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Ministry Of Public Works signs Limak to build state-of-the-art terminal - Project scheduled for completion in 6 years
These two pictures show the project’s site before (top) and after the terminal is built.KUWAIT: Limak Construction was officially awarded the tender for the construction of the new terminal at Kuwait International Airport (KIA) in a signing ceremony held today. The ceremony was attended by Kuwait's Minister of Public Works Dr Ali Al-Omair, Kuwait's Directorate General of Civil Aviation President Fawaz Al Farah, and Limak Group of Companies...
KUWAIT: Philippine Ambassador to Kuwait Renato Pedro Villa and Kuwait’s Deputy Foreign Minister for Asian Affairs Ambassador Ali Al-Saeed cut the ceremonial cake
Filipinos in Kuwait now 220,000, up by 14 percent compared to 2014: Envoy - Philippines marks Independence Day
KUWAIT: Philippine Ambassador to Kuwait Renato Pedro Villa and Kuwait’s Deputy Foreign Minister for Asian Affairs Ambassador Ali Al-Saeed cut the ceremonial cakeKUWAIT: In celebration of the 118th Philippine Independence Day, a diplomatic reception was held on Sunday at the Jumeirah Messila Beach Hotel, attended by Kuwait's Deputy Foreign Minister for Asian Affairs Ambassador Ali Al-Saeed. Philippine Ambassador to Kuwait Renato Pedro Villa...
This handout photo shows eight person that police said they arrested inside a massage parlor where homosexual activities were being practiced. (Left) Two other suspects arrested yesterday on charges of engaging in homosexual activities in Kuwait.(Right) A third suspect arrested yesterday on the same charges
Police arrest 11 more suspects in homosexual activities' case - Suspects tested for HIV infection
This handout photo shows eight person that police said they arrested inside a massage parlor where homosexual activities were being practiced. (Left) Two other suspects arrested yesterday on charges of engaging in homosexual activities in Kuwait.(Right) A third suspect arrested yesterday on the same chargesKUWAIT: Following up the case concerning the arrest of a number of people infected with communicable diseases and involved in homosexual...
Smoke billows on the horizon as Iraqi military forces prepare for an offensive into Fallujah to retake the city from Islamic State militants yesterday. - AP
Iraqi forces pushing into Fallujah streets
Smoke billows on the horizon as Iraqi military forces prepare for an offensive into Fallujah to retake the city from Islamic State militants yesterday. - APBAGHDAD: Iraqi forces thrust into Fallujah yesterday, ushering a new urban phase in the week-old operation to retake the jihadist bastion that also raised concerns over the fate of trapped civilians. The drive to recapture the first city to be lost from government control in 2014 came as...
DAKAR: Chad’s former dictator Hissene Habre raises his hands after his sentencing during court proceedings yesterday. — AP
Chad ex-dictator gets life in prison - His regime killed up to 40,000; Habre was once welcomed at White House
DAKAR: Chad’s former dictator Hissene Habre raises his hands after his sentencing during court proceedings yesterday. — APDAKAR: A special court in Senegal sentenced former Chadian dictator Hissene Habre to life in jail yesterday for war crimes and crimes against humanity, an unprecedented conviction seen as a warning to repressive rulers worldwide. The verdict brings a long-awaited reckoning to relatives of the up to 40,000 people killed...
AMRIYAT AL-FALLUJAH, Iraq: Displaced Iraqi children stand outside a tent at a newly-opened camp in this government-held town on Sunday. — AFP
Starving Iraqis risk all to flee IS' crumbling rule
AMRIYAT AL-FALLUJAH, Iraq: Displaced Iraqi children stand outside a tent at a newly-opened camp in this government-held town on Sunday. — AFPAMRIYAT AL-FALLUJAH, Iraq: Eight hands stretch towards the aluminium plate - it's the first meal of rice this Iraqi family who just escaped jihadist rule in the Fallujah area has had in two years. The tent has just been put up, a sheet of bubble wrap strewn on the gravel as a makeshift rug and the heat is...
Sheikh Ali Salman
Bahrain doubles jail term of oppn leader
DUBAI: A Bahrain court more than doubled a jail sentence against opposition leader Sheikh Ali Salman yesterday, in a ruling his bloc warned risked stoking fresh unrest. The appeals court increased the sentence for charges of inciting violence to nine years from the original four, a judicial official said. Bahrain's public prosecutor said the stiffer sentence related to "crimes of promoting change to the political system by force", according to...
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Mommy loves you!: Boy rescued after gorilla is shot at zoo
CINCINNATI: Panicked zoo visitors watched helplessly and shouted, "Stay calm!" while one woman yelled, "Mommy loves you!" as a 400-pound-plus gorilla loomed over a 4-year-old boy who had fallen into a shallow moat at the Cincinnati Zoo. The boy sat still in the water, looking up at the gorilla as the animal touched the child's hand and back. At one point, it looked as though the gorilla helped the youngster stand up.Two witnesses said they...
TAMAULIPAS: Mexico’s Governor Egidio Torre Cantu (c) speaks to members of the press following the release of the Mexico football star Alan Pulido (4th left). — AFP photos
Mexican police rescue footballer Alan Pulido - Murders and kidnappings afflicting the state
TAMAULIPAS: Mexico’s Governor Egidio Torre Cantu (c) speaks to members of the press following the release of the Mexico football star Alan Pulido (4th left). — AFP photosMEXICO CITY: Mexican footballer Alan Pulido was rescued hours after he was kidnapped in his hometown after the striker managed to call police while his captors were distracted, authorities said yesterday.Pulido, who plays for Greek giants Olympiakos, had a bandage on his...
OBERNZENN: A woman stands amidst the water flooding a horse farm in Obernzenn, southern Germany. — AFP
4 dead, more injured in Germany floods
OBERNZENN: A woman stands amidst the water flooding a horse farm in Obernzenn, southern Germany. — AFPBERLIN: Four people died and several more were injured in southern Germany after violent storms with torrential rains caused severe flooding, authorities said yesterday. One of those killed was a 13-year-old girl who was hit by a train Sunday while seeking shelter from the rains under a railway bridge.A boy, 12, who was with her was not...
KABUL: This file photo taken on August 22, 2014 shows an Afghan burqa-clad woman in front of the ruined Darul Aman Palace, once the residencenof former Afghan king Amanullah Khan between 1920-1929. — AFP
Afghan official says Taleban attacks killed 12 policemen - 15 year old southern insurgency intensifies
KABUL: This file photo taken on August 22, 2014 shows an Afghan burqa-clad woman in front of the ruined Darul Aman Palace, once the residence of former Afghan king Amanullah Khan between 1920-1929. — AFPKABUL: A string of coordinated Taleban attacks on police checkpoints in the increasingly volatile southern Afghan province of Helmand killed at least 12 policemen, an official said yesterday. Also, seven police officers were wounded in the...
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India police arrest two after gang-rape, hanging of teenager
LUCKNOW: India police have arrested two men over the gang-rape of a teenage girl whose body was found hanging from a tree, a senior officer said yesterday, a grim reminder of a similar case in the same state. The girl, reportedly 15 and from one of India's low social castes, was strangled-allegedly by three men-on Friday night outside her village in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh.Her body was found the next morning hanging by her scarf from...
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