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MoI cracks down on Kuwaitis driving cars with Gulf plates - Violators given one month to make change
KUWAIT: All Kuwaiti motorists who own and drive cars with license plates from Gulf countries have one month during which they must turn in these license plates to be replaced by Kuwaiti ones, said a Ministry of Interior official yesterday.Some Kuwaiti motorists drive cars with license plates from Gulf countries and use them to break serious traffic rules, thinking erroneously that the arm of the law will not reach them because they are driving...
An Honor guard carries the coffins of Iranian hajj pilgrims who were killed in a deadly stampede in Mina near Mecca in Saudi Arabia on September 24, at Mehrabad airport in Tehran, Iran, Saturday, Oct. 3, 2015. The first plane carrying bodies of Iranian pilgrims killed in the hajj stampede in Saudi Arabia arrived in Tehran Saturday, nine days after the disaster that escalated tensions between the two regional rivals. President Hassan Rouhani and other senior officials were at the airport for the arrival of the plane, which carried 104 bodies. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)
First Iran hajj dead flown home
An Honor guard carries the coffins of Iranian hajj pilgrims who were killed in a deadly stampede in Mina near Mecca in Saudi Arabia on September 24, at Mehrabad airport in Tehran, Iran, Saturday, Oct. 3, 2015. The first plane carrying bodies of Iranian pilgrims killed in the hajj stampede in Saudi Arabia arrived in Tehran Saturday, nine days after the disaster that escalated tensions between the two regional rivals. President Hassan Rouhani and...
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Interior Ministry buys four Airbus civilian helicopters
KUWAIT: The Interior Ministry has signed a contract with Airbus Helicopters, Inc (AHI), a subsidiary of Airbus Group, Inc, to purchase four civilian helicopters in the ministry's bid to upgrade its domestic security operations, a ministry statement said yesterday.Among the four planes will be an AS 365 and an EC 225 type civilian helicopters, with training and operation instructions provided for these two planes, said the ministry undersecretary...
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Basri discusses fees, visas, teachers in private schools
KUWAIT: The office of Abdullah Al-Basri, general manager of public administration for private education at the Ministry of Education, is a busy place these days. "The beginning of the academic year is our peak period as most people come to finalize their paperwork at this time. Parents and students wait till the last minute, although we are here the whole year. Students come to accredit their certificates, while parents ask for transfer papers...
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Clashes after Mexico City massacre protest - 'Dead had been shot in the back'
A group of masked and self-declared "anarchists" clash with the federal police at Zocalo square in Mexico City on 2 October, 2015 after a demonstration to commemorate the 47th anniversary of a 1968 massacre of students by the army at Tlatelolco neighbourhood. AFP PHOTO / ALFREDO ESTRELLAMEXICO CITY: Masked protesters clashed with riot police in Mexico City on Friday after thousands of people marched to commemorate the 47th anniversary of a...
This image made from footage taken from Russian Defense Ministry official website on Friday, Oct. 2, 2015, shows another attack made from a fighter jet in Syria. The Russian Defense Ministry says its aircraft have carried out 18 sorties in Syria in the past 24 hours, including 10 overnight in which seven sites were bombed. The annotations on the image were made by the source and indicate the center of the target, and its direction, yellow. (AP Photo/ Russian Defense Ministry Press Service)
Russia launches new wave of air raids in Syria - Airstrikes kill 39 civilians and 14 militants
DAMASCUS: Russian warplanes have attacked the Islamic State group and other insurgents in central and northern Syria with a wave of new airstrikes, Syrian and Russian military officials said yesterday as an activist group said Russia's air raids have killed 39 civilians over the three past days. The new airstrikes came as residents of Syria's central regions fear the Russians are paving the way for a ground offensive by the government on several...
