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KUWAIT: HH the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah (left) hands the government’s resignation letter to HH the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al- Sabah yesterday. — KUNA
Amir accepts resignation of Cabinet, names it caretaker
KUWAIT: HH the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah (left) hands the government’s resignation letter to HH the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al- Sabah yesterday. — KUNAKUWAIT: HH the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah yesterday accepted the resignation of the Cabinet which was submitted to him by the prime minister amid indications that the formation of the new Cabinet could take weeks. The resignation came as...
Health Minister Jamal Al-Harbi
Harbi approves new dental fees for expats
Health Minister Jamal Al-HarbiKUWAIT: Health Minister Dr Jamal Al-Harbi issued a decision to increase the fees for dental services for expats, as part of the health fee increases which came into effect this month. Harbi approved the mechanism to collect fees for dental services and surgeries - KD 2 for each visit, in addition to charges for each medical procedure the patient needs on every visit.The decision includes x-ray fees whenever the...
KUWAIT: Public Authority for Manpower inspectors are seen during the campaign. — Photos by Joseph Shagra
843 companies with 5,911 registered workers suspended
Public Authority for Manpower cracks down on fake companies - Inactive companies founded only to sell visas to expats KUWAIT: Public Authority for Manpower inspectors are seen during the campaign. — Photos by Joseph ShagraKUWAIT: The Public Authority for Manpower (PAM) raided fake companies on Sunday evening in the Capital, Hawally and Farwaniya governorates. The inspectors divided into three groups and were accompanied by reporters from...
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No water cuts today
KUWAIT: The Ministry of Electricity and Water's (MEW) Assistant Undersecretary for Water Operation and Maintenance Khalifa Mohammed Al-Fraij denied social media warnings that water supplies will be disconnected today. Fraij explained that the plan circulated on social media only involves one of the new projects in Mutlaa (northern region) to connect new lines to the grid, adding that no disconnection for water supplies will be involved at any...
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Chronology of govt resignations at backdrop of grilling motions
KUWAIT: His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah yesterday submitted the resignation of his cabinet to His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah. His Highness the Amir issued an Amiri Order accepting the resignation, whereby the premier and ministers will proceed amid urgent circumstances as a caretaker cabinet, pending the formation of a new cabinet.The government resignation came at the backdrop...
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Why don't Arabs read?
There was an actual war on reading that poisoned our ancestors' love for books. After the spread of Islam, it became well-known that the Muslim nation was a nation of reading. Europeans, during the Dark Age, were fascinated by how much time and effort the Muslim people and governments poured into anything book-related - from libraries and educational centers to paper factories; and polyglot scholars translating every readable material - even the...
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Victim and attacker
The statement "in case of fights, both victim and attacker will be deported if they are expatriates" issued by the Interior Ministry has many meanings summarized in one sentence. It truly is a right to deport all those who create chaos and compromise the state's security. Yet, many questions arise when you think about that statement in depth, such as: What if the expat in that is a minor? Does deportation include the juvenile and his...
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Man sold drugs from employer's house
KUWAIT: An Indian man turned his sponsor's house into a drug vending outlet and was arrested with the help of his employer. The sponsor became suspicious after noticing strangers visiting his driver more often, so he called police Officers found cocaine, heroin, shabu (meth), a scale, police handcuffs and 500 empty envelopes along with 23 large envelopes containing drugs. A source said that the suspect confessed to selling drugs and was sent to...
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Deported for fighting in Friday market
KUWAIT: Four Bangladeshis and an Egyptian were sent to Residency Affairs Detectives' Department, where they were held pending deportation. The men were identified and arrested after a video clip showing them fighting at the Friday market went viral on social media. The Assistant Undersecretary for General Security Major General Ibrahim Al-Tarrah ordered to deport all five.Domestic violenceA citizen hit his wife with an axe on the head and caused...
RIYADH: In this Sept 23, 2017 file photo released by Saudi Press Agency, SPA, Saudi men and women attend national day ceremonies at the King Fahd stadium in Riyadh. — AP
Saudi women to be allowed into sports stadiums
RIYADH: In this Sept 23, 2017 file photo released by Saudi Press Agency, SPA, Saudi men and women attend national day ceremonies at the King Fahd stadium in Riyadh. — APRIYADH: Saudi Arabia will allow women into sports stadiums for the first time from next year, authorities said Sunday, in a landmark move opening up three previously male-only venues to families. The ultra-conservative kingdom, which has some of the world's tightest...
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Bahrain calls for freeze on Qatar's GCC membership
DUBAI: Bahrain called yesterday for Qatar's membership of the Gulf Cooperation Council to be suspended until it accepts the demands of its neighbors and said Manama would not attend GCC meetings alongside Doha. "The correct step to preserve the GCC would be to freeze Qatar's membership until it sees reason and accepts the demands of our countries. If not, we will be fine with it leaving the GCC," Foreign Minister Khalid bin Ahmed Al-Khalifa said...
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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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Kuwait Integrated Petroleum Industries Company (KIPIC)
Massive fuel shortage forces electricity cuts in Kuwait
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Interior Minister orders removal of violations in Failaka
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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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EL KFOUR: Lebanon: People inspect the damage to a building after a Zionist airstrike in the southern town of Kfour, in the Nabatiyeh district, on August 17, 2024, amid the ongoing cross-border clashes between Zionist troops and Hezbollah fighters. – AFP
Hezbollah reveals its military muscle