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A victim’s body lies on the ground following an accident reported on Jahra Road on Saturday night.

Two Ethiopian shepherds injured in landmine explosion

KUWAIT: Two Ethiopian nationals were rushed to Jahra Hospital after a landmine explosion which was reported at Salmy road on the 83 kilometer mark. Jahra police rushed to the area after the incident was reported. The victims could not be transported by Medvac due to bad weather. They were reportedly shepherding when the explosion took place. They were taken to hospital by ambulance, and admitted inside the intensive care unit. A victim’s body...

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Darwin writes Kuwait’s history

We have many secrets in our modern political history that are not yet written about and are still withheld from the public. Like all political secrets, these might find their way to publicity, publication and documentation within a few years and be accessible to the public. Such secrets are the obstacle any political analyst faces on reviewing and assessing general political situations because he would be blocked by some loose ends and missing...

BAGHDAD: Iraqis inspect the damage at the site of a bombing claimed by the Islamic State (IS) group near a market in the Sadr City area of the capital yesterday. - AP

70 killed in Baghdad bombings

BAGHDAD: Iraqis inspect the damage at the site of a bombing claimed by the Islamic State (IS) group near a market in the Sadr City area of the capital yesterday. - APBAGHDAD: A twin suicide bombing claimed by Islamic State killed 70 people in Baghdad yesterday in the deadliest attack inside the capital this year, as militants launched an assault on its western outskirts. Police sources said the suicide bombers were riding motorcycles and blew...

People look at the bodies of two among the victims fatally stabbed by a man as they are kept inside an ambulance outside a hospital in Thane, outskirts of Mumbai

Indian kills 14 relatives, hangs self

People look at the bodies of two among the victims fatally stabbed by a man as they are kept inside an ambulance outside a hospital in Thane, outskirts of MumbaiMUMBAI: A 35-year-old man killed 14 members of his family including six children with a butcher's knife before committing suicide in India, with police baffled yesterday about a motive for the attack. The grisly murders occurred after Hasnin Anwar Warekar and his extended family gathered...

BALA, Syria: Syrian rebel fighters from the Failaq al-Rahman brigade take a break as they hide inside a building on the frontline against regime forces in this rebel-controlled village in the eastern Ghouta region, on the outskirts of the capital Damascus, yesterday. —AFP

Blame-trading tests fragile Syria truce

BALA, Syria: Syrian rebel fighters from the Failaq al-Rahman brigade take a break as they hide inside a building on the frontline against regime forces in this rebel-controlled village in the eastern Ghouta region, on the outskirts of the capital Damascus, yesterday. —AFPDAMASCUS: Key players in Syria's war traded accusations yesterday over violations of the first major ceasefire in the five-year conflict, but the truce remained largely intact...

German doctor Jan Ilhan Kizilhan

Yazidi girls seek healing in Germany after IS ‘hell’

German doctor Jan Ilhan KizilhanGENEVA: One eight-year-old was repeatedly sold and raped, while another girl set herself on fire to make herself less attractive to her jihadist captors. These are only two of the more than 1,400 horror stories German doctor Jan Ilhan Kizilhan has heard first-hand from Yazidi women and girls once enslaved by Islamic State jihadists in Iraq. “They have been through hell,” he said in an interview in Geneva....

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Indian cinemas under pressure over homophobia movie

NEW DELHI: Cinemas in the north Indian city of Aligarh were under mounting pressure yesterday to stop screening a movie set in the metropolis that tackles homophobia, following protests from right wing religious groups. The movie "Aligarh", which opened nationally last week, is based on a true story about a university professor suspended from his post after a television news crew filmed him having sex with a rickshaw puller.Shrinivas Ramchandra...

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Albania newsreaders strip down to boost audience

TIRANA: Presenter Greta Hoxhaj, 24 prepares prior her news edition on Zjarr TV (fire tv) in Tirana. — AFPTIRANA: Faced with tough competition to win over audiences, an Albanian TV channel is taking a literal approach towards giving viewers the "naked" truth-by employing almost-topless newsreaders. Wearing open jackets and nothing underneath, the young women reading the headlines on Zjarr TV are an unprecedented sight in the conservative Balkan...

ANAHEIM: Counter-protesters scuffle with a KKK member on the ground as he stabs an attacking protester during an anti-immigration rally at Pearson Park on Saturday. — AP

Three stabbed, 13 arrested at KKK rally in California

ANAHEIM: Counter-protesters scuffle with a KKK member on the ground as he stabs an attacking protester during an anti-immigration rally at Pearson Park on Saturday. — APLOS ANGELES: Three people were stabbed, one of them critically, and 13 others were arrested in California on Saturday when a Ku Klux Klan rally erupted into clashes with counter-protesters, witnesses and police said. Around midday, half a dozen members of the white hate group,...

ACCRA: This file photo taken on Dec 20, 2012 shows former football player Mohamed Aboutrika attending a press conference after the GLO-CAF African Football Awards. —AFP

Egypt probes football star for funding ‘terror group’

ACCRA: This file photo taken on Dec 20, 2012 shows former football player Mohamed Aboutrika attending a press conference after the GLO-CAF African Football Awards. —AFPCAIRO: Egypt's prosecution will investigate former football star Mohamed Aboutrika for allegedly funding a "terrorist group", officials said yesterday, after authorities last year seized his share certificates in a travel company. In May 2015, Aboutrika's share certificates in...

Malek Khalife, NBK’s General Manager, Private Banking Group receiving the three awards from Euromoney.

NBK awarded 'Best Private Bank for 2016 in Kuwait' - Euromoney's Annual Survey for industry experts worldwide

Malek Khalife, NBK’s General Manager, Private Banking Group receiving the three awards from Euromoney.KUWAIT: National Bank of Kuwait (NBK) has been awarded the "Best Private Bank for 2016" in Kuwait in Euromoney's Annual Survey surpassing global banks in wealth management and private banking services. NBK topped the list of nominees, outmatching renowned international banks in the field of Private Banking Services.Euromoney's Annual Survey...

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Zain acquires strategic stake in mobility provider and consultancy firm FOO

BARCELONA/KUWAIT: Zain Group, a leading telecom innovator in eight markets across the Middle East and Africa, announces a strategic investment in FOO, a successful Lebanon-based entity offering a full spectrum of innovative end-to-end mobility related services including digital strategic consultancy, user interface and experience (UI- UX) design, app and web development solutions, digital marketing and incubation of startups.Zain's partnership...

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

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