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KUWAIT: Philippine Vice Consul to Kuwait Charleson Hermosura talks with OFWs who recently availed AVRP. — Photo by Ben Garcia
74 undocumented overseas Filipino workers repatriated back home
KUWAIT: Philippine Vice Consul to Kuwait Charleson Hermosura talks with OFWs who recently availed AVRP. — Photo by Ben GarciaKUWAIT: Noraisa, a Filipina domestic helper in Kuwait returned home yesterday, after 16 years of working without a visa. She is one of 74 other undocumented Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) in Kuwait who were repatriated as part of the continuing program by the Kuwait's Ministry of Interior and Kuwait Immigration...
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No commercial licenses for public sector employees
KUWAIT: Commerce and Industry Minister and Acting Minister for Youth Affairs Khalid Al-Roudhan rejected MPs' plan to allow citizens working in government to obtain commercial licenses, relying on a circular from the Civil Service Commission. Roudhan expressed this in a report he sent to the National Assembly as a reply to a proposal by MP Faisal Al-Kandari, which was approved by the parliamentary finance and economic committee.Experts'...
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Mom, boyfriend deny murder intent in five-year-old's death
Child subjected to two months of repeated abuseKUWAIT: A five-year-old girl who died in a child abuse case reported earlier this week was subjected to abuse for 60 days before her eventual death, according to police findings. Meanwhile, reports emerged yesterday indicating that the child's mother and her boyfriend said during questioning that the girl was of special needs, adding yet another dark twist to the crime that shook Kuwait. The public...
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Police investigate human trafficking, forced labor and forced prostitution in Kuwait; Child molester caught
Kuwait: Criminal detectives are investigating a case involving an African woman believed to have a victim of human trafficking, forced labor and forced prostitution in Kuwait. According to investigations, the woman, 22, paid $2,500 to people in her country who promised that they can help her come to Kuwait to finish her higher education. When she arrived in Kuwait, a man took her to his house where she was forced to work as a domestic helper. She...
Deputy Foreign Minister Khaled Al-Jarallah meets with the ambassadors of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).
Deputy FM, US delegation discuss Gulf row mediation
Deputy Foreign Minister Khaled Al-Jarallah meets with the ambassadors of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).KUWAIT: During talks with Kuwait's Deputy Foreign Minister Khaled Al-Jarallah on Monday, a US official and retired US general reiterated support of Kuwait's efforts to resolve the ongoing feud between Qatar and another four Arab countries.Both Deputy Assistant State Secretary for Arab Gulf Affairs Tim Lenderking and retired...
Talal Al-Ghanem
Cooperation with international operators key to develop Kuwait Bourse: Chairman
Talal Al-GhanemKUWAIT: There is a clear outline for developing Kuwait Boursa, the national stock exchange, with the main component and key being the bolstering of cooperation with other international operators, a senior market official said yesterday. Chairman of the Board and Director General of Boursa Kuwait Talal Al-Ghanem said that the decision to further transform and develop the bourse was in the court of the Capital Markets Authority,...
Nabila Al-Anjari
Kuwait should prioritize tourism in financial, economic reform
'Leaders Group' report explores Oman, Vietnam's ventures in this field Nabila Al-AnjariKUWAIT: Leaders Group for Consulting and Development (LGCD), the representative of the International Tourism Organization in Kuwait issued its monthly report that deals with the tourism sector in Kuwait and sheds light on the most notable developments in the tourism industry."Eighteen months elapsed since the government issued its 'Financial and Economic...
CAIRO: Egyptian President Abdelfatah Al-Sisi reads a letter from His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al- Sabah, delivered by First Deputy Premier and Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah. —KUNA
Egyptian President appreciates Amir's efforts
CAIRO: Egyptian President Abdelfatah Al-Sisi reads a letter from His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al- Sabah, delivered by First Deputy Premier and Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah. —KUNACAIRO: Egyptian President Abdelfatah Al-Sisi extolled His Highness the Amir of Kuwait Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah for his efforts to consolidate the inter-Arab unity and solidarity. President Al-Sisi...
JIDDAH: Children fly kites on the Red Sea beach, in Jiddah, Saudi Arabia. —AFP
Amnesty over, 'illegal expats' await Saudi crackdown now
More than 600,000 'illegal expats left during amnestyRIYADH: For four months, texts from the government pinged into every mobile phone in Saudi Arabia ordering "illegal expatriates" to leave the kingdom before the end of an amnesty that expired in late July. The campaign, "a nation without violators," warned of fines, jail time and deportation for anyone caught without valid identity documents after the grace period, in a renewed push to reduce...
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Nepal immigration officials trafficking women: Report
KATHMANDU: Immigration officials at Nepal’s international airport are colluding with traffickers to illegally send Nepali women to the Gulf where they are often exploited and abused, said a parliamentary report released yesterday.The parliamentary committee tasked with international relations and labor rights said the government had failed to protect Nepalis working overseas and turned a blind eye to allegations of trafficking. More than 60...
ARSAL: In this June 19, 2016 file photo, a Lebanese army soldier takes his position overlooking an area controlled by the Islamic State group at the edge of the town of Arsal, in northeast Lebanon. — AP
Lebanon army prepares for IS assault
Seeking end to threat posed to neighboring towns ARSAL: In this June 19, 2016 file photo, a Lebanese army soldier takes his position overlooking an area controlled by the Islamic State group at the edge of the town of Arsal, in northeast Lebanon. — APBEIRUT: Lebanon's US-backed military is gearing up for a long-awaited assault to dislodge hundreds of Islamic State militants from a remote corner near Syrian border, seeking to end a years-long...
HEMLAND: This file photo taken on April 11, 2017 shows an Afghan farmer harvesting opium sap from a poppy field in the Gereshk district. — AFP
From poppy to heroin: Taleban moving into drug production
HEMLAND: This file photo taken on April 11, 2017 shows an Afghan farmer harvesting opium sap from a poppy field in the Gereshk district. — AFPKABUL: The Taleban-which banned poppy cultivation when it ruled Afghanistan-now appears to wield significant control over the war-torn country's heroin production line, providing insurgents with billions of dollars, officials have told AFP. In 2016 Afghanistan, which produces 80 percent of the world's...
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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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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
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Kuwait Society for Relief’s second relief plane. - KUNA photos
Kuwait sends relief planeload to Sudan
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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