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(FILES) A photo taken on September 21, 2013 shows Tunisian mediators (LtoR) the President of the Tunisian employers union (UTICA), Wided Bouchamaoui, Secretary General of the Tunisian General Labour Union (UGTT) Houcine Abbassi (L) , President of the Tunisian Human Rights League (LTDH), Abdessattar ben Moussa and the president of the National Bar Association, Mohamed Fadhel Mahmoud at a press conference in Tunis. Tunisian national dialogue mediators won the 2015 Nobel Peace Prize, the Norwegian Nobel Commitee announced on October 9, 2015. nAFP PHOTO / FETHI BELAID

Tunisian democracy activists win Peace Prize - 'An inspiration to the turbulent Middle East'

OSLO: Tunisian civil society groups won the Nobel Peace Prize yesterday for helping to save the only democracy that emerged from the Arab Spring, offering the country symbolic support after it was shaken by a wave of jihadist attacks. The Nobel panel said the award to the National Dialogue Quartet was intended as an "encouragement to the Tunisian people" and as an inspiration for others, particularly in the turbulent Middle East.The award drew...

In this photo taken on Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2015, Syrian army howitzers fire near the village of Morek in Syria. The Syrian army has launched an offensive this week in central and northwestern Syria aided by Russian airstrikes. (AP Photo/Alexander Kots, Komsomolskaya Pravda, Photo via AP)

IS at outskirts of Aleppo despite Russia air strikes - 'Warplanes hit 60 terrorist targets'

BEIRUT: Islamic State group fighters advanced yesterday to the outskirts of Syria's second city Aleppo, despite 10 days of Russian air strikes that Moscow says are aimed at routing the jihadists. Moscow announced yesterday that its raids had killed several hundred IS fighters and hit more than 60 "terrorist targets" in Syria over the past 24 hours.Deputy head of the Russian General Staff Lieutenant Igor Makushev told reporters that "Su-34M and...

Anti-Muslim protesters hold up placards and shout slogans outside the Parramatta Mosque in Sydney on October 9, 2015. A small number of protesters gathered outside the mosque, which was regularly attended by 15-year-old radicalised Farhad Jabar, who killed a police worker a week ago on October 2 before dying in a gunbattle with police. AFP PHOTO / Peter PARKS

Australian mullah tells violent Muslims to leave the country - 'We do not need scumbags in the community'

SYDNEY: The leader of the Sydney mosque attended by a 15-year-old who killed a police worker has called for an end to violent extremism, saying yesterday that Muslims who reject Australian values should leave the country.Radicalised Farhad Jabar, who shot dead the 58-year-old last week while reportedly shouting religious slogans before dying in a gunbattle with police, was a regular at the mosque in the western multi-cultural Parramatta district....

In this Oct. 6, 2015 photo, a foreigner, second from right, walks on a street in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The recent killings of two foreigners in the country - an Italian and a Japanese - has spooked tourists and expatriates in the impoverished South Asian nation, raising alarms about whether Islamic radicals are gaining a foothold and whether foreigners are safe in the moderate, secular nation. (AP Photo/A.M. Ahad)

Expats tense after foreigners gunned down in Bangladesh - Are Islamic radicals getting a foothold?

DHAKA: The cafes and restaurants are empty. The chatter of guests in hotel lobbies has gone quiet. The high-walled embassy compounds are even more closely guarded. The recent killings of two foreigners in Bangladesh - an Italian and a Japanese - has spooked tourists and expatriates in the impoverished South Asian nation, raising alarms about whether Islamic radicals are gaining a foothold and whether foreigners are safe in the moderate, secular...

