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MP demands parity in cargo transit fees
MP Khalil Al-SalehKUWAIT: MP Khalil Al-Saleh called for resolving the problems of owners of refrigerated trucks in Kuwait, as their business has been hit since a number of countries including Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Jordan increased transit fees, while Kuwaiti authorities have not done the same. "These hikes have overburdened the owners and only serve transport companies in other countries," he underlined, calling for a similar measure in Kuwait...
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Cabinet examines railway project recommendations
KUWAIT: The Cabinet examined a recommendation by the public services committee regarding the railway project, and that during its regular weekly session held yesterday at its airport lounge under chairmanship of His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah. The Cabinet in this respect decided to instruct the Public Authority for Agricultural Affairs and Fisheries to coordinate with the ministry of finance and other...
KUWAIT: KFAS Director General Dr Adnan Shihab Eldin (center) speaks during the press conference. —Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat
Kuwait hosts International Conference on Women Leaders in Science, Technology
'Women's Empowerment with Science' KUWAIT: KFAS Director General Dr Adnan Shihab Eldin (center) speaks during the press conference. —Photo by Yasser Al-ZayyatKUWAIT: The Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences (KFAS) held a press conference yesterday to announce the 10th edition of the International Conference on Women Leaders in Science, Technology and Engineering from Oct 23 to 25 under the patronage of HH the Amir Sheikh Sabah...
SAINT PETERSBURG: National Assembly Speaker Marzouq Ali Al-Ghanem addresses the IPU’s 137th Session in Saint Petersburg, Russia. — KUNA
Ghanem urges IPU to practice ethical power, counter Israel's violations
Parliamentary diplomacy key to supporting Rohingya SAINT PETERSBURG: National Assembly Speaker Marzouq Ali Al-Ghanem addresses the IPU’s 137th Session in Saint Petersburg, Russia. — KUNASAINT PETERSBURG: National Assembly Speaker Marzouq Ali Al-Ghanem has called for the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) to be turned into an "ethical authority" that can practice direct criticism, warning, admonition and freezing against members that do not...
KUWAIT: Minister of Oil, Electricity and Water Essam Al-Marzouq (left) attends an exhibition held as part of the Third Kuwait Oil and Gas Show and Conference. — Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat
Talks proceeding with Saudi on Khafji oil field: Minister
KPC renews crude oil storage contract with SUMED - Kuwait to import 50 million cubic feet of Iraqi gas KUWAIT: Minister of Oil, Electricity and Water Essam Al-Marzouq (left) attends an exhibition held as part of the Third Kuwait Oil and Gas Show and Conference. — Photo by Yasser Al-ZayyatKUWAIT: Minister of Oil, Electricity and Water Essam Al-Marzouq announced yesterday that discussions with Saudi authorities over Al-Khafji oil field are...
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Human trafficking network busted
KUWAIT: Criminal detectives arrested four people who face human trafficking charges related to holding people against their will and forcing them to practice prostitution. The suspects, a citizen, a bedoon and two Asian nationals, reportedly ran massage parlors in Mahboula and Abu Halifa where they forced human trafficking victims to work for extended hours and to offer sexual services to clients. Police freed 26 Asian men and women who were held...
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Family of five killed in Salmiya blaze
Jleeb fire leaves toddler deadKUWAIT: A family of five died in a fire that broke out in a five-story building in Salmiya yesterday, said security sources. Firemen rushed to the building in response to an emergency call and managed to rescue nine people who were trapped behind thick smoke. Eighteen ambulances were dispatched to the scene and they transported the victims to Mubarak Hospital. But five of them, a mother and her four children who were...
KIRKUK: Iraqi civilians gather as Iraqi forces arrive in the first neighborhood on the southern outskirts of Kirkuk yesterday. —AFP
Iraq's security forces seize Kurdish-held city of Kirkuk
US-trained elite force among units engaged in operation - Washintgon urges both sides to avoid 'escalatory action' KIRKUK: Iraqi civilians gather as Iraqi forces arrive in the first neighborhood on the southern outskirts of Kirkuk yesterday. —AFPBAGHDAD: Iraqi government forces captured the Kurdish-held city of Kirkuk yesterday, responding to a Kurdish vote on independence with a bold lightning strike that transforms the balance of power in the...
ALEPPO: Syrian government forces advance on the eastern outskirts of Aleppo on Wednesday near the town of Al- Khafsah, where regime forces retook a key water pumping station the day before. —AFP
To beat Militants, Syrian force goes back to the basics
RAQA: Once the last Islamic State group fighters are ousted from Syria's Raqa, the unconventional forces battling the jihadists say they'll have batteries and masking tape to thank for their victory. The Syrian Democratic Forces on the verge of seizing IS's former bastion Raqa have received sophisticated support from the US-led coalition, including air strikes, weaponry, and intelligence. But winning their months-long offensive against the...
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Malaysian teacher seen as new 'emir' of pro-IS militants
KUALA LUMPUR: The battlefield deaths of two leaders of an Islamic State alliance in the southern Philippines could thrust a Malaysian who trained at an Al-Qaeda camp in Afghanistan as the militant group's new regional "emir", experts and officials say. Intelligence officials describe Malaysian Mahmud Ahmad as a financier and recruiter, who helped put together the coalition of pro-Islamic State (IS) fighters that stormed Marawi City in May....
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Greek sex change law
ATHENS: Churches in a western Greek region will ring funeral bells every day until Saturday to protest a new law that makes it easier for people to change their legally recognized gender, clerics said yesterday. Greece's parliament passed a law last week which allows people over 15 to change their gender on official documents with a court ruling, without requiring medical tests or sterilization as was the case until now. The bill laid bare...
MADRID: Catalan police chief Josep Lluis Trapero (right of group) leaves the national court during a break in Madrid yesterday. A Spanish prosecutor is asking for Catalonia’s regional police chief to be jailed in a sedition case. — AP
Spain govt moves towards direct rule over Catalonia
Catalan leader fails to respond to ultimatum from Madrid - Prosecutors want Catalan police chief detained MADRID: Catalan police chief Josep Lluis Trapero (right of group) leaves the national court during a break in Madrid yesterday. A Spanish prosecutor is asking for Catalonia’s regional police chief to be jailed in a sedition case. — APMADRID: Catalan authorities must drop a bid for independence by Thursday, the Spanish government 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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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
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KUWAIT: His Excellency the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Oil Dr Imad Mohamed Al-Ateeqi (center) is greeted by Prime Minister His Highness Sheikh Ahmad Al-Abdullah Al-Hamad Al-Sabah (second right) and other officials. — KUNA
Oil minister returns to Kuwait after treatment in Turkey
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JAHRA: Part of the Al-Shagaya Concentrated Solar Power Project is seen in this photo taken from the Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research website.
KAPP shortlists companies for Dabdeba, Shagaya