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KUWAIT: Dr Sarah Scott, Foreign Affairs Officer at the US Department of State meets with Kuwaiti Interior Ministry officials yesterday. — KUNA
US official lauds Kuwaiti anti-human trafficking efforts
KUWAIT: Dr Sarah Scott, Foreign Affairs Officer at the US Department of State meets with Kuwaiti Interior Ministry officials yesterday. — KUNAKUWAIT: Dr Sarah Scott, Foreign Affairs Officer at the US Department of State, lauded Kuwait's efforts in combating human trafficking, said a statement by the Ministry of Interior yesterday. The Interior Ministry's Public Relations department indicated that Dr Scott, member of the State Department's...
Ministry of Health
Investors apply to build private hospitals: MoH
KUWAIT: The Ministry of Health's (MoH) Acting Undersecretary Dr Mohammed Al-Khashti said a committee entrusted with allocating land plots to build private hospitals is currently reviewing increasing applications filed by Kuwaiti investors to build private hospitals. Khashti added that due to the significant role the private sector plays in boosting the health sector, government land plots are abundantly available for such projects and that...
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Kuwait’s expats, where to?
A novel treatment of expats by our parliament took place in these past few weeks. Parliamentarians exaggerated how much Kuwaitis are fed up with the Asian-African invasion of our government institutions. Enjoying high salaries, working fewer hours and having lower and lower credentials, expats are milking every dinar and fils from Kuwait. MP Safa Al-Hashem accomplished her goal in making medical treatment for expats - regardless of income or...
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Crimes of mislead youth
Labeed Abdal London Ambulance Services recently stated that a man was killed and two others were injured when someone with a knife attacked the last wave of laborers returning home outside the Parsons Green Train Station. This should make us wonder about the motives behind such an assault and why it has been repeating in various parts of the world and particularly in London, especially that on reviewing those crimes it was discovered that...
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US-bound passengers face new security interviews at check-in
WASHINGTON: US-bound travelers will face security interviews before checking in to flights at a number of global airlines beginning today as anti-terror measures are stepped up around the world. They will affect 325,000 airline passengers on about 2,000 commercial flights arriving daily in the United States, on 180 airlines from 280 airports in 105 countries. Lufthansa, Emirates, Air France and Norwegian Air confirmed to AFP yesterday that US...
This file photo taken on May 4, 2015 shows foreign laborers working on the construction site of the al-Wakrah football stadium, one of the Qatar's 2022 World Cup stadiums, walking back to their accomodation at the Ezdan 40 compound after finishing work on May 4, 2015, in Doha's Al-Wakrah southern suburbs. World Cup 2022 host Qatar, under global scrutiny over its alleged ill-treatment of migrant labourers, is to introduce a minimum wage for workers, official state media said on October 25, 2017. / AFP
Qatar to introduce minimum wage as part of labor reforms
This file photo taken on May 4, 2015 shows foreign laborers working on the construction site of the al-Wakrah football stadium, one of the Qatar's 2022 World Cup stadiums, walking back to their accomodation at the Ezdan 40 compound after finishing work on May 4, 2015, in Doha's Al-Wakrah southern suburbs. World Cup 2022 host Qatar, under global scrutiny over its alleged ill-treatment of migrant labourers, is to introduce a minimum wage for...
KUTUPALONG, Bangladesh: Myanmar refugee Halima with her eight-month-old son Muhammed Hares are treated at the Red Cross clinic in Kutupalong refugee camp in Ukhia. — AFP
Robbed of childhood, Rohingyas sketch out their trauma, misery
KUTUPALONG, Bangladesh: Myanmar refugee Halima with her eight-month-old son Muhammed Hares are treated at the Red Cross clinic in Kutupalong refugee camp in Ukhia. — AFPCOX'S BAZAR: Shupira sits surrounded by dozens of children drawing colorful patterns onto white sheets of paper. But the eight-year-old's picture is turning out differently. With a grey pen, she sketches houses full of people, then switching colors to orange, she sets the...
NEW DELHI: US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson (left) listens to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the Prime Minister’s residence in New Delhi yesterday.— AFP
US, India seek to boost ties
Ties with Iran and North Korea a thorny issue  NEW DELHI: US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson (left) listens to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the Prime Minister’s residence in New Delhi yesterday.— AFPNEW DELHI: India’s foreign minister defended the country’s ties with North Korea and Iran during talks yesterday with Secretary of State Rex Tillerson aimed at building robust relations between the two giant democracies. The Trump...
JERUSALEM: A picture taken from Jabel Mukaber, a Palestinian neighborhood in Israeli-occupied East Jerusalem shows the Israeli settlement of Nof Zion in the foreground, and the Old City of Jerusalem with the Dome of the Rock in the background. —AFP
Israel government approves major settlement expansion
176 new homes approved in East Jerusalem  JERUSALEM: A picture taken from Jabel Mukaber, a Palestinian neighborhood in Israeli-occupied East Jerusalem shows the Israeli settlement of Nof Zion in the foreground, and the Old City of Jerusalem with the Dome of the Rock in the background. —AFPJERUSALEM: Israeli authorities yesterday approved a major expansion of an east Jerusalem settlement, signing off on plans to add 176 homes, the city's deputy...
MADRID: Spain’s Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy gives a speech during a session of the Lower House of Parliament in Madrid yesterday. Spain ramped up pressure on Catalonia’s secessionist leaders as rumblings grew louder of civil resistance to a threatened regional power grab by Madrid. — AFP
Catalan cracks appear as Madrid takeover looms
Direct rule to be imposed on Catalonia  MADRID: Spain’s Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy gives a speech during a session of the Lower House of Parliament in Madrid yesterday. Spain ramped up pressure on Catalonia’s secessionist leaders as rumblings grew louder of civil resistance to a threatened regional power grab by Madrid. — AFPMADRID: Catalan separatist leader Carles Puigdemont is likely to go to Madrid today to explain his position on...
KISUMU, Kenya: Supporters of National Super Alliance (NASA) presidential candidate Raila Odinga throw rocks next to burning tyres blocking the road, during a demonstration yesterday. —AFP
Kenyan crisis deepens as vote delay petition goes unheard
Supreme Court impasse clears way for election KISUMU, Kenya: Supporters of National Super Alliance (NASA) presidential candidate Raila Odinga throw rocks next to burning tyres blocking the road, during a demonstration yesterday. —AFPNAIROBI: Kenya plunged deeper into crisis yesterday as a shortage of judges scuppered an eleventh-hour petition to delay a presidential election and the governor of a volatile opposition region endorsed rebellion...
Chris Gayle and Massage therapist Leanne Russell
Masseuse cried after Gayle 'exposed himself'
Chris Gayle and Massage therapist Leanne RussellSYDNEY: A massage therapist said she "cried uncontrollably" after star West Indian cricketer Chris Gayle allegedly exposed himself to her, telling a Sydney court yesterday it left her "very upset". Gayle is suing Fairfax Media newspapers The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age and The Canberra Times over a series of stories in January last year detailing the lurid accusations.On the opening day of his...
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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