Kuwaiti wins Arab Booker for novel on migrant workers

Kuwaithas deported hundreds of expats for traffic offences in the past month, a report said on Sunday, drawing condemnation from a human rights group. A picture shows traffic congestion in Kuwait City. Kuwait has deported hundreds of expats for ...

The newly-elected President for Singapore Shooting Michael Vaz said the country is still on target to win an Olympic gold medal in the sport. File photo (AFP PHOTO/YASSER AL-ZAYYAT) SINGAPORE: The newly-elected President for Singapore Shooting ...

One of Ukip's top donors has criticised women for wearing trousers - saying they are deliberately making themselves look unattractive. Demetri Marchessini believes trouser-wearing women don't realise how bad they look from behind, because of their ...

Kuwaiti MPs debate during a parliament session at Kuwait's national assembly in Kuwait City on February 6, 2013. AFP PHOTO/YASSER AL-ZAYYAT KUWAIT: Some members of Kuwait's cabinet have offered to resign, state news agency KUNA reported, citing the ...

Kuwaiti opposition leader and former MP Musallam al-Barrak is recorded by journalists as he speaks to his supporters on April 15, 2013 in Kuwait city. AFP PHOTO YASSER AL-ZAYYAT KUWAIT CITY: A defense lawyer in Kuwait says a former parliament member ...

Kuwaiti opposition demonstrators flee tear gas and stun grenades fired by riot police on April 17, 2013 during a protest against a five-year jail term against opposition leader and former deputy Musallam al-Barrak near Kuwait city. AFP PHOTO / ...

China, Iran, Iraq, Saudi Arabia and the US are the top five executioners globally in 2012, according to Amnesty International. Enlarge A stateless Arab is escorted to the gallows for killing his wife and five children after claiming he was a ...

A Saudi man smokes his last cigarette before being hanged for the murder of a compatriot just west of the capital Kuwait City, on April 1,2013. Authorities in Kuwait hanged three convicted murderers, a Pakistani, a Saudi and a stateless Arab, in the ...

The measure was passed by the Kuwaiti parliament with only two abstentions and no votes against. Enlarge Stateless Arabs, locally known as bidoons, hold signs demanding Kuwaiti citizenship and calling for an end to racism and injustice during a ...