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Sports tribunal rejects Kuwait shooting appeal - IOC slams interference
LAUSANNE: The international sports tribunal yesterday dismissed accusations made by a Kuwaiti challenger when longstanding International Shooting Federation (ISSF) president Olegario Vazquez Rana won reelection in 2014. Sheikh Salman Al-Sabah, Kuwait's Information Minister and former head of the Asian Shooting Confederation, had alleged "a number of violations" when Mexican Rana won the vote, said a Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS)...
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Julai'ah approved for camping
KUWAIT: MP Faisal Al-Kandari said that a decision was made to allow licensing camps for citizens in the Julai'ah Southern area. The lawmaker explained that officials agreed to a request he had previously made to re-opening the area for camping.Railway projectsAccording to a report made by the German-Middle East Friendship Committee, the total cost of railway projects, including metro, tramway, fast trains and mono-trails, in Gulf Cooperation...
KUWAIT: MPs surround Minister of Education and Minister of Higher Education Dr Bader Al-Essa during yesterday’s parliament session. — Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat
Parliament calls for investigating int’l suspension of Kuwaiti Football activities - Farming lands removed in Wafra for GCC railway
KUWAIT: MPs surround Minister of Education and Minister of Higher Education Dr Bader Al-Essa during yesterday’s parliament session. — Photo by Yasser Al-ZayyatKUWAIT: The National Assembly approved during its regular session yesterday a number of proposals asking for an investigation into the international decision regarding the status quo of the local sports scene as well as the ban on Kuwait's football activities.Proposals by a number of...
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Minister orders Rabiya co-op's board dissolved
KUWAIT: Minister of Social Affairs and Labor Hind Al-Subaih gave orders yesterday to dissolve Al-Rabiya Cooperative Society's board of directors. The minister appointed Faisal Khalaf Al-Mutairi as interim director for a one year's period until a new board is elected.Citizenship withdrawalThe court of cassation yesterday accepted the challenge filed by media figure Ahmad Al-Jabr Al-Shemmari against a government decision to withdraw his...
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Drug dealers arrested in Sulaibiya
KUWAIT: Drugs Control General Department officers arrested two men in Sulaibiya after they sold 100 grams of shabu (methamphetamine) to an undercover agent. Both men admitted under investigations that they left more drugs inside a car, where police found 1.5 kilograms of shabu and 500 grams of heroin. Both suspects are ex-convicts in drugs cases.Drug overdoseA man was found dead in his car in Adailiya, and preliminary investigations indicate that...
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Girl stabbed by brother for wanting to live alone
KUWAIT: A security source said a man rushed his daughter to Sabah Hospital covered with blood, telling hospital investigators that her brother stabbed her. A case was filed at Sulaibiya police station and detectives arrested the suspect. The brother told them he was sorry for what he did, and told them he had a dispute with his sister because she wanted to live on her own, which made him angry. He then pulled a knife and stabbed her three times...
JEDDAH: A man pushes his car in floodwaters following heavy rainfall in this Saudi port city yesterday. - AFP
5 killed as rains, flash floods hit Saudi coast - Residents urged to stay indoors; schools closed
JEDDAH: A man pushes his car in floodwaters following heavy rainfall in this Saudi port city yesterday. - AFPRIYADH: Severe weather along Saudi Arabia's Red Sea coast claimed five lives yesterday, including three children who drowned, and closed schools and universities, the country's Civil Defense said. An 11-year-old child drowned in the western province of Yanbu, apparently due to a valley flooding. Another child, whose age was not disclosed,...
HASSANA: Egyptian Military experts examine a piece of an engine at the wreckage of a passenger jet bound for St Petersburg in Russia that crashed in Hassana, Egypt on Sunday, Nov 1, 2015. —AP
Russia confirms bomb downed Egypt plane - Putin vows revenge
MOSCOW: President Vladimir Putin vowed vengeance as Moscow yesterday confirmed that a bomb attack brought down a Russian passenger jet over Egypt last month, killing all 224 people on board. Putin pledged to ramp up Moscow’s bombing campaign in Syria in response to the attack but stopped short of blaming any one group as the country’s security agency announced a $50 million reward for information leading to capture of those responsible.“It...
ADEN: Yemen’s President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi (center) walks at Aden airport upon his arrival from Saudi Arabia yesterday.— AP
Yemen president returns to Aden from Saudi exile - Hadi to 'supervise' Taez ofensive
ADEN: Yemen’s President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi (center) walks at Aden airport upon his arrival from Saudi Arabia yesterday.— APADEN: Yemen's president returned from exile to southern city Aden yesterday as his troops and allies in a Saudi-led coalition press one of their most important offensives yet against Iran-backed Houthi rebels. After landing in the provisional capital, Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi went straight to the palace to "supervise"...
PARIS: This combination of photos shows four men - two suicide bombers who died during the November 13, 2015 Paris attacks, and two others suspected to be implicated. — AFP
PARIS ASSAILANTS: WHAT WE KNOW
PARIS: This combination of photos shows four men - two suicide bombers who died during the November 13, 2015 Paris attacks, and two others suspected to be implicated. — AFPPARIS: Investigators probing the deadly Paris attacks have so far identified five of seven gunmen and suicide bombers whose bodies were found at three sites across the city, while the hunt is on for others. Here is a look at the men behind France's worst-ever terror attacks,...
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Basij-Rasikh dressed as a boy to defy Taleban - Afghan activist who calls for more female teachers
LONDON: When the Taleban banned girls' education in Afghanistan, six-year-old Shabana Basij-Rasikh started dressing as a boy and for five years risked her life to attend a secret school. Today, 14 years on, she runs Afghanistan's only boarding school for girls, aiming to foster a new generation of leaders across professions who can help create a strong country following decades of war."It's especially important to educate young girls in...
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12 dead, 100 injured as Pakistan train derails
QUETTA: At least 12 people were killed and more than 100 hundred injured yesterday when a train derailed in Pakistan's southwestern Baluchistan province, administration and railway officials said. The accident occurred near Quetta city, the provincial capital, after the train's brakes failed as it sped down the side of a mountain, officials said. A military spokesman in Quetta said that 26 seriously injured passengers were airlifted to hospital...
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BAGHDAD: Iraqi Prime Minister Mohamed Shia Al-Sudani poses with ministers and delegates from the region, including Kuwaiti Deputy PM and Interior and Defense Minister Sheikh Fahad Al-Yousef Al-Sabah, attending an anti-drug trafficking conference on July 22, 2024. - AFP
Iraq becoming major drug conduit
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Defense praises Arifjan, Beuhring military chief
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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
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Undersecretary of the Kuwaiti Ministry of Higher Education, Lamia Al-Melhem holds talks with the Omani Minister of Higher Education, Scientific Research, and Innovation, Dr Rahma Al-Mahruqiya. - KUNA
Kuwait, Oman discuss education, research