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Turning love for art, children and handicraft into business
Can you turn your love for art, children and handicraft into a business? That's what young Kuwaiti artist Ghadeer Al-Shirazi has done, who managed to gather everything she loves in a 'reborn doll' - a doll that has been transformed to resemble a human infant. Kuwait Times spoke with Shirazi, who has a unique talent that people can rarely find in Kuwait, to tell us more about her creative pursuit. Kuwait Times: When and how did you find out...
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Attack would trigger 'all-out war'
Iranian FM warns US or Saudi Arabia ABU DHABI: US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo (center) and US special representative on Iran Brian Hook (right) meet with Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohamed bin Zayed Al-Nahyan in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates yesterday. — AFP TEHRAN: Iran's foreign minister has said a military strike on Iran would trigger "all-out war", as the United States and its Gulf allies accuse Iran of being behind attacks on Saudi oil...
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US drone strike kills 30 pine nut farm workers in Afghanistan
Drone strike aimed at Islamic State fighters, accidentally hit resting workersJALALABAD: A US drone strike intended to hit an Islamic State (IS) hideout in Afghanistan killed at least 30 civilians resting after a day's labor in the fields, officials said yesterday. The attack on Wednesday night also injured 40 people after accidentally targeting farmers and laborers who had just finished collecting pine nuts at mountainous Wazir Tangi in eastern...
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Khamenei approved Saudi strike: Report
WASHINGTON: Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei approved last weekend's attack on Saudi Arabia's oil infrastructure, CBS News reported Wednesday, citing an unnamed US official. The report came after US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, flying to the kingdom, called Saturday's strikes which knocked out half of Saudi crude output an "act of war." CBS, without giving specifics about the US official or how they obtained the information, said...
File Photo : Saudi Amnesty period to expire, Ethiopian undocumented workers are calling their government to speed up their departure. AFP
1.9 million expats leave Saudi over high fees, slow growth
RIYADH: The number of foreign workers in Saudi Arabia fell by over a fifth in the 30 months to end-June due to high state levies and an economic slowdown, a report said yesterday. Saudi Jadwa Investment said there was a net fall of 132,000 expatriate workers in the kingdom in the second quarter of 2019, taking the net outflow since the start of 2017 to nearly 1.9 million - a fall of 22 percent. The number of expatriate workers in the public and...
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Migrant workers still exploited in World Cup host Qatar: Amnesty
PARIS: Qatar is not fulfilling all its promises to improve the conditions of migrant workers in the country in the run-up to the 2022 World Cup, Amnesty International said yesterday. In a report entitled "All Work, No Pay", the rights group said: "Despite the significant promises of reform which Qatar has made ahead of the 2022 World Cup, it remains a playground for unscrupulous employers." The report came as French President Emmanuel Macron and...
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India tells tech firms to protect user privacy, prevent abuse
NEW DELHI: Technology firms must protect user privacy and prevent abuse of their platforms, India's IT minister said yesterday, speaking as the government draws up a data privacy law and seeks to push companies to store more data locally. Federal Information and Technology Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said he wanted Indians to have access to more technology platforms but said this should not undermine user privacy. "I have only one caveat - it...
BANDA ACEH: An 18-year-old Indonesian woman is caned in public yesterday as punishment for being caught cuddling with her boyfriend. —AFP
Couples flogged for public affection in Indonesia’s Aceh
BANDA ACEH: A trio of canoodling couples were publicly flogged in Indonesia's Aceh province yesterday, charged with breaking local Islamic law that outlaws public displays of affection. Despite international condemnation, whipping is a common punishment for a range of offences in the deeply conservative region on Sumatra island, including gambling, drinking alcohol, and having gay or pre-marital sex. Aceh is the only region in the world's biggest...
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With Trump by his side, Indian PM Modi set to fire up Houston rally
Indian-Americans' political clout risingNEW DELHI/MUMBAI: With US President Donald Trump by his side, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will seek to fire up thousands of Indian-American supporters at a rally in Texas on Sunday, shrugging off international criticism over a crackdown in Kashmir. Modi is travelling to the United States to speak at the UN General Assembly, seven weeks after his government revoked the partial autonomy enjoyed by...
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Taleban car bomb hits hospital killing over 20, wounding 90
Afghan violence surges ahead of voteKABUL: War-weary Afghanistan was hit with its third straight day of bloody carnage yesterday, as a Taleban car bomb flattened a hospital and killed 20 people in the south, while nine others died in a drone strike in the east. The surge in violence, with civilians paying the heaviest price, has come after US President Donald Trump called off talks with the Taleban that could have seen Washington begin...
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Indonesia to beef up blasphemy laws, ban sex outside marriage
Proposed criminal law overhaul could affect millionsJAKARTA: Indonesia is set to vote on a plan to outlaw gay and pre-marital sex while beefing up its blasphemy laws in a shakeup fuelled by religious conservatism and slammed by rights groups yesterday. The proposed criminal law overhaul could affect millions in the world's biggest Muslim majority country, including heterosexual couples who might face jail for having sex outside wedlock, or having...
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South African star soars in 'La Traviata' for social media age
South African opera singer Pretty Yende, who has enjoyed a meteoric rise over the last years, has hit new heights in a Paris production of "La Traviata" where the heroine is a social media influencer destroyed by the same society that propelled her to fame. In the new Paris Opera version of Giuseppe Verdi's masterpiece, the heroine Violetta is an internet celebrity like Paris Hilton or Kim Kardashian, with her own brand of perfume and millions of...
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HH the Amir Sheikh Meshal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah arrives in Scotland on the personal invitation of King Charles III of the United Kingdom and Northern Ireland on Jan 14, 2025. - Amiri Diwn photos
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Britain's King Charles III (L) welcomes Crown Prince of Kuwait Sheikh Mishal al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah, during an audience at Buckingham Palace, in London, on October 25, 2023. (Photo by Jordan Pettitt / POOL / AFP)
Amir’s visit to UK... a significant milestone in Kuwaiti British relations
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Amir departs to the UK at personal invitation of King Charles III