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Two questioned for beating own mother
KUWAIT: A citizen in her sixties told Salam police that she was insulted and beaten by her two sons in the presence of their father. The mother said her ex-husband, the father, defended her. The woman presented a medical report, and police authorities are investigating.Husband, wife trade chargesA woman who works for health ministry, and her husband who works for defense ministry, traded charges at Salam police station. The wife said she was...
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Injuries reported in accidents
KUWAIT: Farwaniya firemen dealt with several traffic accidents reported yesterday, including a collision on Ghazali Road where a person was trapped in his vehicle. Firefighters cut the vehicle open to help the driver out before handing him over to paramedics. Meanwhile, Kuwait Fire Services Directorate's (KFSD) operations received a call about a vehicle which flipped over on Sixth Ring Road. Firemen managed to free several people who were trapped...
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Saudi man executed; 56 executions in 2016
RIYADH: Saudi authorities yesterday executed a national for murdering a compatriot, bringing to 56 the number of convicts put to death in the kingdom this year. Ahmed Al-Harbi was found guilty of stabbing and shooting Fahed Al-Balawi in a dispute, the interior ministry said in a statement carried by state news agency SPA. He was executed in the northern city of Tabuk.Most executions in Saudi Arabia are done by beheading with a sword. Last year...
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UK mother gets six years for joining Islamic State
LONDON: A mother who took her toddler to Syria and joined the Islamic State (IS) group was sentenced to six years in prison yesterday after becoming the first British woman to be convicted after returning home.Tareena Shakil, 26, was found guilty by a court in Birmingham, central England of IS membership and encouraging terrorism in posts on Twitter before leaving Britain. “You were well aware that the future which you had subjected your son to...
TEHRAN: Schoolgirls hold national flag in front of a giant board as Iranians mark the start of 10 days of celebrations for the 37th anniversary of the Islamic revolution yesterday at the Behesht-e Zahra (Zahra’s Paradise) cemetery in southern Tehran. — AFP
Iran grabs over $100 billion in assets under nuclear deal - UN chief urges compromise, realism between Saudis and Iran
TEHRAN: Schoolgirls hold national flag in front of a giant board as Iranians mark the start of 10 days of celebrations for the 37th anniversary of the Islamic revolution yesterday at the Behesht-e Zahra (Zahra’s Paradise) cemetery in southern Tehran. — AFPTEHRAN: Iran said yesterday it now has access to more than $100 billion worth of frozen overseas assets following the implementation of a landmark nuclear deal with world powers. Government...
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Delhi police under fire - Video of demo violence goes viral
NEW DELHI: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal accused the city's police yesterday of terrorizing protesters after video footage of them belting university students with sticks at a peaceful demonstration went viral. Delhi University students staged a protest in the Indian capital last weekend over the death of a young Dalit scholar who committed suicide after he was suspended from a campus in the country's south. Video of the protest held...
COLOGNE: File photo shows carnival revelers celebrating the launch of the so-called “Fifth Season”, the carnival season in Cologne, western Germany. —AFP
Cologne on edge after sex assaults, beefs up security
COLOGNE: File photo shows carnival revelers celebrating the launch of the so-called “Fifth Season”, the carnival season in Cologne, western Germany. —AFPBERLIN: Cologne is on high alert ahead of its giant carnival festivities since a shocking spate of sexual assaults, with German authorities anxious to prevent a repeat of the rampage and ward off potential jihadist attacks. Police in the western German city have been struggling to restore...
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South Sudan troops suffocated 50 people in a container
ADDIS ABABA: South Sudan government troops killed some 50 people by stuffing them into a shipping container in baking heat, ceasefire monitors have said in a report noting the latest atrocities in two years of war. Despite an August peace deal, fighting continues, and the conflict now involves multiple militia forces who pay little heed to paper peace deals, driven by local agendas or revenge attacks. The report, by the Joint Monitoring and...
GENEVA: Overview of the Syria peace talks at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland yesterday. — AP
Syria peace talks struggle to get off ground - UN rights chief sounds war crimes warning
GENEVA: Overview of the Syria peace talks at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland yesterday. — APGENEVA: The UN special envoy for Syria faced an uphill task in Geneva yesterday to get talks to end the brutal civil war off the ground, as the opposition hesitated to join negotiations with the regime. The urgency to find a solution to the four-year war was brought home Sunday when multiple explosions killed 71...
HANNOVER: This file photo taken on December 19, 2015 shows outgoing Bayern Munich’s coach Pep Guardiola pior to the German first division Bundesliga football match Hannover 96 vs FC Bayern Munich in Hannover, central Germany. Pep Guardiola will take over as coach of Manchester City on a three-year deal, the English club said yesterday after announcing the departure of incumbent Manuel Pellegrini at season’s end. — AFP
Guardiola to succeed Pellegrini at Man City
HANNOVER: This file photo taken on December 19, 2015 shows outgoing Bayern Munich’s coach Pep Guardiola pior to the German first division Bundesliga football match Hannover 96 vs FC Bayern Munich in Hannover, central Germany. Pep Guardiola will take over as coach of Manchester City on a three-year deal, the English club said yesterday after announcing the departure of incumbent Manuel Pellegrini at season’s end. — AFPLONDON: Outgoing...
SAINT-ETIENNE: Paris Saint-Germain’s Swedish forward Zlatan Ibrahimovic (L) vies with Saint-Etienne’s French midfielder Renaud Cohade (C) and Saint-Etienne’s Senegalese defender Moustapha Bayal Sall (R) during the Ligue1 football match between AS Saint-Etienne and Paris Saint- Germain, on Sunday at the Geoffroy Guichard stadium in Saint-Etienne, central France. — AFP
Ibrahimovic blasts PSG into record books
SAINT-ETIENNE: Paris Saint-Germain’s Swedish forward Zlatan Ibrahimovic (L) vies with Saint-Etienne’s French midfielder Renaud Cohade (C) and Saint-Etienne’s Senegalese defender Moustapha Bayal Sall (R) during the Ligue1 football match between AS Saint-Etienne and Paris Saint- Germain, on Sunday at the Geoffroy Guichard stadium in Saint-Etienne, central France. — AFPPARIS: A Zlatan Ibrahimovic brace saw Paris Saint Germain stretch their...
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Unorthodox Bumrah gives Dhoni welcome option at the death
Jasprit BumrahNEW DELHI: By capitalising on his chance selection in Australia, India paceman Jasprit Bumrah has afforded his captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni a rare pleasant feeling-of having a settled bowling unit at his disposal. India's bowling frailties were laid bare in the one-day series in Australia where their inability to defend scores around 300 in the first three ODIs cost them the five-match series.A consolation win in the final...
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HH the Amir Sheikh Meshal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah arrives in Scotland on the personal invitation of King Charles III of the United Kingdom and Northern Ireland on Jan 14, 2025. - Amiri Diwn photos
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AYRSHIRE: Britain's King Charles III holds an audience with His Highness the Amir of Kuwait Sheikh Meshal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, at Dumfries House, Cumnock, on January 15, 2025. - AFP
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Taxes will target commodities harmful to human health: Kuwait's Finance Minister