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KUWAIT: Minister of Health Dr Ali Al-Obaidi speaks at the 4th Regional Conference on Child Protection against Violence. — KUNA

Health Ministry opens conference on child protection against violence

KUWAIT: Minister of Health Dr Ali Al-Obaidi speaks at the 4th Regional Conference on Child Protection against Violence. — KUNAKUWAIT: Minister of Health Dr Ali Al-Obaidi said the State of Kuwait is keen on protecting children against all forms of violence out of commitment to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC)."Kuwait has been the first country to ratify the UNCRC which was adopted by the UN General Assembly on November 20,...

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Crackdown on drivers without licenses and expired visa in Shuwaikh

KUWAIT: The pictures show policemen check drivers’ papers at a checkpoint held at the press street in Shuwaikh yesterday. The Interior Ministry has been intensifying crackdowns in recent months, targeting violators such as drivers without licenses and people with expired visas. — Photos by Yasser Al-Zayyat

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Man killed in Salmiya accident; Iranian fashion designer arrested

KUWAIT: A motorist died in a car accident reported yesterday in Salmiya. Firefighters and paramedics arrived to the scene shortly after the accident was reported, but the man had already succumbed to his injuries by then. Firemen recovered the victim's body from the vehicle before it was taken to the coroner. A case was filed to investigate the causes of the accident.Fake domestic help officeResidency Affairs Detectives arrested several Ethiopian...

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Foul play suspected in child's death

KUWAIT: A four-year-old girl who was playing near a curtain in her home lost her life when she was accidently hanged with the curtain's rope, according to preliminary investigations, but police did not rule out the possibility of foul play in the case. The child's family rushed her to the hospital, where doctors attempted to revive her, but to no avail. The medical report said the death was a result of suffocation due to hanging, and there were...

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Public interference in private affairs and intrusion in things they are not specialized in begets endless disasters. I see that the populace, the riffraff, those with special agendas and some sick-minded people have been interfering in things they know nothing about nor know their value. Tiran and Sanafeer islands, which Egypt agreed to return to Saudi Arabia, had been under Egyptian administration since 1950 upon an agreement made between both...

RIYADH: US Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter (second left) meets Saudi Deputy Crown Prince and Minister of Defense Mohammed bin Salman (second right) to discuss matters of mutual importance yesterday. - AFP

Washington set to OK fighter jet sales to Kuwait - US seeks Gulf special forces

RIYADH: US Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter (second left) meets Saudi Deputy Crown Prince and Minister of Defense Mohammed bin Salman (second right) to discuss matters of mutual importance yesterday. - AFPRIYADH: The United States is seeking greater special forces and naval cooperation with the Gulf states to counter Iran's "destabilizing activities" in the region, a senior American official said. Defense Secretary Ashton Carter, who arrived...

CAIRO: Egyptians shout slogans as they gather at the site where a policeman shot and killed a street vendor yesterday. – AFP

Egypt cop kills vendor over price of cup of tea

CAIRO: Egyptians shout slogans as they gather at the site where a policeman shot and killed a street vendor yesterday. – AFPCAIRO: A riot erupted in a Cairo suburb yesterday after a policeman shot three people after an argument over the price of a cup of tea, killing one of them, the Interior Ministry and witnesses said. Public anger over allegations of police brutality has been bubbling over the past months, with several incidents spilling...

HOUSTON: Darius Simon, second from left, helps his mother Carol, evacuate her flooded apartment complex along with his brother Dominique and son, Isaac Hernandez on Monday.-APn

Houston recovering from yet another deadly flood At least five people dead

HOUSTON: Darius Simon, second from left, helps his mother Carol, evacuate her flooded apartment complex along with his brother Dominique and son, Isaac Hernandez on Monday.-APHOUSTON: As more than a foot of rain deluged the nation's fourth-largest city, inundating homes, shutting down major highways and leaving at least five people dead, Houston's mayor said there was no immediate solution.Heavy flooding has become nearly an annual rite of...

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140 Pakistani rebels surrender leading China to investment

ISLAMABAD: More than 140 rebels surrendered to Pakistani authorities in insurgency-hit Baluchistan province, the government yesterday, touting the development as a victory in the battle to secure a province targeted for major Chinese investment.The rebels, from groups including the Baluchistan Liberation Front (BLF), the Baluchistan Liberation Army (BLA) and the Lashkar-e-Baluchistan, laid down their arms on Monday, said Anwaar ul Haq, a...

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India is working to curb trafficking of women, children - minister

NEW DELHI: India is working to find ways to curb the widespread trafficking of women and children in the country, including those from neighboring Nepal, Bangladesh and Pakistan, said Maneka Gandhi, India's minister for women and children. South Asia, with India at its centre, is the fastest-growing and second-largest region for human trafficking in the world, after East Asia, according to the United Nations Office for Drugs and Crime.Speaking at...

KABUL: Afghan security personnel keep watch at the site of car bomb attack at the gate of a government office in the Puli Mahmood Khan neighbourhood yesterday. — AFP

30 dead, hundreds wounded as Taleban attack rattles Kabul - Truck bomb tore through the city's central

KABUL: Afghan security personnel keep watch at the site of car bomb attack at the gate of a government office in the Puli Mahmood Khan neighbourhood yesterday. — AFPKABUL: At least 30 people were killed and hundreds wounded when a Taleban truck bomb tore through central Kabul and a fierce firefight broke out yesterday, a week after the insurgents launched their annual spring offensive.The Taleban claimed responsibility for the attack in a...

MINAMIASO: Rescuers search for missing persons at the site of a landslide yesterday. — AP

Aftershocks rattle Japan as deaths from quakes rise to 45

MINAMIASO: Rescuers search for missing persons at the site of a landslide yesterday. — APMINAMIASO: Japan's southern quake-hit area was rattled by a strong aftershock yesterday and searchers found a woman's body buried under landslide rubble, raising the death toll from the twin earthquakes to 45.More than 100,000 evacuees, some sleeping in their cars and others in gymnasiums or community centers, were bracing for another chilly night. Many...

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Tough new traffic law in works

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Official commends Kuwait and China military cooperation

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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