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KUWAIT: Kuwait Chamber of Commerce and Industry board members meet with the visiting IMF mission. — KUNA

IMF hails Kuwait's economic policy amid oil prices drop

KUWAIT: Kuwait Chamber of Commerce and Industry board members meet with the visiting IMF mission. — KUNAKUWAIT: Kuwait Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) said on Sunday that the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has praised the Kuwaiti government's efforts in tackling the impact of the drop in global oil prices through containing public spending. According to a statement, the chamber's board member Dhirar Al-Ghanem made the remarks after...

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Man arrested for using late father's POA in forgery

KUWAIT: A citizen was arrested for using a power of attorney (POA) his father gave him before his death and renewed a domestic helper's residency, claiming his father was abroad. The man was charged with forgery. Policeman offendedA Syrian woman insulted police in Salmiya after she was found without an ID. When police asked her for her ID, she told them she did not have any and refused to board the patrol car. She was forced in and taken to the...

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Crackdown at "Thieves market"

KUWAIT: Farwaniya police arrested the Bangladeshi leader of a vendors' mafia at the "thieves market" in Jleeb Al-Shuyoukh. The suspect used to 'rent' out hawking areas to vendors. Legal procedures are being taken to deport him from the country. The "thieves market" in Jleeb is full of sellers of vegetables and stolen material, and posed a major worry for police. So a plan was made to keep the market under surveillance. Based on a tip, the task...

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Two teachers take advantage of crowd

KUWAIT: Two Egyptian teachers took advantage of crowds and came close to a female citizen and a child in clear instances of harassment, so they were arrested and ordered deported by assistant undersecretary for general security Maj Gen Ibrahim Al-Tarrah.Teen in troubleSecurity guards at a mall brought a juvenile to the police station after he fought with an environment policeman for smoking and refusing to stub out the cigarette. The policeman...

TOKYO: Kuwaiti Ambassador to Japan Abdulrahman Al-Otaibi (left) presents a memento to Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono. —KUNA

Japan calls for boosting partnership with Kuwait

Kuwaiti Ambassador honors Japanese Foreign Minister TOKYO: Kuwaiti Ambassador to Japan Abdulrahman Al-Otaibi (left) presents a memento to Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono. —KUNATOKYO: Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono has underscored necessity of boosting the partnership between his nation and the State of Kuwait at the political and economic levels. This came in a statement after a banquet held in his honor by the Kuwaiti Ambassador to...

KUWAIT: Minister of Commerce and Industry Khaled Al-Roudhan (center) attends the press conference. — KUNA

Kuwait business climate improvement package in offing, says minister

KUWAIT: Minister of Commerce and Industry Khaled Al-Roudhan (center) attends the press conference. — KUNAKUWAIT: Kuwaiti Minister of Commerce and Industry Khaled Al-Roudhan said his ministry was working on a set of business climate improvement laws, primarily a bankruptcy and insolvency bill. Roudhan, who doubles as Acting Minister of State for Youth Affairs, made the remark during a press conference on the occasion of Kuwait's recent advance...

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Zain Great Idea entrepreneurs arrive at Silicon Valley

Program includes workshops and classes to accelerate tech ideas Zain Great Idea entrepreneurs pose with company officials.KUWAIT: Zain, the leading telecommunications company in Kuwait, announced the arrival of the Zain Great Idea (ZGI) entrepreneurs to San Francisco to take part in the second phase, the international accelerator program in San Francisco and London with Brilliant Lab and Mind The Bridge in the presence of Zain Kuwait CEO Eaman...

nBEIRUT: A banner bearing a portrait of Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri is seen in the capital, a day following the announcement of his resignation. - AFP nn

Hariri exit raises specter of fresh war

BEIRUT: A banner bearing a portrait of Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri is seen in the capital, a day following the announcement of his resignation. - AFPBEIRUT: Saad Hariri's resignation from Lebanon's premiership has raised fears that regional tensions were about to escalate and that the small country would once again pay a heavy price. Analysts said the Saudi-backed Sunni politician's move on Saturday to step down from the helm less than a...

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Saudi crown prince cements power with anti-graft sweep

Bank accounts of arrested princes, ministers, tycoon to be frozen (Left) Prince Mohammed bin Salman (Center) Prince Alwaleed bin Talal (Right) Prince Miteb bin Abdul AzizRIYADH: Saudi Arabia pursued a sweeping purge of the kingdom’s upper ranks yesterday, saying it would freeze the accounts of dozens of princes, ministers and a tycoon arrested as the crown prince cements his hold on power. Prominent billionaire Alwaleed bin Talal was among the...

TAIF: Saudi boys pose in front of a huge billboard showing (in the center) King Salman, with his 31-year-old son Mohammed Bin Salman to the right, and Prince Mohammed Bin Nayef to the left. Salman appointed his son, who was until now the Deputy Crown Prince and country’s Defense Minister, as his successor and first in line to the throne. Salman stripped Mohammed Bin Nayef of the title of crown prince and ousted him from his powerful position of Interior Minister. — AP

Saudi under King Salman

TAIF: Saudi boys pose in front of a huge billboard showing (in the center) King Salman, with his 31-year-old son Mohammed Bin Salman to the right, and Prince Mohammed Bin Nayef to the left. Salman appointed his son, who was until now the Deputy Crown Prince and country’s Defense Minister, as his successor and first in line to the throne. Salman stripped Mohammed Bin Nayef of the title of crown prince and ousted him from his powerful position...

SANAA: Yemeni men inspect the site of an air strike in the capital Sanaa yesterday. —AFP

Islamic State storms Yemen govt bastion of Aden, killing 15

SANAA: Yemeni men inspect the site of an air strike in the capital Sanaa yesterday. —AFPADEN: The Islamic State group claimed a major attack on Yemen's government bastion of Aden yesterday which killed at least 15 people, wounded 18 others and sparked a hostage crisis. IS and its extremist rival Al-Qaeda have taken advantage of the war between Yemen's Saudi-backed government and the country's Shiite Houthi rebels, who are allied with Iran, to...

DEIR EZZOR: A picture shows the damage in the eastern Syrian city of Deir Ezzor during a military operation by government forces against Islamic State (IS) group jihadists. —AFP

Islamic State's attack kills at least 75 Syrian civilians

Cornered extremists target fleeing civilians DEIR EZZOR: A picture shows the damage in the eastern Syrian city of Deir Ezzor during a military operation by government forces against Islamic State (IS) group jihadists. —AFPBEIRUT: A car bombing by the Islamic State group killed at least 75 displaced people in eastern Syria, a monitor said yesterday, as the cornered extremists appeared to target fleeing civilians. Saturday's attack in the...

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This photograph taken in 1967 shows French actor Alain Delon accompanied by his wife Nathalie Delon. --AFP photos

Alain Delon: Women he loved and left

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The sun sets behind electricity pylons in this file photo. -- Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat

Kuwait swelters amid power cuts

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KUWAIT: HH the Crown Prince Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah receives India’s External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar on Aug 18, 2024. — KUNA

India looks to upgrade bilateral ties with Kuwait: Dr Jaishankar

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MEW: Power cuts in high-consumption Industrial areas in Kuwait

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GAZA: A Palestinian man carries a cat as he flees with others a makeshift camp for displaced people in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip after Zionist tanks took position on a hill overlooking the area on Aug 18, 2024. - AFP

Under-fire Bibi blames Hamas as Gaza suffers