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The remains of a vehicle are seen following a fatal accident in Kuwait earlier this year
90,000 accidents, 375 killed in road accidents in 2015
The remains of a vehicle are seen following a fatal accident in Kuwait earlier this yearKUWAIT: Once more, the Interior Ministry warned of the increasing numbers of road accident victims, noting that 375 citizens and expats had so far been killed in over 90,000 road accidents since the beginning of 2015.Well-informed security sources stressed that most victims were young people and that most of the accidents happened because someone was not...
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Girl escapes family seeking 'more freedom'
KUWAIT: A female citizen, who had been reported missing, was recently arrested at a Salmiya café, said security sources. Case papers indicate that a citizen recently informed Mubarak Al-Kabeer police that his daughter had fled the house at night and had not been answering her mobile phone. Tracking her phone's signal, police used GPS technology to locate the girl in a Salmiya café, where they arrested and returned her to her family. The girl...
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That is how we got married
Decades ago, particularly in the years before oil was struck in Kuwait, a man's mother and some of her female neighbors and relatives usually went to propose for a certain girl (kannah as we used to call her) on his behalf without even seeing her. A groom usually depended on the mother-led delegation's description of the bride and once he approved the selection, a dazza (some household items, presents and a dowry) was sent to the bride's...
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Their donations and our donations
What comes to mind when hearing the name Mark Zuckerberg? May be nothing - it is even difficult to pronounce it, much less remember it! But it may tell us about the religion or identity of its holder, and if we met him at a doctor's clinic and noticed the Jewish kippa which he wears on his head, we would avoid talking to or even get close to him, especially since he seems unlikable with his red hair and childish look, that does not tell that he...
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UN unanimously backs Syrian peace process - Opposition reacts coolly to initiative
UNITED NATIONS: The UN Security Council threw its unanimous support Friday behind a plan to end Syria's brutal civil war by summoning rebels and the regime to the negotiating table. The US and Russian initiative, which emerged from talks with a 17-nation group, foresees a rapid ceasefire in the almost five-year conflict, perhaps as early as next month. If the plan brings Bashar Al-Assad's regime to the table with the armed opposition, it will...
Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad and his wife Asma pose for a picture with a Syrian man as they attend a Christmas choral presentation at the Lady of Damascus Catholic Church in the Syrian capital on Friday. — AFP
Assad makes rare visit to church in Damascus
Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad and his wife Asma pose for a picture with a Syrian man as they attend a Christmas choral presentation at the Lady of Damascus Catholic Church in the Syrian capital on Friday. — AFPDAMASCUS: Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad attended Christmas choir preparations in an ancient church close to a frontline area in the capital Damascus where his army is engaged in heavy fighting with rebels, state media said...
YUBDO: People mourn the death of Dinka Chala who was shot dead by the Ethiopian forces in the Yubdo Village, about 100 km from Addis Ababa in the Oromia region. Dinka Chala was accused of protesting, but his family says he was not involved. — AFP
At least 75 killed in Ethiopia protests - Security forces shoot dozens of protesters in Shewa
YUBDO: People mourn the death of Dinka Chala who was shot dead by the Ethiopian forces in the Yubdo Village, about 100 km from Addis Ababa in the Oromia region. Dinka Chala was accused of protesting, but his family says he was not involved. — AFPNAIROBI: At least 75 people have been killed during weeks of protests in Ethiopia which have seen soldiers and police firing on demonstrators, Human Rights Watch said yesterday. "Police and military...
LAHORE: Pakistani Shiite Muslims carry placards of Ibrahim Zakzaky, a Nigerian Shiite radical who wants to set up an Islamic Republic, at a protest against the killing of Shiite Muslims in Pakistan and Nigeria. Hundreds of supporters of the pro-Iranian Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN) marched through the streets of Kaduna’s Unguwar Nupawa area, calling for the release of Sheikh Ibrahim Zakzaky, who has been detained by the military since December 13. —AFP
Fears of new Islamist threat emerge in northern Nigeria - Dozens dead as army, radical Shiite group clash
LAGOS: Nigeria, which is still battling Boko Haram militants, now risks unleashing a new Islamist threat after violent clashes between the army and a radical Shiite group, experts say. Though no official death toll was released, at least a dozen members of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN) were killed in confrontations with the army during a religious procession last week in the northern city of Zaria. IMN leader Ibrahim Zakzaky was seriously...
Burundian soldiers withdraw from the restive Cibitoke neighborhood in Bujumbura after a police operation during the celebrations. — AFP
African Union to send 5,000-strong force to Burundi
Burundian soldiers withdraw from the restive Cibitoke neighborhood in Bujumbura after a police operation during the celebrations. — AFPADDIS ABABA: The African Union will send a 5,000 strong force to stop violence in troubled Burundi, giving Bujumbura a four-day deadline to agree but warning it would send troops anyway. The move comes as international alarm grows over spiraling violence in the tiny, landlocked nation which has been mired in...
Internally displaced girls hold babies after their family left their village in Behsood district of Jalalabad east of Kabul, Afghanistan
IS expands Afghan footprint with terror campaign
Internally displaced girls hold babies after their family left their village in Behsood district of Jalalabad east of Kabul, AfghanistanJALALABAD: Rahman Wali's younger brother was one of 10 Afghan men forced by Islamic State militants to kneel over bombs buried in the soil in a lush green valley in eastern Nangarhar province. The extremists then detonated the bombs, turning the pastoral countryside into a scene of horror. The August killings...
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Pakistan's Taleban rejects Islamic State leader's claim to be 'caliph'
DERA ISMAIL KHAN: Pakistan's Taleban has rejected Islamic State leader Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi's claim to be the global leader of all Muslims, the movement said in a statement seen by Reuters yesterday. The Pakistani Taleban's statement comes after a similar rejection by the Afghan Taleban following pledges of allegiance from low-level commanders of both Islamist movements to the Middle East-based Islamic State (IS).Last year, IS, an Al-Qaeda...
Vice-President of India’s Congress Party Rahul Gandhi (right) waves as he walks with his mother and party President Sonia Gandhi towards a media briefing inside All India Congress Committee (AICC) headquarters in New Delhi yesterday
Ghandis accused of acquiring newspaper assets illegally - India court grants bail to Sonia and Rahul Gandhi in graft case
Vice-President of India’s Congress Party Rahul Gandhi (right) waves as he walks with his mother and party President Sonia Gandhi towards a media briefing inside All India Congress Committee (AICC) headquarters in New Delhi yesterdayNEW DELHI: An Indian magistrate granted bail to opposition leaders Sonia and Rahul Gandhi minutes after they arrived at a Delhi court yesterday, over allegations they illegally acquired a newspaper's assets. The...
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