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HAFAR AL-BATIN, Saudi Arabia: Smoke and fire billows following an aerial bombardment during the Northern Thunder military exercises in Hafr Al- Batin, 500 kilometers north-east of the Saudi Capital Riyadh. The exercises involve the kingdom and neighboring nations, which officials have described as the region’s biggest drills. — AFP
Amir in Saudi for ‘North Thunder’ - ‘Thunder’ in Saudi desert as huge military drill ends
HAFAR AL-BATIN, Saudi Arabia: Smoke and fire billows following an aerial bombardment during the Northern Thunder military exercises in Hafr Al- Batin, 500 kilometers north-east of the Saudi Capital Riyadh. The exercises involve the kingdom and neighboring nations, which officials have described as the region’s biggest drills. — AFPKUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al- Sabah, accompanied by a delegation of senior...
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American stabbed; US embassy warns citizens
KUWAIT: The US Embassy has confirmed that an American was stabbed yesterday in Fintas. His injuries are not life-threatening.The man who assaulted him is in police custody. The Embassy is not aware of specific, credible threats against US citizens. Nonetheless, US citizens residing in or visiting Kuwait should remain vigilant regarding their personal security. According to a report, a Kuwaiti in his twenties stabbed an American five times at the...
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Kuwaiti charged in Bahrain
MANAMA: Senior General Advocate Abdulrahman Al Sayed said the Public Prosecution had charged Kuwaiti national Abdulhameed Abbas Hussain Dashti with involvement through coercion, complacency and assistance in illegal public fundraising in contravention of the Penal Code and the Public Fundraising Regulatory Law.The prosecution referred the case against the suspect et alia to the Lower Criminal Court which on 15-12-2015 issued an executable two...
Sketch by Ali Al-Yousifi
Preserving Kuwait’s architectural heritage by drawing it - Local group of specialists document disappearing cityscape
Sketch by Ali Al-YousifiThe architectural landscape in Kuwait is renewing constantly. Old buildings are disappearing, replaced by skyscrapers and high-rises. Meanwhile, the facades of some old buildings are covered by modern claddings for the sake of beautification without repairing and restoring the interiors, just like temporary cosmetic surgery, the impact of which soon fades away. Change can be positive in architecture if construction is...
Problem area of Jleeb Al-Shuyoukh.
The good, the bad and the ugly in Jleeb Al Shuyoukh
Problem area of Jleeb Al-Shuyoukh.KUWAIT: One of the most infamous locations in Kuwait, it goes by many names. Indian and South Asian expats call it Abbassiya while expat Arabs call it Hasawi. The area is officially called Jleeb Al-Shuyoukh. Translated from local dialect, it means an area with water wells owned by sheikhs. Traditional folklore says that bedouins used to camp in the area, watering their camps from the wells and this is why it was...
Blacksmith Abdullah Ghulam at work.
A passion for Iron
Blacksmith Abdullah Ghulam at work.Abdullah Ghulam, a 75-year-old Iranian blacksmith, has a passion and love for iron. Everything is very hands-on in his workshop, and even some of the tools he uses have been forged here. Ghulam allowed Kuwait Times into his workshop to see a demonstration of his work and the huge assortment of equipment, anvils and racks bristling with tools that have taken years to acquire.Kuwait Times: What type of...
BAGHDAD: Civilians leave their houses after clashes between Iraqi Security forces and Islamic State group extremists outside Ramadi, west of Baghdad. Germany’s federal criminal police said yesterday they are in possession of files containing personal data on members of Islamic State group and believe them to be authentic. — AP
Germany ‘obtains’ files on IS members - IS defector brings ‘goldmine’ of details on 22,000 supporters
BAGHDAD: Civilians leave their houses after clashes between Iraqi Security forces and Islamic State group extremists outside Ramadi, west of Baghdad. Germany’s federal criminal police said yesterday they are in possession of files containing personal data on members of Islamic State group and believe them to be authentic. — APBERLIN: Germany’s federal criminal police said yesterday they are in possession of files containing personal data...
uildings in rebel-held part of Jubar neighborhood in the Syrian capital Damascus on Wednesday.—AFP
Thousands evacuated as Iraqi forces advance against IS
uildings in rebel-held part of Jubar neighborhood in the Syrian capital Damascus on Wednesday.—AFPBAGHDAD: Iraqi forces retook a town from the Islamic State jihadist group in Anbar province yesterday and evacuated 10,000 civilians as they advanced up the Euphrates valley, a security spokesman said. “Counter-terrorism forces and army troops liberated the Zankura area in a swift military operation,” Sabah al-Noman, spokesman of the elite...
THE VATICAN: Faithful fill St Peter’s Square during an unprecedented canonization ceremony by Pope Francis for two of his predecessors, John XXIII and John Paul III, at the Vatican. — AP
Pope imposes financial accountability for saints - Move after uncovering gross abuses
THE VATICAN: Faithful fill St Peter’s Square during an unprecedented canonization ceremony by Pope Francis for two of his predecessors, John XXIII and John Paul III, at the Vatican. — APVATICAN CITY: Pope Francis imposed new financial accountability regulations on the Vatican’s multimillion-dollar saint-making machine yesterday after uncovering gross abuses that were subsequently revealed in two books. The rules require external vigilance...
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Australia sends boat carrying Bangladeshis back to Indonesia
KUPANG: Six Bangladeshi migrants caught entering Australian waters by the country’s border patrol have been sent back to Indonesia on a fishing boat, an Indonesian official said yesterday. The move drew criticism from the Indonesian foreign ministry, which reiterated its opposition to Australia’s controversial policy and warned such acts could be dangerous at sea.The six men and two Indonesian crew departed the eastern Indonesian city of...
KABUL: In this file photo, Afghan women chant slogans during a protest demanding justice for a woman who was beaten tondeath by a mob after being falsely accused of burning a Quran in downtown of Kabul. — AP
Afghan leader reopens case of woman lynched by mob - Rights group slams Afghanistan’s judicial system
KABUL: In this file photo, Afghan women chant slogans during a protest demanding justice for a woman who was beaten todeath by a mob after being falsely accused of burning a Quran in downtown of Kabul. — APKABUL: The Afghan president has ordered his government to reopen the case of a woman beaten to death last year by a frenzied mob outside a Kabul shrine, just days after the country’s highest court reduced the sentences of the 13 men...
Irish singer-songwriter Gavin James
The fairytale rise of singer Gavin James
Irish singer-songwriter Gavin James“In Ireland everything happens in pubs,” says Gavin James, widely seen as the next big singer songwriter. That was certainly true for him. It was against the hubbub of laughter and conversation that the young red-haired singer honed his delicate, angelic voice and where one night in Dublin he met Ed Sheeran. The encounter with music’s most famous redhead would change his life. They met, as he tells it,...
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Kuwait under unsteady northern and northwesterly winds triggering dust. - KUNA
Kuwait weather to remain unstable
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MAJDAL SHAMS: Druze elders and mourners surround the coffins of 10 of the 12 people killed in a rocket strike from Lebanon a day earlier, during a mass funeral in this Druze town in the Zionist-annexed Golan Heights on July 28, 2024. - AFP
Mideast seethes amid carnage
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KUWAIT: Photo provided by the Al-Zour oil Refinery shows a view of the facility, in Al-Zour, south of Kuwait City. – AFP
The impact of oil discoveries
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‘Protect yourself against skin cancer,’ CAN warns
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The image shows a finger directing attention to A PET CT scan image shows comprehensive views of organs and tissues isolated on white background. Clipping path.
MoH underlines importance of compact imaging device