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Minister of Social Affairs and Labor Hind Al-Sabeeh speaks during the event
Minister of Social Affairs underlines women's involvement in decision-making
Minister of Social Affairs and Labor Hind Al-Sabeeh speaks during the eventKUWAIT: Kuwaiti Minister of Social Affairs and Labor Hind Al-Sabeeh said yesterday that Kuwaiti women are engaged in setting out development blueprints and decision-making. Representing His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Sabeeh, who doubles as Minister of State for Economic Affairs, made the remark in a keynote speech during a ceremony marking...
Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah honors a KNG member
Backing high achievers essential for KNG development: Sheikh Mishal
Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah honors a KNG memberKUWAIT: Deputy Chief of the Kuwait National Guard (KNG) Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah stressed yesterday the importance of backing high achievers in the country, affirming KNG's keenness on enhancing all its sectors. Sheikh Mishal made his remarks after honoring KNG's sport teams for attaining the first rank in state ministries and institutions tournament, KNG said in a statement.  The...
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The unlucky women
The woman of a house faces difficulties when her husband drops his duties to watch a match between Barcelona and Real Madrid. Spoiled children wait for their mother to stuff their brains with lessons prescribed by the Education Ministry. For the young mother, her husband's decision is like a verdict to stop all pleasure in her life and the start of a torturous journey. Lucky is the girl who is blessed with an understanding husband who is...
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The ideal method of coexistence
Labeed Abdal Refugees travel from one European country to another, then reach North and South America in some cases, involving walking and dangerous sea journeys. This has become a humanitarian issue some people deal with religiously, ethnically, or according to meaningless executive decisions. Muslims were accused in an terrorist attack in Norway, but later, the culprit turned out to be a European extremist and a fanatic rightist, rejecting...
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Visa forgery net busted
KUWAIT: The Interior Ministry’s Relations and Security Information Department said residency affairs detectives arrested a number of Asian nationals on charges of forging entry visas that they gave to previously deported expats in exchange of money. The police report said that a suspect was arrested, who confessed to paying a person to get him a visa, so he was arrested too along with four others, all of the same nationality.By Hanan Al-Saadoun
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Man wanted for KD 10,000 theft
KUWAIT: A Jordanian man was placed on the wanted list after a jewelry company discovered he sold gold worth KD 10,000 and disappeared with the money. A security source said an Egyptian lawyer lodged a complaint at Nugra police station on behalf of the company, accusing the Jordanian expat of selling 717 gm of gold and fleeing with the cash. Separately, an Egyptian man told police a female citizen rented a car at the end of March and did not...
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump shakes hands with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan during a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House yesterday. Talks were expected to focus on ways to mend ties frayed over Syria and the presence in the US of Erdogan foe Fethullah Gulen. – AFP
Trump to give speech on Islam during Saudi visit
  Trump defends revealing intel secrets to Russians WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump shakes hands with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan during a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House yesterday. Talks were expected to focus on ways to mend ties frayed over Syria and the presence in the US of Erdogan foe Fethullah Gulen. – AFPWASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump will urge unity between the world’s major faiths on an...
MOSUL: Displaced Iraqis from Mosul’s western Rifai neighborhood flee their homes as Iraqi forces advance into the area during the ongoing offensive against Islamic State (IS) group fighters yesterday. – AFP
IS 'on brink of defeat' in Mosul
  MOSUL: Displaced Iraqis from Mosul’s western Rifai neighborhood flee their homes as Iraqi forces advance into the area during the ongoing offensive against Islamic State (IS) group fighters yesterday. – AFPMOSUL: Iraqi forces have recaptured nearly 90 percent of west Mosul from the Islamic State group and militants in the city are on the "brink of total defeat", officers said yesterday. Iraqi forces launched the massive operation to retake...
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Bitcoin is hackers’ ‘anonymous’ cash
PARIS: The perpetrators of the global cyber attack that caused havoc in 150 countries demanded "ransom" money in bitcoins, but experts believe the anonymity that the virtual currency affords is not necessarily impenetrable. Bitcoin, heavily-coded electronic tokens that take their name from software first put online in February 2009 by several software designers using the pseudonym Satoshi Nakamoto, essentially allow those who possess them to...
SEOUL: A photo taken on Monday shows staff monitoring the spread of ransomware cyber attacks at the Korea Internet and Security Agency (KISA). —AFP
North Korea link in cyber attacks
SEOUL: A photo taken on Monday shows staff monitoring the spread of ransomware cyber attacks at the Korea Internet and Security Agency (KISA). —AFPWASHINGTON: Security researchers investigating the massive cyber attack campaign that sparked havoc in computer systems worldwide have reported signs of a possible North Korean link, but Europe's cross-border police agency said Tuesday it was "too early" to draw a connection. After days of...
CARACAS: Venezuelan opposition activists protest against the government of President Nicolas Maduro on Monday. — AFP
Venezuelans block roads in seventh week of unrest
CARACAS: Venezuelan opposition activists protest against the government of President Nicolas Maduro on Monday. — AFPCARACAS: Thousands of Venezuelans blocked roads on Monday in a seventh week of anti-government demonstrations, vowing not to budge all day in protest at a deadly, deepening political and economic crisis. An 18-year-old died during a protest in the western state of Tachira after being shot by gunfire in the thorax, prosecutors...
MOSCOW: A woman speaks on her mobile phone as she walks outside the headquarters of Yandex company, Russia’s internet search engine, in Moscow yesterday.—AFP
Ukraine imposes sanctions on Russian web companies
MOSCOW: A woman speaks on her mobile phone as she walks outside the headquarters of Yandex company, Russia’s internet search engine, in Moscow yesterday.—AFPKIEV: Ukraine imposed sanctions on Russia's largest internet group Yandex and other popular online firms yesterday, saying it wanted to guard against cyberattacks, and the Kremlin threatened retaliation. The restrictions froze any assets held by the Russian businesses inside Ukraine and...
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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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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
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HERAT, Afghanistan: Afghan female workers sort and process dry Saffron at a facility in Herat. – AFP
Three years after return of Taleban, Afghan economic woes loom large