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Social Affairs Minister Hind Al-Sabeeh
Panel discusses labor law amendments
More job security to citizens in private sector Social Affairs Minister Hind Al-SabeehKUWAIT: Minister of Social Affairs and Labor and Minister of State for Economic Affairs Hind Al-Sabeeh is scheduled to take part in the parliamentary health affairs committee's meeting this morning to discuss some proposed amendments to the private sector labor law. The meeting will also include representatives of the Kuwait Chamber of Commerce and Industry...
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Parents of all bombs!
Muna Al Fuzai At the weekend, the world was awoken by a US military strike with the so-called MOAB (Mother of All Bombs). The operation targeted the Islamic State (IS) in Afghanistan, which killed 36 militants and destroyed their base and a large stash of weapons. The 9,800-kg bomb was dropped on a tunnel complex used by IS. While the strike did not eliminate IS completely, it carried out its mission as planned and also sent a message that...
KUWAIT: Vehicles impounded during a traffic police crackdown
Police arrest 87 visa violators involved in illegal activities
KUWAIT: Vehicles impounded during a traffic police crackdownKUWAIT: Detectives arrested 87 illegal residents, the Interior Ministry's relations and security media department said yesterday. The arrests came after detectives were tipped off concerning a residence harboring a large number of illegal residents and absconders involved in various illegal activities such as immorality, human trafficking, selling alcohol and detaining people against...
Vehicles drive through a sandstorm that hit Kuwait yesterday. —KUNA
Month-long ‘Sarayat Season’ brings unstable weather
Vehicles drive through a sandstorm that hit Kuwait yesterday. —KUNAKUWAIT: Kuwait was affected by a sandstorm yesterday after authorities advised the pubic to be cautious when using highways because of the low visibility caused by weather instability due to high winds. People were urged in a Ministry of Interior statement to call the emergency hotline (112) for any kind of assistance needed.Moreover, a press statement by Kuwait’s Fire...
KUWAIT: Information released by the EPA yesterday showing readings of tests for samples taken from the floating slick.—KUNA
Kuwait monitors algae slick floating in port
KUWAIT: Information released by the EPA yesterday showing readings of tests for samples taken from the floating slick.—KUNAKUWAIT: A slick of algae floating in the waters of Shuwaikh Port has caused no deaths in marine creatures, the Public Environment Authority (EPA) said yesterday. Analyses have shown that the floating slick comprises some harmful algae however no deaths among the living creatures have been recorded.These algae may kill some...
Kuwaiti Ambassador Talal Al-Haraji meets with Romanian Prime Minister Sorin Grindeanu.
Kuwait requests more efforts to find missing citizen in Romania
Kuwaiti Ambassador Talal Al-Haraji meets with Romanian Prime Minister Sorin Grindeanu.VIENNA: Romania is eager to bolster ties on all possible levels with its important Gulf region partner Kuwait, said Romanian Prime Minister Sorin Grindeanu. According to a statement by the Kuwaiti embassy in Bucharest yesterday, Grindeanu’s praising of Kuwait came during his meeting with Kuwaiti Ambassador Talal Al-Haraji.Grindeanu expressed eagerness to...
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Iraqi fishermen arrested in Khor Abdullah for trespassing
KUWAIT: Kuwait navy handed over seven Iraqi fishermen who had been arrested for violating national waters and fishing in Khor Abdullah using a boat with an Iraqi flag on it, said security sources. The sources added the fishermen justified trespassing into Kuwaiti national waters by saying that the range in Iraqi waters became in view of restricted areas occupied by oil facilities and pipelines.
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Two arrested for Smuggling
KUWAIT: Salmi authorities arrested a Saudi for trying to smuggle a Syrian with an expired residency visa into Saudi Arabia by hiding him in his vehicle, said security sources, noting that the suspect had planned to take advantage of a congestion resulting from a system breakdown, but detectives managed to foil his attempt. Both suspects were arrested and referred to relevant authorities.Reckless driverA search is currently in progress for a...
Fatimah Farooq
Black US Muslims aim for unity
Fatimah FarooqDEARBORN, Michigan: In her job as a refugee case manager, Fatimah Farooq would come to work in a hijab and speak with her clients in Arabic. Nonetheless, she found herself being asked whether she was Muslim. It's not easy, Farooq says, navigating her dual identities as black and Muslim. "I'm constantly trying to prove that I belong," said Farooq, who now works in public health. "It's really hard not to be an outsider in a community...
JALALABAD: US forces and Afghan commandos are seen in Asad Khil near the site of a US bombing in the Achin district of Jalalabad, east of Kabul, Afghanistan yesterday. —AP
'Mother Of All Bombs' death toll hits 90
JALALABAD: US forces and Afghan commandos are seen in Asad Khil near the site of a US bombing in the Achin district of Jalalabad, east of Kabul, Afghanistan yesterday. —APJALALABAD: Afghan authorities yesterday reported a jump in fatalities from the American military's largest non-nuclear bomb, declaring some 90 Islamic State fighters dead, as US-led ground forces advanced on their mountain hideouts. Dubbed the "Mother Of All Bombs", the...
QABOUN: Smoke rises over the skyline in the Qaboun neighborhood of Damascus, Syria, during shelling by Syrian government forces. — AP
Blast on bus convoy kills dozens in Syria
Syrians stranded by stalled evacuation deal QABOUN: Smoke rises over the skyline in the Qaboun neighborhood of Damascus, Syria, during shelling by Syrian government forces. — APBEIRUT: A bomb blast hit a bus convoy waiting to enter Aleppo yesterday, killing and wounding dozens of people after an evacuation deal between Syria's warring sides halted and stranded thousands at two transit points on the city outskirts. Pro-Damascus media outlets...
MOHALLA: Egyptian Christian boys take part in the Good Friday procession at the St George church in the town of Mohalla in the north of Egypt. — AFP
Security tight as Egyptian Copts prepare for Easter
'Happiness of resurrection helps us overcome the pain' MOHALLA: Egyptian Christian boys take part in the Good Friday procession at the St George church in the town of Mohalla in the north of Egypt. — AFPCAIRO: Egypt tightened security outside churches as Coptic Christians prepared for a subdued Easter mass yesterday days after suicide bombers killed scores of people in two churches north of the capital. Worshippers will pass through arduous...
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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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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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LONDON: Police officers stand guard outside the East London Mosque after Friday prayers in Tower Hamlets in London on August 9, 2024. — AFP
‘No one deserves this’: UK riots leave Muslims reeling
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Drilling Rig (Oriental Phoenix)
Marine region a ‘promising area’ for hydrocarbon resources: KOC
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PARIS: Gold medallists USA pose during the podium ceremony after the women's gold medal basketball match against France during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at the Bercy Arena on Aug 11, 2024. - AFP
US pip China in medals table as Games end