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KFH diamond sponsor of Kuwait Investment Forum on March 8-9 - Hamad Al-Marzouq Moderator of financing investment session

Hamad Al-MarzouqKUWAIT: Kuwait Finance House (KFH) announced its participation in the Kuwait Investment Forum slated for March 8-9 as a diamond sponsor emanating from its endeavors to be present at important economic forums and conferences to utilize its vast experience in demonstrating investment opportunities while discussing means of improving the economy and enhancing the investment climate in Kuwait.Chairman-KFH, Hamad Abdulmohsen...

In this Oct3, 1995 file photo, OJ Simpson, center, reacts as he is found not guilty of murdering his ex-wife Nicole Brown and her friend Ron Goldman, as members of his defense team, F Lee Bailey, left, and Johnnie Cochran Jr, right, look on, in court.

Latest twist in OJ Simpson case: Discovery of knife

In this Oct3, 1995 file photo, OJ Simpson, center, reacts as he is found not guilty of murdering his ex-wife Nicole Brown and her friend Ron Goldman, as members of his defense team, F Lee Bailey, left, and Johnnie Cochran Jr, right, look on, in court.It was yet another twist in the case that even two decades later remains at the center of American attention. Warning that the story behind it could well amount to nothing, police nevertheless said...

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Man tortures wife to death

crimeKUWAIT: A citizen was arrested yesterday in Jahra on charges of torturing his wife to death. The man had imprisoned her for three days, during which he beat and tortured her, which led to her death, according to preliminary investigations.A report from the Interior Ministry's Relations and Security Media Department referred to the suspect as A. N., a 43-year-old Kuwaiti, and the victim as D. T., also a Kuwaiti aged 33. It indicated that the...

Public Works Minister Ali Al-Omair speaks to reporters.

Public Works Minister tours fifth constituency

Public Works Minister Ali Al-Omair speaks to reporters.KUWAIT: Public Works Minister Ali Al-Omair said there must be solutions for traffic congestions in the fifth constituency, adding that these solutions must come through the Ministry of Public Works (MPW) and the Interior Ministry's General Traffic Department. During a tour around the fifth constituency at and invitation from MP Ahmad Al-Azmi yesterday, Omair said that the goal behind the...

KUWAIT: Mohammad Al-Kanderi, founder of the Kuwait Riders Academy. - photos by Joseph Shagran

First horses exhibition held at Mishref Fairground

KUWAIT: Mohammad Al-Kanderi, founder of the Kuwait Riders Academy. - photos by Joseph ShagraKUWAIT: For the first time in Kuwait, Al-Buraq Academy held an exhibition for horses at the Kuwait International Fairgrounds in Mishref. The exhibition, held under the slogan 'live the equestrian experience,' was inaugurated last Wednesday at Hall number 7. It runs until 10:00 pm this evening.Visitors can experience equestrianism by horseback riding. "The...

KUWAIT: Yousef Fawzi Mustafa Karam, President of Plamo Con (left).n— Photos by Joseph Shagra

Key animator, voice actor attend convention - Kuwait's anime, manga community gather at Plamo Con

KUWAIT: Yousef Fawzi Mustafa Karam, President of Plamo Con (left).— Photos by Joseph ShagraKUWAIT: Various Japanese arts including anime, manga, comics, and cosplay are in display at 'Plamo Con,' a convention and exhibition which kicked off at the Zain Tent near 360 Mall on Thursday evening. The three-day event is organized by Plamo Con, Kuwait's first official home of Japanese animation characters. Plamo Con is hosting the seventh event in...

Women attend a self-defence class on February 15, 2016 in the Jordanian capital Amman. Taekwondo black belt Lina Khalifeh started teaching self-defence to Jordanian friends in her parents' basement in 2010 after one of them confided that her father and brother hit her -- never expecting it would lead to an invitation to the White House. Word about her classes quickly spread and two years later, overwhelmed by the demand, Khalifeh opened the country's first women-only martial arts center.n / AFP / KHALIL MAZRAAWI

Black belt Lina empowers fellow Jordanian women

Women attend a self-defence class on February 15, 2016 in the Jordanian capital Amman. Taekwondo black belt Lina Khalifeh started teaching self-defence to Jordanian friends in her parents' basement in 2010 after one of them confided that her father and brother hit her -- never expecting it would lead to an invitation to the White House. Word about her classes quickly spread and two years later, overwhelmed by the demand, Khalifeh opened the...

