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Saudi bans poultry imports from Kuwait
KUWAIT: The Saudi Food and Drug Authority (SFDA) issued a temporary ban on importing poultry and its products from Kuwait because of the spread of a ‘highly vicious’ avian flu virus in Kuwait. SFDA had notified the Saudi foreign ministry, which in turn contacted Kuwait Municipality concerning the ban, which exempts eggs and poultry meat and products that are treated with heat or any other method that would kill the virus, provided a health...
KUWAIT: HH the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah receives Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi at Bayan Palace yesterday. - KUNA
Amir, President Sisi discuss mutual issues
KUWAIT: HH the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah receives Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi at Bayan Palace yesterday. - KUNAKUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah received Egyptian President Abdelfattah Al-Sisi at Bayan Palace yesterday, with the presence of His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah. President Sisi and his accompanying delegation held official talks...
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Schools informed to conserve energy
KUWAIT: Local schools were recently informed to switch of air conditioning units in empty classes and rooms in a bid to save on energy in educational facilities. The Ministry of Education's (MOE) Assistant Undersecretary for Public Education Fatima Al-Kandari issued a directive to all public schools, urging all school staffs to make sure that all air conditioning units are switched off in empty classes and rooms, to close all doors and windows...
The National Assembly
Parliament to look into three grilling motions this week
Committee declines to lift MPs' immunityKUWAIT: The National Assembly will go over three grilling motions during its ordinary session tomorrow and Wednesday, two addressing His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah, and one targeting the Minister of State for Housing Affairs and Minister of State for Services Yasser Abul.  MPs Dr Walid Al-Tabtabaei and Mohammad Al-Mutair lodged a five-point motion against His...
KUWAIT: The new landmark headquarters of the Central Bank of Kuwait (CBK). —KUNA photos
CBK to implement sharia governance by year's end
KUWAIT: The Central Bank of Kuwait (CBK) said yesterday that it was determined to develop the financial sector's workforce and that plans to introduce sharia governance will come into effect by the end of the year.  Speaking on the sidelines of a workshop for Islamic financial institutions, CBK's Inspection Department Chairman Waleed Al-Awadhi revealed that sharia governance will be implemented after consultations with local banks and will be...
The most important landmarks and civilizations that pass through the Silk Road.
Silk Road plays pivotal role in civilization
The most important landmarks and civilizations that pass through the Silk Road.KUWAIT: The ancient Silk Road, an intercontinental network of trades routes that linked nations with different cultures, can once again contribute to the boom of human civilization. With an estimated total length of 15,000 kilometers, this network consists of several land and maritime routes across various regions in Eurasia and Africa from China in the Far East to...
Attorney Fajer Ahmed
Kuwaiti courts
Attorney Fajer Ahmed Kuwait's court system was established significantly earlier than the other Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries and the Kuwaiti rule of law was innovative for its time. As lawyers, we are very proud of our constitution and our legal system as a whole, but sometimes we do not realize that the system is not clear to the general public. Therefore, I have decided in today's article to explain the Kuwaiti court system in...
The Palace of Justice, Kuwait Court
Man sentence for blackmailing female investigator
KUWAIT: The criminal court yesterday sentenced a Kuwaiti citizen to 10 years in jail with hard labor over charges of stealing a female investigator's mobile phone, posting her personal photos on social media and blackmailing her, said security sources.ResignationThe Board of Directors of Kuwait Oil Company's (KOC) employees' syndicate submitted a letter of collective resignation from office due to some disagreements amongst board members ever...
Six cars gutted in Shuwaikh blaze
Six cars gutted in Shuwaikh blaze
Six cars gutted in Shuwaikh blazeKUWAIT: Firemen in Shuwaikh battled a blaze that engulfed six cars and a truck that were parked near a garage in the area. Firemen succeeded in containing the flames and kept the fire from spreading. No injuries were reported. Meanwhile, an investigation was opened to investigate the cause of the fire.Smuggling foiledKuwait International Airport customs officers foiled an attempt to smuggle nearly 6,000 Tramadol...
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Gang arrested after stealing KD 2.2 million
KUWAIT: Detectives busted a large international gang that tampered with cheques of major companies, as criminal detectives in cooperation with Interpol arrested five suspects in two Arab countries, besides eight in Kuwait. The thirteen suspects forged over 60 cheques and stole KD 2.2 million. A security source said the gang was working cautiously and accurately using advanced techniques to avoid detection.The gang was busted by chance, after a...
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Macron elected French president in landslide
 Country's youngest-ever leader faces huge challenge Emmanuel MacronPARIS: Pro-European centrist Emmanuel Macron resoundingly won France's landmark presidential election yesterday, first estimates showed, defeating far-right leader Marine Le Pen in a pivotal vote for the future of the divided country and Europe. At 39, the former investment banker will be the country's youngest-ever leader and faces a huge challenge to heal a fractured and...
ABUJA, Nigeria: Chibok schoolgirls recently freed from Boko Haram captivity are seen yesterday. The 82 freed Chibok schoolgirls arrived in Nigeria's capital to meet President Muhammadu Buhari as anxious families awaited an official list of names and looked forward to reuniting three years after the mass abduction. - AP
Nigeria exchanges girls kidnapped by Boko Haram for prisoners
Freed Chibok girls to meet Buhari ABUJA, Nigeria: Chibok schoolgirls recently freed from Boko Haram captivity are seen yesterday. The 82 freed Chibok schoolgirls arrived in Nigeria's capital to meet President Muhammadu Buhari as anxious families awaited an official list of names and looked forward to reuniting three years after the mass abduction. - APABUJA: Eighty-two of the more than 200 schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram in northeast Nigeria...
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His Highness Sheikh Salem Al-Ali Al-Sabah
Sheikh Salem Al-Ali passes away
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BELFAST: Protestors attend a "unity over division" protest called to oppose an anti immigration demonstration in Northern Ireland on Aug 9, 2024. - AFP
N Ireland violence shocks Muslims amid sectarianism
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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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DHAKA: A Hindu shopkeeper (left) helps a woman put on a traditional conch shell bangle at a shop selling traditional prayer items in Shakhari Bazar, a Hindu majority area, in Dhaka on August 9, 2024. — AFP
Misinformation from India, vandalism frighten Hindus in Bangladesh
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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