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Thanks to martyrs

It gives me great pleasure today to talk about my family and the families of martyrs. The happiest moments of my life are when I talk about your and your children's sacrifices, for which all words of appreciation in this world are not enough, for people who willingly sacrificed their lives and blood in defense of this beloved land - Kuwait. My story is not a modern one. It goes way back to January 1991 when coalition troops attacked the...

JEDDAH: A man works at a construction site in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. - AP

Expatriates, employers uneasy over Saudi income tax proposal - Reform plan proposes income tax on expats

JEDDAH: A man works at a construction site in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. - APJEDDAH: Expatriates in Saudi Arabia and their Saudi employers alike voiced unease about a proposal the government is studying to impose income tax on foreign workers to make up for falling oil revenues. Around a third of the 30 million inhabitants of the world's top oil exporter are foreigners, many of them drawn, despite ultra-conservative social restrictions, by the...

ALEPPO: A man sits on the rubble of a destroyed building following reported air strikes by government forces in the rebel-held Shaar neighborhood of the northern city Aleppo yesterday. -AFP

IS losing territories

ALEPPO: A man sits on the rubble of a destroyed building following reported air strikes by government forces in the rebel-held Shaar neighborhood of the northern city Aleppo yesterday. -AFPALEPPO: Syrian rebels reopened a vital supply line by capturing two villages yesterday from the Islamic State group as it came under pressure on a range of fronts in Syria and Iraq. IS has controlled large areas of both countries since declaring its...

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Niqab ban to take effect July in Ticino Switzerland

GENEVA: Veiled women interested in visiting Switzerland must be forewarned that the Swiss canton of Ticino will enforce a law banning the wearing of the niqab (face veil) as of July 1, the Kuwaiti embassy in Bern said yesterday.The statement added that the canton includes several cities and districts, noting that a niqab wearer could be fined up to $1,000, or even more if she refuses to remove the niqab. The embassy urged Kuwaitis planning to...

MIDYAT: People stand near the Midyat police station as smoke rises from it after an explosion yesterday in southeast Turkey in Midyat. Three people were killed and dozens injured in a car bombing yesterday at a police station in southeast Turkey, a day before 11 people were killed in an attack on police in Istanbul. —AFP

3 die in Turkey bombing - Prime Minister blames attack on 'killer PKK'

MIDYAT: People stand near the Midyat police station as smoke rises from it after an explosion yesterday in southeast Turkey in Midyat. Three people were killed and dozens injured in a car bombing yesterday at a police station in southeast Turkey, a day before 11 people were killed in an attack on police in Istanbul. —AFPANKARA: Three people were killed and dozens injured in a car bombing yesterday at a police station in southeast Turkey, a day...

JEDDAH: In this file photo, Saudis chant traditional songs during a barbecue party at the outskirts of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia has unveiled the details of the first phase of its ambitious overhaul for the economy, part of a plan to wean the country off its reliance on oil exports and prepare the kingdom for the millions of young people who will be seeking jobs and affordable housing in the coming years. —AP

Saudi to showcase arts in reform drive

JEDDAH: In this file photo, Saudis chant traditional songs during a barbecue party at the outskirts of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia has unveiled the details of the first phase of its ambitious overhaul for the economy, part of a plan to wean the country off its reliance on oil exports and prepare the kingdom for the millions of young people who will be seeking jobs and affordable housing in the coming years. —APJEDDAH: Saudi Arabia said...

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Migrant smuggling 'general' extradited to Italy

ROME: An Eritrean dubbed "the general", suspected of controlling a migrant trafficking network responsible for shipping thousands of people to Europe, has been extradited from Sudan to Italy.Medhanie Yehdego Mered, 35, who had been on a wanted list since 2015 for international people smuggling, was arrested in Khartoum at the end of May and flown to Italy late Monday, Italy police said in a statement."Mered is considered one of the biggest...

WASHINGTON: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is welcomed on Capitol Hill yesterday. —AP

US, India boost security ties - "Natural that the largest democracies should cooperate"

WASHINGTON: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is welcomed on Capitol Hill yesterday. —APWASHINGTON: Barack Obama and Narendra Modi vowed to transform skeletal US-India security ties into an "anchor of stability," at the White House on Tuesday.Obama offered his guest a warm embrace, arguing it was "natural" that two of the world's largest democracies should cooperate. The visit was another symbolic marker on India-and Modi's-long walk in from...

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Fourth Islamist militant shot dead in Bangladesh

DHAKA: Bangladesh police shot dead an Islamist militant yesterday, the fourth killed since a crackdown was launched against suspected jihadists blamed for a wave of gruesome killings, an officer said.The 25-year-old militant was killed during a gun battle with police in northern Bogra district, where he was suspected of bombing a minority Shiite shrine last year, the officer said. Kawser, known by one name, was the fourth member of the local...

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Indian police arrest kidney racket ‘leader’

NEW DELHI: Indian police said yesterday they have arrested the suspected leader of an illegal organ donation racket run out of one of the country's top hospitals. T Rajkumar Rao was arrested in the eastern city of Kolkata late Tuesday on suspicion of leading a criminal gang that lured poor people to sell their kidneys, which were sold on for huge profits.The commercial trade of organs is illegal in India and the gang forged documents to pretend...

LAHORE: Hassan Khan, husband of Zeenat Rafiq, who was burned alive, allegedly by her mother, shows his marriage certificate to media at his home yesterday. —AP

Pakistani woman burns daughter alive for eloping

LAHORE: Hassan Khan, husband of Zeenat Rafiq, who was burned alive, allegedly by her mother, shows his marriage certificate to media at his home yesterday. —APLAHORE: A woman in Pakistan burned her 17-year-old daughter alive yesterday to punish her for marrying against the family's wishes, the latest in a series of so-called "honor killings" that claim the lives of nearly 1,000 women every year in the conservative Muslim country.Police say...

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Sharapova banned for two years by ITF

Maria SharapovaLONDON: The career of Russian former world number one Maria Sharapova was in tatters yesterday after she was given a two-year ban by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) following her positive test for the banned drug meldonium at this year's Australian Open. In a statement the ITF said the 29-year-old five-times grand slam champion's ban would be backdated to Jan. 26 this year, meaning her results and prize money from the...

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