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Hala February Festival to kick off Jan 28
KUWAIT: Hala February Festival 2016 will kick off on January 28 and will continue until February 24, the festival’s Higher Organizing Committee announced yesterday. The festival comes at the time where Kuwait celebrates 20 years since the assumption of power of His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al- Sabah, 25th anniversary of the liberation of Kuwait from the Iraqi Invasion and the 55th National Day, said the committee in a...
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Medevac transfers 753 to hospitals during holiday - Five saved off Um Al-Maradem Island
KUWAIT: Director of the Medical Emergencies Department Dr Tariq Al-Jassar said that air medevac units dealt with accidents and cases in northern and southern areas of the country and transferred them to hospitals, in addition to ambulance points on expressways during the new year holiday. The operations department registered 1,087 cases, 753 of which were taken to hospital, while 334 were treated on site, mostly over road accidents, fights, burns...
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Kuwaiti student killed by Kuwaiti roommate in Cairo flat
KUWAIT: Egyptian security sources said a Kuwait student was killed by his Kuwaiti roommate in an apartment they shared in the Ajoaza district of Cairo. According to security reports, a fight started between two brothers and their roommate over some financial issues and that both sides used knives to attack each other.The killer suffered a deep wound to his left thigh, while the deceased was killed by a stab to the neck. Kuwait’s Ambassador to...
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Homicide investigation in dead baby's case
KUWAIT: The body of an infant was found by a citizen, who reported it to police in Wafra. He said that while he was on a picnic with his family, he noticed a strange object, and when he approached it, he found it was a dead baby, whose body seemed to have been torn apart by dogs. The Ahmadi prosecutor is dealing with the case as a homicide.Security campaignThe security supervision of thbe traffic department operations launched a surprise campaign...
TEHRAN: Iranian protesters set fire to the Saudi Embassy during a demonstration against the execution of prominent Shiite cleric Nimr Al-Nimr by Saudi authorities on Saturday. - AFP
Saudi missions in Iran torched by protesters - Kuwait, GCC slams attacks
TEHRAN: Iranian protesters set fire to the Saudi Embassy during a demonstration against the execution of prominent Shiite cleric Nimr Al-Nimr by Saudi authorities on Saturday. - AFPTEHRAN: Iran's supreme leader warned yesterday that Saudi Arabia would face "divine revenge" for deciding to execute a Shiite cleric, calling the killing a mistake which would "haunt" the kingdom. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was joined in his condemnation of Nimr Al-Nimr's...
PATHANKOT: Indian army soldiers conduct a search operation in a forest area outside the Pathankot air force base yesterday. — AP
Indian troops still fighting at air base - Attempt to undo improvements in Indo-Pak relations
PATHANKOT: Indian army soldiers conduct a search operation in a forest area outside the Pathankot air force base yesterday. — APPATHANKOT: Indian troops were still battling at least two gunmen yesterday night at an air force base near the border with Pakistan, more than a day and a half after the compound came under attack, a top government official said. At least seven troops and four gunmen have been killed in the fighting so far. The two...
ANBAR PROVINCE: Iraqi security forces and allied Sunni tribal fighters defend their position against Islamic State group militants yesterday. — AP
IS jihadists kill 12 in raid on Iraq police trainees
ANBAR PROVINCE: Iraqi security forces and allied Sunni tribal fighters defend their position against Islamic State group militants yesterday. — APTIKRIT: Suicide attackers from the Islamic State group killed at least 12 Iraqi forces yesterday in a brazen attack on police training at a military base yesterday, officials said. A commando of fighters equipped with rifles and suicide vests snuck into Speicher base, near the city of Tikrit, in the...
KIMMSWICK: Scott Fox, front, who decided it was time to leave his residence on Mississippi Boulevard, which was surrounded by water, paddles a boat with his friend Tony Watkins. —AP
St Louis area facing massive cleanup effort after flooding - 'Everybody around us had catastrophic damage'
KIMMSWICK: Scott Fox, front, who decided it was time to leave his residence on Mississippi Boulevard, which was surrounded by water, paddles a boat with his friend Tony Watkins. —APST LOUIS: As the Mississippi River and its tributaries retreated from historic winter levels that flooded towns, forced evacuations and killed two dozen people, residents in the St Louis area were facing a massive cleanup and recovery effort that will likely last...
PUNE: Varkari's - Indian Hindu pilgrims who follow a religious movement within the spiritual tradition of Hinduism, sing songs as they arrive to take part in a right wing Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) rally. - AFP
150,000 Hindu nationalists gather for massive rally - Largest ever gathering of RSS party
PUNE: Varkari's - Indian Hindu pilgrims who follow a religious movement within the spiritual tradition of Hinduism, sing songs as they arrive to take part in a right wing Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) rally. - AFPPUNE: More than 150,000 Hindu hardliners, all dressed in khaki shorts, white shirts and black hats, put on a massive show of strength at an elaborate rally in western India yesterday. It was the largest ever gathering of the...
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Anti-China protesters return from Philippine-held island
MAKATI CITY: Protesters display placards during a rally at the Chinese Consulate to protest moves by China in "fortifying" its claims at the disputed Spratlys Islands in the South China Sea. - APMANILA: Nearly 50 young Filipinos returned yesterday from a remote Philippine-held island in the South China Sea where they had staged a week-long protest against Beijing's claims in the disputed waterway. The group arrived at Pag-asa island on December...
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What's in store for the beginning of 2016 - NBK MONEY MARKETS REPORT
KUWAIT: With its December first tightening in 9 years, the Fed so-called "lift-off" is finally behind us. The federal funds rate is up 25 bps to a target of 25-50 bps. In the beginning of 2016 markets can now move on to the next set of questions. How much and how fast for the Fed? What of the impact on the US economy, the global economy, commodities, currencies etc...Analysts and markets are for the most part expecting a 2016 slightly above the...
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Kuwait equities remain under pressure - BAYAN WEEKLY MARKET REPORT
KUWAIT: Kuwait Stock Exchange (KSE) ended last week with mixed performance. The Price Index closed at 5,615.12 points, down by 0.09 percent from the week before closing, the Weighted Index increased by 0.19 percent after closing at 381.70 points, whereas the KSX-15 Index closed at 900.43 points down by 0.23 percent. Furthermore, last week's average daily turnover increased by 15.24 percent, compared to the preceding week, reaching K.D 10.20...
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