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Kuwaiti man arrested for robbing 11 cars

KUWAIT: Mubarak Al-Kabeer detectives arrested a citizen in his twenties, who broke into cars and stole their contents. He was found involved in 11 theft cases and is being questioned. Investigations led detectives to suspect the citizen, so they obtained a warrant and arrested him in front of his house in Qusour. He was taken to Mubarak Al-Kabeer detectives' office. KD 6,000 debt A citizen wanted for a KD 6,000 debt was arrested in Sharq and...

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The social consequences of inequality

Badar Al-Dehani There is a slowly growing social resistance to neoliberalism across the world. I could sense it as I have seen - and read about - it. Not only have we all read about the social demonstrations that took place in London a few months and years back, but I have recently witnessed an incidence worth writing about - and analyzing. I was with a number of friends at an outdoor café in one of London's most luxurious hotels when we, all...

MOUNT PLEASANT, South Carolina: Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump references fellow candidate Jeb Bush at a Pearl Harbor Day Rally at the USS Yorktown on Monday. - AFP

Trump name restored at Dubai golf complex

DUBAI: A Dubai real estate firm has restored Donald Trump’s name on a $6 billion golf complex it is building with the US businessman and presidential hopeful, days after taking it down following his proposal to ban Muslims from entering the United States. Trump prompted an uproar when he made his comments in response to deadly shootings in California by two Muslims who authorities said were radicalized. Gold letters spelling out “Trump...

RIYADH: Saudi electoral workers prepare to count ballots after the country’s municipal elections in the capital late Saturday. (Inset) Lama Al- Sulaiman won from Jeddah. — AP/AFP

19 Women win in historic Saudi vote

RIYADH: Saudi electoral workers prepare to count ballots after the country’s municipal elections in the capital late Saturday. (Inset) Lama Al- Sulaiman won from Jeddah. — AP/AFP RIYADH: At least 19 women won municipal council seats in Saudi Arabia's first ever election open to female voters and candidates, officials said yesterday, in a milestone for the ultra-conservative Muslim kingdom. "Even if it was only one woman, we're really...

ROME: (From left) US Secretary of State John Kerry, Italian Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni and Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Libya Martin Kobler wait for the start of a conference on Libya at the Italian Foreign Ministry headquarters. — AP

Italy hosts Libya unity talks - World, Arab powers press divided factions

ROME: (From left) US Secretary of State John Kerry, Italian Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni and Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Libya Martin Kobler wait for the start of a conference on Libya at the Italian Foreign Ministry headquarters. — AP ROME: Major powers and regional players yesterday pressed Libya's divided political factions to back a UN peace plan based on the formation of a national unity government. US...

BANGUI: A Senegalese soldier from the MINUSCA, the United Nations mission in Central African Republic, takes position to respond to heavy gunfire directed towards the Baya Dombia school where voters gathered for the Constitutional Referendum.— AFP

Heavy weapons fire erupts in 'make-or-break' C Africa vote

BANGUI: A Senegalese soldier from the MINUSCA, the United Nations mission in Central African Republic, takes position to respond to heavy gunfire directed towards the Baya Dombia school where voters gathered for the Constitutional Referendum.— AFP BANGUI: Heavy weapons fire broke out yesterday in the Muslim district of Bangui, the Central African Republic capital, during a referendum aimed at ending years of bloody sectarian strife, an AFP...

AL-QAHTANIYAH: Syriac Christian Ormia, member of the battalion called the “Female Protection Forces of the Land Between the Two Rivers” fighting the Islamic State group, poses during a training on December 1, 2015 at their camp near the Syrian-Turkish border. —AFP photos

Christian female militia take fight to IS in Syria - 'I would love to be on the front line'

AL-QAHTANIYAH: Syriac Christian Ormia, member of the battalion called the “Female Protection Forces of the Land Between the Two Rivers” fighting the Islamic State group, poses during a training on December 1, 2015 at their camp near the Syrian-Turkish border. —AFP photos HASAKEH: Babylonia has no regrets about leaving behind her two children and her job as a hairdresser to join a Christian female militia battling against the Islamic...

