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Mezze, run by a dozen refugees, serves up traditional Syrian dishes such as yalanji, fattoush salad, kibbeh and baklava
Lisbon's first Syrian restaurant a welcome sign for new refugees
Mezze, run by a dozen refugees, serves up traditional Syrian dishes such as yalanji, fattoush salad, kibbeh and baklavaThe queue outside Lisbon's first Syrian restaurant on its opening day showed an appetite not just for Syrian food but for integration in one of the few European countries trying to welcome more refugees. Syrian refugees run Mezze restaurant after money was raised to renovate a former butcher's shop on a market in the Portuguese...
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PONTEVEDRA, SPAIN: The wreckage of a burned bus is pictured after a fire in Chandebrito, near the town of Nigran, northwestern Spain yesterday. - AFP
34 killed as deadly wildfires rage in Portugal and Spain
PONTEVEDRA, SPAIN: The wreckage of a burned bus is pictured after a fire in Chandebrito, near the town of Nigran, northwestern Spain yesterday. - AFPLISBON: At least 31 people have died in fires which have ravaged forests in northern and central Portugal over the past 24 hours, rescuers said yesterday, as three people were killed in Spain in blazes sparked by arsonists and fanned by Hurricane Ophelia. In Portugal, Prime Minister Antonio Costa...
Yalda Golsharifi
Yalda's tips for traveling with kids
Yalda GolsharifiTraveling with kids can be a challenge, especially for new parents. No matter if it's your first trip with your child or your twentieth, it can always be an anxious and stressful experience. It's so important for me to still look presentable and be comfortable while traveling and handling kids and making sure that I don't completely neglect myself.Getting organized and managing your time is key. Whenever we have a trip coming up...
Chairman of the National Military Service Authority Major General Ibrahim Al-Amiri during the press conference
Military draft dodgers will be penalized
Chairman of the National Military Service Authority Major General Ibrahim Al-Amiri during the press conferenceKUWAIT: Chairman of the National Military Service Authority Maj Gen Ibrahim Al-Amiri said yesterday eligible conscripts in the military will receive notifications to start their service. Those who fail to present for conscription or seek to delay their service as scheduled will face penalties of up to five years behind bars, he warned....
KUWAIT: Kuwaiti Oil Minister Essam Al-Marzouq attends the third Kuwaiti Oil & Gas Show and Conference yesterday. — Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat
Oil producers may not need to extend cuts
KUWAIT: Kuwaiti Oil Minister Essam Al-Marzouq attends the third Kuwaiti Oil & Gas Show and Conference yesterday. — Photo by Yasser Al-ZayyatKUWAIT: Oil producers may not need to roll over a deal to cut production beyond March if all members fully comply with their pledges, the Kuwaiti oil minister said yesterday. "The current reduction deal is sufficient to achieve the desired purpose," of rebalancing the oil market, Essam Al-Marzouq told...
His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah
Amir: Palestine deal important step in right direction
His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-SabahKUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah Saturday congratulated the Palestinian people for signing a unity agreement, which he described as an "important" step in the right direction. His Highness the Amir said the agreement would end division among the Palestinians to be united against challenges facing the Palestinian cause, thus honoring aspirations and...
KUWAIT: Head of the Kuwait National Service Authority Maj Gen Ibrahim Al-Amiri (center) speaks during a press conference yesterday. — Photo by Joseph Shagra
Boot camp ready to accept conscription new recruits
5,609 recruits registered as of Saturday - Cases filed against 800 citizens who are yet to register KUWAIT: Head of the Kuwait National Service Authority Maj Gen Ibrahim Al-Amiri (center) speaks during a press conference yesterday. — Photo by Joseph ShagraKUWAIT: After the approval of the conscription law earlier this year, a boot camp is ready to accept new recruits. Deputy Prime Minister and the Minister of Defense Sheikh Mohammed Al-Khaled...
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System automatically cuts late staff salaries
KUWAIT: Civil service employees at the Ministry of Electricity and Water (MEW) may see salary deductions if they fail to show up to work on time now that a new fingerprint timeclock system has been installed. The new system directly connects employees time clock check ins to the Civil Service Commission (CSC) tracking system, according to sources with knowledge of the system.Meanwhile MP Dr Mohammed Al-Huwailah warned that the cancelation of...
Dr Jamal Al-Harbi
Panel to scrutinize performance of health office in Germany
KUWAIT: Minister of Health Dr Jamal Al-Harbi announced yesterday forming a special panel to look into remarks made by the parliamentary investigation committee regarding Kuwait Health Office in Frankfurt, Germany.According to a ministry statement, Dr Harbi affirmed that the panel would discuss the remarks that had reached the ministry from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Cabinet General Secretariat about the office financial and...
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Rescuers stop maid from committing suicide
KUWAIT: An Ethiopian housemaid was stopped from committing suicide at her sponsor's house in Sulaibikhat, said security sources. Rescue forces rushed to the scene where paramedics took the maid to Al-Sabah hospital with a forehead wound after she had banged her head to the wall several times in a hysterical fit. Initial reports suggest that the maid had just received news about her mother's death when she went suffered an emotional...
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Fake domestic help office busted
KUWAIT: Police raided a fake domestic help office yesterday and arrested seven African women who are reported absconding by their original employers. The operation came following investigations into information that police received about the activity of the fake office in offering domestic help services without a valid license. The detainees were sent to the proper authorities for further action.Bad foodKuwait Municipality's Public Relations...
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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