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MP Mohammad Al-Huwailah

Kuwait active to secure kidnapped citizen's return: MP Huwailah

MP Mohammad Al-HuwailahKUWAIT: MP Mohammad Al-Huwailah said that he had contacted top state officials to follow up the latest developments in the abduction of Kuwaiti citizen Mohsen Al-Ajmi in Lebanon. The officials include His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah, Parliament Speaker Marzouq Al-Ghanem, and First Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Sabah, his undersecretary and Kuwait's...

Ali Jamal Al-Zanki

Competition heats up for 3rd constituency by-election

Ali Jamal Al-ZankiKUWAIT: The total number of candidates applying to run for by-elections in the third electoral constituency reached 39 and then dropped to 38 (including one female candidate) when one of them withdrew by the end of working hours on the seventh day.In this regard, the elections department manager, Lt Colonel Salah Al-Shatti said that four new candidates applied yesterday to reach a total of 39 candidates and that one of the...

Kuwait International Airport

Airport bribery attempt thwarted

KUWAIT: An employee at Kuwait International Airport foiled a bribery and prevented a banned person from traveling outside the country.The employee reported that a police officer was offered KD 2,000 to allow a Canadian citizen who is banned from traveling to leave the country. A security source said that a non-commissioned officer asked a data entry employee at the airport to help him enable a Canadian of Lebanese origin to leave the country...

Two people arrested yesterday for cutting grass in violation of the environment law.

Duo deported for cutting grass

Two people arrested yesterday for cutting grass in violation of the environment law. An environment police officer takes a picture using his cell phone of the two men.KUWAIT: Two people were arrested by environmental police yesterday for cutting grass and plants on Sixth Ring Road, and were deported, the Ministry of Interior's public relations and security information department said. The action was taken during an inspection tour by Director of...

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Robbed Generations

It is obviously clear that fear and concerns about Kuwait's financial and economic deterioration have not yet reached many Kuwaitis - probably the majority of Kuwaitis! We have become dominated by the spirit of consumption. We are living over-luxurious lives and have become eager for more, demanding more than we ever give and take more than we ever need. Our houses are more like small palaces lined with marble and alabaster. We step on the...

RIYADH: Saudi King Salman bin Abdelaziz meets Chinese President Xi Jinping upon the latter’s arrival in the Saudi capital. — AFP

Xi in Saudi Arabia to bolster ties

RIYADH: Saudi King Salman bin Abdelaziz meets Chinese President Xi Jinping upon the latter’s arrival in the Saudi capital. — AFPRIYADH: Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in Saudi Arabia yesterday, the first stop on a trip to raise the economic giant's political profile in a troubled Middle East. Xi, making his first presidential visit to the region, will also travel to Egypt and Iran during his five-day tour. State television showed Xi...

TEHRAN: Iranian President Hassan Rouhani meets Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif yesterday. — AP

Pak offers to host Saudi-Iran reconciliation talks - Khamenei warns against US 'deceit'

TEHRAN: Iranian President Hassan Rouhani meets Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif yesterday. — APTEHRAN: Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei warned yesterday against American "deceit", just days after the end of sanctions under a nuclear deal that the central bank said would unblock $32 billion. The remarks underscored the still-strained relations between Tehran and Washington, which unveiled new missile-linked sanctions against...

Syrian refugee Fatimah who came from the central Syrian city of Palmyra, speaks to The Associated Press soon after arriving in the Turkish town of Reyhanli. She compared the Islamic State group’s rule to that of Syrian President Bashar Assad, with the widespread use of informers to spy on the public. “We were also afraid to talk against Daesh to anyone we don’t fully trust,” said Fatimah, using the Arabic acronym for the group. She spoke on condition that her last name not be printed, fearing for her safety. — AP

British website targets parents who fear children may join IS

Syrian refugee Fatimah who came from the central Syrian city of Palmyra, speaks to The Associated Press soon after arriving in the Turkish town of Reyhanli. She compared the Islamic State group’s rule to that of Syrian President Bashar Assad, with the widespread use of informers to spy on the public. “We were also afraid to talk against Daesh to anyone we don’t fully trust,” said Fatimah, using the Arabic acronym for the group. She spoke...

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Sex scandal rocks Pakistan - Child sex abuse victims trying to rebuild lives

HUSSAIN KHAN WALA: "I don't regret speaking out, but since then, people have looked at me with strange eyes," laments 16-year-old village boy Irfan. He was one of 20 children sexually abused by a gang who sold videos of the acts and used them for blackmail purposes, in a scandal that shocked Pakistan. The police, who had conspicuously failed to act despite pleas from some parents, eventually arrested 37 men after clashes between relatives and...

FARYAB: Afghan woman Reza Gul, 20 whose nose was sliced off by her husband in an attack, lies on a bed with her baby as she receives treatment at a hospital in the northern province of Faryab yesterday. —AFP

Afghan husband cuts off wife's nose

FARYAB: Afghan woman Reza Gul, 20 whose nose was sliced off by her husband in an attack, lies on a bed with her baby as she receives treatment at a hospital in the northern province of Faryab yesterday. —AFPKABUL: A young woman in a remote northern region of Afghanistan had her nose cut off by her husband, officials in the region said yesterday. Fawzia Salimi, a hospital director in Maymana, capital of Faryab province, said 22-year-old Reza...

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The first National Guard Shooting Championship

KUWAIT: The first National Guard Shooting Championship was just concluded at Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Olympic Shooting Complex in the presence of Brig Bader Adballah Al-Ahmad, operations commander at the National Guard, President of Kuwait and Arab Shooting Federations Eng Duaij Al-Otaibi, Kuwait and Arab Shooting Federations Secretary General Obaid Al-Osaimi, Kuwait Shooting Sport Club Board Member, Eng Hussam Al-Roumi and officials from the...

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka cricket skipper Angelo Mathews leaves the police Financial Crimes Investigation Division (FCID) building in Colombo yesterday. —AFP

Sri Lanka captain Mathews defends players after coach gets fixing ban

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka cricket skipper Angelo Mathews leaves the police Financial Crimes Investigation Division (FCID) building in Colombo yesterday. —AFPCOLOMBO: Sri Lanka captain Angelo Mathews defended the team's cricketers yesterday after recording a statement before police in connection with a match-fixing scandal that has led to the suspension of a bowling coach. Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) handed Anusha Samaranayake a two-month ban on Monday...

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Kuwait's fencer Yusuf Al-Shamlan

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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 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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VIENTIANE, Laos: China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi (left) speaks during the 25th ASEAN Plus Three Foreign Ministers' Meeting at the 57th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Vientiane on July 27, 2024. – AFP

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