Barcelona's Lionel Messi, right scores past Rayo Vallecano's Antonio Amaya, left, his side's fourth goal during a Spanish La Liga soccer match between Barcelona and Rayo Vallecano at the Vallecas stadium in Madrid, Thursday, March 3, 2016. Messi scored a hat trick in Barcelona's 5-1 victory. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

Barcelona crush nine-man Rayo 5-1 - Messi lifts Barca to record 35-match unbeaten run

Barcelona's Lionel Messi, right scores past Rayo Vallecano's Antonio Amaya, left, his side's fourth goal during a Spanish La Liga soccer match between Barcelona and Rayo Vallecano at the Vallecas stadium in Madrid, Thursday, March 3, 2016. Messi scored a hat trick in Barcelona's 5-1 victory. - AP BARCELONA: Barcelona set a Spanish record of 35 matches unbeaten in all competitions with a thumping 5-1 win at nine-man Rayo Vallecano in La Liga on...

Yemeni pro-government fighters, loyal to exiled Yemeni President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi, inspect an elderly care home in Yemen's main southern city of Aden after it was attacked by gunmen on March 4, 2016. At least 16 people, including four Indian nurses, were killed when the gunmen opened fire, security officials said.nn / AFP / SALEH AL-OBEIDI

Gunmen kill 16 at Yemen care home - Four foreign nuns among the dead

Yemeni pro-government fighters, loyal to exiled Yemeni President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi, inspect an elderly care home in Yemen's main southern city of Aden after it was attacked by gunmen on March 4, 2016. At least 16 people, including four Indian nurses, were killed when the gunmen opened fire, security officials said.- AFP ADEN: Gunmen attacked a care home run by missionaries in Yemen's southern city of Aden on Friday, killing 16 workers...

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Foreign patients turn to India in search of cut-price cures

TO GO WITH India-medicine-drugs-pharmaceutical,FEATURE by Emily FordThis photo taken on January 28, 2016 shows Babu Bhai (R), an employee with a pharmacy, gathering generic drugs for a customer from a store room in New Delhi. India earned a nickname as "the pharmacy to the developing world" for its tough stance on patents. Successive governments have taken a view that patents should be granted only for major innovations, not updates to existing...

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, right, shakes hands with European Council President Donald Tusk for the media before a meeting in Istanbul, Friday, March 4, 2016. Tusk said Thursday it is up to Turkey to decide what further measures it can take to reduce the flow of migrants but says many in Europe favor a mechanism that would allow the ìfast and large-scaleî shipment of migrants back to Turkey and such a mechanism would ìeffectively break the business model of the smugglers. (Yasin Bulbul/Presidential Press Service, Pool via AP)

EU chief meets Erdogan as migrants double in Europe - Plans to restore Schengen free travel

BRUSSELS: A record 1.2 million asylum seekers reached Europe in 2015, more than double the previous year, new figures showed yesterday as EU head Donald Tusk met Turkey's Tayyip Erdogan on the crisis. With Tusk wrapping up a whirlwind diplomatic tour before a crucial EU-Turkey summit in Brussels on Monday, the EU unveiled a plan for saving the passport-free Schengen zone that has been jeopardized by the huge influx of migrants and refugees.Tusk...

(FILES) This file photo taken on February 22, 2016 shows Mayor of London Boris Johnson as he leaves his home in London. The plot was hatched over a slow-roasted shoulder of lamb: two Conservative heavyweights decided to defy Prime Minister David Cameron over Europe, igniting a feud that is creating a bitter rift in the party. The setting was the north London home of the city's charismatic mayor Boris Johnson -- one of the schemers and a longtime rival of Cameron's with ambitions to replace him in Downing Street one day. / AFP / CHRIS RATCLIFFE

Treason at dinner: Tory Brexit rifts turn nasty - Old rivalries, grievances come to the fore

(FILES) This file photo taken on February 22, 2016 shows Mayor of London Boris Johnson as he leaves his home in London. The plot was hatched over a slow-roasted shoulder of lamb: two Conservative heavyweights decided to defy Prime Minister David Cameron over Europe, igniting a feud that is creating a bitter rift in the party. The setting was the north London home of the city's charismatic mayor Boris Johnson -- one of the schemers and a longtime...

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KUWAIT CITY: Jassim Al-Awadhi waits at a bus stop as a bus approaches in this file photo.

Disorganized bus network behind lacking transit system

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KUWAIT: Young girls participate in Girl Up Kuwait's first conference which focused on the role of women in Kuwaiti society and politics.

Girl Up Kuwait: Young trailblazers give girls a voice

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Air Force carries out aeromedical evacuation exercise

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Kuwait under unsteady northern and northwesterly winds triggering dust. - KUNA

Kuwait weather to remain unstable

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Kuwaiti pilots learn to fly Turkish Bayraktar drones