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Largest home-made liquor factory busted
KUWAIT: Narcotics detectives in the Capital governorate raided what has been described as the largest home-made liquor factory run by three Asians in Jaber Al-Ahmed City, said security sources.Kilo of marijuanaAn Asian housemaid was arrested on arrival at Kuwait international airport with one kilo of marijuana she had concealed within nuts, said security sources. Security sources also noted that airport custom inspectors arrested an Asian...
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'I regret committing such terrible crime'
KUWAIT: Following up on the murder of a Kuwaiti woman and her Saudi mother in Egypt, the suspected murderer, who abducted after promising to buy them a farm in upper Egypt and killed them there to take the cash they had, seemed absentminded during an interview with Kuwait local daily Al-Rai. The suspect, Abdul Tawwab, stressed that he knew he was going to be hanged and that he was in deep remorse, expressing his apologies to his victims' family...
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Afghan migrant shot dead as EU strikes deal with Turkey - Migrants 'did not obey' a police order to stop
European Migration Commissioner Dimitris Avramopoulos (R) meets migrants at the "Moria" camp, near the port of Mytilene on the Greek island of Lesbos on October 16, 2015. The European Union's top migration official was visiting the Greek island of Lesbos today, a day after the dangerous Aegean Sea crossing attempted by thousands of migrants claimed seven more lives. AFP PHOTO / DIMITAR DILKOFFSREDETS: The European Union yesterday grappled with a...
This photo taken on October 13, 2015 shows containers being transported in Qingdao port, eastern China's Shandong province. China probably grew at its slowest pace since the depths of the global financial crisis in the third quarter, an AFP survey has found, confirming investor fears following stock market turmoil and a currency devaluation. AFP PHOTO CHINA OUT
China to disappoint with Q3 growth - Pressure on Beijing to do more to head off hard landing
This photo taken on October 13, 2015 shows containers being transported in Qingdao port, eastern China's Shandong province. China probably grew at its slowest pace since the depths of the global financial crisis in the third quarter, an AFP survey has found, confirming investor fears following stock market turmoil and a currency devaluation. AFP PHOTO CHINA OUTSHANGHAI: China probably grew at its slowest pace since the depths of the global...
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Afghanistan welcomes Obama pledge to keep US troops - US troops accused of damaging evidence in hospital strike
(FILES) In this photograph taken on May 25, 2014, US President Barack Obama greets US troops during a surprise visit to Bagram Air Field near the Afghan capital Kabul. Kabul welcomed the US decision to keep thousands of troops in Afghanistan past 2016, vowing to respond to a resurgent Taliban "with full force" even as the rebels promised to wage jihad until the last American soldier leaves. AFP PHOTO / Saul LOEB / FILESKABUL: Kabul welcomed the...
Huma Abedin, longtime aide to former US Secretary of State and Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, arrives to speak to the House Select Committee on Benghazi on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, October 16, 2015. AFP PHOTO / SAUL LOEB
Clinton outspends all rivals in building campaign juggernaut - Hillary's campaign officials say they are on the right track
Huma Abedin, longtime aide to former US Secretary of State and Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, arrives to speak to the House Select Committee on Benghazi on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, October 16, 2015. AFP PHOTO / SAUL LOEBDES MOINES:  Hillary Clinton spent $26 million over the summer building up her 2016 campaign, more than any of her rivals either within her own Democratic party or the Republican side, as she sought to...
Victims of suicide bomb blasts receive treatment at an hospital in Miduguri on October 16, 2015. At least 34 people were killed in a wave of suicide bomb attacks in northeast Nigeria, as the military warned today Boko Haram militants threaten the country's sovereignty. Thirty died in a double bombing on a mosque in Molai on Thursday night. AFP PHOTO/STRINGER
Nigeria hit again, army warns on Boko Haram - Militants threaten country's sovereignty
Victims of suicide bomb blasts receive treatment at an hospital in Miduguri on October 16, 2015. At least 34 people were killed in a wave of suicide bomb attacks in northeast Nigeria, as the military warned today Boko Haram militants threaten the country's sovereignty. Thirty died in a double bombing on a mosque in Molai on Thursday night. AFP PHOTO/STRINGERMAIDUGURI: At least 34 people were killed in a wave of suicide bomb attacks in northeast...
