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Employment law for children of Kuwaiti mothers all-inclusive: CSC

KUWAIT: A recent edict granting children born to Kuwaiti mothers greater employment rights does not discriminate on the basis of their fathers' nationalities, Kuwait's Civil Service Commission (CSC) said yesterday. CSC noted in a statement that the law, which grants children of Kuwaiti mothers precedence when it comes to employment in the government sector, is only effective in the event no citizens have been registered for vacancies listed at...

KUWAIT: An artist’s rendition of the Sheikha Salwa Sabah Al-Ahmad Center for Stem Cell and Umbilical Cord. (inset) Masharee Al-Khair board member and treasurer Abdul-Aziz Al-Jassar and KIPCO Deputy Chairman Faisal Al-Ayyar— KUNA

Stem Cell Center epitomizes PPP

Opens mid-September; first of its kind in the Gulf KUWAIT: An artist’s rendition of the Sheikha Salwa Sabah Al-Ahmad Center for Stem Cell and Umbilical Cord. (inset) Masharee Al-Khair board member and treasurer Abdul-Aziz Al-Jassar and KIPCO Deputy Chairman Faisal Al-Ayyar— KUNAKUWAIT: The private sector in Kuwait has come to play a major role in various fields of the economic scene, for the good of the entire society, within the concept of...

Citizens join EPA officials in lighting candles outside EPA building to mark the Earth Hour

Kuwait keen on Earth Hour to save power, preserve resources: EPA director

Citizens join EPA officials in lighting candles outside EPA building to mark the Earth HourKUWAIT: Kuwait is eager to share the world the observation of the Earth Hour, Director of the Environmental Public Authority (EPA) Sheikh Abdullah Ahmad Al-Humoud Al-Sabah said on Saturday. Through applying the law on protection of the environment, EPA has assumed the responsibility of preserving natural resources and rationalization of consumption of...

KUWAIT: Minister of State for Housing Affairs and Minister of State for Utilities Yasser Abul (left) is seen during the signing ceremony. — KUNA

Housing Minister, Chinese Company ink infrastructure contract for South Mutlaa

KUWAIT: Minister of State for Housing Affairs and Minister of State for Utilities Yasser Abul (left) is seen during the signing ceremony. — KUNAKUWAIT: Minister of State for Housing Affairs and Minister of State for Utilities Yasser Abul signed yesterday a contract with a Chinese company for constructing the infrastructure for 18,519 lots of land in South Al-Mutlaa City project.The contract, worth KD 215.8 million (about $712.14 million), also...

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Girls' fight in Salmiya cafe

KUWAIT: Gossiping led to a fight between four girls in a Salmiya cafe. Patrons of the cafe called police as they were not able to break up the fight. Police took the girls to the police station, where one of them claimed that two girls spoke maliciously about her, and when she admonished them, they beat her. The four are being sent to concerned authorities.Drunk man arrestedA drunk citizen entered a house thinking it was his in Farwaniya, so he...

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Police assault probed

KUWAIT: A security source said Interior Ministry Assistant Undersecretary for Nationality and Passport Affairs Maj Gen Sheikh Mazen Al-Jarrah asked for a report about a policeman attacking his colleague at work, and investigate allegations of the policeman stubbing out a cigarette in his face. A security source said the accused reported to work to guard a building accompanied by a relative, and asked the policeman of the previous shift to hand...

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Drug possession

KUWAIT: Police found a citizen in an abnormal condition in Jahra. They found a bag of shabu with him, along with SR 5,000, which was found to be forged. He was sent to concerned authorities. Separately, two young men drew policemen's attention in Farwaniya. They asked for their IDs, and found they were twins on drugs. They had some drugs with them and remnants of hashish joints. Both were taken to Farwaniya police station to be sent to the Drugs...

LONDON: This file photo taken on June 4, 2012 shows a boy getting a boost to see the action from the Mall waiting for the start of the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Concert at Buckingham Palace. — AFP

Britain prepares to launch Brexit

An unprecedented step into the unknown LONDON: This file photo taken on June 4, 2012 shows a boy getting a boost to see the action from the Mall waiting for the start of the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Concert at Buckingham Palace. — AFPLONDON: Britain will take an unprecedented step into the unknown on Wednesday with the first formal move towards leaving the European Union, starting a two-year process that has already divided the country. Tens...

SANAA: Yemeni supporters of the Houthi movement and former president Ali Abdullah Saleh, attend rally to mark two years of the military intervention by the Saudi-led coalition. — AFP

Rebel supporters flood Yemen streets on conflict anniversary

SANAA: Yemeni supporters of the Houthi movement and former president Ali Abdullah Saleh, attend rally to mark two years of the military intervention by the Saudi-led coalition. — AFPSANAA: Hundreds of thousands of people demonstrated in Yemen's rebel-held capital yesterday in a show of support for the insurgents, two years after a Gulf coalition intervened against the rebels. The Iran-backed Houthi rebels staged a show of force over the...

A picture taken on October 3, 2016 shows a general view of the interior of the Shaar Hashamayim Synagogue in Cairo. (Khaled Desouki/AFP

Egypt's last Jews aim to keep alive heritage

A picture taken on October 3, 2016 shows a general view of the interior of the Shaar Hashamayim Synagogue in Cairo. (Khaled Desouki/AFPCAIRO: Once a flourishing community, only a handful of Egyptian Jews, mostly elderly women, remain in the Arab world's most populous country, aiming at least to preserve their heritage. Egypt still has about a dozen synagogues, but like many of the country's monuments they need restoration. Part of the roof of a...

MOSUL: An Iraqi counter terrorism forces member stands guard in Mosul’s Al-Jadida area on March 26, 2017, following air strikes in which civilians have been reportedly killed during an ongoing offensive against the Islamic State (IS) group. — AFP

Iraqi snipers targeting Mosul jihadists using human shields

Air strikes have reportedly killed large numbers of residents MOSUL: An Iraqi counter terrorism forces member stands guard in Mosul’s Al-Jadida area on March 26, 2017, following air strikes in which civilians have been reportedly killed during an ongoing offensive against the Islamic State (IS) group. — AFPBAGHDAD: Iraq has deployed snipers to target jihadists using civilians as human shields in Mosul, as it investigates air strikes that...

CINCINNATI: A body is removed as police work at the Cameo club after a fatal shooting. — AP

One killed, 14 wounded in Ohio nightclub shooting

Shooter still at large, no signs of terrorism CINCINNATI: A body is removed as police work at the Cameo club after a fatal shooting. — APWASHINGTON: Gunfire erupted in a crowded Ohio nightclub early yesterday after a personal dispute boiled over, killing one person and leaving 14 wounded as partygoers scattered into the night, authorities said. The gunman remained at large following the shooting at early yesterday at the Cameo nightclub in...

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