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Leftover cluster bomb kills child, guts house
KUWAIT: A child was killed and his brother was injured in Qusoor while they were playing with a BLU61 type cluster bomb, a remnant from the 1990 Iraqi invasion. The interior ministry said in a statement that concerned authorities checked the shrapnel lodged in the boy’s body, and confirmed it was from a cluster bomb. The children had gone on a picnic and brought home two “foreign objects”. One of the boys was playing with it when it...
Health Minister Dr Jamal Al-Harbi
MoH orders probe into liposuction video
Health Minister Dr Jamal Al-HarbiKUWAIT: Health Minister Dr Jamal Al-Harbi yesterday said he has ordered the medical license committee of his ministry to interrogate a surgeon involved in a video showing a woman undergoing a liposuction. “The video, circulated live on social media, shows the surgeon conducting the cosmetic procedure on the woman in contravention of the values and standards of the medical profession,” the minister told...
KUWAIT: This Jan 25, 2017 photo shows the new KD 304 million ($997 million) Jaber Hospital. — AP
Jaber Hospital to serve citizens from all over Kuwait: Minister
Municipality can close shops noncompliant with sharia KUWAIT: This Jan 25, 2017 photo shows the new KD 304 million ($997 million) Jaber Hospital. — APKUWAIT: Health Minister Jamal Al-Harbi reaffirmed that Jaber Hospital would only serve citizens, free of charge. He also noted the new hospital will serve areas of Mubarak Al-Kabeer and Hawally governorates, in addition to some Capital governorate areas, while citizens from other areas would have...
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Sports temporary committees extended
KUWAIT: Kuwait's official gazette Al-Kuwait Al-Youm yesterday published a decision extending the tenures of the temporary committees running Kuwait Football Association (KFA) and Kuwait Olympic Committee (KOC), formed by decision number 730/2016, for three further months. According to the decision,  some members of KFA's board of directors headed by Fawwaz Al-Hasawi were changed to include Jawad Maqseed, Hamed Al-Shaibani, Salamah Al-Enezi,...
Students tour the Kuwait House for National Works Museum. — Photos by Joseph Shagra
Organizers ask Amir to help save Invasion museum
Electricity cut two days before National Day Students tour the Kuwait House for National Works Museum. — Photos by Joseph ShagraKUWAIT: The Kuwait House for National Works Museum is still facing the threat of being demolished without getting an alternative place to move to. The situation got worse when the government cut the building's electricity last month, two days before National Day.The administration of the museum held a press conference...
‘Warbah,’ the latest Boeing 777-300ER to join Kuwait Airways’ fleet
Halfway there! Fifth B777-300ER aircraft joins Kuwait Airways fleet
58 percent seat capacity increases on key long-haul routes ‘Warbah,’ the latest Boeing 777-300ER to join Kuwait Airways’ fleetKUWAIT: Kuwait Airways, the official national carrier of the State of Kuwait, has this weekend welcomed the fifth of 10 Boeing 777-300ER aircraft into its expanding, new look fleet; signaling the halfway point in an order for the extended-range aircraft and second-largest passenger jet in the sky today.Following the...
KUWAIT: An aerial view of the Saad Al-Abdullah housing project. — KUNA photos
Housing welfare a priority in Kuwait Vision 2035
KUWAIT: An aerial view of the Saad Al-Abdullah housing project. — KUNA photosKUWAIT: Providing housing for citizens is considered one of the main goals for Kuwait Vision 2035, through establishing and distributing thousands of houses, apartments, in various parts of the country. Kuwait allocated billions of dinars in response to Kuwaiti families requests for housing, and made it a government priority through establishing a huge housing...
Attorney Fajer Ahmed
Starting a business in Kuwait
Attorney Fajer Ahmed I think for many people starting their own business is a dream come true. To have that independence, to wake up every morning and do something that you love, to be your own boss and to make a difference for the community around you. I strongly believe in the benefits of having young and talented locals be creative and run their own businesses. Ten years ago, having a small business in Kuwait was extremely difficult....
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Drunk policeman arrested at seafront
KUWAIT: A drunken policeman in uniform danced by the seafront with families and women around. A police patrol was sent to the area and arrested the policeman, despite resistance. He was sent to concerned authorities.Smuggling foiledNuwaiseeb customs foiled an attempt by a citizen to travel with heroin and Captagon tablets to Saudi Arabia. The citizen seemed nervous, so officers searched his vehicle and found two envelopes of heroin, 23 Captagon...
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Cross-dresser caught
KUWAIT: Patrol officers pulled over a car in the Rehaya desert and thought at first that the driver was a female wearing heavy makeup who was in an abnormal condition. The discovered later that the motorist was a 40-year-old male. Police found heroin, shabu and three joints of hashish. He was arrested and sent to concerned authorities. In addition to drug possession and abuse, the man also faces charges of cross-dressing, which is illegal under...
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The civilized difference
The Kuwaiti society, like other Arab and Muslim societies, is a masculine one, where females have no role in it except for what the man wants for her, with some exceptions. So, it is very rare to see women confronting men in courts, because most legislation are biased against her, especially those related to her life in matters of marriage, divorce, alimony and custody, apart from the masculine stand towards the rest of her rights as a human...
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Iraqi forces retake 3rd of west Mosul
MOSUL: Iraqi security forces have seized control of more than a third of west Mosul, a commander said yesterday, after a week of steady gains in their battle to retake the city from the Islamic State group. Fierce fighting has shaken Mosul in recent days as thousands of US-backed Iraqi soldiers and police battle to reclaim the country's second city. A renewed push against the jihadists launched last Sunday has seen IS forced from several...
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Kuwait residents try to ward off the heat
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People walk past a poster of slain Palestinian Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Iran's capital Tehran on August 10, 2024, amid regional tensions during the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip. - AFP
Guards get new arms as Iran vows to punish Zionists
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VINHEDO, Brazil: An aerial view of the wreckage of an airplane that crashed with 62 people on board on Aug 10, 2024. - AFP
Brazil plane crash kills 62
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