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Motorist stabbed in traffic dispute
KUWAIT: A university student was stabbed in his head when he was attacked along with his friend by four persons who claimed that the victim forced them off the road. A police source said a citizen in his twenties told Qadsiya police station that he had a dispute over the right of way, and was surprised by being chased from Qadsiya to Mansouriya gas station. Four persons then came out of the vehicle with knives and sticks and attacked him. The...
ISTANBUL: Emergency responders work beside victims at the site of a blast in Istanbul’s Sultanahmet district, the cityís main tourist hub, yesterday. — AFP
Suicide bomber kills 10 in Istanbul - Nine Germans, one Peruvian among those killed in 'IS' attack
ISTANBUL: Emergency responders work beside victims at the site of a blast in Istanbul’s Sultanahmet district, the cityís main tourist hub, yesterday. — AFPISTANBUL: A suicide bomber thought to have crossed recently from Syria killed at least 10 people, most of them German tourists, in Istanbul's historic heart yesterday, in an attack Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu blamed on Islamic State. All of those killed in Sultanahmet square, near the...
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Saudi executed for murder
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia yesterday put to death one of its citizens convicted of murder, bringing to 51 the number of locals and foreigners executed this year. Mishari Al-Anzi was convicted of shooting dead another Saudi during a dispute, the interior ministry said. Most executions in the country are carried out by beheading with a sword. On January 2, the kingdom executed 47 men convicted of "terrorism", including Al-Qaeda-linked Sunni militants and...
BEKAA VALLEY: A Syrian refugee carries a baby on her back at a refugee camp in the town of Hosh Hareem, in the Bekaa valley, east Lebanon. —AP
Lebanon 'putting Syrian refugees at risk of exploitation and abuse'
BEKAA VALLEY: A Syrian refugee carries a baby on her back at a refugee camp in the town of Hosh Hareem, in the Bekaa valley, east Lebanon. —APLONDON: Lebanon is effectively barring many Syrian refugees from renewing their residency permits, putting them at risk of exploitation and "setting the stage for a potentially explosive situation", rights campaigners warned yesterday. Human Rights Watch said a $200 annual renewal fee introduced last...
RENO: People listen to Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump at a rally in Reno, Nev. —AP
'We don't need Muslims' - White supremacists back Donald Trump
RENO: People listen to Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump at a rally in Reno, Nev. —APWASHINGTON: A white supremacist group said it has placed thousands of automated phone calls in Iowa urging voters to back billionaire Donald Trump's bid for the Republican presidential nomination because "we don't need Muslims." The telephone campaign is led by the American Freedom Party, which on its website says it "shares the customs and...
MUMBAI: Young Indian couples take ‘selfies’ on Marine Drive promenade in Mumbai. — AFP
Mumbai police identify dangerous selfie spots
MUMBAI: Young Indian couples take ‘selfies’ on Marine Drive promenade in Mumbai. — AFPMUMBAI: Mumbai police said yesterday they have identified 16 dangerous selfie spots across the Indian city after a man drowned trying to save a girl who fell into the sea while taking a photo of herself. The spots include the major tourist attractions of Girgaum Chowpatty beach and Marine Drive promenade as well as the site where the 18-year-old girl...
BAGHDAD: A Iraqi man checks a damaged building near the Al- Jawaher Mall in eastern Baghdad the day after a bomb attack yesterday. — AFP
Multiple jihadist attacks kill more than 30 in Iraq
BAGHDAD: A Iraqi man checks a damaged building near the Al- Jawaher Mall in eastern Baghdad the day after a bomb attack yesterday. — AFPBAGHDAD: Jihadist gunmen and bombers killed at least 12 people in a busy market area of Baghdad while a double blast at a cafe north of the Iraqi capital claimed another 20 lives. An attack claimed by the Islamic State group and involving suicide explosions, gunfights and hostage-taking wreaked chaos in the...
PERTH: Australia’s Steve Smith, right, attempts to play a shot against India during their one day international cricket match in Perth, Australia, yesterday. — AP
Smith, Bailey tons power Australia to 5-wicket win
PERTH: Australia’s Steve Smith, right, attempts to play a shot against India during their one day international cricket match in Perth, Australia, yesterday. — APPERTH: Steve Smith and George Bailey both scored centuries as Australia cruised to a five wicket win over India in the first one day international at the WACA ground yesterday.After Indian opener Rohit Sharma scored an unbeaten 171 to lead his country to an imposing 309-3, Australia...
BELEN: Peugeot’s French driver Sebastien Loeb is helped to put his overturned car back on its wheels during Stage 8 of the Dakar 2016 between Salta and Belen, Argentina, on Monday. — AFP
Al-Attiyah strikes as Dakar disaster hits Loeb
BELEN: Peugeot’s French driver Sebastien Loeb is helped to put his overturned car back on its wheels during Stage 8 of the Dakar 2016 between Salta and Belen, Argentina, on Monday. — AFPBELEN: Defending champion Nasser al-Attiyah won the eighth stage of the Dakar Rally on Monday as disaster struck debutant Sebastien Loeb’s impressive start to the gruelling event. Al-Attiyah, in a first stage win for Mini against the might of Peugeot who...
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Kuwait trade surplus narrows in Q3 on lower oil revenues - NBK ECONOMIC REPORT
KUWAIT: Kuwait's trade surplus narrowed in 3Q15 on the back of lower oil revenues. However, the surplus remains relatively healthy at 17 percent of GDP. The surplus slipped to KD 1.8 billion in the third quarter of 2015 as lower oil prices continued to weigh down on revenues. The trade surplus is expected to shrink still further in 4Q15 on weaker oil prices.Oil export revenues fell from KD 4.3 billion in 2Q15 to KD 3.7 billion in 3Q15 as oil...
LOS ANGELES: A radiologist uses a magnifying glass to check mammograms for breast cancer in Los Angeles. — AP
US guidelines urge cancer screening from age of 50 - Newest recommendations stoke new controversy
LOS ANGELES: A radiologist uses a magnifying glass to check mammograms for breast cancer in Los Angeles. — APMIAMI: Women 50 and older should get a mammogram to screen for breast cancer every two years, while women in their 40s should decide with their doctors, said US guidelines Monday. The newest recommendations by the US Preventive Services Task Force stoked new controversy over what is best for women, who not long ago were urged to get a...
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KOLKATA: Gold jewelry kept on display inside a shop in Kolkata. India's Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on July 23 announced a reduction in custom duty on gold and silver to 6 percent and platinum to 6.4 percent in Budget 2024. -- AFP
India duty cut halts silver, platinum imports from UAE
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Kuwait's fencer Yusuf Al-Shamlan
Shamlan leaves Olympic Games
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KARAKUDUK, Kazakhstan: Indira Egenberdieva prepares kumys (a local fermented milk drink) in the village of Karakuduk. -- AFP
Kazakhstan villages go ‘dry’ to combat alcoholism
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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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OULED ESSI MASSEOUD, Morocco: A shepherd checks his mobile phone sitting on cracked earth at Al-Massira dam in Ouled Essi Masseoud village, some 140 kilometeres (85 miles) south of Casablanca. – AFP
Morocco heatwave kills more than 20 people in 24 hours