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PESHAWAR, PAKISTAN: Supporters of Pakistani religious party Jamaat-e-Islami condemn the execution of Bangladesh’s largest Islamist party’s chief Motiur Motiur Rahman Nizami on Wednesday. — AP

Pakistan protests Bangladesh’s execution of Islamist leader

PESHAWAR, PAKISTAN: Supporters of Pakistani religious party Jamaat-e-Islami condemn the execution of Bangladesh’s largest Islamist party’s chief Motiur Motiur Rahman Nizami on Wednesday. — APISLAMABAD: Pakistan has summoned a senior Bangladeshi diplomat to protest the “unfortunate hanging” of the head of Bangladesh’s largest Islamist party for his alleged role in genocide and war crimes during the independence war against Pakistan in...

NEW DELHI: An Indian Hindu priest performs a Hawan (The Sarced Fire) ritual alongside posters bearing the image of US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump. — AFP

Donald Trump wins unlikely fan club in India

NEW DELHI: An Indian Hindu priest performs a Hawan (The Sarced Fire) ritual alongside posters bearing the image of US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump. — AFPNEW DELHI: Donald Trump may face a long, tough road to the White House, but some fans in India at least are pulling together to try and get him divine assistance. A far-right Hindu group held prayers this week in the Indian capital to support the presumptive Republican...

RAFAH, PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES: Palestinians wait at the Rafah border crossing with Egypt, in the southern Gaza Strip, after it was opened for two days by Egyptian authorities yesterday. —AFP

A fifth of Syria’s Palestinians have fled the country

RAFAH, PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES: Palestinians wait at the Rafah border crossing with Egypt, in the southern Gaza Strip, after it was opened for two days by Egyptian authorities yesterday. —AFPDAMASCUS: More than 20 percent of Syria’s Palestinian refugees have fled the country and its five-year war, the head of the UN Palestinian refugee agency said yesterday. “Before the war, there were 560,000 Palestine refugees. We estimate that currently...

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A show of tolerance

Sadiq Khan - this name is known to London’s populace, but today it has become a milestone and a symbol of tolerance and acceptance of diversity in the British society. It’s worth talking about his achievement, as we do not know a lot about tolerance here in the Arab world, which is torn apart by sectarian violence between its peoples, where many die every day because of ignorance and intolerance. Sadiq Aman Khan is a British politician who...

LONDON: Governor of the Bank of England Mark Carney delivers his monthly inflation report at the Bank of England in the City of London yesterday. —

Bank of England warns about risks of ‘Brexit' - A vote to leave EU will stall economy

LONDON: Governor of the Bank of England Mark Carney delivers his monthly inflation report at the Bank of England in the City of London yesterday. —LONDON: The Bank of England warned yesterday of big risks to Britain’s economy should voters opt in a June referendum to leave the European Union - a stark assessment from an institution known for being independent of political campaigns.Members of the Monetary Policy committee said in a statement...

PARIS: A protester sends projectile as others move a pulled down recycling garbage during a demo against the government’s labor reform yesterday. — AFP

French govt faces survival vote over labor reform - Thousands march through Left Bank streets

PARIS: A protester sends projectile as others move a pulled down recycling garbage during a demo against the government’s labor reform yesterday. — AFPPARIS: One by one, countries across Europe have stripped away worker protections to confront today’s borderless economy and the online age. France has been the main holdout - until now. Socialist President Francois Hollande faces one of the biggest tests of his term yesterday for trying to...

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Security crackdown

KUWAIT: Acting on the instruction of the Acting Assistant Undersecretary for General Security Affairs Maj Gen Ibrahim Al-Tarrah, and under the supervision of the Acting Director General of Capital (Asima) Security Colonel Nasser Al-Adwani, several surprise security campaigns were launched last week. 241 ‘wanted persons’ and law violators were arrest and referred to concerned authoritiesInternational gang busted Residency detectives busted an...

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Wallet, KD 620 missing

KUWAIT: A citizen in his 40s complained to Abu Halaifa police that someone broke into his car and stole KD 620 he left in the car compartment. He said he only left his car for a short period of time, and when he returned, his wallet with his IDs and the money was missing. Detectives are investigating.Indian attempts suicide An Indian woman attempted suicide in her sponsor’s house in Rehab area. The women ingested some medications in an apparent...

Marzouk Al-Shraifi

Growing interests in aviation careers among Kuwait youth

Marzouk Al-ShraifiWith a new fleet of Kuwait Airways planes on the way and the growing power of the aviation industry in the region as a whole, there has arose a growing demand, especially among young nationals, to study aviation. At the same time, however, there are few aviation schools in the Gulf. But a new specialized college in Kuwait hopes to fill that void.The College of Aviation Technology (CAT) was partially launched last year and...

Faisal Al-Ali

Kuwait remembers Father Amir

KUWAIT: Kuwait (today) marks the eighth anniversary of the passing away of the Father Amir Sheikh Saad Al-Abdullah Al- Salem Al-Sabah, who left a legacy in the hearts of his people. The great man was the 14th Amir of Kuwait and the fourth Amir of the country after its independence in 1961.He was crown prince during the reign of the late Amir Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmad Al- Sabah (1978-2006). He served as deputy director of the police department between...

KUWAIT: Lawmakers and ministers are seen during a National Assembly session yesterday. — Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat

Nod to naturalize 4,000 in 2016

KUWAIT: Lawmakers and ministers are seen during a National Assembly session yesterday. — Photo by Yasser Al-ZayyatKUWAIT: The National Assembly yesterday overwhelmingly passed a law in principle allowing the government to naturalize up to 4,000 people during 2016 amid strong criticism by MPs of the government's treatment of stateless people locally known as bedoons. Similar laws were passed by previous national assemblies in order to help...

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Infant trafficking thrives in Kuwait

KUWAIT: A senior interior ministry official said infant trafficking is on the rise in Kuwait and babies are being offered for sale at brothels for KD 250 each. "It is already sad enough that human trafficking is becoming a fact in a country like Kuwait that cares for humanity and humane activities, but this is a disaster," said Lt Col Haitham Al-Othman, manager of the ministry's vice and anti-trafficking department.Othman said newborn baby...

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Sheikha Jawaher Ibrahim Duaij Al-Sabah and other officials take a group photo after the 54th session of the Permanent Arab Committee for Human Rights. – KUNA photos

Kuwait promotes human rights, calls for exchange of expertise