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Crack forces building evacuation after Sunday’s tremors
No damage to schools, state departments Police officers gather outside a building in Sabah Al-Salem which was evacuated due to a crack following Sunday’s tremorsKUWAIT: Some occupants of an apartment building in Sabah Al-Salem district have been evacuated due to a crack, said Kuwait Fire Services Directorate (KFSD) in a statement yesterday. The residents were evacuated at dawn yesterday due to the crack in one side of the building, the KFSD...
Cabinet commends Amir’s message to lawmakers
KUWAIT: His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah chairs the Cabinet’s meeting yesterday. — KUNAKUWAIT: The Kuwaiti Cabinet yesterday applauded His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al- Jaber Al-Sabah’s recent message to National Assembly members, which contained noble meanings and wise directives. This came in a press statement by Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs and Acting Minister of...
Banks examine Saudi accounts
KUWAIT/DUBAI: Kuwaiti banks have been told by the Central Bank to provide account details relating to some Saudi Arabian nationals, sources said yesterday. The move follows the freezing of more than 2,000 domestic bank accounts in Saudi Arabia after the detention of senior business figures and officials in a campaign against alleged graft.Kuwait’s Central Bank had asked banks if they had exposure to any of the Saudi citizens who were arrested,...
Online license renewal eyed
KUWAIT: Acting Interior Ministry Assistant Undersecretary for Traffic Affairs Major General Fahd Al-Showai told Al-Anbaa daily about a project to renew driving licenses online, where the applicant applies on the interior ministry website and submits the required documents, then receives the license from machines similar to civil IDs. He added the weekly income of the traffic department is KD 1.2 million from traffic fines, hoping this drops by 50...
How much Arabic do Latinos speak?
Being a language enthusiast, I wondered how el Chapulin Colorado spoke so much Arabic? It makes my day every time I come across a word in a language that mimics my mother tongue Arabic (Al-Arabiya). Mostly, Middle Eastern languages are expected to give me these 'jolts' my brain adores. Many Indo-European languages have adopted Arabic words, because of the historical fact that many gigantic caliphates or Islamic empires were empowering Arabic...
Free trade zone to move under Investment Promotion Authority
Blackout reported in Maidan HawallyKUWAIT: The Public Authority for Industry (PAI) finished renewing lease contracts for investors within the free trade zone in Shuwaikh, pending procedures to transfer authority over the area to Kuwait Direct Investment Promotion Authority (KDIPA) to be run and developed on par with international standards. KDIPA will restructure the zone's commercial, service and investment licenses, in addition to licensing...
Kuwaiti tried to smuggle tiger cubs through Cairo airport
KUWAIT: Authorities at Cairo airport foiled an attempt by a Kuwaiti to smuggle two tiger cubs in his bag. His trip was cancelled until legal procedures are completed. The suspect put the cubs under anesthesia, then placed them in his bag. They were discovered during a routine inspection. He said he did not know that it was illegal to take them that way. The cubs will be sent to a zoo.ForgeryDetectives arrested a citizen yesterday on charges of...
Hunt for survivors after quake kills 415 near Iran-Iraq border
Amir sends condolences to Iranian, Iraqi leaders A woman mourns as she holds the body of her daughter who died in an earthquake in Sarpol-e-Zahab in western Iran yesterday. — APTEHRAN: Teams of Iranian rescuers dug through rubble in a hunt for survivors yesterday after a major earthquake struck the Iran-Iraq border, killing at least 415 people and injuring thousands. The 7.3-magnitude quake rocked a border area 30 km southwest of Halabja in...
Hezbollah crown jewel of Iran’s rising influence
NABATIEH, Lebanon: This photo taken on Nov 08, 2017 shows members of Hezbollah saluting behind the coffins of three comrades killed in combat in Syria during their funeral. — AFPBEIRUT: Lebanon's Hezbollah, blamed by Saad Hariri for his shock resignation as premier, has grown over the three decades since its founding into a mighty army used by Iran to project regional influence. Hariri criticized the powerful Shiite movement for its meddling...
Tribal justice awaits returning Iraqis who joined Islamic State
AL-OBEIDI: In the unforgiving deserts of Iraq, there is just one way to deal with defeated members of the Islamic State group who try to come home-tribal justice. No pardons are possible among tribes which have agreed among themselves to treat with the utmost severity those members who became jihadists. As for the families of IS members, many have already fled, fearing reprisals. The former army commander for operations in the western province of...
World carbon emissions on the rise
Global 2% rise in CO2 ‘giant leap backwards for humankind’ HARZ: Hikers take a rest and enjoy the view on snow-covered Brocken mountain in the Harz region near Schierke, Germany yesterday. — APBONN: The carbon dioxide emissions that drive global warming, flat since 2014, are set to rise two percent this year, dashing hopes they had peaked, scientists reported at UN climate talks yesterday. “This is very disappointing,” said Corinne Le...
Yemeni rebels vow escalation - Saudi Arabia looks to relax blockade
SANAA: Yemenis take part in a demonstration calling for the Saudi-led coalition’s blockade to be lifted yesterday in the rebel-held capital Sanaa. —AFPSANAA: Saudi Arabia announced yesterday that the Saudi-led coalition fighting Shiite rebels in Yemen will begin reopening airports and seaports in the Arab world's poorest country, days after closing them over a rebel ballistic missile attack on Riyadh. The announcement from the Saudi mission...
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