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Court to decide 'fate' of National Assembly

MP Harbash threatens to grill SabeehKUWAIT: The Constitutional Court whose rulings are final and cannot be challenged is scheduled to issue verdicts today that will decide whether the National Assembly will continue or not. The court, presided by the head of the higher judicial council Yousef Al-Matawa, is scheduled to issue rulings on a total of 52 petitions all dealing with the results of the November 26 parliamentary elections.Five of the...

Photo shows thousands of dead fish washed ashore along Kuwait beach near Doha area

EPA to release test results on dead fish

KUWAIT: The Environment Public Authority (EPA) said yesterday that they did not ask any entity to conduct examination on the cause of dead fish reported recently in Kuwait’s Bay, noting that they are doing their examination in this regard at their own laboratories.EPA added in a statement to the press that they would announce the results of their examination to the public once the results are fully completed, and in accordance with approved...

KUWAIT: Kuwaiti Deputy Foreign Minister Khaled Al-Jarallah meets with US Ambassador to Kuwait Lawrence Silverman. —KUNA

Deputy FM meets US envoy

KUWAIT: Kuwaiti Deputy Foreign Minister Khaled Al-Jarallah meets with US Ambassador to Kuwait Lawrence Silverman. —KUNAKUWAIT: Kuwaiti Deputy Foreign Minister Khaled Al-Jarallah met with US Ambassador to Kuwait Lawrence Silverman yesterday. During the meeting, they discussed aspects of Kuwaiti-US relations and the latest regional and international developments. Assistant Foreign Minister for the Deputy Foreign Minister's Office Affairs...

Zain Headquarters Building

Zain submits formal bid for 3rd mobile phone license in Oman

Zain Headquarters BuildingKUWAIT: Mobile Telecommunications Company KSCP (Zain) announced on Monday, May 1, 2017 that the company submitted a formal bid for the third mobile telecommunications license in Sultanate of Oman, in accordance with the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority's (TRA) published Information Memorandum. The Oman TRA will announce the short list of qualified applicants on August 14, 2017, with the winning applicant set to...

KUWAIT: KNPC’s CEO Mohammad Al-Mutairi (right) and KIPIC’s CEO Hashim Sayyid Hashim sign one of the agreements. —KUNA

KNPC, PIC agree to shift key oil projects to KIPIC

KUWAIT: KNPC’s CEO Mohammad Al-Mutairi (right) and KIPIC’s CEO Hashim Sayyid Hashim sign one of the agreements. —KUNAKUWAIT: Kuwait National Petroleum Company (KNPC) and the Petrochemicals Industries Company (PIC) signed agreements on Monday to transfer contracts of key projects to Kuwait Integrated Petrochemical Industries Company (KIPIC). The projects include Al-Zour Refinery, facilities for importing liquefied natural gas and Project...

KUWAIT: His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah chairs the Cabinet’s meeting yesterday. — KUNA

Cabinet affirms constitutional right of MPs to question ministers

Ministers briefed on investigations on citizen's murder KUWAIT: His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah chairs the Cabinet’s meeting yesterday. — KUNAKUWAIT: The Cabinet on Tuesday affirmed that members of the National Assembly enjoy the right to grill ministers according to the Constitution and the Parliament by-law. Reading a statement after the weekly Cabinet session, Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs and...

The Palace of Justice, Kuwait Court

Court upholds sentence awarding bedoon KD 100,000; Smokers fined

KUWAIT: The Court of Appeal yesterday upheld a Court of First Instance ruling which ordered the government to pay KD 100,000 to a bedoon (stateless) man who was not issued a birth certificate. The man had sued the Central Apparatus for Illegal Residents' Affairs, saying that he was deprived of his right to education because no school would accept him without a birth certificate; a necessary document for enrollment in any school in Kuwait, his...

Five injured in seven-car pileup

Five injured in seven-car pileup

Five injured in seven-car pileupKUWAIT: Five people were injured in a seven-car collision reported yesterday morning at Fahaheel Expressway. Firefighters arrived at the scene shortly after the accident was reported, and quickly helped one driver who became trapped inside his wrecked vehicle. The driver along with four others were rushed to the hospital by paramedics as police launched an investigation to determine the cause of the accident.Fake...

Dr Khalid Ahmad Al-Saleh

A Doctor's Smile

An Arab colleague who worked in Kuwait, then moved to Britain, visited me in my office recently, and we went into comparing the public health services in Kuwait and Britain. My friend told me with confidence: "Your health services in Kuwait are not given justice." A testimony from an honest man who I know and trust. So, we have to admit that health security in Kuwait is of high quality. This is true information that no one reflects to people...

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Cable thieves under arrest in Khairan

KUWAIT: A Kuwaiti man was arrested along with his Iranian accomplice for stealing electricity cables, as they were caught by road patrols in Khairan shortly after they stole cables from a transformer and school in the area. Police received an emergency call reporting that two persons were cutting and stealing cables in Khairan residential area. Patrol officers went to the scene and found the caller there, and he told them that the two men escaped...

This undated image show an Islamic State fighter firing his weapon during clashes with US-backed Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces, in the northern Syrian province of Raqqa. — AP

Islamic State suicide bombers kill dozens

This undated image show an Islamic State fighter firing his weapon during clashes with US-backed Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces, in the northern Syrian province of Raqqa. — APBEIRUT: A jihadist assault led by suicide bombers killed dozens yesterday at a camp for the displaced near Syria's border with Iraq, as pressure grows on the Islamic State group in both countries. The violence left at least 38 people dead and came as another...

TEXAS: A man is arrested after a fatal stabbing attack on the University of Texas campus in Austin, Texas. — AP

Motive unclear for University of Texas stabbings

TEXAS: A man is arrested after a fatal stabbing attack on the University of Texas campus in Austin, Texas. — APAUSTIN: A student with a large hunting knife stabbed at least four people on the University of Texas campus, killing one and seriously wounding the others before surrendering to police, authorities said. There was no immediate word about a motive. Student Rachel Prichett said she was standing in line at a food truck outside a gym...

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