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Kuwaiti youth active at relief level: official
AMMAN: A visiting Kuwaiti official has praised his country's youth contributions particularly in the relief domain, volunteering to help the needy in stricken nations. The young Kuwaitis have set an example to follow at the level of volunteering and relief operations, said Murad Abbas, in charge of theatrical activities at the Ministry of Education and Higher Education, addressing participants in the "Arab-international youth conference,"...
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YouTube's UrbanQ8 highlights Kuwait's creative community
KUWAIT: Thirty-two-year-old Tareq Al-Askar is searching for a new picture of Kuwait through its people. Tareq is the owner of UrbanQ8 - the YouTube Channel that showcases innovative people in Kuwait. In this interview, Tareq reveals the secrets of UrbanQ8 and his journey into becoming the future social media star.Kuwait Times (KT): Tell us more about yourself. Askar: I am Tareq Al-Askar. I started filming when I was in high school. We had this...
TOPSHOTSnManchester United's Italian defender Matteo Darmian (up) vies with Tottenham Hotspur's English striker Harry Kane during the English Premier League football match between Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur at Old Trafford in Manchester, north west England, on August 8, 2015. AFP PHOTO / OLI SCARFFnnRESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE. No use with unauthorized audio, video, data, fixture lists, club/league logos or 'live' services. Online in-match use limited to 75 images, no video emulation. No use in betting, games or single club/league/player publications.
Walker gifts United opening win
TOPSHOTSManchester United's Italian defender Matteo Darmian (up) vies with Tottenham Hotspur's English striker Harry Kane during the English Premier League football match between Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur at Old Trafford in Manchester, north west England, on August 8, 2015. AFP PHOTO / OLI SCARFFRESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE. No use with unauthorized audio, video, data, fixture lists, club/league logos or 'live' services. Online...
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Five years after the Arab Spring
It has been nearly five years since the Arab Spring revolutions engulfed the streets and occupied headlines, and many people lost their lives to bring change for the better - change that raised several slogans against corruption and military regimes, but never for freedom! Do Arabs even understand freedom? Why didn't the Arabs seek freedom in the revolutions instead of replacing an old power with a new one?! This article is not a social or a...
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Only 28% bedoons eligible to get Kuwaiti citizenship - DNA testing could disqualify more applications
KUWAIT: The number of stateless residents in Kuwait who could be eligible to receive Kuwaiti citizenship has dropped to around 31,000, after the government earlier said at least 3,000 more could be naturalized. According to a memo prepared by the Interior Ministry and sent to the parliament recently, the number of 'bedoons' registered at the Central Agency for Remedying Illegal Residents' Status reached 110,729 as of March 2015, including only...
Palestinian men carry the body of Saad Dawabsha, the father of a Palestinian toddler killed last week when their home was firebombed by Jewish extremists, during his funeral in the West Bank village of Duma on August 8, 2015. Dawabsha succumbed in hospital in the southern Israeli city of Beersheba where he was being treated for third degree burns while his wife Riham and four-year-old son Ahmed are still fighting for their lives. AFP PHOTO / JAAFAR ASHTIYEH
Father of slain Palestinian toddler dies
Palestinian men carry the body of Saad Dawabsha, the father of a Palestinian toddler killed last week when their home was firebombed by Jewish extremists, during his funeral in the West Bank village of Duma on August 8, 2015. Dawabsha succumbed in hospital in the southern Israeli city of Beersheba where he was being treated for third degree burns while his wife Riham and four-year-old son Ahmed are still fighting for their lives. AFP PHOTO /...
FILE - In this June 18, 2003 file photo, U.S. soldiers, partly seen at right, prevent former Iraqi soldiers from trying to enter the American headquarters during a deadly demonstration in Baghdad. After the 2003 collapse of the Saddam Hussein's regime, hundreds of Iraqi army officers, infuriated by the U.S. decision to disband the Iraqi army, found their calling in the Sunni insurgency. (AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano, File)
IS top command dominated by ex-officers in Saddam's army
FILE - In this June 18, 2003 file photo, U.S. soldiers, partly seen at right, prevent former Iraqi soldiers from trying to enter the American headquarters during a deadly demonstration in Baghdad. After the 2003 collapse of the Saddam Hussein's regime, hundreds of Iraqi army officers, infuriated by the U.S. decision to disband the Iraqi army, found their calling in the Sunni insurgency. (AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano, File)BAGHDAD: While attending...
