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KUWAIT: His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah chairs the cabinet’s weekly regular session yesterday. —KUNA

Cabinet OKs citizenship revocation panel

KUWAIT: His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah chairs the cabinet’s weekly regular session yesterday. —KUNAKUWAIT: The Cabinet has consented to a decree forming an ad hoc committee entrusted with looking into Kuwaiti citizenship abrogation cases. The move was taken during a customary weekly cabinet meeting held yesterday at Bayan Palace under chairmanship of His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber...

KUWAIT: The private sector remains an unattractive destination for Kuwaiti jobseekers despite government efforts to encourage citizens to work there

4.1 quake detected northern Kuwait

KUWAIT: KISR's national earthquake detection network yesterday recorded a 4.1 earthquake to the west of Faw in Iraq and northern Kuwait. The network added that the earthquake's epicenter was 80 km to the north of Kuwait City and that it took place 20 km deep underground. It also recorded two aftershocks - 2.1 and 2.6 on the Richter scale.By A Saleh

KUWAIT: The long-operating Shuaiba refinery owned by the Kuwait National Petroleum Company (KNPC). — KUNA

Kuwait to import fuel, gas after refinery shutdown

KUWAIT: Kuwait National Petroleum Company (KNPC) yesterday announced completely suspending operations at Shuaiba refinery following the Supreme Petroleum Council's decision to shut down Kuwait's oldest refinery. Commenting on the decision, KNPC's deputy CEO for Mina Abdullah refinery Mutlaq Al-Azmi said that the decision comes within a five-year plan including 16 transitory months until Zour refinery and the clean fuel project at Mina Abdullah...

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Fishermen union speaks at press conference today

KUWIAT: The fishermen union yesterday called all fishermen for a press conference today at the union's headquarters in Sharq to discuss the challenges they face after a decision to evict fishermen from their accommodation. A number of fishermen were handed over notices earlier this week to evacuate their apartments at the fishermen's temporary residence near the Amiri Hospital. The fishermen were not given an alternative residence they could...

Adan Hospital doctors

Adan Hospital doctors successfully perform 12-hour heart surgery

Adan Hospital teamKUWAIT: A medical team at Salman Al-Dabbous heart center of Adan Hospital, led by the head of heart surgery center Prof Riyadh Al-Tarrazi and assisted by a team from University of Hanover, succeeded in carrying out a Vascutek Thoraflex frozen elephant trunk surgery, which lasted over 12 hours. This operation is considered the most critical for the heart and the aorta.The 44-year-old patient suffered from dissection and...

Nawaf Al-Arbash

Nawaf Al-Arbash At first, let us set a fact straight: I strongly believe that entrepreneurs do not have to own a business. They can be anyone who is proactive, takes the initiative and leads in their domain - be it a daytime job, volunteer work or even in their homes amongst their families - although this article sheds light on business entrepreneurs (business owners). I am very proud of all Kuwaiti entrepreneurs who have risen in...

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Drug smuggling attempt foiled

KUWAIT: Kuwait Coastguard foiled an attempt to smuggle drugs into Kuwait via sea. The Coastguard Department had received information about a planned drug smuggling attempt, and detectives were able to confirm the data received. Two persons, Kuwaiti and Saudi, were identified and arrested red handed while trying to smuggle a bag containing 60 pieces of drugs. A sample of the drug was sent for testing to determine its contents. The suspects were...

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Dentist accused of sexual harassment

KUWAIT: A woman accused a dentist of sexual harassment, saying that he committed his behavior inside his clinic in the presence of an Indian nurse. She said that the dentist harassed her for more than a minute before she confronted him. The dentist was summoned for questioning.Teachers insultedTwo Kuwaiti teachers lodged a complaint at Bayan police station claiming they were insulted by a Kuwaiti couple while at school.Physical assaultA citizen...

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Crashing wall kills worker

KUWAIT: An Egyptian man died when a concrete wall collapsed on him while working in a house in Naeem. A case was filed for investigations. A medical report that a colleague of the victim brought to police indicated that the man died as a result of injuries sustained from a heavy object that fell on him. The man was pronounced dead at the hospital and his body was sent to the coroner for a final report.Officer chargedA military police officer...

ST PETERSBURG, Russia: Blast victims lie near a subway train hit by an explosion at the Tekhnologichesky Institut subway station yesterday. - AP

Russia subway blast kills 10; second bomb defused

Moscow probes 'act of terror' - Entire St Petersburg metro shut ST PETERSBURG, Russia: Blast victims lie near a subway train hit by an explosion at the Tekhnologichesky Institut subway station yesterday. - APSAINT PETERSBURG: Russia opened a probe into a suspected "act of terror" yesterday after 10 people were killed and dozens more injured in a blast that rocked the Saint Petersburg metro. Authorities shut down the metro system in Russia's...

SARGHODHA: Pakistani volunteers and local residents gather around the bodies of people who were killed in a local shrine, outside the morgue of a hospital. — AP

‘Living saint’ in Pakistan charged with killing 20 people

SARGHODHA: Pakistani volunteers and local residents gather around the bodies of people who were killed in a local shrine, outside the morgue of a hospital. — APISLAMABAD: A man seen by devotees as a living saint has been charged with murder and terrorism after allegedly knifing and clubbing 20 worshippers to death at a Pakistani shrine, police said yesterday. Police are having to bring the case against 50-year-old Abdul Waheed and three...

AZ ZINJ: A Bahraini man holds a placard bearing the portrait of Sheikh Ali Salman, head of the Shiite opposition movement Al-Wefaq, during a protest against his arrest, at Al wefaq headquarter building, in the village of Zinj on the outskirts of the capital Manama. — AFP

Bahrain king approves military trials for civilians

Top court cuts opposition chief's jail term AZ ZINJ: A Bahraini man holds a placard bearing the portrait of Sheikh Ali Salman, head of the Shiite opposition movement Al-Wefaq, during a protest against his arrest, at Al wefaq headquarter building, in the village of Zinj on the outskirts of the capital Manama. — AFPDUBAI: Bahrain's king yesterday approved a constitutional amendment granting military courts the right to try civilians, raising...

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