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Customs Department ready for hajj season

KUWAIT: Director General of the Customs Department Jamal Al-Jalawi said the department has working plans for all seasons, especially during hajj and summer. He said the department is ready at all its posts by increasing the number of male and female inspectors in order to ease the procedures for those returning from summer holidays. Jalawi said there is a plan to ease procedures for pilgrims and their return to the country either through the...

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KFH takes part in recruitment forum at MGRP

KFH staff receive recruitment applications.KUWAIT: Kuwait Finance House (KFH) took part a the recruitment forum held at the Manpower and Government Restructuring Program's (MGRP) headquarters. This emanates from the bank's endeavors to support the Kuwaiti youth in the labor market, while effectively strengthening partnership with the government institutions in an attempt to achieve the common national goals and the comprehensive economic...

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Probe into young man's death in Sharq

crime-sceneKUWAIT: Capital detectives are investigating the death of a Kuwaiti young man who fell from a tower in Sharq. Detectives are investigating whether the man fell from the building, if he was thrown, or if he threw himself from the 20th floor. A security source said the possibility that he committed suicide is very slight. Drunks fightA fight broke out between seven drunk men competing over a girl in Jahra desert. One of the men...

CARACAS: People cheer as the judges named by Venezuela's opposition-controlled National Assembly for a parallel supreme court, swear in during a ceremony in Caracas on Friday. - AFP

US weighs sanctions to hit Venezuela's oil revenue

CARACAS: People cheer as the judges named by Venezuela's opposition-controlled National Assembly for a parallel supreme court, swear in during a ceremony in Caracas on Friday. - AFPHOUSTON/WASHINGTON: The United States is considering financial sanctions on Venezuela that would halt dollar payments for the country's oil, according to a senior White House official and an adviser with direct knowledge of the discussions. The move could severely...

MINNEAPOLIS: Protesters carry signs as they march against police violence from Loring Park to City Hall. - AP n

Minneapolis chief resigns after shooting of Australian woman

MINNEAPOLIS: Protesters carry signs as they march against police violence from Loring Park to City Hall. - APMINNEAPOLIS: Minneapolis police Chief Janee Harteau says she is "willing to step aside to let a fresh set of leadership eyes" be in charge of the department, which has been criticized in the wake of last weekend's fatal police shooting of an unarmed Australian woman who had called 911. Harteau's resignation Friday came at the request of...

MAIDUGURI: This file photo taken on July 4, 2017 shows a man looking at potatoes displayed on a stall at the Monday-Market, one of the biggest markets. - AFP

Maiduguri: A humanitarian hub deep in Boko Haram territory

MAIDUGURI: This file photo taken on July 4, 2017 shows a man looking at potatoes displayed on a stall at the Monday-Market, one of the biggest markets. - AFPMAIDUGURI: Mangoes and watermelons, prayer mats and Chinese-made utensils are again filling the stalls of Maiduguri's markets, as they recover after years of Boko Haram violence. Traders sweating behind wheelbarrows overloaded with goods fight their way through the crowded alleyways in...

DOHA: Emir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani speaks late Friday in his first televised speech since the dispute between Qatar and three Gulf countries and Egypt. - AP

Qatari leader appreciates Amir's mediation efforts

DOHA: Emir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani speaks late Friday in his first televised speech since the dispute between Qatar and three Gulf countries and Egypt. - APDOHA: Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani highly commended on Friday HH the Amir of Kuwait Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah's mediation efforts to resolve the Gulf crisis. In a televised address, the Qatari emir said his country had supported Kuwait's mediation...

MARAWI: Philippine Marines walk past a mosque during a patrol along a deserted street at the frontline. – AFP

Philippines to extend martial law

MARAWI: Philippine Marines walk past a mosque during a patrol along a deserted street at the frontline. – AFPMANILAL: The Philippine Congress yesterday voted to extend President Rodrigo Duterte's declaration of martial law in the south until the end of the year to defeat Islamist gunmen. In a special joint session of the House and the Senate, legislators overwhelmingly backed Duterte's bid to have martial law remain in force in the Mindanao...

FILE - In this Jan. 21, 2017, file photo, White House press secretary Sean Spicer, flanked by images of then President-elect Donald Trump arriving during the 58th Presidential Inauguration at the U.S. Capitol, speaks in the White House briefing room in Washington. Almost from Day One, it was clear that Sean Spicer would ride a uniquely rocky and humiliating road as President Donald Trump’s White House press secretary. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

White House spokesman Spicer out

WASHINGTON: In this Jan 21, 2017, file photo, White House press secretary Sean Spicer, flanked by images of then President-elect Donald Trump arriving during the 58th Presidential Inauguration at the US Capitol, speaks in the White House briefing room. - APWASHINGTON: White House press secretary Sean Spicer abruptly resigned Friday in protest at a major shake-up of Donald Trump's scandal-tainted administration, as pressure mounted from a...

HELMAND: Afghan security personnel sit on atop an armored vehicles amid an ongoing battle with Taleban militants in the Gereshk district. - AFP

16 Afghan police killed in US strike

HELMAND: Afghan security personnel sit on atop an armored vehicles amid an ongoing battle with Taleban militants in the Gereshk district. - AFPKANDAHAR: A US airstrike has killed 16 policemen in Afghanistan, officials said yesterday, the latest setback to Washington's efforts to bring peace to the war-torn country. The incident took place in Helmand province on Friday as Afghan security forces attempted to clear a village of Taliban militants,...

JERUSALEM: Palestinian worshippers run for cover from teargas fired by Israeli forces outside Jerusalem's Old City in front of the Al-Aqsa mosque compound, after Israeli police barred men under 50 from entering the Old City for Friday Muslim prayers. - AFP

Fears of more Israeli-Palestinian violence over sensitive holy site

JERUSALEM: Palestinian worshippers run for cover from teargas fired by Israeli forces outside Jerusalem's Old City in front of the Al-Aqsa mosque compound, after Israeli police barred men under 50 from entering the Old City for Friday Muslim prayers. - AFPJERUSALEM: Stabbings and clashes that left six people dead raised fears yesterday of further Israeli-Palestinian violence as tensions mount over new security measures at a highly sensitive...

HONG KONG: Liverpool FC players celebrates after winning the final matchnagainst Leicester City FC at the Premier League Asia Trophy soccerntournament in Hong Kong, yesterday. – APn

Coutinho stunner gives Liverpool Hong Kong win

HONG KONG: Liverpool FC players celebrates after winning the final matchagainst Leicester City FC at the Premier League Asia Trophy soccertournament in Hong Kong, yesterday. – APHONG KONG: A moment of Philippe Coutinho magic lifted Liverpool to a 2-1 preseason victory over Leicester City in the final of the Premier League Asia Trophy yesterday. With Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp rejecting a big-money offer from Barcelona for Coutinho earlier...

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