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Asrar Hayat, Board Member and Undersecretary at Kuwait Transparency Society

Kuwait lags behind most GCC states in gender equality: KTS

By Sajeev K PeterKUWAIT: When it comes to gender equality and women empowerment, Kuwait appears to have lost the advantage it had years ago in the region, and the country needs to do more towards it, an official of Kuwait Transparency Society said.In an exclusive interview with Kuwait Times, Asrar Hayat, Board Member, Undersecretary, KTS, spoke at length about the various activities of KTS, particularly on issues such as combating corruption,...

US President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris, with the president's national security team in the Situation Room, monitor the counterterrorism operation in Syria in Washington yesterday.

IS chief blows himself up during US raid in Syria

WASHINGTON: President Joe Biden said yesterday a global "terrorist threat" was removed when the head of the Islamic State group blew himself up after US special forces swooped on his Syrian hideout in an "incredibly challenging" nighttime helicopter raid. "The United States military forces successfully removed a major terrorist threat to the world, the global leader of ISIS," Abu Ibrahim Al-Hashimi Al-Qurashi, Biden said in nationally televised...

KUWAIT: A boy receives a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at the Kuwait Vaccination Center at the fairgrounds in Mishref yesterday. - Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat

Kuwait begins vaccinating kids aged 5 to 11

KUWAIT: The ministry of health began administering vaccines against COVID-19 to children aged between five and 11 from yesterday. The ministry had earlier said that based on results of studies and the approval of concerned authorities, Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines will be given to this age group. The ministry said it will provide the vaccines to all those who have registered in order to protect and ensure children's health and safety.Kuwait yesterday...

AL-MUKALLA, Yemen: Women dig salt extraction basins at the Brom Mayfa mining area in this southern coastal district of east central Hadramawt province on Nov 1, 2021. - AFP

Scraping a living: Salt offers women lifeline in Yemen

AL-MUKALLA, Yemen: Scooping up handfuls of white crystals from coastal pools, a group of women in Yemen harvest salt - a traditional industry proving to be a lifeline after seven years of war. Zakiya Obeid is one among nearly 500 women who work in the industry in a village overlooking the Gulf of Aden, on Yemen's southern coast. "We cooperate and take shifts because it is a sisterhood and we know each others' difficult circumstances," Obeid told...

KUWAIT: A mechanic inspects a car. - Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat

Car mechanics face multiple problems amid pandemic

By Nawara FattahovaKUWAIT: Car technicians are facing a variety of problems - some with customers and others with landlords, as well as with the authorities. Yasin, a car mechanic told Kuwait Times about a new rule set by the Municipality. "A few weeks back, a municipal inspector passed by and gave us a warning, saying we are not allowed to open the hood of any vehicle outside the garage. But we have limited space in the garage, and also need to...

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Fire Force holds inspection campaign in Mirqab

KUWAIT: As part of the efforts of the General Fire Force to protect lives and property and preserve social security in the country, the inspection teams, led by the Deputy Chief of the General Fire Force for the Prevention Sector, Major General Khaled Abdullah Fahd, carried out an inspection campaign on commercial buildings in the Al-Mirqab area.The inspection was carried out in order to ensure the availability of safety and prevention...

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Liberation Tower’s observation deck opens from Feb 6

By Shakir ReshamwalaKUWAIT: After years of being closed to the public, the Liberation Tower’s observation deck will open to visitors from Sunday, Feb 6, 2022, Communications Ministry Undersecretary Kholoud Al-Shehab announced yesterday. The observation deck - at a height of 150 meters - offers breathtaking views of Kuwait City and surrounding areas. An exhibition on the history of telecommunications in Kuwait is also being held at the...

KABUL: In this picture taken on February 2, 2022, Afghanistan's Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi (L) arrives for an interview with AFP at his office in the foreign ministry in Kabul. - AFP

Taleban closer to international recognition: Foreign minister

KABUL: The Taleban are inching closer towards international recognition but any concessions Afghanistan's new rulers make will be on their terms, the regime's foreign minister said in an interview with AFP. In his first interview since returning from talks with Western powers in Oslo, Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi also urged Washington to unlock Afghanistan's assets to help ease a humanitarian crisis.No country has formally recognised the...

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German new chancellor under fire

BERLIN: Two months into the job, the honeymoon is already over for German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, with critics accusing him of being "invisible" on the Ukraine crisis and the coronavirus pandemic. The hashtag #woistscholz ("Where is Scholz?") is doing the rounds on Twitter, and some say the famously taciturn politician needs to start speaking up.Scholz was sworn in as chancellor on December 8 after leading his Social Democrats (SPD) to a...

FORT KNOX, Kentucky: File photo shows Preventative Medicine Services NCOIC Sergeant First Class Demetrius Roberson administers a COVID-19 vaccine. The US Army announced it will begin discharging soldiers who refuse to comply with a mandatory COVID-19 vaccination rule. - AFP

US Army to discharge soldiers who refuse COVID vaccine

WASHINGTON: The US Army announced Wednesday it will begin discharging soldiers who refuse to comply with a mandatory COVID-19 vaccination rule. "Unvaccinated Soldiers present risk to the force and jeopardize readiness," Secretary of the Army Christine Wormuth said in a statement. "We will begin involuntary separation proceedings for Soldiers who refuse the vaccine order and are not pending a final decision on an exemption."More than 3,000...

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President Biden tries to navigate crime wave in New York visit

WASHINGTON: President Joe Biden wades into the politically treacherous issue of crime and guns with a trip yesterday to New York, where recent shootings of police have highlighted a growing fear of violent disorder in America's big cities. Biden, who is traveling with Attorney General Merrick Garland, will meet with newly sworn-in mayor and rising Democratic star Eric Adams at New York Police Department headquarters, and then visit community...

HURLINGHAM, Argentina: Relatives of people hospitalized after consuming cocaine cut with a toxic substance are seen at San Bernardino Hospital in Hurlingham, Buenos Aires province, yesterday. - AFP

20 dead in Argentina after taking toxic-laced cocaine

BUENOS AIRES: At least 20 people died and 74 more were hospitalized in a northwestern suburb of Buenos Aires after consuming cocaine cut with an a toxic substance, possibly opioids, authorities said Wednesday. Officials said they are working quickly to determine what the cocaine was mixed with, but warned those who have bought the drug over the last 24 hours to dispose of it.Sergio Berni, the security chief for Buenos Aires province, told the...

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HATHRAS, India: Policemen carry a person who died in a melee during a sermon in Uttar Pradesh state on July 2, 2024. - AFP

Stampede at India religious event kills 116

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BEIRUT: Lebanese Uber driver Hussein Khalil shows his GPS jammed geolocation as Gaza's southern city of Rafah, as he sits in his vehicle in Beirut's Hamra Street on June 11, 2024.- AFP

Zionist jamming disrupts Lebanon ground, air traffic

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GAZA: Displaced Palestinians from areas in east Khan Yunis flee after the Zionist army issued a new evacuation order for parts of the city and Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on July 2, 2024. - AFP

Arabs reaffirm Zionist boycott

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NAVI MUMBAI, India: Billionaire tycoon Mukesh Ambani (front third left) along with his family attends a mass wedding ceremony at Reliance Corporate Park in Navi Mumbai on July 2, 2024. -- AFP

Ambanis celebrate son’s nuptials with mass wedding