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KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah meets with Acting Prime Minister and the Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah.

Amir congratulates Iraq on Mosul’s liberation

KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah meets with Acting Prime Minister and the Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah.KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah congratulated Iraqi President Fuad Masum and Prime Minister Haidar Al-Abadi, the government and people of Iraq on the liberation of the city of Mosul from so-called Islamic State (IS). His Highness...

Minister Mohammad Al-Jabri

Roaming food carts exclusively for youth

Minister Mohammad Al-JabriKUWAIT: Awqaf and Islamic Affairs Minister and State Minister for Municipal Affairs Mohammad Al-Jabri said his postponement of legalizing roaming food carts aims at adding other activities to the project, and stressed that youth should benefit from small businesses exclusively, hinting that studies are currently ongoing to prevent major companies from exploiting roaming food cart licenses.Personal inquiry The justice...

WASHINGTON: Members of the Kuwaiti delegation from the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA). —KUNA

Kuwait urges US to lift ban on direct flights

WASHINGTON: Members of the Kuwaiti delegation from the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA). —KUNAWASHINGTON: The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) on Monday called on the US Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to reconsider its decision and lift ban imposed on Kuwait Airways’ direct flights to America. The directorate urged the US officials to take into consideration security measures taken for this purpose.This...

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Sponsorship ban system upgraded

KUWAIT: The Interior Ministry’s information technology sector upgraded the deportation system to lift the sponsorship ban on the sponsor automatically from the main computer of the interior ministry as soon as the deportee’s ticket is paid.The relations and security information department said the new system aims to achieve public interest. The system will issue deportees’ tickets, and record details of financial affairs and statistics of...

Finance Minister Anas Al-Saleh

No delay in ministry dues’ payment: Finance Minister

Finance Minister Anas Al-SalehKUWAIT: Deputy Premier and Finance Minister Anas Al-Saleh said there are no delays by the ministry to pay dues to the Ministry of Electricity and Water (MEW), be it in the 2015-2016 budget or that of this year.Saleh said in an answer to a question by MP Safaa Al- Hashem that for independent establishments to keep their full profit or part of it is according to their establishment laws depends if they pay for...

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56% respondents in Kuwait believe there is a skills gap

KUWAIT: A recent study titled ‘The Middle East Skills Report,’ conducted by Bayt.com - the Middle East’s number one job site - and YouGov - a research and consulting agency, have found that 56 percent of respondents in Kuwait believe that there is a skills gap in the market. At the regional level, 65 percent of employers believe there is a skills gap in the market, while 7 percent of employers said there isn’t a gap, and 28 percent said...

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Firefighters battle farm blaze

KUWAIT: Firefighters tackled a blaze that spread over an estimated area of 100 square meters inside a Sulaibiya farm yesterday. The fire reportedly started in a machine used to manufacture asphalt inside the farm. Firemen managed to contain and put out the flames before they could reach diesel containers that were stored in the farm as well. No injuries were reported in the incident. Meanwhile, an investigation was opened to determine the cause...

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Man killed, three hurt in roof collapse

KUWAIT: A man was killed and three of his colleagues were injured when the roof of a building under construction collapsed on them. The four Indian nationals were at work when the roof collapsed. Their colleagues rushed and got them out of the rubble, then called police and paramedics. Three were found severely injured, and one was pronounced dead on the scene. Investigations are underway.Drunk ‘fashion blogger’ arrestedA famous ‘fashion...

DOHA: US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson (left) meets Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani at the Sea Palace residence yesterday. — AFP

Amir expresses bitterness, concern over Gulf crisis

Qatar, US ink counterterror deal - Quartet, US FMs to meet DOHA: US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson (left) meets Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani at the Sea Palace residence yesterday. — AFPKUWAIT/DOHA: HH the Amir of Kuwait Sheikh Sabah Al- Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah yesterday expressed “bitterness” and is “extremely concerned” over “unprecedented developments” in the Gulf crisis. The Amir appreciates the positive...

SRINAGAR: Indian paramilitary soldiers frisk a Kashmiri civilian left and an Indian pilgrim, right, as others wait for their turn at a temporary checkpoint near the pilgrim base camp in Pahalgam, about 100 Kilometers south of Srinagar, Kashmir. — AP

Hindus continue pilgrimage in Kashmir after attack

More security provided for buses carrying pilgrims SRINAGAR: Indian paramilitary soldiers frisk a Kashmiri civilian left and an Indian pilgrim, right, as others wait for their turn at a temporary checkpoint near the pilgrim base camp in Pahalgam, about 100 Kilometers south of Srinagar, Kashmir. — APSRINAGAR: As the Indian government blamed separatist rebels yesterday for gunning down seven Hindu pilgrims and wounding 19 more before fleeing into...

This file image made from video posted on a militant website on July 5, 2014, purports to show the leader of the Islamic State group, Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi. — AP

IS chief Baghdadi reported dead

BEIRUT: Islamic State group chief Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi was reported dead yesterday, a day after Iraq declared it had driven the militants from their one-time biggest stronghold of Mosul. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a longtime monitor of the country’s conflict, said it had information from top IS leaders confirming Baghdadi’s death.The report could not be independently verified and Baghdadi has been reported dead several times....

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Saudis execute 4 over attacks on police, riots

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia yesterday executed four men convicted of “terrorist crimes” including attacks on police and participating in riots in the district of Qatif, the kingdom said.The interior ministry named the four as Zaher Al-Basri, Yusof Al-Meshikhes, Mahdi Al- Sayyegh and Amjad Al-Emeibid, according to a statement aired by Al-Ekhbariyah state news channel.They were convicted of “disobeying the ruler” and attempting to “sow...

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