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Respect Our Religion
I wonder about regimes that speak about Islam and carry the banner of “There is no God but Allah, Muhammad (PBUH) is His messenger”, but the truth is that all these are just slogans - this is what I witnessed. I headed to a European country on an airline belonging to a top Arab and Muslim state. When I boarded the plane, and preparations to take off started, I waited for the travel prayer. But the plane took off without hearing or reading...
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Nine Prostitutes caught in Jleeb - 'Fast-breaker' arrested
KUWAIT: Nine prostitutes and six Asian men, including the pimp were arrested at a Jleeb Al-Shuyiukh brothel, said security sources, noting that they will all be deported after taking proper legal action.FightTwo citizens were arrested for fighting in Sharq, said security sources, noting that the fight started when they accidentally hit each other's shoulders while window-shopping outside a mobile phone store. They immediately stared at each...
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Kuwaitis arrested in Saudi Arabia for assaulting police
KUWAIT: Three Kuwaitis were arrested in Taif in Saudi Arabia when they fought with security men and insulted them, said Saudi security sources. According to the sources, policemen were dispatched to impound the three Kuwaitis' vehicle over a severe traffic violation, but the suspects rejected the process and assaulted and insulted the policemen.Drug possessionMubarak Al-Kabeer detectives arrested a citizen with a criminal record with 2.5 kilos of...
Young voices
‘I like Kuwait because my friends are all here’
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...
KUWAIT: A Kuwaiti vendor holds British Pound banknotes at a money exchange shop in Kuwait City yesterday. The British Pound has plunged to its lowest rate since 1985 after the United Kingdom's vote to exit from the European Union. - Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat
Germany, France press UK for quick EU divorce - Sterling falls to lowest level in decades; Moody's issues warning
KUWAIT: A Kuwaiti vendor holds British Pound banknotes at a money exchange shop in Kuwait City yesterday. The British Pound has plunged to its lowest rate since 1985 after the United Kingdom's vote to exit from the European Union. - Photo by Yasser Al-ZayyatLONDON: Germany and France led demands yesterday for Britain to negotiate a quick divorce from the European Union, with Paris warning that populism will otherwise take hold after the vote to...
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Five dead as jihadists storm Somalia hotel
MOGADISHU: At least five people were killed yesterday in an attack on a hotel in the Somali capital Mogadishu that was swiftly claimed by Al-Qaeda-affiliated Shabaab militants. The assault, the latest by the Shabaab group targeting hotels and restaurants in recent months, was led by a suicide attacker driving a car laden with explosives, the jihadists said in an online statement.As night fell in Mogadishu, sporadic gunfire could still be heard...
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Iran targets 'vulgar Western' dog owners
TEHRAN: Dog lovers in central Iran are in uproar after authorities began confiscating their pets in an apparent crackdown on the "vulgar Western culture" of canine ownership, Iranian media reported yesterday. One unnamed dog owner in Shahin Shahr in Isfahan province told Iran's Shahrvand newspaper that officials had shown up suddenly at his house last week. "We were shown a piece of paper indicating they were from the municipal veterinary office....
KOBANE, Syria: Members of Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) attend the funeral of eight fellow fighters who died during an assault against the Islamic State (IS) group in the town of Manbij, in this Syrian Kurdish town (aka Ain al-Arab) on Friday. - AFP
Fighters edge into IS border hub - Russia, regime strikes kill 47 in east Syria
KOBANE, Syria: Members of Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) attend the funeral of eight fellow fighters who died during an assault against the Islamic State (IS) group in the town of Manbij, in this Syrian Kurdish town (aka Ain al-Arab) on Friday. - AFPALEPPO, Syria: US-backed fighters edged further into the Islamic State group stronghold of Manbij on Saturday, threatening a key stop on the jihadists' lifeline from Turkey to their "caliphate" in...
NUBA, Sudan: Sudanese men prepare to break the fast with a dinner by the side of the Khartoum highway in this village on June 23, 2016. - AFP
Breaking Ramadan fast the Sudanese way
NUBA, Sudan: Sudanese men prepare to break the fast with a dinner by the side of the Khartoum highway in this village on June 23, 2016. - AFPAL-NUBA, Sudan: As the sun sets over the Sudanese village of Al-Nuba, Ibrahim Abdelrahim rolls out carpets by the side of the Khartoum highway and his friends line them with plates of food. Minutes later, groups of villagers rush into the road, shouting and waving down approaching vehicles. One brings a bus...
CLEETHORPES, England: British Prime Minister and Conservative party leader David Cameron attends the Armed Forces Day National Event (AFDNE) on the east coast of England yesterday. —AFP
Cameron loses biggest gamble, Johnson looks biggest winner
CLEETHORPES, England: British Prime Minister and Conservative party leader David Cameron attends the Armed Forces Day National Event (AFDNE) on the east coast of England yesterday. —AFPLONDON: It was David Cameron's biggest gamble and he was convinced he would win. Now, the British leader's closest rival - in the EU referendum, in the Conservative Party and in the country - is the frontrunner to take his job. Britain's decision to leave the...
LONDON: A demonstrator holds a placard during a protest against the outcome of the UK’s June 23 referendum on the European Union (EU) yesterday. — AFP
Grey Brexit vote angers younger Britons
LONDON: A demonstrator holds a placard during a protest against the outcome of the UK’s June 23 referendum on the European Union (EU) yesterday. — AFPLONDON: Young people vented their anger yesterday against more eurosceptic older voters as they came to terms with a momentous referendum to pull Britain out of the EU, with the hashtag #NotInMyName trending on Twitter. "I feel angry. Those who voted leave, they're not going to fight the...
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Tensions bristle in Myanmar village after mosque razed
YANGON: Scores of police have been deployed to guard a village in central Myanmar where religious tensions are running high after a Buddhist mob destroyed a mosque, authorities said yesterday. It is the latest flare-up of anti- Muslim violence in Myanmar, which has seen sporadic bouts of religious bloodshed since 2012, with a surge of Buddhist nationalism presenting a key challenge for Aung San Suu Kyi’s new government. The most recent violence...
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KUWAIT: First Deputy PM and Defense and Interior Minister Sheikh Fahad Al-Yousef Al-Sabah receives Dr Emad Yousef on July 31, 2024. - KUNA
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Minister of Finance and Minister of State for Economic Affairs and Investment Dr Anwar Al-Mudhaf with Morocco's Ambassador to Kuwait Ali bin Issa. - KUNA
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