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His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah interacts with a falconer attending the festival.
Amir, Crown Prince open National Heritage Festival
His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah interacts with a falconer attending the festival.KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah accompanied by His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah attended the Kuwait National Heritage Festival at Al-Salmi area yesterday.The Amiri convoy arrived at the festival and was received by Deputy Minister of Amiri Diwan Affairs and...
KUWAIT: Australian senator and Minister of Tourism and International Education Richard Colbeck. —Photo by Joseph Shagra
GCC countries important aviation hub: Australian Tourism Minister - Minister Colbeck talks Education, Tourism, Mideast situation
KUWAIT: Australian senator and Minister of Tourism and International Education Richard Colbeck. —Photo by Joseph ShagraKUWAIT: Australian senator and Minister of Tourism and International Education Richard Colbeck was on a short visit to Kuwait yesterday, where he met local and high-level officials including members of the business communities here. Before heading to Saudi Arabia, Colbeck spoke to Kuwait Times in an exclusive interview. Some...
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Indecent act by a Saudi and a Filipina leads to Restaurant closure
KUWAIT: An indecent act by a Saudi and a Filipina led to the closure of a Kuwait City restaurant. The indecent act was discovered by the municipality's emergency team during a campaign on cafés and restaurants to follow the warnings given lately. Orders were given according to the law to close the restaurant. The campaign aims at removing cabins in such places.Roof collapseWorshippers in a Salwa mosque were terrified when part of the mosque's...
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Curious boys find skeleton
KUWAIT: A challenge between three teenagers to take a picture in an abandoned building in Khaitan revealed the remains of a corpse, which the coroner determined belongs to a man who died six months ago. A police source said that a Farwaniya patrol noticed the three juveniles running in a hysterical state while screaming, so they stopped them and asked them what was wrong, and they told police that there was a skeleton in the building. Concerned...
Dr Khalid Ahmad Al-Saleh
The honest and strong
Dr Khalid Ahmad Al-Saleh Do you agree with me, dear reader, that we live in a partisan country? I hope no one denies this, as all indicators confirm the existence of political groupings in Kuwait that are different in their principles, ideologies and connections. These are parties, yes this is the real understanding of parties, that should receive legal legitimacy and get organized by the state and work in the open as the case is in all...
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Salmiya hotel fire
KUWAIT: A room inside Salmiya hotel caught fire yesterday, prompting firefighters to respond. The fire, which was on the third floor, was brought under control quickly. No injuries were reported, as nearly 70 persons were successfully evacuated. Separately, Jahra firefighters tackled a blaze that was reported at a Taima house yesterday. Firemen cut the power current and evacuated the house, then successfully extinguished the blaze. One resident...
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The Syrian crisis
The UN's bid to hold a third meeting, its call to the Syrian government and members of opposition to nominate representatives to attend it and admitting that it has no final lists of the names of those due to attend the political debate to be held in Geneva, requires that potential candidates attending the meeting should exert utmost efforts to focus on the true disagreement not only between the government and the opposition, but also amongst...
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa: The Mother Mosque of America, the oldest mosque in the United States, is seen on Jan 24, 2016. — AFP
US race discomforts US Muslims
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa: The Mother Mosque of America, the oldest mosque in the United States, is seen on Jan 24, 2016. — AFPCEDAR RAPIDS: The imam of Cedar Rapids, Iowa has long considered explaining Islam his mission. But when Republicans start ruminating over jihad and US presidential hopeful Donald Trump, Hassan Selim would rather turn to prayer. "You come to a point where you get sick of explaining yourself," the 28-year-old cleric said in his...
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Jazeera America closure marks a quieter Qatar
DOHA: When Qatar announced the closure of Al Jazeera America this month, the decision by its new ruler marked a more cautious approach to public diplomacy by the tiny Gulf state after years of cultivating a high-profile international role. Departing from a crowded US media market after a foray costing perhaps $2 billion is also consistent with a retreat from confrontation with Gulf Arab neighbours over Qatar's promotion of Islamists in the 2011...
JERUSALEM: A picture taken on January 27, 2016 shows a document from the archives of Israeli President’s Office Legal Department which is part of the file of Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann which is presented to the public during a ceremony marking 55 years since Eichmann’s trial at the occasion of the International Holocaust Remembrance Day at the presidential compound. — AFP
Israel releases Nazi plea letter on Holocaust day
JERUSALEM: A picture taken on January 27, 2016 shows a document from the archives of Israeli President’s Office Legal Department which is part of the file of Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann which is presented to the public during a ceremony marking 55 years since Eichmann’s trial at the occasion of the International Holocaust Remembrance Day at the presidential compound. — AFPJERUSALEM: Israel made public yesterday a decades-old...
BURNS: This file photo taken on January 6, 2016 shows Ammon Bundy making his way from the entrance of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge Headquarters. — AFP
1 dead in Oregon shootout as FBI arrests siege leader
BURNS: This file photo taken on January 6, 2016 shows Ammon Bundy making his way from the entrance of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge Headquarters. — AFPBURNS: One person was killed and several others arrested in the US state of Oregon in a Tuesday shootout between police and anti-government gunmen that had been occupying a federal wildlife refuge. The FBI said that Ammon Bundy, the rancher who led the January 2 occupation in the...
This video grab made on January 27, 2016 from a video received by Private Mauritanian news agency Al-Akhbar from the Al-Qaeda-linked Emirate of the Sahara group shows Swiss woman Beatrice Stockly speaking while abducted in an unknown location. — AFP
Al-Qaeda affiliate claims Swiss woman's kidnap in new video
This video grab made on January 27, 2016 from a video received by Private Mauritanian news agency Al-Akhbar from the Al-Qaeda-linked Emirate of the Sahara group shows Swiss woman Beatrice Stockly speaking while abducted in an unknown location. — AFPNOUAKCHOTT: Al-Qaeda's North Africa affiliate has claimed the kidnapping of a Swiss woman in Mali's Timbuktu in a video seen by AFP yesterday, as Switzerland demanded her unconditional release....
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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's fencer Yusuf Al-Shamlan
Shamlan leaves Olympic Games
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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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Kuwaiti pilots learn to fly Turkish Bayraktar drones