Bangladeshi security officers stand by the site where a Japanese Kunio Hoshi was killed at Mahiganj village in Rangpur district, 300 kilometers (185 miles) north of Dhaka, Bangladesh, Saturday, Oct. 3, 2015. Masked assailants riding a motorbike shot and killed the Japanese man in northern Bangladesh on Saturday, police said, the second foreigner in a week to be gunned down in the South Asian country. Hoshi had started a farm in Rangpur, about 300 kilometers (185 miles) north of Dhaka, to produce grass. (AP Photo/Ripon Islam)
Japanese national shot dead in Bangladesh days after 'IS attack' - 'Second killing in a week'
Bangladeshi security officers stand by the site where a Japanese Kunio Hoshi was killed at Mahiganj village in Rangpur district, 300 kilometers (185 miles) north of Dhaka, Bangladesh, Saturday, Oct. 3, 2015. Masked assailants riding a motorbike shot and killed the Japanese man in northern Bangladesh on Saturday, police said, the second foreigner in a week to be gunned down in the South Asian country. Hoshi had started a farm in Rangpur, about...
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Afghan hospital air strike kills 19 - 'Full investigation' into hospital bombing: Pentagon chief
KABUL: A suspected US air strike on a hospital killed 19 people yesterday in the Afghan city of Kunduz, medical charity MSF said, a bombardment that the UN condemned as "inexcusable, and possibly even criminal". Dozens more were seriously wounded at the facility, a key lifeline that has been running "beyond capacity" during fighting that saw the Taleban seize control of the northern provincial capital for several days.The strike early yesterday...
A fireman hoses down the scene where a 15-year-old gunman shot dead a civilian police employee the previous day, before being gunned down by police, in Sydney on October 3, 2015. Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said on October 3 that the attack in Sydney appeared to have been an act of terrorism. AFP PHOTO/William WEST AFP PHOTO/William WEST
Australia shooting 'an act of terrorism': PM - 'It was a cold-blooded murder, targeting NSW Police Service'
SYDNEY: Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said yesterday that a Sydney attack in which a 15-year-old gunman shot dead a civilian police employee appeared to have been an act of terrorism. Police said the teen, who they did not name, was shot dead in an exchange of fire with officers after he killed finance worker Curtis Cheng at close range outside the New South Wales force's headquarters in western Sydney on Friday. Reports said that...
Soldiers gather at the site of a bomb explosion in Abuja, Nigeria, Saturday, Oct. 3, 2015. Multiple bombs detonated in two locations killing at least 15 people, the National Emergency Management Agency said Saturday, although no group has claimed responsibility the attack has attributes of others by Boko Haram, the home-grown Islamic extremist group.(AP Photo/Gbenga Olamikan)
18 killed, 41 injured in blasts near Abuja - Bomb blasts carried out by two suicide bombers
ABUJA: Two explosions that ripped through the outskirts of Nigeria's capital Abuja have left at least 18 people dead and 41 wounded, the National Emergency Management Agency said yesterday. "The death toll is now 18 because three people died in the hospitals this morning while 41 others were injured and are receiving treatment in the hospitals," NEMA spokesman Sani Datti told AFP.The agency had earlier given a death toll of 15 and 41 wounded...
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Kuwait's Rubayan finishes third in F1 powerboat world championship
KUWAIT: Kuwaiti powerboat racer Youssef Al-Rubayan came fourth in the time race, but finished third in the overall standing at the end of the fourth round of the F1 Powerboat World Championship in China's Liuzhou City between October 1-2.Speaking to KUNA by phone, Al-Rubayan said he was so happy to make this big achievement during the event which attracted world powerboat racers representing 10 teams from 12 countries.Thanking those who...
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Kuwaiti swimmer wins gold in 200m freestyle in Bangkok
KUALA LUMPUR: Kuwaiti swimmer Yousef Al-Askari won gold yesterday in the 200m freestyle event of the 8th Asian Age Group Championships currently held in Bangkok, Thailand, with participation of 31 countries.In the tourney's second day, Al-Askari ended the competition in the 18 year-old and above category in 01:51.75 minute, coach Ayman Al-Enaizi, head of the Kuwaiti team told KUNA.Meanwhile, swimmer Abdulaziz Al-Thowaihi finished in sixth place...
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