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HOUSTON: Venezuela's Adalberto Penaranda (C) controls the ball during the Copa America Centenario football tournament match against Mexico in Houston, Texas, United States, on Monday. – AFP
Jesus 'Tecatito' rescues Mexico in Venezuela draw
HOUSTON: Venezuela's Adalberto Penaranda (C) controls the ball during the Copa America Centenario football tournament match against Mexico in Houston, Texas, United States, on Monday. – AFPHOUSTON:  Porto midfielder Jesus Manuel "Tecatito" Corona scored a superb individual goal as Mexico snatched a 1-1 draw with Venezuela to qualify for the Copa America Centenario quarter-finals as group winners here Monday.Mexico appeared to be heading for...
Belgium's Divock Origi, center, heads the ball during the Euro 2016 Group E soccer match between Belgium and Italy at the Grand Stade in Decines-Charpieu, near Lyon, France, Monday, June 13, 2016. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin)
Italy celebrate on road to redemption at Euro 2016
Belgium's Divock Origi, center, heads the ball during the Euro 2016 Group E soccer match between Belgium and Italy at the Grand Stade in Decines-Charpieu, near Lyon, France, Monday, June 13, 2016. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin)LYON: Emanuele Giaccherini and Graziano Pelle sparked wild celebrations by Italy after scoring the goals in a 2-0 win over world number two side Belgium in their opening Euro 2016 match. Defending champions Spain, seeking an...
BASSETERRE: West Indies cricketer Marlon Samuels plays a shot off Australian bowler Adam Zampa during their One Day International match ofnthe Tri-nation Series at the Warner Park stadium in Basseterre, Saint Kitts, on Monday. -- AFP
Samuels sparks West Indies over Australia
BASSETERRE: West Indies cricketer Marlon Samuels plays a shot off Australian bowler Adam Zampa during their One Day International match ofthe Tri-nation Series at the Warner Park stadium in Basseterre, Saint Kitts, on Monday. -- AFPBASSETERRE:  Marlon Samuels produced his best batting effort in One-Day International cricket against Australia to lead the West Indies to a six-wicket victory in the fifth match of the Tri-Nation series at Warner...
8th Ramadan Sports Disabled Tournament concludes
8th Ramadan Sports Disabled Tournament concludes
8th Ramadan Sports Disabled Tournament concludesKUWAIT: The 8th Ramadan Sports Disabled Tournament concluded on Monday night at the Kuwait Disabled Sports Club and included four games, wheelchair basketball, table tennis, fencing and bocci.Al-Nawakhitha basketball team won the tournament after defeating Kuwait with the score of 46-36, making it its second win, while Kuwait ended in second place with a win and a loss while Al-Ittihad ended in...
KUWAIT: MP Ali Al-Khamees (left) confronts MP Hamdan Al-Azemi (right) during a parliament session at the National Assembly yesterday. - Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat
Assembly witnesses acrimonious scenes - MPs extend probe over distribution of agricultural land
KUWAIT: MP Ali Al-Khamees (left) confronts MP Hamdan Al-Azemi (right) during a parliament session at the National Assembly yesterday. - Photo by Yasser Al-ZayyatKUWAIT: Tempers flared in the National Assembly session yesterday when a number of MPs quarreled during a heated debate over amendments to the municipality law. Strong arguments broke out when the government insisted that the addition of new residential areas to existing electoral...
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Kuwait prosecutor wants 29-year term for convicted royals
KUWAIT: Kuwait's public prosecutor wants an appeals court to increase a sentence handed down to three royals for insulting the authorities from five years to 29, according to remarks published yesterday.Dherar Al-Asoussi said he had petitioned the court also to convict the men of using social media to insult the Gulf state's ruler. A lower court last month sentenced the three royals, including a nephew of HH the Amir, and two others to five years...
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Dusty weather to prevail in Kuwait
KUWAIT: Northwestern wind will increase the chances of dusty weather in Kuwait, said a meteorologist yesterday. Speaking to KUNA, executive at the Kuwaiti meteorology department Abdulaziz Al-Qarawi said that the dry and hot northwestern wind, known as Al-Bawareh, will prevail in the upcoming days.The northwestern wind will alternate in force between strong and weak, said the official, noting that dust will probably be at its highest during noon....
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Ramadan and consumption
Ramadan provides Muslims with a yearly transforming experience that shape their personality and life outlook. It is a very special month that teaches Muslims how to practise self-restraint and resist the lures of life. Ramadan is a very difficult physical and psychological exercise in self-control. In the simplest terms, it is a month of fasting: abstinence from food, drink, sexual relations, smoking, etc, from dawn till sunset, a drastic change...
KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah meets with a number of private schools’ owners at Seif Palace yesterday. — KUNA photos
Amir meets with school owners
KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah meets with a number of private schools’ owners at Seif Palace yesterday. — KUNA photosKUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah received at Seif Palace yesterday a number of private schools' owners, including Mohammad Al-Saddah, Noura Al-Ghanim, Dr  Hanan Al-Mutawa and Mohammad Abdulrahman Al-Shuaibi.Meanwhile, His Highness the Amir received...
KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah is pictured with Bahraini Prime Minister Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa during the latter’s visit to Kuwait. — KUNA
Bahraini Premier wraps up visit to Kuwait
KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah is pictured with Bahraini Prime Minister Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa during the latter’s visit to Kuwait. — KUNAKUWAIT: Bahraini Prime Minister Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa on Sunday wrapped up a brotherly visit to the State of Kuwait, during which he met with His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al- Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah.He was seen off at the airport by His Highness...
KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah inspects the explosion site of Imam Al- Sadiq Mosque, moments after the terror attack took place. — KUNA photos
Kuwait remembers victims of Imam Al-Sadeq Mosque terror attack - State marks first anniversary of blast
KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah inspects the explosion site of Imam Al- Sadiq Mosque, moments after the terror attack took place. — KUNA photosKUWAIT: On the ninth day of the Holy Month of Ramadan last year, Kuwaitis were shocked to have known that a terrorist attack hit the Imam Al-Sadeq Mosque, an incident which left 27 people dead and some 227 others injured.Defying its devilish intent, the leadership...
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Lawyer files first challenge against DNA law
KUWAIT: A lawyer yesterday filed a case at the constitutional court questioning the constitutionality of the DNA law; the first of its kind in Kuwait. The lawyer based his challenge on grounds that Kuwait's constitution states that penalties should be limited to the individual, while the DNA law calls for sending parents to prison if any of their children refuse to take the needed DNA tests.Blast anniversaryOn the first anniversary of the Imam...
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TEHRAN: Hamas leader Ismael Haniyeh (center) flashes the victory sign during a swearing in ceremony of the new president at the parliament in Tehran on July 30 2024. - 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
MoI: No one above the law
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(File photo) Hamas senior leader Ismail Haniyah, standing in front of a portrait of the radical group's slain spiritual guide Sheikh Ahmed Yassin, addresses the crowd during rally by the radical group in the former Jewish settlement of Neve Dekalim in the southern Gaza Strip, 16 September 2005. - The Palestinian militant group Hamas said on July 31, 2024, its political leader Ismail Haniyeh was killed in an Zionist strike in Iran, where he was attending the inauguration of the country's new president, and vowed the act "will not go unanswered". — AFP
Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh assassinated in Zionist strike
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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