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First female justice leading quiet Palestinian revolution
TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY MAJEDA EL-BATSHTahrir Hamad (L), the first Palestinian woman justice of the peace, pronounces Thaer (R) and Rawan (2-L) man and wife at the Islamic sharia law court in the West Bank city of Ramallah on August 6, 2015. Hamad became the first, and so far the only, woman appointed as a "mazouna" - a Muslim official authorised to carry out marriage and divorce in the Palestinian territories. Until now in the Arab world only...
Refugees rest on matressses at a temporary residence for 500 people hosted in a hall at the Fairground of Karlsruhe, western Germany on August 8, 2015. Germany faces a record influx of refugees, with 300,000 asylum seekers registered since January 2015. AFP PHOTO / DPA / ULI DECK +++ GERMANY OUT
Shipwreck survivors grieve children swept from arms - Crossing was to start a new life in Europe
Refugees rest on matressses at a temporary residence for 500 people hosted in a hall at the Fairground of Karlsruhe, western Germany on August 8, 2015. Germany faces a record influx of refugees, with 300,000 asylum seekers registered since January 2015. AFP PHOTO / DPA / ULI DECK +++ GERMANY OUTPALERMO: Their children slipped out of their grasp as the boat overturned and were lost to the waves. Now, traumatised parents brought to safety after a...
In this Thursday, Aug. 6, 2015, photo, a cargo ship is parked near Klong Toey Port in Bangkok, Thailand. The Association of Southeast Asian Nations, which on Saturday marks 48 years since its establishment, aims to establish an economic community known as the AEC by the end of this year. Proponents say the ultimate goal is to allow free trade, investment and movement of workers between the 10 nations that make up the grouping. But progress toward a borderless economy in a region that brings together democracies and dictatorships along with rich and poor nations is likely to be slow. (AP Photo/Penny Yi Wang)
How Southeast Asian economic zone could change the region
In this Thursday, Aug. 6, 2015, photo, a cargo ship is parked near Klong Toey Port in Bangkok, Thailand. The Association of Southeast Asian Nations, which on Saturday marks 48 years since its establishment, aims to establish an economic community known as the AEC by the end of this year. Proponents say the ultimate goal is to allow free trade, investment and movement of workers between the 10 nations that make up the grouping. But progress...
An Afghan man cries as he search for his relatives near Camp Integrity, a base housing US special forces that was attacked by militants, in Kabul on August 8, 2015. The attack resulted in the death of one NATO service member whose nationality was not revealed. Multiple bombings rocked Kabul on August 7, killing at least 36 people and wounding hundreds more in the deadliest day in the Afghan capital since the end of the NATO combat mission in December. AFP PHOTO/WAKIL KOHSAR
44 dead, hundreds wounded in lethal wave of Kabul bombings
An Afghan man cries as he search for his relatives near Camp Integrity, a base housing US special forces that was attacked by militants, in Kabul on August 8, 2015. The attack resulted in the death of one NATO service member whose nationality was not revealed. Multiple bombings rocked Kabul on August 7, killing at least 36 people and wounding hundreds more in the deadliest day in the Afghan capital since the end of the NATO combat mission in...
A man walks on a bridge above the Jingmei river as typhoon Soudelor hits Taipei on August 8, 2015. Typhoon Soudelor battered Taiwan with fierce winds and rain leaving four people dead and a trail of debris in its wake as it takes aim at mainland China. AFP PHOTO / Sam Yeh
Typhoon heads to China after killing four in Taiwan
A man walks on a bridge above the Jingmei river as typhoon Soudelor hits Taipei on August 8, 2015. Typhoon Soudelor battered Taiwan with fierce winds and rain leaving four people dead and a trail of debris in its wake as it takes aim at mainland China. AFP PHOTO / Sam YehSHANGHAI: Typhoon Soudelor moved towards China yesterday, weaker but still packing a punch, after killing at least four people and leaving a trail of destruction in Taiwan. The...
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