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Citizen arrested with AK-47 rifles
KUWAIT: Detectives of the weapons inspection department arrested a citizen with two AK-47 rifles following information that he keeps the illegal weapons at his home. He was sent to concerned authorities.Citizens trapped in buildingThree citizens were trapped in a smoke-filled room after a fire broke out in a two-story building. Six citizens were also inside the same building when the fire broke out. Jahra fire center responded to the call and...
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Bogus companies busted
KUWAIT: Residency Affairs Department detectives ended the activities of 15 bogus companies in various areas of Kuwait. A security source said Interior Ministry Assistant Undersecretary for Nationality and Passport Affairs Major General Mazen Al-Jarrah asked detectives to launch a campaign against bogus and violating companies. Inspection campaigns took place in malls, and were able to uncover 15 bogus companies which were shut down.Body...
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An Idiot Interviewer
His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah rushed to the Al-Sadeq mosque shortly after the largest explosion Kuwait has ever witnessed took place and never hesitated to inspect the site while it was still on fire, and while his tears fell on saying: "Those are my children!" The Saudi monarch, King Salman Bin Abdulaziz went around the Kaaba with all pilgrims coming from all Muslim countries. He did not carry his crown along but rather...
GAZA CITY: Masked Palestinian youths place slogans near pictures of Palestinians who died during violence between Palestinians and Israel, as they gather in front of the UNDP (United Nations Development Program) offices to support Palestinians living in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. — AFP
Palestinian teen killed after alleged stabbing attempt
GAZA CITY: Masked Palestinian youths place slogans near pictures of Palestinians who died during violence between Palestinians and Israel, as they gather in front of the UNDP (United Nations Development Program) offices to support Palestinians living in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. — AFPJERUSALEM: Israeli troops shot dead a Palestinian who they say tried to stab a soldier in the West Bank yesterday, in the latest such incident in more than...
MOSCOW: People pass by the portraits of seven crew members, victims of the Russian passenger jet crash, at the headquarters of Kogalymavia charter airline. — AFP
Airline blames crash on 'external' factors - 'No technical failures could account for accident'
MOSCOW: People pass by the portraits of seven crew members, victims of the Russian passenger jet crash, at the headquarters of Kogalymavia charter airline. — AFPMOSCOW: The Russian passenger jet that crashed in Egypt killing all 224 people on board came down due to "external" factors, the airline said yesterday, as relatives began identifying their loved ones in Saint Petersburg. Senior Kogalymavia executive Alexander Smirnov said that "no...
MACEDONIA: Migrants and refugees prepare to enter a registration camp after crossing the Greece-Macedonia border near Gevgelija. — AFP
Self-inflicted wounds hamper EU attempts to manage crisis - Ambitions exceed capabilities, promises broken
MACEDONIA: Migrants and refugees prepare to enter a registration camp after crossing the Greece-Macedonia border near Gevgelija. — AFPBRUSSELS: The European Union's struggle to staunch the flow of hundreds of thousands of people across its borders represents the continent's biggest refugee emergency in over half a century. But far from being insurmountable, many of the EU's challenges are self-inflicted, the bloc's own chief executive admits....
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Bangladesh publishers burn books in protest of killings
DHAKA: Angry publishers burnt books and closed their businesses in Bangladesh yesterday, in the third day of protests over the latest gruesome attacks on secular writers and publishers by suspected hardline Islamists. Hundreds of people, including book-shop owners, took to the streets of Dhaka to protest perceived government inaction over a string of attacks including the machete murder on Saturday of a publisher of secular books."This is not an...
BIRGUNJ: Nepalese police walk protesters throwing rocks during clashes near the Nepal-India border at Birgunj, some 90 km south of Kathmandu. —AFP
Nepal police shoot border protesters, Indian killed - Anger over new constitution boils over
BIRGUNJ: Nepalese police walk protesters throwing rocks during clashes near the Nepal-India border at Birgunj, some 90 km south of Kathmandu. —AFPKATHMANDU: Nepal police yesterday fired into a crowd of protesters trying to block a key border checkpoint and killed an Indian civilian as anger over a new constitution boiled over. The violence came hours after police forcibly broke up the blockade in the southern town of Birgunj on the border with...
NEW DELHI: In this Oct. 23, 2015 file photo, an Indian writer assists another with tying a black band around her mouth as a mark of protest before participating in a silent protest march outside Sahitya Akademi, or National Academy of Letters. —AP
Modi faces tight election, hits Back at ‘intolerance’ criticism
NEW DELHI: In this Oct. 23, 2015 file photo, an Indian writer assists another with tying a black band around her mouth as a mark of protest before participating in a silent protest march outside Sahitya Akademi, or National Academy of Letters. —APNEW DELHI: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, battling to win power in the big heartland state of Bihar and push his stalled economic reforms, hit back at his critics yesterday for trying to paint a...
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Reporter shot dead in new Philippines media murder
MANILA: A Philippine radio reporter has been shot dead, police and colleagues said yesterday, in the latest attack in a country known for dozens of unsolved killings of journalists.Jose Bernardo, 44, was shot repeatedly by one of two suspects aboard a motorcycle outside a Manila restaurant late Saturday and died later in hospital, police said. He had told his family he was meeting an unnamed person, according to authorities.No suspects have been...
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In this Thursday July 16, 2015, file photo, South Korean high school students play games on their smartphones on a bench on the sidewalk. — AP
South Korea pulls plug on child monitoring app
In this Thursday July 16, 2015, file photo, South Korean high school students play games on their smartphones on a bench on the sidewalk. — APSEOUL: The most widely used child surveillance app in South Korea has been pulled from the market after security specialists raised serious concerns about the program's safety. Moon Hyun-seok, a senior official at the Korea Communications Commission, told The Associated Press that "Smart Sheriff" has...
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KUWAIT: Security officers process the data information as residents submit their biometrics.- Photos by Yasser Al-Zayyat
Expats require biometrics to exit
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HANGZHOU: A family member holds an IV drip for a child receiving care at the pediatric department of a hospital in Hangzhou, eastern China's Zhejiang province, on January 6, 2025. — AFP photos
Kuwait reports stable HMPV rates amid global concerns
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HANGZHOU: A baby receives care at the pediatric department of a hospital in Hangzhou, eastern China's Zhejiang province, on January 6, 2025. — AFP
What you need to know about HMPV
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KUWAIT: HH the Amir Shiekh Meshal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah poses for a group photo with HH the Crown Prince Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah, HH the Prime Minister Sheikh Ahmad Al-Abdullah Al-Sabah, ministers, sports officials and organizers of Khaleeji Zain 26 at Bayan Palace on Jan 7, 2025. – KUNA
Amir hails Gulf Cup success
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DAMASCUS: Travelers gesture upon their arrival at Damascus International Airport on Jan 7, 2025. - AFP
International flights resume in Damascus