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A female citizen driving under the influence of alcohol
KUWAIT: A female citizen wanted for financial claims was arrested while driving her vehicle under the influence of alcohol in Hawally, said security sources. Case papers indicate that a police patrol noticed that a vehicle was being driven erratically and on stopping it, the driver reeked of alcohol and had three bottles of whiskey. On checking her ID, detectives found that she was wanted. A case was filed and the suspect was referred to relevant...
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Student in Jordan shot during fight
KUWAIT: A Kuwaiti student studying pharmacology in Jordan was injured when he was shot after he fought with three Jordanians over parking rights, said security sources, noting that the shooters fled the scene. The student's father told security sources that during the fight with the three suspects, one of them drew a gun and fired six shots, and one of them hit his son's foot. The father added that his son was rushed to hospital where the bullet...
RIYADH: US Secretary of State John Kerry meets Saudi King Salman yesterday at the king’s farm on the outskirts of the capital. — AFP
Kerry reassures Gulf allies
RIYADH: US Secretary of State John Kerry meets Saudi King Salman yesterday at the king’s farm on the outskirts of the capital. — AFPRIYADH: US Secretary of State John Kerry, on a visit to Saudi Arabia, sought yesterday to reassure Gulf allies concerned about a perceived warming of ties between Washington and Iran. He also announced that the Syria Support Group of 20 nations and organizations will meet "very shortly" to help push peace in the...
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Saudi-Iranian proxy war spreads to Davos - Zarif, Turki exchange barbs in closed-door meeting
DAVOS: Senior Saudi and Iranian figures clashed behind closed doors at a private meeting convened by the World Economic Forum in Davos this week to try to promote peace in Syria, participants said. The barbed exchange between Saudi Prince Turki Al-Faisal and Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif at an invitation-only meeting on Wednesday underlined the hostility between the two Gulf rivals, who are waging proxy wars in Syria, Yemen and Iraq.Riyadh...
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Uganda bans maids to Saudi Arabia
KAMPALA: The government of Uganda said on Friday it will stop sending housemaids to Saudi Arabia, eclipsing a deal between the two nations to ship workers to the wealthy Gulf nation amid complaints of poor conditions and mistreatment. The ban will remain until working conditions in Saudi Arabia are "deemed fitting," the Ugandan government said.The two nations had signed a deal in July for the deployment of university graduates to work in oil-rich...
WASHINGTON: A pedestrian walks in the center of a snow-covered residential street in yesterday. – AFP
At least nine killed in storm-related deaths 'Snowzilla' blizzard pummels US
WASHINGTON: A pedestrian walks in the center of a snow-covered residential street in yesterday. – AFPNEW YORK/WASHINGTON: A monster blizzard that has paralyzed the US East Coast intensified yesterday afternoon as it barreled into New York City, prompting a travel ban on area highways as high winds whipped up record-setting tides in New Jersey and Delaware. After dumping nearly two feet (60 cm) of snow on the suburbs of Washington, DC,...
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You shocked us... with all it means
When the country is stripped of its people's loyalty and priorities for its love differ...when the name of the country is lost, all types of loyalties emerge...then the only diagnosis for this is for the country to commit suicide. When MP so and so, and MP so and so among the nine MPs boycotted the National Assembly session in protest of as an expression of their stand towards the Abdaly cell verdict, they did not write on the announcement of...
SASKATCHEWAN: Candles and flowers placed as a memorial lay near the La Loche junior and senior high school as police investigate the scene of a daytime shooting at the school yesterday. - AP
Four dead in worst Canada school shooting in decade - Suspect killed two of his brothers
SASKATCHEWAN: Candles and flowers placed as a memorial lay near the La Loche junior and senior high school as police investigate the scene of a daytime shooting at the school yesterday. - APWINNIPEG/VANCOUVER: The gunman suspected of killing four people and injuring several others in Canada's worst school violence in a decade first shot his two brothers at home before opening fire at the remote community high school, a family friend and the...
OUAGADOUGOU: A view of the Splendid Hotel, destroyed earlier this month by jihadists during an attack, in Ouagadougou.— AFP
UN council, AU meet for Burundian crisis talks
OUAGADOUGOU: A view of the Splendid Hotel, destroyed earlier this month by jihadists during an attack, in Ouagadougou.— AFPADDIS ABABA: UN Security Council ambassadors and African Union leaders met yesterday for crisis talks on Burundi, after the government refused a proposed AU force to stem violence in the troubled country. The meeting, in the AU headquarters in Ethiopia, comes a day after the UN envoys met with President Pierre Nkurunziza...
MIDDLETOWN: A sign rests at an entrance to St George’s School in Middletown, RI. —AP
Sex abuse scandal rocks exclusive US prep school - Dozens of former students 'raped or molested'
MIDDLETOWN: A sign rests at an entrance to St George’s School in Middletown, RI. —APMIDDLETOWN: For more than a century, St George's School has been part of the pedigree of some of America's richest and most influential families. Astors, Vanderbilts and Bushes have attended the exclusive boarding school, where students can go sailing, play on world-class squash courts or simply enjoy a sweeping view of the sea from the hilltop campus. But...
MUMBAI: Indian travellers use a free WiFi service to browse the net at Mumbai Central Train Station in Mumbai on Friday. Google Inc has begun offering free WiFi to Mumbai train passengers in hopes of boosting its role in the Indian market, the first of 400 stations the company plans to eventually reach with the service. — AP
Mumbai travelers log on as Google starts train station Wi-Fi
MUMBAI: Indian travellers use a free WiFi service to browse the net at Mumbai Central Train Station in Mumbai on Friday. Google Inc has begun offering free WiFi to Mumbai train passengers in hopes of boosting its role in the Indian market, the first of 400 stations the company plans to eventually reach with the service. — APMUMBAI: Google Inc has begun offering free Wi-Fi to Mumbai train passengers in hopes of boosting its role in the Indian...
John Krasinski, left, and Academy President Cheryl Boone Isaacs announce the Academy Awards nominations for best performance by an actor in a leading role at the 88th Academy Awards nomination ceremony in Beverly Hills. — AP
Academy vows to double women, minority members by 2020
John Krasinski, left, and Academy President Cheryl Boone Isaacs announce the Academy Awards nominations for best performance by an actor in a leading role at the 88th Academy Awards nomination ceremony in Beverly Hills. — APThe Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences on Friday promised sweeping reforms designed to help diversify its membership in the face of a major controversy over the second straight year of all-white Oscar acting...
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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
Amir’s visit to UK boosts ties
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Britain's King Charles III (L) welcomes Crown Prince of Kuwait Sheikh Mishal al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah, during an audience at Buckingham Palace, in London, on October 25, 2023. (Photo by Jordan Pettitt / POOL / AFP)
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Amir departs to the UK at personal invitation of King Charles III