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Learning the hard way

At school, I don't remember having taken classes on 'how to protect ourselves from bullies'. I had to figure it out on my own when one of the students started calling me names and we ended up fighting and slapping him on his cheek. This incident, of course, led to detention, strict parental supervision and also newfound respect from friends. Had there been classes to teach us how to deal with such situations, I wouldn't have earned the nickname...

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A dispute between a Kuwaiti man and an Egyptian sales man ended in tragedy this week. According to reports, a Kuwaiti man allegedly ran over and killed an Egyptian after a dispute over an electronics game at a shopping mall in Hawally. The incident provoked many responses online and in social conversations across Kuwait. Now it is before the courts to investigate and decide the crime. But in the court of public opinion, debate continues to...

Oil Minister Ali Al-Omair

Resistance grows against oil minister's shuffling decisions - Controversy intensifies over Abdaly cell

Oil Minister Ali Al-OmairKUWAIT: Resistance against Oil Minister Ali Al-Omair appears to be gaining momentum with more MPs and trade unions criticizing the minister's decision to shuffle the top executives of the oil sector but he insists this is an integral part of his authority.The latest standoff in the vital oil sector was triggered by the minister's decision to swap the positions of the chief executive officers of Kuwait Oil Co (KOC) Hashem...

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Young Kuwaiti murders Sri Lankan maid

Kuwait: A Sri Lankan maid in Ali Sabah Al-Salem was killed by the son of her sponsor. He told police that his 28 year old son killed her then escaped. Police were looking for the suspect and he was arrested two hours after the crime. He is being questioned about his motives.Illicit tablets gone nutsAirport customs officers found 7000 illicit tablets with an Asian who attempted to smuggle them in nuts bags. He was sent to concerned authorities....

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Eight Romanian women arrested for illegal sexual activities

KUWAIT: Vice police arrested eight Romanian women and a homosexual who came into Kuwait and began illegal sexual activities. According to sources, each woman was charging KD 200 per hour. They confessed that clients were to fill an electronic form and provide a picture of themselves and they would gets an answer within 48 hours. Information about the Romanians and their activities was received by the Vice and Human Traffic Department Director Lt...

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Two Fingerprint forgers arrested

KUWAIT: Criminal detectives arrested two guards at the ministry of electricity and water, while 37 citizens were sent to the public prosecution for forgery. Two Arabs had agreed with employees, all Kuwaitis, to make fingerprints for them in exchange of KD 15 per month. The fingerprints were made in South East Asia.

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Massive weapon stockpile discovered on the border

KUWAIT: Following the capture of 60 shotguns with two Iraqis at Jraishan border crossing, weapons detectives were able to reach a bedoon who was located around the border area. His house was raided and ammunition was found there.He said that he is used to smuggling weapons, and did it three times during October, with another suspect who is still at large. He said they go to the ranch of a citizen in the Liyah area, and transfer the weapons to...

Unreliable ferry service, lack of facilities and a mostly abandoned island leave little to do on one of Kuwait’s (former) gems

A disappointing trip to Failaka

Unreliable ferry service, lack of facilities and a mostly abandoned island leave little to do on one of Kuwait’s (former) gemsKUWAIT: It's been 25 years since the residents of Failaka, the only inhabited Kuwaiti island were forced to move onto the mainland. The idea, back then, was that the island would be developed and serve as a major tourist destination for Kuwait and the region. More than two and half decades later it stands mostly...

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Oil barrels turn into art promoting peace

KUWAIT: Graffiti art is no longer restricted on the walls but has gone a little further ahead to include empty oil barrels to carry an artistic message of peace. This magnificent effort was made possible by a group of fine arts youths and children gathered by ‘LOYAC’. A nonprofit organization, LOYAC works towards the overall development of youth in order to spread artistic culture and community awareness of the role of art in the peace...

Curator Waleed Shaalan, second to the right, briefing visiting media at the Kuwait pavilion with designers Osama Hadeed, Liane Al-Ghusain and Abdulaziz Al-Kandary.

Child's Play - In the race for our future we should not neglect our past: Waleed Shaalan

Curator Waleed Shaalan, second to the right, briefing visiting media at the Kuwait pavilion with designers Osama Hadeed, Liane Al-Ghusain and Abdulaziz Al-Kandary.Kuwait recently took part in the Dubai Design Week expo - showcasing Kuwait's creativity and design talent through one of the Abwab Pavilions. The pavilion, a unique creative concept created with an exterior made from the abundance of Middle Eastern sand which served as natural...

Nina Lushchenko’s nephew Pavel and daughter Veronika react at her grave, after her funeral at a cemetery in the village of Sitnya, 80 km (about 50 miles) of Veliky Novgorod, yesterday.—AP

Cameron: Bomb 'more likely than not' caused plane crash - Egypt denies security lapses at airports

Nina Lushchenko’s nephew Pavel and daughter Veronika react at her grave, after her funeral at a cemetery in the village of Sitnya, 80 km (about 50 miles) of Veliky Novgorod, yesterday.—APLONDON: British Prime Minister David Cameron declared yesterday it was "more likely than not" that a bomb brought down a Metrojet flight packed with Russian vacationers - a scenario that officials from Russia and Egypt have tried to dismiss as premature...

A file picture shows the French Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier sailing off the Libyan coast, during the Harmattan operation, the codename for the 2011 French military intervention in Libya. —AFP

France to deploy aircraft carrier in Gulf - Syrian rebels seize town in west in blow to regime

A file picture shows the French Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier sailing off the Libyan coast, during the Harmattan operation, the codename for the 2011 French military intervention in Libya. —AFPPARIS: The French presidency yesterday said it would deploy its Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier to boost its operations against the Islamic State group in Iraq and Syria.The presence of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, the flagship of the...

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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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The Petrochemical Industries Company (PIC) CEO Nadia Al-Hajji. KUNA

Petrochemical Industries Co.: KD 39 mln net profit 2023-24 fiscal year

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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

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KOLKATA: Students take part in a demonstration in Kolkata on July 22, 2024, demanding an end to government crackdowns against protesters in Bangladesh. — AFP

Bangladesh students suspend protests

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Councilmembers approve projects and specifications