Eritrean refugees wave as they board an Italian Financial police aircraft which will take them to Sweden, at Rome's Ciampino airport, Friday, Oct. 9, 2015. The aircraft, carrying 19 Eritreans, brings the first refugees to Sweden under the European Union's new resettlement program aimed at redistributing asylum-seekers from hard-hit receiving countries. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

First asylum seekers leave under EU relocation plan - Scheme to ease burden of migrant crisis

ROME: A small group of Eritreans left Italy for Sweden yesterday, the first contingent of asylum seekers to be relocated under a much-contested European Union scheme to ease the burden of the migration crisis on frontline countries. Grinning shyly before the media, 19 young Eritreans-five women and 14 men-waved and blew kisses as they boarded a small propeller plane at Rome's Ciampino airport after hugging members of the Red Cross and UN Refugee...

His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah arrives in Kuwait where he was received by His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah. —KUNA photo

Amir returns to Kuwait from positive UN summit

His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah arrives in Kuwait where he was received by His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah. —KUNA photoKUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah and the accompanying delegation arrived in Kuwait after attending the UN Sustainable Development Summit 2015 and the UN leaders-level Summit on Countering Violent Extremism 2015 held in New...

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MP plans to grill education minister over syllabus; ‘MP Turaiji criticizes plans for fair grounds sale’

MP Dr Abdulrahman Al-JeeranKUWAIT: Islamist MP Abdulrahman Al-Jeeran said yesterday that he will submit a request to grill Education Minister Bader Al-Issa over a variety of issues including plans to change school syllabus and administrative decisions. Jeeran's announcement raises the number of ministers threatened with questioning to around six. They include the ministers of social affairs and labor, commerce and industry, finance, oil and...

Kuwait’s Minister of Health Dr Ali Al-Obaidi during the 62nd session of the WHO Regional Committee for the Eastern Mediterranean. — KUNA photos

Obaidi at WHO Committee for Eastern Mediterranean

Kuwait’s Minister of Health Dr Ali Al-Obaidi during the 62nd session of the WHO Regional Committee for the Eastern Mediterranean. — KUNA photosKUWAIT: Kuwait has incorporated psychological health into its network of primary care, said Kuwait's Minister of Health Dr Ali Al-Obaidi in a speech ending the 62nd session of the WHO Regional Committee for the Eastern Mediterranean, held here in Kuwait for the past four days.Health Minister Dr Ali...

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Indian domestic labor still on hold

KUWAIT: Interior Ministry Assistant Undersecretary for Nationality and Residency Affairs Maj Gen Sheikh Mazen Al- Jarrah said a meeting will be held with Ministry Undersecretary Lt General Sulaiman Al-Fahad to discuss the mechanism of bringing in farm workers from abroad. He said that the door is open for Bangladeshi labor to work in Kuwait but according to certain conditions.He said “Indian labor is still on hold as Indian authorities imposed...

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Two policemen jailed for parking in handicapped spot

KUWAIT: The capital security director ordered two policemen jailed for seven days for parking their patrol car in a handicapped place at the Amiri hospital. The action was taken following complaints from citizens. The two claimed they were transferring a prisoner to the hospital and were afraid he may escape from them so they parked close by.Egyptians fight in HawallyAn Egyptian man who was ridiculed by four others while smoking shisha and...

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Kuwait threatened with FIFA ban

KUWAIT: Kuwait has been threatened with a ban by FIFA because of government interference in the running of the local football association. World governing body FIFA has given the Kuwait Football Association until next week to avoid the implementation of a new set of sports laws that FIFA believes threaten the autonomy of the KFA when they are due to come into force on Oct 27.At FIFA’s executive committee meeting on September 25, the body...

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South Korea worsen Kuwait’s misery

SINGAPORE: Jordan stunned Asian champions Australia 2-0 yesterday to throw open their World Cup qualifying group after handing the Socceroos their first loss of the campaign. Ange Postecoglou’s side were the big casualties on another tricky night of qualifying for Asia’s elite, with Iran producing a scratchy display before salvaging a 1-1 draw against Oman in Group D, while South Korea only edged Kuwait 1-0 away in Group G.Four-times Asian...

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