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Real estate gridlock highlights future fears, says analysts

KUWAIT: Housing prices in Kuwait have been on a downward spiral due to various factors including the decline in oil prices and growing fears over further regional political instability. Real estate specialists revealed that prices have hit their lowest in years, prompting many property owners to bide their time before putting up their properties on sale. Recent official data provided by the local real estate industry shows a lull in transactions...

KUWAIT: Head of ICRC's delegation in the Gulf Cooperation Council Yahya Alibi speaks during an interview. - KUNA

Red Cross official confirms cholera outbreak in Yemen

KUWAIT: Head of ICRC's delegation in the Gulf Cooperation Council Yahya Alibi speaks during an interview. - KUNAKUWAIT: Head of the International Committee of the Red Cross' (ICRC) delegation in Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Yahya Alibi said the cholera outbreak is rapidly spreading in Yemen. Alibi noted during an interview that more than 300,000 people were infected with cholera in Yemen, a burgeoning health crisis adding to the war, due to...

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Tight security must have prevented convicts' escape

KUWAIT: Security authorities protecting the air, land and maritime borders possess extensive capabilities to detect any person who attempts to enter or leave the country, informed security sources said. The convicts wanted in the so-called 'Abdali Cell' case have not escaped from the country, they added, and also expressed confidence that ongoing supervision, checkpoints and inspections campaigns around the country will eventually lead to their...

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Water consumption in Kuwait reaches record rate

Water is seen dripping from a tap.KUWAIT: Consumption of water in Kuwait hit a record on July 14, with 475 million imperial gallons, a rise of five million gallons more than the same period in 2016, said the Ministry of Electricity and Water. The ministry's Undersecretary for the Operation and Maintenance Sector Khalifa Al-Furij made the statement on the sidelines a fair of the experimental project for rationalization of water in houses, being...

KUWAIT: A firefighter tackles a blaze in a garage in Sharq on Sunday.

Council member calls for removal of Sharq industrial

KUWAIT: A firefighter tackles a blaze in a garage in Sharq on Sunday.KUWAIT: Municipal Council member and chairman of the technical committee Fahd Al-Sane proposed a speedy clearing of Sharq industrial area in order to rectify the situation and remove violations there. His call came one day after a blaze engulfed a garage in the busy commercial district of Kuwait City which is also home for some of the tallest skyscrapers in the state's...

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New tenant dies inside elevator

crime-sceneKUWAIT: A Filipina suffocated and died inside an elevator after it crashed while she was moving her furniture inside a Salmiya building. All attempts to get her out of the elevator failed. The building's haris (janitor) called police and told them a new tenant was stuck in the elevator, but they found her dead when they arrived. The body was recovered by the coroner. Preliminary investigations indicated that the elevator...

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Rallies held in support of Aqsa

KUWAIT: Left) Demonstrators gather at the Kuwait University campus in Khaldiya yesterday against Israeli violations at the Al-Aqsa mosque compound. (Right) A man carries a placard with a slogan reading "the National Liberation Movement of Ahwaz supports the right of worship of Palestinians in Al-Aqsa mosque" at a demonstration outside the Palestinian Embassy in Bayan yesterday. - Photos by Joseph Shagra and Yasser Al-ZayyatKUWAIT: Student groups...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is welcomed by HH the Amir of Kuwait Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah upon his arrival at Kuwait International Airport late yesterday.

Erdogan visits Kuwait, Saudi Arabia to defuse Qatar crisis

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is welcomed by HH the Amir of Kuwait Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah upon his arrival at Kuwait International Airport late yesterday.KUWAIT: President Recep Tayyip Erdogan yesterday began a key trip to the Gulf aimed at defusing the standoff over Turkey’s ally Qatar, saying no one had an interest in prolonging the crisis. Erdogan, whose country has come to Qatar’s aid in the dispute, had talks...

LONDON: England players pose with the trophy after winning the ICC Women's World Cup cricket final between England and India at Lord's cricket ground in London yesterday. – AFP

England edge India in Women's World Cup final

LONDON: England players pose with the trophy after winning the ICC Women's World Cup cricket final between England and India at Lord's cricket ground in London yesterday. – AFPLONDON: Anya Shrubsole bowled England to a dramatic nine-run win over India in the Women's World Cup final at Lord's yesterday. India, set 229 to win, were well on course for victory at 191 for three in front of a full hose of more than 26,000. But the dismissal of...

EAST RUTHERFORD: Barcelona's Brazilian forward Neymar (C) vies for the ball with Juventus players during the International Champions Cup (ICC)nmatch between Juventus FC and FC Barcelona, at the MetLife Stadiumnin East Rutherford, New Jersey, on Sunday. FC Barcelona defeated Juventus 2-1. – AFPn

Neymar dazzles as Barca down Juventus

EAST RUTHERFORD: Barcelona's Brazilian forward Neymar (C) vies for the ball with Juventus players during the International Champions Cup (ICC)match between Juventus FC and FC Barcelona, at the MetLife Stadiumin East Rutherford, New Jersey, on Sunday. FC Barcelona defeated Juventus 2-1. – AFPEAST RUTHERFORD: Neymar gave Barcelona fans a dazzling reminder of what they could be about to lose on Saturday, scoring twice as the Spanish giants...

Attorney Fajer Ahmed

How to approach a lawyer

Attorney Fajer Ahmed It may be unconventional for me to be writing about how to approach a lawyer, but as a lawyer myself, I have experienced dealing with lawyers and clients alike, so I thought it would be useful to write how to find the best lawyer. Fortunately and unfortunately, the Kuwaiti market is saturated with lawyers. This should make it easy to find a lawyer, but it is still confusing to many clients on what information to share,...

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Nigeria's former oil minister battles slew of graft cases

Diezani Alison-MaduekeLAGOS: Nigeria's former oil minister faces charges only at home but her name crops up in a growing number of international cases that lift the lid on the scale of alleged corruption in the country's oil sector. Since leaving office in 2015, Diezani Alison-Madueke has been implicated in bribery, fraud, misuse of public funds, and money laundering cases in Nigeria, Britain, Italy and the United States. The first female...

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KUWAIT: His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Ahmad Abdullah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah preside over a Cabinet weekly meeting on Tuesday at Bayan Palace. - KUNA

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