Syrian regime soldiers rest in an area around Kweyris military airport, in the eastern Aleppo province on October 16, 2015. Aleppo city has been divided between regime control in the west and rebel control in the east since mid-2012. AFP PHOTO / GEORGE OURFALIAN
Syria launches Aleppo offensive - Turkey's jets shoot down unidentified drone
Syrian regime soldiers rest in an area around Kweyris military airport, in the eastern Aleppo province on October 16, 2015. Aleppo city has been divided between regime control in the west and rebel control in the east since mid-2012. AFP PHOTO / GEORGE OURFALIANBEIRUT/ANKARA: Turkey shot down a drone yesterday in an incident highlighting the dangers of the multiple air combat operations over Syria, where government troops and their allies...
Shiite fighters, known as Houthis, gather at the site of a Saudi-led coalition airstrike in Sanaa, Yemen, Friday, Oct. 16, 2015. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)
Suicide bombing, gunbattle kills 12 in western Yemen - Saudi-led coalition bomb house of Yemen's speaker
Shiite fighters, known as Houthis, gather at the site of a Saudi-led coalition airstrike in Sanaa, Yemen, Friday, Oct. 16, 2015. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)SANAA: A suspected al Qaeda suicide bombing, accompanied by an attack with guns and grenades, killed 10 soldiers guarding an intelligence building in the western Yemeni city of Hodaida yesterday, security sources said.  The sources said two of the assailants were also killed."Gunmen believed to...
Kuwait bags 11 prizes at Cairo Artworks and Media Mondial. —KUNA
Kuwait bags 11 prizes at Cairo Artworks and Media Mondial
Kuwait bags 11 prizes at Cairo Artworks and Media Mondial. —KUNACAIRO: The State of Kuwait has won 11 prizes out of 86 at the end of Cairo Artworks and Media Mondial that kicked off on October 10, coming in the second place after Egypt in terms of the number of prizes. Mohammad Ramadan Al-Rowashda, head of the Mondial’s arbitration committee, announced that at least 350 artworks from 18 Arab countries participated in the event. He said that...
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Kuwait oil price falls to $43.51
KUWAIT: Kuwait oil price in Wednesday’s trades dropped 84 cents to USD 43.51 per barrel as compared to $44.35 pb on Tuesday, Kuwait Petroleum Corporation said yesterday. Oil prices had dropped since the International Energy Agency (IEA) cautioned of continuing market glut this year and 2016, despite a weak dollar which moved down to the lowest level in three week, thus trimming oil prices’ losses. —KUNA
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Kuwait Airways plane makes emergency return to Heathrow
KUWAIT: A Kuwait Airways passenger plane made an emergency return to Heathrow Airport after the temperature in one of the engines rose above allowed levels. Flight KU104, an A300 Airbus, was over the English Channel, about 30km off the coast when it radioed that it needed to return to London’s Heathrow.The flight was en route to Kuwait. A spokesperson for Heathrow airport confirmed the plane had landed safely but the airport could not release...
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DAMASCUS: Syria's interim prime minister Mohammad Al-Bashir addresses worshippers during Friday prayers at Umayyad Mosque on Dec 13, 2024. - AFP (See Page 5)
Syria too exhausted for Zionist conflict amid Hezb warning
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LYON: A photo shows containers being loading and unloading onto barges on the Rhone at the Edouard Herriot Port in Lyon, eastern France. A new French cargo fret shipowner CMA-CGM is established in the port of Lyon. - AFP
Credit ratings agency hands France surprise downgrade
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Dr Hamed Al-Shaibani
Khaleeji Zain preparations complete
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SAO PAULO: Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva walks with his neurosurgeon Dr Marcos Stavale in the Syrian-Lebanese Hospital on Dec 13, 2024. - AFP
Lula says he’s ‘strong’ after surgery
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DUISBURG: An aerial view shows the blast furnace of German industrial conglomerate Thyssenkrupp Steel Europe AG in Duisburg, western Germany. German industrial giant Thyssenkrupp said it planned to cut around 5,000 jobs at its steel subsidiary by 2030 and outsource a further 6,000 as it looks to put the crisis-hit division on a stable footing. - AFP
German central bank cuts growth forecasts as headwinds intensify