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Muslim faithful seen during iftar
Zakat House’s Iftar feasts admirable charity project
Muslim faithful seen during iftarKUWAIT: Iftar meals offered to Muslims upon breaking their fasting - organized by Zakat House - is one of the leading humanitarian and charity projects offered by this institution as it provides 149 meals inside Kuwait and abroad during Ramadan this year.The free meals are offered in cooperation with specialized food companies, 47 charity bodies abroad, in coordination with various official states’...
Works Minister Al-Omair visits several worksites
Works Minister Al-Omair visits several worksites
Works Minister Al-Omair visits several worksitesKUWAIT: Public Works Minister Dr Ali Al-Omair said the Ministry is tackling Kuwait road problems. Al-Omair was speaking during a tour he made after midnight on several worksites including in Adailiya and Fahaheel expressway. He said the Ministry is keen on making the tour in support of engineers who are working during the late hours during the holy month of Ramadan.He supervised the scraping of...
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Kidnapper arrested
KUWAIT: Capital police arrested an Indian expat for kidnapping a 13 year old boy in Jaber Al-Ahmad area. The man was sent to concerned authorities. A police source said a juvenile citizen called police and told them he saw an Indian grocer kidnapping one of his friends, so they responded and arrested the suspect.Two arrestedTwo Indians was arrested by Kheitan police for attempting to bribe a police captain by KD 1000 to release a woman compatriot...
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Cyber bullying in Kuwait
Muna Al Fuzai I have written about cybercrimes before; however, due to the number of questions that I receive from expats on the best ways to deal with cyber harassment or cyber bullying, I found myself returning to the subject. It is indeed an important and serious issue because it deals with the safety of individuals and the possibility of crimes being committed. People are ignorant that there is a law here to protect them that punishes...
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Are you Superman?
In the world of comic books, superheroes have a dual personality. The exterior is a hero, courageous and unafraid of villains but beneath the cape lives a shy, quiet person, indecisive and usually suffering from an emotional or psychological problem. Sometimes in Kuwait, I think comic heroes are not that far from reality. Often in my work as a journalist, I find it impossible to find the clear, reliable information needed to write stories....
“Balancing between work, private life and exercise is hard during the holy month.”
Brisk-walking before iftar
“Balancing between work, private life and exercise is hard during the holy month.”During the holy month of Ramadan, health specialists and nutritionists emphasize walking before breaking the fast. Thousands of people can be seen walking during the hour before iftar along the seaside of Kuwait, around walking tracks and in suburban areas. People also turn more spiritual during Ramadan and try to quit bad habits related to their health, such...
DUBAI: A man goes kite surfing at Kite Beach in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Dubai, the Mideast’s desert party town, has just gotten even wetter. The city-state is breaking new ground with its decision to loosen rules prohibiting day-time alcohol sales during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, a move that reflects how much Dubai’s rulers value the revenue both tourists and alcohol tax bring into this emirate.-— AP
In a first, Mideast hub Dubai eases liquor rules for Ramadan - Demonstrating how important the Alcohol revenue is
DUBAI: A man goes kite surfing at Kite Beach in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Dubai, the Mideast’s desert party town, has just gotten even wetter. The city-state is breaking new ground with its decision to loosen rules prohibiting day-time alcohol sales during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, a move that reflects how much Dubai’s rulers value the revenue both tourists and alcohol tax bring into this emirate.-— APDUBAI: Dubai, the Mideast's...
Syrians walk through the Ruqban refugee camp in Jordan's northeast border with Syria on Wednesday.—AP
Syrian refugees say water scarce after Jordan seals border
Syrians walk through the Ruqban refugee camp in Jordan's northeast border with Syria on Wednesday.—APAMMAN: Syrian refugees stranded along the Jordanian border said Wednesday that clean water is getting scarce in their desert tent camp after the area was sealed by Jordan in response to a deadly cross-border attack.Cellphone footage taken in the Ruqban camp showed refugees chanting, "We want water." Three Ruqban residents said by phone that...
BRUSSELS: Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, left, is greeted by European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker, right, prior to a meeting at EU headquarters on Wednesday.-AP
Abbas says some Israeli rabbis called for poisoning Palestinian water
BRUSSELS: Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, left, is greeted by European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker, right, prior to a meeting at EU headquarters on Wednesday.-APBRUSSELS/JERUSALEM: Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas yesterday accused Israeli rabbis of calling for the poisoning of Palestinian water, in what appeared to be an invocation of a widely debunked media report that recalled a medieval anti-Semitic libel.Abbas's...
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Brexit vote is moment of truth for the last remaining bears
LONDON: An illuminated "Vote Today" sign is pictured atop of the BT Tower yesterday.—AFPLONDON: Britain’s vote on whether to stay in the EU is high noon for the last remaining bears—the few fund managers still brave enough to hold short positions betting that share prices will fall—who could get swamped by a rally if Britain votes to stay in.Demand to short shares in the FTSE 100 fell 2.75 percent between June 17 and June 21, according...
HERAT: Members of a breakaway faction of the Taleban fighters walks during a gathering, in Shindand district of Herat province, Afghanistan. Mullah Abdul Manan Niazi said yesterday he was willing to hold peace talks with the Afghan government but would demand the imposition of Islamic law and the departure of all foreign forces. — AP
Pakistan province gives $3 million to Taliban-linked school
PESHAWAR, PAKISTAN: A Pakistani provincial minister says his local government has allocated $3 million to a Taliban-linked seminary in the region, along the border with Afghanistan. Mushtaq Ghani said yesterday that the funds will be used to bring the seminary into Pakistan's mainstream educational system.The hard-line religious school, Darul Uloom Haqqania, is located in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province and is known as the alma mater of...
KARACHI, PAKISTAN: People attend funeral of Pakistani Sufi singer Amjad Sabri yesterday.-AP
Pakistan holds funeral for Sufi singer slain by militants
KARACHI, PAKISTAN: People attend funeral of Pakistani Sufi singer Amjad Sabri yesterday.-APISLAMABAD: Tens of thousands of mourners attended the funeral yesterday of a well-known Pakistani Sufi singer who was gunned down the day before in the port city of Karachi in an attack claimed by Islamic extremists.Pakistani television footage showed tearful mourners throwing rose petals over an ambulance carrying the coffin of Amjad Sabri, whose car was...
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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: 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
Kuwait’s investments in Morocco reach $1.5 bn