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HH the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah

Security key to development, Arab Spring an 'illusion': PM

Sheikh Jaber talks one-vote system, austerity, youth, conscription, past posts HH the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-SabahKUWAIT: HH the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah yesterday said security is a key challenge, and if it is restored, will lead to stability and consequently economic development. He was speaking in an interview with the National Assembly's TV station late yesterday.Sheikh Jaber...

MP Osama Al-Shaheen

MP calls to cut expat students in Govt schools

MP Osama Al-ShaheenKUWAIT: Islamist opposition MP Osama Al-Shaheen criticized the government's policy aimed at dealing with the demographic imbalance and called for reducing the number of expatriate students in public schools as part of the solution. He said reforming the demographic imbalance in the country requires a strong will by the government and this will is not there. Shaheen said based on official statistics in April, the number of...

KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah meets with head of the Iraqi jurisprudence authority for senior scholars Ahmad Hassan Taha, and other officials.—Amiri Diwan and KUNA photos

Amir meets senior Iraqi scholar

KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah meets with head of the Iraqi jurisprudence authority for senior scholars Ahmad Hassan Taha, and other officials.—Amiri Diwan and KUNA photosKUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah received at Bayan Palace yesterday Minister of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs and Minister of State for Municipality Affairs Mohammad Al-Jabri, and visiting head of the...

KUWAIT: Acting Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah chairs the cabinet’s meeting yesterday. — KUNA

Cabinet satisfied with interpellation findings

KUWAIT: Acting Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah chairs the cabinet’s meeting yesterday. — KUNAKUWAIT: The Kuwaiti cabinet yesterday voiced satisfaction with the findings of recent interpellations against His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah. During the recent parliamentary session on the grilling, the National Assembly showed eagerness to have constructive...

Deputy Foreign Minister Khaled Al-Jarallah

Riyadh summits to help counter terror: Jarallah

'Kuwait closely following issue of Kuwaiti killed in Turkey' Deputy Foreign Minister Khaled Al-JarallahKUWAIT: Deputy Foreign Minister of Kuwait Khaled Al-Jarallah said yesterday that Kuwait hopes the three forthcoming summits due in the Saudi capital of Riyadh next week would help in the fight against terrorism. Jarallah made the statement to the press on the sidelines of the opening session of a symposium organized at the Saud Al-Nasser...

KUWAIT: Municipal Council members pose for a group photo before yesterday's session. - Photo by Fouad Al-Shaikh

Council member thankful for food safety inspectors' 'relentless efforts'

KUWAIT: Municipal Council members pose for a group photo before yesterday's session. - Photo by Fouad Al-ShaikhKUWAIT: Municipal Council member Ali Al-Moussa thanked Kuwait Municipality inspectors for their 'relentless efforts' during crackdowns held before the holy month of Ramadan, which resulted in confiscating tons of inedible and expired food items. Speaking during the councils weekly session yesterday, he further demanded that inspectors...

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Reward to Iraqis with info about missing Kuwaitis

KUWAIT: The Iraqi defense ministry issued a humanitarian call urging Iraqi citizens who have any information about the whereabouts of the remains of Iraqis or Kuwaitis who were declared missing in the aftermath of the former Iraqi regime's invasion of Kuwait in 1990 to come forward, promising them generous rewards in return for verified pieces of information.The ministry's statement also urged citizens to report any information about missing...

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The Honorable Policeman

On my way home on Thursday after 3:00 pm, the temperature indicator pointed at 43 C degrees. I saw a traffic police car with its flash lights on, pulled over behind a small cargo car on a side street next to Fifth Ring Road. I was unsure of what had happened. Deciding to return to that point meant lunch would be delayed by 30 minutes. I got back to where the police car was, and came across an unfamiliar yet happy scene. The driver of the wrecked...

KUWAIT: Drugs found with two suspects who were caught yesterday trying to smuggle them into Kuwait

Officer used force to arrest potentially armed suspect

KUWAIT: The Relations and Security Information General Department at the Interior Ministry commented on a video that appeared on social media showing an officer attempting to arrest a suspect. The statement said that a sports car driver ignored patrol police's orders to pull over in Ardhiya, so the patrol officers chased him until he stopped. The suspect resisted arrest, so a police officer used force as he assumed the motorist had a sharp...

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Traffic police officer thrashed for issuing traffic ticket

KUWAIT: An Egyptian man beat a traffic police officer who issued him a traffic ticket on the Fourth Ring Road. The policeman stopped the man near Jabriya and gave him a ticket. The driver grew angry, so he assaulted the police officer and then fled. The policeman was treated at Mubarak Hospital. A complaint has been lodged and detectives are searching for the man.Fight in government departmentTwo employees in a government department beat a...

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No identity for dead newborn; Kidnap bid foiled

A newborn found dead at a mosque has yet to be identified. The baby's corpse was inside a bag discovered by a muezzin at a Salmiya mosque. A determination regarding the cause of death has yet to be made and detectives are investigating.Car theft ring bustedA ring of car thieves were busted at the scrap yard after one of the men, a 50-year-old Lebanese national, stole a car from Nugra and drove it to the scrap yard for dismantling. The man's...

ADANA: In this file photo a German Air Force cargo plane maneuvers on the runway after it landed at the Incirlik Air Base, in the outskirts of the city of Adana, southern Turkey.—AP

Germany slams Turkey's refusal to let MPs visit NATO base

ADANA: In this file photo a German Air Force cargo plane maneuvers on the runway after it landed at the Incirlik Air Base, in the outskirts of the city of Adana, southern Turkey.—APBERLIN: Germany yesterday slammed Turkey's refusal to allow its lawmakers to visit a NATO base near Syria and warned it could move its troops elsewhere. Berlin described as "unacceptable" Ankara's latest ban on a visit to the Incirlik base in southern Turkey, used...

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His Highness Sheikh Salem Al-Ali Al-Sabah

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