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5-day Eid Holiday - Eid Al-Adha holiday from Aug 31-Sept 4
KUWAIT: The Eid Al-Adha holiday will begin on Aug 31 (coinciding with Waqfat Arafat) and end on Sept 4, the Civil Service Commission (CSC) announced yesterday. The CSC said the holiday will begin on Aug 31 (Thursday) for all ministries, government departments, authorities and establishments. — KUNA
KUWAIT: KPC workers clean a beach after an oil spill hit Kuwait’s southern coast. — KUNA
KPC: Oil spill 'contained'
KUWAIT: KPC workers clean a beach after an oil spill hit Kuwait’s southern coast. — KUNAKUWAIT: Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC) announced yesterday that an oil spill off Kuwait's southern coast has been contained. The KPC said in a statement that contingency teams had taken all necessary measures to disintegrate the oil slick near power and water desalination plants. The corporation contacted the International Spill Control Organization...
KUWAIT: Kuwaiti pilgrims head to Makkah to perform Hajj (pilgrimage). —KUNA photo
Kuwait's Airport in full gear to facilitate flow of pilgrims
KUWAIT: Kuwaiti pilgrims head to Makkah to perform Hajj (pilgrimage). —KUNA photoKUWAIT: Kuwait International Airport is in full gear to best serve the Kuwaiti pilgrims heading to Makkah to perform Islam's fifth pillar of Hajj (pilgrimage). The Airport allocated special lanes and areas to help the pilgrims. The Hajj is an annual Islamic pilgrimage to Makkah, the most holy city for Muslims, and a mandatory religious duty for Muslims that must...
KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah holds talks with Vice Premier of the State Council of the People’s Republic of China Zhang Gaoli yesterday. —KUNA photos
Amir receives China's Vice Premier State Council
KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah holds talks with Vice Premier of the State Council of the People’s Republic of China Zhang Gaoli yesterday. —KUNA photosKUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah yesterday received visiting Vice Premier of the State Council of the People's Republic of China Zhang Gaoli at Sief Palace. Bilateral relations and issues of common concern were...
KUWAIT: A man walks along the coast of Arabian Gulf Sea. An oil spill was discovered recently off Kuwait coast. — Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat
Oil spots along Messila ‘come from overseas’
KUWAIT: A man walks along the coast of Arabian Gulf Sea. An oil spill was discovered recently off Kuwait coast. — Photo by Yasser Al-ZayyatKUWAIT: Minister of Oil and Minister of Electricity and Water Esam Al-Marzouqi said yesterday the oil spots, found last week off Messila area, stemmed from old oil spills outside the territorial waters of Kuwait. "These oil spots have nothing to do with the recent oil spill in South Al-Zour area that...
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'Makarem, Muthmer' - programs aim to instill good values in kids
Education Undersecretary for General Education and member of the Board of Directors of the General Authority for Youth Fatima Al-KanderiKUWAIT: Kuwaiti studies related to childhood indicated that programs for the child need to be further developed, associated with provisions of centers specialized in child care, training courses for their caregivers and constant family awareness to achieve sound socialization. Hence, the government's serious...
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Expats and the new regulations
Kuwait that is cradled by the Amir of humanity has always been a part of rights and security and a land of equality and justice, yet in a strange turn by the Parliamentary legislator, there are new laws that have regulated the status of expats blocking means of normal life and making it not difficult, rather close to impossible for an expat. If an expat who was born in Kuwait, and his parents who have spent most of their lives here and have...
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Drug suspects nabbed ; 10 companies busted by residency detectives
KUWAIT: The Drugs Control General Department arrested an expat with 5 kg of "chemical" and a sensitive scale. Information was received about the suspect's activities and he was arrested in his house, where the drug was found. Meanwhile, an Asian was arrested for bringing in a large quantity of drugs through a land border outlet. When his truck was searched, nearly 2 kg of heroin and one kilogram of shabu were found. The suspect said he delivers...
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3 girls attacked and molested by 2 men in Firdous
KUWAIT: A security source said three Kuwaiti girls told Jleeb police station investigators that two men living in Firdous beat them. One of the girls said one of the men deliberately exposed her private parts in public. The girls submitted medical reports stating injuries they sustained. The Farwaniya prosecutor filed the beating and molestation case as a felony.Women arrested for drugsTwo female citizens were arrested upon their return from...
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9 arrested for fighting
KUWAIT: Criminal detectives arrested nine young men, while two were sent to Jahra Hospital under guard, following a violent fight in a Jahra cafe. Video of part of the fight was uploaded on social media. Preliminary investigations revealed the fight was over staring, and the cafe they were in has cabins where women are allowed. The men used sharp objects, and the two injured men were admitted to the ICU in critical condition.Car, flat damagedIn...
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India's top court bans 'triple talaq'
NEW DELHI: India's top court yesterday banned a controversial Islamic practice that allows men to divorce their wives instantly, ending a long tradition that many Muslim women had fiercely opposed. The Supreme Court ruled that the practice of "triple talaq", whereby Muslim men can divorce their wives by reciting the word talaq (divorce) three times, was both unconstitutional and un-Islamic. Victims including Shayara Bano, whose husband used...
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This undated imageshows a colorized transmission electron micrograph of mpox particles (green) found within an infected cell (pink and purple) cultured in the laboratory. - AFP
Mpox global health emergency, Kuwait monitoring situation
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VARANASI: Medical students shout slogans and hold posters as they protest the rape and murder of a young medic from Kolkata, in Varanasi on August 15, 2024. -- AFP
Protests sweep India over rape and murder of doctor
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NEW DELHI: India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi inspects the guard of honor to mark the country's Independence Day, at the Red Fort in New Delhi on August 15, 2024. -AFP
Modi renews push for common civil code for India
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Kuwait Society for Relief’s second relief plane. - KUNA photos
Kuwait sends relief planeload to Sudan
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KUWAIT: People watch pearl diving boats as they arrive at the main beach at the end of the 33rd annual pearl diving festival. Pearl-diving trips are held annually under the patronage of the Kuwaiti Amir in order to keep traditions alive.
Pearl diving trip winds up