PESHAWAR: In this photograph taken on December 8, 2015, Pakistani family members and parents of the victims of the deadliest Taleban assault on an army-run school in the northwestern city of Peshawar on December 16, 2014, weep as they attend a ceremony at Peshawar University to pay tributes to the victims. — AFP

Zero answers for revenge-seeking Pakistan school massacre parents - Deafening silence from authorities

PESHAWAR: In this photograph taken on December 8, 2015, Pakistani family members and parents of the victims of the deadliest Taleban assault on an army-run school in the northwestern city of Peshawar on December 16, 2014, weep as they attend a ceremony at Peshawar University to pay tributes to the victims. — AFP PESHAWAR: Peshawar's parents are seeking retribution: not only from the Taleban gunmen who slaughtered their children one year...

KURRAM: Pakistani men gather beside the bodies of victims of a bomb explosion at a market in Parachinar, the capital of Kurram tribal district. — AFP

16 killed, more wounded in Pakistan market bombing

KURRAM: Pakistani men gather beside the bodies of victims of a bomb explosion at a market in Parachinar, the capital of Kurram tribal district. — AFP PESHAWAR: A bomb hidden in a bag ripped through a crowded bazaar in a mainly Shiite area of Pakistan's northwestern tribal region yesterday, killing at least 16 people and wounding more than 30, officials said. The death toll was expected to rise after the explosion at the Eidgah used-clothes...

BIRMINGHAM: Arsenal’s Czech goalkeeper Petr Cech (2L) watches as Arsenal’s German defender Per Mertesacker jumps to clear the ball during the English Premier League football match between Aston Villa and Arsenal at Villa Park in Birmingham, central England yesterday. Arsenal won the match 2-1. — AFP

Arsenal on top as Villa capitulate again

BIRMINGHAM: Arsenal’s Czech goalkeeper Petr Cech (2L) watches as Arsenal’s German defender Per Mertesacker jumps to clear the ball during the English Premier League football match between Aston Villa and Arsenal at Villa Park in Birmingham, central England yesterday. Arsenal won the match 2-1. — AFP LONDON: Arsenal eased to a comfortable 2-0 victory at Aston Villa yesterday to soar to the summit of the Premier League and leave their...

UDINE: Inter’s Ivan Perisic, right, and Udinese’s Silvan Widmer, challenge for the ball during the Serie A soccer match between Udinese and Inter Milan at the Friuli Stadium in Udine, Italy, Saturday. — AP

Inter moves 4 points clear with 4-0 win at Udinese

UDINE: Inter’s Ivan Perisic, right, and Udinese’s Silvan Widmer, challenge for the ball during the Serie A soccer match between Udinese and Inter Milan at the Friuli Stadium in Udine, Italy, Saturday. — AP MILAN: Mauro Icardi hit back at his critics with two goals as Inter Milan moved provisionally four points clear in the Serie A by comfortably beating Udinese 4-0 on Saturday. The Inter captain and Stevan Jovetic both took advantage of...

Sheikh Mohammad Al-Abdallah Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah and Sheikh Salman Al-Sabah

Jaber Stadium ready for all major sporting events

Sheikh Mohammad Al-Abdallah Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah and Sheikh Salman Al-Sabah KUWAIT: Information Minister, State Minister for Youth Affairs said Jaber Stadium will witness a major celebration that will contribute to restoring the "smile" to the sports community, following the suffering of Kuwaiti sports lately and suspension from sports by the IOC. Sheikh Salman Sabah Al-Salem Al-Humoud Al-Sabah asked the sports fans and the Kuwaitis to attend...

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BANNU, Pakistan: Mourners pray during the funeral ceremony of suicide blast victims on March 5, 2025. - AFP

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KUWAIT: In this aerial view, Muslim worshippers pray during the holy month of Ramadan in Kuwait City. - Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat

Ministry of Islamic Affairs: A guide for non-Arabic speakers in Ramadan

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CAIRO: Arab leaders including HH the Crown Prince Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah gather for a family picture during the Arab League summit on Gaza on March 4, 2025. - AFP

Kuwait urges Arab unity on Gaza

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WASHINGTON: US Representative Melanie Stansbury, Democrat from New Mexico, holds a sign reading "This is not normal" as US President Donald Trump arrives to address to a joint session of Congress in the House Chamber of the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on March 4, 2025. — AFP photos

Greenland rejects Trump pledge to make the island American

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A woman visits a gallery where an exhibition of the famous elusive artist Banksy is displayed in Belgrade on February 26, 2025.--AFP

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