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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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Blatter still receives his salary despite ban
Sepp BlatterMIAMI: FIFA's Sepp Blatter may have been banned for eight years from the game but he is still receiving his president's salary from world soccer's governing body, a spokesman for FIFA's Audit and Compliance Committee told Reuters on Monday. Blatter was suspended for 90 days by FIFA on Oct 8 and then banned from the game for eight years last month for ethics violations over a $2 million payment FIFA made to European soccer boss Michel...
MELBOURNE: Rafael Nadal (right) of Spain is consoled by compatriot Fernando Verdasco after his first round loss to Verdasco at the Australian Open tennis championships in Melbourne, Australia yesterday. — AP
Nadal, Halep stunned as shocks rock Open - Wawrinka takes easy route into round two
MELBOURNE: Rafael Nadal (right) of Spain is consoled by compatriot Fernando Verdasco after his first round loss to Verdasco at the Australian Open tennis championships in Melbourne, Australia yesterday. — APMELBOURNE: The more familiar shock of falling seeds added to the ructions caused by allegations of tennis corruption as former champion Rafa Nadal and highly-fancied Simona Halep both departed in the first round of the Australian Open...
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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)
Amir’s visit to UK... a significant milestone in Kuwaiti British relations
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Amir departs to the UK at personal invitation of King Charles III