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Brothel busted; Tunisian woman sexually assaulted
KUWAIT: Farwaniya policemen discovered a brothel by accident when they noticed three women leaving some rooms almost nude. The women were arrested along with five men who were inside. A security source said a police patrol asked an Asian expat to stop, but he ran away on foot, so he was followed, and they saw him enter an Arab style house, where they were surprised by three half-naked women trying to escape.Sexual assaultHawally prosecutor sent a...
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Sri Lankan woman attempts suicide; Deportation for Egyptian man for clicking womens pics
KUWAIT: A Sri Lankan woman tried to put an end to her life by ingesting medical products at her employer's Rabiya house. A security source said the woman was rushed to hospital unconscious by her sponsor, who told them he found empty medicine bottles when she seems to have taken. Doctors performed a gastric lavage and admitted her to hospital. Police are investigating.DeportationDirector of Jahra detectives Colonel Salem Mardhi recommended the...
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School official questioned over beating student
KUWAIT: The father of an elementary school student accused an official of beating his seven-year-old son with a metal object, causing severe bruises that prevented him from sitting, apart from the extreme fear he suffered all day. The father said the boy's maternal aunt went to pick him up at the end of the school day, and met one of the school officials, who told her "forgive me, I beat your boy". The aunt thought it was a simple thing, but when...
The Palace of Justice, Kuwait Court
Court adjourns ‘terrorist cell’ case to tomorrow
The Palace of JusticeKUWAIT: The court of appeals adjourned yesterday looking into the ‘terrorist cell’ case number 302/2016, in which 26 defendants are involved, to tomorrow for further questioning of the accused.The court listened to a number of defendants during its hearing today, and asked the Public Prosecution to address some government bodies to send reports concerning some defendants involved in the case.Last January 12, the criminal...
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Motorist hurt in Fahaheel road accident
KUWAIT: A collision on Fahaheel road left one motorist injured. Firefighters had to free the man who was trapped inside his vehicle due to the collision. The man was handed over to paramedics and taken to a nearby medical facility. An investigation was opened to determine the circumstances that led to the accident.Environmental lawEnvironment police found three restaurants in Salmiya and Andalus in violation of environmental and engineering...
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Shadadiya University fire
KUWAIT: Al-Shadadiya University caught fire yesterday, causing material damage to the building but no injuries were reported. The Kuwait Fire Service Directorate (KFSD) sent six teams who managed to put the fire under control, Public Relations Department Director Colonel Khalil Al-Amir said in a statement.An investigation was opened to reveal the causes of the fire. The university's construction process faced several mishaps in recent years.Three...
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The ‘Kuwaiti’
Before the official issuance of Kuwaiti citizenship certificates in 1961, we used to differentiate between Kuwaitis and others using measures that are different from those used nowadays. Someone who used to bring goods to sell in Safat square and then leave was not considered a Kuwaiti. A sailor who used to come over from neighboring countries to dive for pearls during the four-month summer pearl diving season and then leave was not considered a...
RIYADH: (Left) HH the Amir of Kuwait Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah is welcomed at the airport by Saudi King Salman yesterday. (Right) US President Barack Obama and King Salman walk together to a meeting at Erga Palace yesterday. - KUNA/AP
Obama meets Saudi king
RIYADH: (Left) HH the Amir of Kuwait Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah is welcomed at the airport by Saudi King Salman yesterday. (Right) US President Barack Obama and King Salman walk together to a meeting at Erga Palace yesterday. - KUNA/APRIYADH: US President Barack Obama held talks with Saudi Arabia's King Salman yesterday as he began a two-day visit hoping to ease tensions with the historic US ally. Riyadh and its Sunni Arab Gulf...
NEW YORK: Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump waves to the crowd after winning the New York state primary on Tuesday. — AFP
Trump, Clinton re-energized after big New York wins
NEW YORK: Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump waves to the crowd after winning the New York state primary on Tuesday. — AFPNEW YORK: Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump hit the campaign trail yesterday after their big primary wins in New York, with the Democratic frontrunner locking up the nomination, while the Republican billionaire's path to victory remains unclear.The routs on their home turf reset the races in their favor, with...
KARACHI: Pakistani security officials inspect a police van after an attack by gunmen on security members guarding a polio vaccination team yesterday. — AFP
Gunmen kills seven police in Pakistan - While they were guarding polio team
KARACHI: Pakistani security officials inspect a police van after an attack by gunmen on security members guarding a polio vaccination team yesterday. — AFPKARACHI: Motorcycle gunmen on Wednesday shot dead seven policemen guarding a polio vaccination team in Pakistan's southern port city Karachi, officials said, a brazen attack in the country's economic hub.Feroz Shah, a senior police official, told AFP that eight gunmen carried out the...
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Priest deported to India is subject of abuse lawsuit in US
MINNEAPOLIS: A Catholic priest who was deported to his native India after completing his jail sentence in Minnesota for sexually abusing a child is the subject of a new lawsuit against a diocese in India that allegedly returned him to ministry with Vatican approval.Attorney Jeff Anderson filed the lawsuit in federal court in Minnesota on Monday on behalf of Megan Peterson, who says the Rev. Joseph Palanivel Jeyapaul abused her starting in 2004...
TOKYO: A woman walks dogs past St. Mary’s International School. — AP
Japan Catholic school sex-abuse victims demand to be heard - 'They decided to do nothing'
TOKYO: A woman walks dogs past St. Mary’s International School. — APTOKYO: The Roman Catholic Church's sex abuse scandal has stretched into one of the least Catholic countries: Japan, where former students at a prestigious all-boys parochial school allege they were molested or raped by religious brothers who taught there decades ago.Three former students at St. Mary's International School in Tokyo told The Associated Press they were sexually...
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Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman endorses Saudi Arabia’s bid to host the FIFA World Cup 2034. - KUNA
Prince Mohammed endorses Saudi FIFA World Cup 2034 bid