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Indian Ambassador to Kuwait Sunil Jain bids farewell to His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah
Amir heads to India on private visit
Indian Ambassador to Kuwait Sunil Jain bids farewell to His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-SabahKUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, accompanied by Deputy Chief of Kuwait National Guard (KNG) Sheikh Meshal Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, left the country Sunday, heading to India on a private visit. His Highness the Amir was seen off at the international airport by His Highness the Deputy Amir and Crown...
The diagram taken from the Trafficking in Persons Report shows Kuwait’s tier ranking by the year, with ‘Tier 1’ being the best and ‘Tier 3’ being the worst.
Kuwait remains in Tier 2 in US Trafficking in Persons Report
State doesn't meet minimum standards, but making efforts to do so The diagram taken from the Trafficking in Persons Report shows Kuwait’s tier ranking by the year, with ‘Tier 1’ being the best and ‘Tier 3’ being the worst.KUWAIT: The United States Department of State recently released its annual Trafficking in Persons Report, which also lists Kuwait in Tier 2 for "countries whose governments do not fully comply with the TVPA's minimum...
Minister of Oil and Minister ofnElectricity and Water Essam Al-Marzouq
Kuwait's power outage rate one of the world's lowest: Minister
Minister of Oil and Minister ofElectricity and Water Essam Al-MarzouqKUWAIT: Kuwait has one of the lowest power outages' rates in the world, but cannot completely eliminate the problem due to high consumption in parallel with the rising temperatures, a senior government official said yesterday.The Ministry of Electricity and Water (MEW) carries out periodic maintenance operations and expansion works at power plants to increase their production...
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Credit Bank fire-caused losses more than $6 million: director
KUWAIT: Kuwait Credit Bank (KCB) General Director Salah Al-Mudaf said yesterday that losses inflicted at the news headquarters building due to the recent fire did not exceed KD 2 million ($6.5 million), noting that they would be covered by the insurance company, not public funds.Mudaf, speaking at the project site in South Surrah, indicated that the fire caused delay of the venture handover for six months, maximum. The fire, losses of which were...
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Generous Kuwaitis relieve many defaulters
KUWAIT: Kuwaiti donors have put an end to plight of indebted citizens and relieved hundreds of others of legal action and penalties, the Minister of Justice indicated yesterday. The national campaign, entitled 'let them fast with us,' has resulted in paying KD 960,000 ($3 million) worth of debts for those facing civil suits, lifted arrest warrants against 618 persons, closed 800 legal files and freed 25 prisoners, said Dr Faleh Azeb, also the...
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Seaside restaurant complexes becoming popular in Kuwait
KUWAIT: Seaside restaurant complexes in Kuwait have increased in popularity in recent years with several ones erected especially on the coastal roads. With their unique designs, these buildings group up a number of famous restaurants and cafes under one roof. — KUNA
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Waiter beaten up in a Salmiya restaurant
KUWAIT: Four citizens beat up an Egyptian waiter in a Salmiya restaurant because of a reserved table, and did not stop beating him until customers interfered to save him. The four entered the restaurant and headed towards a table, so the waiter asked them to select another one as it was already taken. The four did not like what they heard and beat the waiter before they went and sat on another table. Police arrived to the scene before they...
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Wives fight during mother-in-law visit
KUWAIT: A mother's visit to her son turned into a fight between his two wives who exchanged blows and insults and both ended in the police station. The two wives had met during the visit of their mother-in-law, and apparently engaged in an argument that escalated into exchanging insults and blows. Their husband and his mother eventually stepped in to break the fight.Illicit tabletsAn ex-convict citizen got rid of illicit tablets by swallowing...
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US, UN support Kuwait's Gulf mediation efforts
‘Restraint’ by all sides urged  - Gulf diplomats in US for talks WASHINGTON: Kuwaiti Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs and Acting Minister of Information Sheikh Mohammad Al-Abdullah Al-Sabah meets US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on Tuesday. — KUNAWASHINGTON: The US and the United Nations expressed late Tuesday their support to Kuwait's mediation efforts to resolve the current GCC crisis, said a statement by the Kuwaiti Embassy in...
BIARRITZ: Passengers en route to London check in at Biarritz airport, southwestern France. US is expected to broaden its ban on in-flight laptops and tablets to include planes from the European Union, a move that would create logistical chaos on the world’s busiest corridor of air travel. — AP
Revived US travel ban sows confusion, anger in Mideast
US plans enhanced airline securityKHARTOUM: A US Supreme Court decision allowing partial implementation of President Donald Trump's travel ban has stirred anger and confusion in parts of the Middle East, with would-be visitors worried about their travel plans and their futures. The blanket 90-day ban on visitors from six Muslim-majority countries - Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen - and a 120-day ban on all refugees was completely...
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US travel ban 'racist and unfair'
Tehran accuses US of a 'brazen' plan to change its government TEHRAN: A cartoon by Lezio Junior from Brazil, a participant in the Islamic Republic’s 2017 International Trumpism cartoon and caricature contest, is seen erected in the Iranian capital Tehran yesterday. —AFPUNITED NATIONS: Iran is accusing US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson of "a brazen interventionist plan" to change the current government that violates international law and the...
MOGADISHU: Somali soldiers stand on the scene of a suicide car bomb attack on a police station in Mogadishu, Somalia. — AFP
Somali refugees regret returning home from Kenya
MOGADISHU: Somali soldiers stand on the scene of a suicide car bomb attack on a police station in Mogadishu, Somalia. — AFPBAIDOA: As a teenager, Aden Hussein chose to become a refugee to get an education. With Somalia in collapse, he left his family for neighboring Kenya where Dadaab, one of the largest and oldest refugee camps in the world, offered a de-facto city served by the UN and dozens of aid agencies. "There I had free education," he...
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AUCKLAND, New Zealand: Boats are moored in waters in front of the Auckland city skyline, New Zealand. People are leaving New Zealand in record numbers as unemployment rises, interest rates remain high and economic growth is anemic, government statistics show. – AFP
People leave New Zealand amid rising economic crisis
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Sheikh Salem Al-Ali: A role model
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INCHEON, South Korea: This photo taken on Aug 8, 2024 shows a sniffer dog taking part in a demonstration of bedbug detection in passengers' luggage at Incheon International Airport. - AFP
S Korea sniffer dog searches for Paris bedbugs