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MAKKAH: Muslim pilgrims walk out after the last prayer of the day, leaving the Grand Mosque on Wednesday. — AFP

Muslims crowd Mecca ahead of hajj - Close to 1.5 million attend

September 08, 2016 | 08:29 p.m EDT

BRATISLAVA, Slovakia: Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico's life is no longer in danger following an assassination attempt, Deputy Prime Minister Robert Kalinak told reporters on Sunday.

"He has emerged from the immediate threat to his life, but his condition remains serious and he requires intensive care," said Kalinak, Fico's closest political ally.— AFP

September 08, 2016 08:29 PM

Opinion

Spending Ramadan in Kuwait as expat

Opinion

Kuwait promotes women’s rights

Article 153 is abolished!

Nejoud Al-Yagout It has been over 10 years since five ladies — Alanoud AlSharekh, Sundus Hussein, Sheikha Al Nafeesy, Amira Behbehani and Lulu Al Sabah — have campaigned to abolish article 153 of Kuwait’s penal code, which stipulates that a ma...

New challenges ahead

Visit the National Library of Kuwait and ask for a daily newspaper from the early 20th century—perhaps an issue of Egypt’s Al-Ahram from over a hundred years ago. You may be surprised to find that the concerns, debates and rhetoric of that time ...