat after fasting at the Abdullah Mosque during Ramadan on July 1, 2016. — AFPHAVANA: They speak little Arabic and don't have a real mosque, but Cuba's small Muslim community practices the faith and will quietly mark the end of Ramadan as best they can. In Havana's old quarter, one can see a green and white minaret atop an old colonial-style building. It is here where Cuban Muslims have gathered for the past year to...

MEMPHIS: Shelby County Sheriff’s deputies work the scene where four young children were fatally stabbed at a Greens of Irene apartment on Friday. — AP

Knife with blood found in home where 4 kids killed

MEMPHIS: Shelby County Sheriff’s deputies work the scene where four young children were fatally stabbed at a Greens of Irene apartment on Friday. — APMEMPHIS: Sheriff's deputies found a large butcher knife with what appeared to be blood on it in an apartment where a Tennessee mother killed her four children by cutting their throats, court documents say. Shanynthia Gardner, 29, of Memphis, has been charged with four counts of first degree...

NEW YORK: This Jan 24, 2005 file photo shows US author and Nobel Peace Prize recipient Elie Wiesel addressing the United Nations General Assembly. - AFP

Nobel laureate, Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel dies

NEW YORK: This Jan 24, 2005 file photo shows US author and Nobel Peace Prize recipient Elie Wiesel addressing the United Nations General Assembly. - AFPJERUSALEM: Elie Wiesel, the Holocaust survivor, writer and Nobel peace laureate who worked to keep alive the memory of Jews slaughtered during World War II, has died aged 87. Wiesel, a Romanian-born US citizen, was perhaps best known for his memoir "Night" detailing his experiences in the...

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Bangladesh garment industry fears for future

NEW DELHI: The horrific slaughter of diners at a Dhaka cafe has fanned fears that surging Islamist violence may imperil the giant garment industry in Bangladesh, which built its economy on cheaply supplying fashion to the world's big-name brands. Gunmen stormed the Holey Artisan Bakery in the capital's diplomatic quarter on Friday evening, rounding up foreign hostages before murdering 20 people with explosives and machetes, in a brutal targeting...

DHAKA: A woman speaks before leaving a floral arrangement yesterday at a roadblock leading to an upscale cafe that was the scene of a bloody attack in the Bangladesh capital. - AFP

Bangladesh denies IS link after hostage bloodbath - International link probed

DHAKA: A woman speaks before leaving a floral arrangement yesterday at a roadblock leading to an upscale cafe that was the scene of a bloody attack in the Bangladesh capital. - AFPDHAKA: Bangladesh said yesterday the attackers who slaughtered 20 hostages at a restaurant in Dhaka were well-educated followers of a homegrown militant outfit who found extremism "fashionable", denying links to the Islamic State group. As the country began two days of...

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A helicopter flied over burning oil fields which were set on fire by Iraqi soldiers before they retreated from Kuwait.

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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