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KUWAIT: MPs Riyadh Al-Adasani and Abdulkarim Al-Kandari (left) and State Minister for Cabinet Affairs Sheikh Mohammad Al-Sabah (right) are seen at the National Assembly yesterday. – Photos by Yasser Al-Zayyat and Fouad Al-Shaikhnn
Information minister grilled; no-confidence motion filed by 10 MPs
KUWAIT: MPs Riyadh Al-Adasani and Abdulkarim Al-Kandari (left) and State Minister for Cabinet Affairs Sheikh Mohammad Al-Sabah (right) are seen at the National Assembly yesterday. – Photos by Yasser Al-Zayyat and Fouad Al-ShaikhKUWAIT: The National Assembly began its new term by debating a grilling against State Minister for Cabinet Affairs and acting Information Minister Sheikh Mohammad Al-Abdullah Al-Sabah yesterday, who unexpectedly said he...
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Traffic penalties toughened
KUWAIT: Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Sheikh Khaled Al-Jarrah Al-Sabah speaks during the conference. — Photo by Yasser Al-ZayyatKUWAIT: Deputy Premier and Interior Minister Sheikh Khalid Al-Jarrah Al-Sabah issued a decision to toughen administrative procedures towards some traffic violations from next week, reported Al-Jarida. Sources said the most notable penalties include impounding vehicles for two months for using mobile...
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I am the one who protects the constitution: Amir
Kuwait's mediation to protect Gulf House: Sheikh Sabah KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah waves during the opening ceremony. — Photos by Yasser Al-ZayyatKUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah has affirmed yesterday that the commitment to the constitution in Kuwait is stable and belief in parliamentary work is firmly established, saying "I am the one who protects the constitution and will...
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Negative expat growth
KUWAIT: A government report showed a reduction in non-Kuwaitis' population growth in 2017, after an increase of 65 percent last year. This negative growth of the non-Kuwaiti population is the first since 1992, reported Al-Qabas. A table comparing growth indicators between 2016 and 2017 prepared by the population structure committee of the Cabinet showed the annual increase in the non-Kuwaiti population in 2017 was 125,694, while the annual...
KUWAIT: Parliament Speaker Marzouq Al-Ghanem speaks during the opening ceremony and His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah speaks during the opening ceremony
National Assembly Speaker stresses importance of resolving Gulf crisis
Regional challenges require unity, joint action: Prime Minister KUWAIT: Parliament Speaker Marzouq Al-Ghanem speaks during the opening ceremony and His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah speaks during the opening ceremonyKUWAIT: People in the region should focus on efforts to bring upon an end to the Gulf crisis as a step to safeguard regional welfare and security, said the National Assembly Speaker Marzouq Al-Ghanem...
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Lawmaker decries 'opposition to new sports law'
KUWAIT: Chairman of the parliamentary youth and sports committee MP Saadoun Hammad Al-Otaibi lamented the presence of some opposition to passing the new sports law and stressed that such an attitude reflects some parties' hidden wishes to keep Kuwait sports activities suspended. Otaibi added that everything related to this issue will soon be declared to the Kuwaiti public after holding the parliament's urgent session to be held to discuss this...
Lt Gen Mahmoud Al-Dousary
Interior Ministry constantly assesses security threats: official
Lt Gen Mahmoud Al-DousaryKUWAIT: Undersecretary of the Ministry of Interior Lt Gen Mahmoud Al-Dousary said Monday the ministry is constantly assessing the terror threats in order to prepare the proper responses. "There is a security team who are tasked with analyzing the level of security risks," he said, affirming the preparedness of the security forces to address any emergency that could face the country.Lt Gen Dousary made the press remarks...
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Brother's murderer
KUWAIT: The court of appeals yesterday adjourned till Nov 20 hearing a case filed against a non-Kuwaiti for murdering his brother in Andalus. Yesterday's hearing was attended by attorney Talal Al-Enezi, representing the victim's mother, who demanded capital punishment as per article 149 of the penal law on grounds that the defendant disregarded kinship with the victim and unlawfully killed a human being. Enezi also explained that the defendant...
RIYADH: Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Klaus Kleinfeld shake hands following the Crown Prince’s appointment of Kleinfeld as NEOM’s Chief Executive Officer yesterday. – AFP
Crown prince vows ‘moderate’ Saudi Arabia
RIYADH: Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Klaus Kleinfeld shake hands following the Crown Prince’s appointment of Kleinfeld as NEOM’s Chief Executive Officer yesterday. – AFPRIYADH: Powerful Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman pledged a “moderate, open” Saudi Arabia yesterday, breaking with ultraconservative clerics in favor of an image catering to foreign investors and Saudi youth. The Saudi strongman, 32, did not mince words in...
SINGAPORE: Motorists enter the financial district area yesterday. – AFP
Singapore set to freeze number of cars on roads
SINGAPORE: Motorists enter the financial district area yesterday. – AFPSINGAPORE: Singapore, one of the most expensive places in the world to buy a vehicle, will freeze the number of private cars on its roads for at least two years, a rare move in Asia where many cities are increasingly gridlocked. The city-state said the growth cap for all passenger cars and motorcycles will be cut to zero from 0.25 percent a year in February, while pledging...
TALL TAMR, Syria: Rifles belonging to international fighters are seen lined-up along a wall on the outskirts of the north-western Syrian town of Tal Tamr, north of Hasakeh, near the border with Turkey. —AFP
'Just about money': Tehran recruits Afghans for fight
Afghan Shiites recruited to defend Syrian regime - Boys as young as 14 are signing up to fight TALL TAMR, Syria: Rifles belonging to international fighters are seen lined-up along a wall on the outskirts of the north-western Syrian town of Tal Tamr, north of Hasakeh, near the border with Turkey. —AFPKABUL: Fleeing grinding poverty and unemployment, thousands of Afghan Shiites have been recruited by Iran to defend Syrian President Bashar...
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Police failing modern-day slaves in UK
LONDON: Police forces across Britain are failing modern-day slaves, with a lack of understanding, mediocre investigations and troubling attitudes from officers leaving many victims prey to further abuse and exploitation, a police watchdog said yesterday. Despite an upsurge in slavery and human trafficking cases over the past year, many are being poorly investigated, or not followed up on at all, said Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary and...
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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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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