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Divers remove abandoned vessels from Shamlan harbor
KUWAIT: The Kuwait Dive Team of the Environmental Voluntary Foundation (EVF), has lifted four abandoned vessels and various waste items littering Al-Shemlan harbor, one of the old docks dotting the national shores.The divers floated two sunken boats and two iron floating vessels, team leader Walid A-Fadhel said, adding that due to the abandoned items' heavy weight, a crane and a truck were brought in. He urged fishermen to abstain from dumping...
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Islamophobia
Why is the West afraid of Islam? Will this fear continue for long? Islamophobia is rising in Western societies, with prejudice and hatred shown towards Muslims, or the fear of them, despite some criticism. Islamophobia is associated with aggressive acts related to racism and discrimination. This phenomenon of Islamophobia spread among the public after the Sept 11 attacks in the US in 2001, followed by several terrorist crimes including the recent...
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Police free three Filipina hostages in Farwaniya
KUWAIT: Farwaniya detectives managed to free three Filipinas held by an Asian woman in a Farwaniya apartment for four days, said security sources. Case papers indicate that one of the abducted women called the police reporting that a woman they had known online through Facebook was detaining them somewhere they did not know. Calling her back, the woman did not answer the detective, but sent a message noting that she was in danger along with her...
Dr Abdulaziz Abal is pictured with a child.
REACH Education helps parents, teachers improve kids' social, academic skills
Dr Abdulaziz Abal is pictured with a child.KUWAIT: REACH Education is an educational and achievement center catering to children with learning, behavioral and academic difficulties, along with providing advice on parenting and teaching skills. "When I decided to open a center for learning difficulties, parenting and teaching, and started working on it, I came up with everything, the name, colors, etc. I can close my eyes and be in my office...
SILVER SPRING, Maryland: People participate in a candlelight vigil held by the Council on American-Islamic Relations for the victims of recent mass shootings at the Muslim Community Center on Friday. (Inset) This undated combination of photos provided by the FBI (left) and the California Department of Motor Vehicles shows Tashfeen Malik and Syed Farook. - AFP/AP
IS hails California attackers as followers - Obama insists America 'will not be terrorized'
SILVER SPRING, Maryland: People participate in a candlelight vigil held by the Council on American-Islamic Relations for the victims of recent mass shootings at the Muslim Community Center on Friday. (Inset) This undated combination of photos provided by the FBI (left) and the California Department of Motor Vehicles shows Tashfeen Malik and Syed Farook. - AFP/APSAN BERNARDINO, California: US President Barack Obama insisted yesterday that America...
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California shooters' home thrown open to media - Experts concerned reporters allowed to disturb site
The California State University Fullerton student identification of Farook sits on a desk inside the home.REDLANDS, United States: Baby toys, shredded files, a Holy Quran, computer paraphernalia: The home of the California shooters was bizarrely - and controversially - thrown open to the media on Friday, offering a glimpse of the life of the couple behind the carnage. Two days after US citizen Syed Farook and his Pakistani wife Tashfeen Malik...
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Three killed in Lebanon as militant blows himself up
BEIRUT: A suspected Islamist militant killed himself and two members of his family in northern Lebanon yesterday when he blew himself up during an army raid on his home, security and medical sources said. The army has carried out a series of raids since two suicide bomb blasts claimed by Islamic State killed 44 people in a crowded commercial and residential area of Beirut last month.Yesterday's operation took place in the town of Deir Ammar,...
ANKARA: Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu waves while holding carnations during a meeting of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) yesterday. — AFP
Iraq calls on Turkey to withdraw troops - Baghdad summons Turkish ambassador
ANKARA: Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu waves while holding carnations during a meeting of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) yesterday. — AFPBAGHDAD: Baghdad demanded yesterday the immediate withdrawal of forces it said Turkey illegally sent into Iraq, which is struggling to assert its sovereignty while receiving foreign assistance against the Islamic State group. Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu played down the...
CHENNAI: A residential area is seen surrounded by floodwaters yesterday. — AP
18 die after power cut in flooded Chennai hospital - India bolsters relief, residents slam slow response
CHENNAI: A residential area is seen surrounded by floodwaters yesterday. — APNEW DELHI: Severe floods that have hit the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu killed 18 hospital patients this week after rainwaters knocked out generators and switched off ventilators, officials said yesterday. State authorities were investigating complaints of negligence by officials at MIOT International hospital in the state capital of Chennai, which is reeling...
This undated photo provided by the FBI shows Tashfeen Malik. Malik and her husband, Syed Farook, died in a fierce gunbattle with authorities several hours after their commando-style assault on a gathering of Farook’s colleagues from San Bernardino, California, County’s health department Wednesday, December 2, 2015. — AP
Killing spurs concerns about fiance visa program
WASHINGTON: The woman who carried out the San Bernardino massacre with her husband came to the US last year on a special visa for fiances of US citizens, raising questions about whether the process can adequately vet people who may sympathize with terrorist groups. Authorities said Friday that Pakistani citizen Tashfeen Malik, 27, pledged allegiance to the Islamic State group and its leader under an alias account on Facebook just moments before...
This handout image obtained from Belgian Police yesterday and composed of stills taken from CCTV footage shows two men who used fake identity documents bearing the names Soufiane Kayal and Samir Bouzid, suspected of involvement in the Nov 13, 2015 Paris attacks. — AFP
Belgium seeks two new Paris attack suspects - Men said to be 'armed and dangerous'
This handout image obtained from Belgian Police yesterday and composed of stills taken from CCTV footage shows two men who used fake identity documents bearing the names Soufiane Kayal and Samir Bouzid, suspected of involvement in the Nov 13, 2015 Paris attacks. — AFPBRUSSELS: Belgium on Friday said it was searching for two new "armed and dangerous" men who used false ID papers to help wanted Paris attacks suspect Salah Abdeslam travel to...
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Britain's first airstrikes against Daesh
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Kuwait posts KD 1.6bn deficit
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Defense praises Arifjan, Beuhring military chief
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BAGHDAD: First Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Defense and Minister Interior Sheikh Fahad Yusuf Saud Al-Sabah met with former Iraqi prime minister Nouri Al-Maliki, and leader of the Iraqi National Wisdom Movement Ammar Al-Hakim on Monday. Following his participation in the International Drug Control Conference, Sheikh Fahad Al-Yusuf had friendly discussions with Al-Maliki and Al-Hakim which reflected the deep-rooted brotherly relations between the two nations. – KUNA photos
Kuwait affirms coordination to combat drug trafficking
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(Left) Mahmoud Al-Aloul, Vice Chairman of the Central Committee of Fatah, China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi, and Musa Abu Marzouk, senior member of Hamas, attend an event at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing on July 23, 2024. - AFP photos
Palestinians to form unity govt