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Court orders Kuwait University to upgrade student's GPA
KUWAIT: The administrative court passed a historic verdict mandating Kuwait University's faculty of law to change a student's GPA from A- to A. Meanwhile, he criminal court yesterday sentenced a Ministry of Electricity and Water (MEW) director and a supervisor to seven years in prison and dismissal, sentenced another sector manager and supervisor to three years in prison and dismissal from his positions, fined other suspects and acquitted 16...
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Ports development part of Kuwait 2035 vision
Kuwait PortKUWAIT: Kuwait Ports Authority (KPA) witnessed a remarkable development to cope with ‘Kuwait 2035 vision’ to transform the country into an international financial and commercial center. The KPA logistic transportation is the best investment in the strategic location of Kuwait. Kuwait is currently constructing Mubarak Al-Kabeer Port, a leap in shipping. The country will also work on a number of projects to develop the operating...
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KRCS raises money for refugees, Yemenis
Envoy commends Kuwait's support to displaced Iraqis KUWAIT: The US ambassador to Iraq Douglas Silliman poses for a group photo with Kuwait Red Crescent Society members. — KUNAKUWAIT/IRBIL: Kuwait Red Crescent Society (KRCS) will launch a donations' campaign with the onset of the holy month of Ramadan to raise money for treating Syrian refugees in Jordan and Lebanon as well the injured and patients in Yemen. Lama Al-Othman, director of projects...
Attorney Fajer Ahmed
Kuwait's Labor Law: The Probation Period
Attorney Fajer Ahmed Around 70 percent of Kuwait's population is not Kuwaiti and that is a number to be proud of. I repeatedly write about what a blessing the non-national community in Kuwait has on Kuwait's culture, economy, and so on, as Kuwait can be a place of opportunity for many. Unfortunately though, a significant number of expats face employment issues because of multiple reasons. One of these reasons being legal loopholes, while...
Car catches fire outside Jahra Hospital
Car catches fire outside Jahra Hospital
Car catches fire outside Jahra HospitalKUWAIT: Firefighters extinguished a blaze that engulfed a vehicle outside the Jahra Hospital yesterday morning. No injuries were reported in the incident. A case was filed for investigations to determine the cause of the fire.Thief caughtThe Capital criminal investigations detectives arrested an Arab man for robbery, said security sources, noting that along with a compatriot, the suspect had stolen two...
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Man mugs borrower after she failed to pay him back
KUWAIT: An Iraqi man was arrested for assaulting and robbing a female citizen's purse and money, said security sources. According to the suspect, he had known the woman and lent her KD 500, but when it took her too long to give him the money back, he seized the opportunity of knowing that her purse was full of money and snatched it. He also assaulted her when she tried resisting him. A case was filed.BlackmailA citizen was arrested for...
Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz pose for a picture with Sheikh Sabah and other leaders of the Gulf Cooperation Council yesterday. - AFP
Saudi king slams Iran as 'spearhead' of terrorism'
Trump calls to isolate Iran, confront extremism Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz pose for a picture with Sheikh Sabah and other leaders of the Gulf Cooperation Council yesterday. - AFPRIYADH: Saudi Arabia's King Salman yesterday accused regional rival Iran of exporting extremist Islamic movements to the world and vowed to eliminate the Islamic State group. "The Iranian regime has been the spearhead of global terrorism since the (Ayatollah...
RIYADH: US First Lady Melania Trump (second right) chats with employees during a visit to the GE All-Women Business Process Services and IT Centre yesterday. - AFP
Melania hails 'empowerment of women' at Saudi company visit
Ivanka: Saudi progress on women 'encouraging' RIYADH: US First Lady Melania Trump (second right) chats with employees during a visit to the GE All-Women Business Process Services and IT Centre yesterday. - AFPRIYADH: US First Lady Melania Trump praised the "empowerment of women" at a General Electric all-female service center in the Saudi capital yesterday, saying the women should work together and educate their children well. She is accompanying...
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North Korea fires another ballistic missile
US stress 'ironclad commitment' to defend allies NORTH KOREA: This file image made from video of an undated still image broadcast in a news bulletin by North Korea’s KRT shows leader Kim Jong Un at what was said to be a missile test site at an undisclosed location in North KoreaSEOUL: North Korea yesterday test-fired a ballistic missile, the latest in a series of launches which have sparked international condemnation and threats of tougher UN...
TEHRAN: Iranian President Hassan Rouhani prepares before a televised speech after he won the election, in Tehran, Iran.—AP
Rouhani, a man of the Islamic Revolution, opens Iran to West
TEHRAN: Iranian President Hassan Rouhani prepares before a televised speech after he won the election, in Tehran, Iran.—APDUBAI: As Iran's chief nuclear envoy, Hassan Rouhani earned the nickname "diplomat sheikh" when negotiators in 2004 reached a deal that saw the Islamic Republic halt all its enrichment of uranium. Over 10 years later, it would be Rouhani as president who would strike a bargain with world powers to again limit Iran's atomic...
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Bahrain cleric gets suspended jail term
File Photo of Sheikh Isa Qassim - ReutersDUBAI: A Bahraini court yesterday sentenced revered Shiite cleric Isa Qassim to a suspended one-year jail term for illegal fundraising and money laundering, a judicial source said. The criminal court handed down the same verdict to two of the cleric's aides, Sheikh Hussein Mahrus and Mirza Al-Obaidli, the source said, adding the sentences were suspended for three years.The prosecution also announced the...
CARACAS: Opposition activists clash with riot police during a protest against the government of President Nicolas Maduro in Caracas.—AFP
Up to 200,000 protesters march against Venezuela's Maduro
Seven weeks of protests leave 47 dead CARACAS: Opposition activists clash with riot police during a protest against the government of President Nicolas Maduro in Caracas.—AFPCARACAS: More than 200,000 protesters took to the streets of Venezuela on Saturday, day 50 of an angry and sometimes deadly showdown with the unpopular President Nicolas Maduro. As with many of the previous marches in the crisis-hit country, police fired tear gas at...
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His Highness Sheikh Salem Al-Ali Al-Sabah
Sheikh Salem Al-Ali passes away
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GAZA: People inspect the damage in Gaza City's Sheikh Radwan neighborhood following Zionist bombardment on August 11, 2024. — AFP
US orders nuclear submarine to Mideast
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His Highness Sheikh Salem Al-Ali Al-Sabah
Kuwait mourns Al-Sabah Family patriarch, KNG Chief Sheikh Salem Al-Ali Al-Sabah
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Iran rejects calls to ‘stand down’
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KURSK: This handout photograph taken and released by the Government of Kursk region of Russia on August 9, 2024, shows women and children being evacuated from the town of Rylsk in Kursk region. — AFP
Putin orders Russian army to ‘dislodge’ Ukrainian forces