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KUWAIT: Professor Adel Al-Henayyan performsnthe operation at Mubarak Hospital. (Inset) A picturentaken during the operation. —KUNA photos
New technology used at Mubarak Hospital
KUWAIT: Professor Adel Al-Henayyan performs the operation at Mubarak Hospital. (Inset) A picture taken during the operation. —KUNA photosKUWAIT: A Kuwaiti medical team at Mubarak Hospital's urology unit led by Professor Adel Al-Henayyan and his assistant Dr Mohammed Hasabo managed to remove multiple kidney stones from the right kidney of a female Asian patient in her forties, who had been in pain for several months. Speaking to reporters after...
KUWAIT: Dr Mostafa A Mahmoud, Wildlife and Zoo Management Specialist, speaks tonKuwait Times. — Photos by Joseph Shagra
Environmental, man-made factors continue to endanger fauna in Kuwait
KUWAIT: Dr Mostafa A Mahmoud, Wildlife and Zoo Management Specialist, speaks to Kuwait Times. — Photos by Joseph ShagraAlthough it is a hot desert country, Kuwait has many native animals and birds. Unfortunately, most of them have disappeared, while others are endangered and may become extinct soon. "The last inventory of wild animal species in Kuwait proved the presence of more than 300 birds, 20 mammals and 40 reptiles. The majority of large...
KUWAIT: Abdul Aziz Al-Balool, Vice Chairman and CEO of United Foodstuff Industries Group speaks during the press conference. —Photo by Joseph Shagra
UFIG acquires 30 percent of total sales in retail's sector
KUWAIT: Abdul Aziz Al-Balool, Vice Chairman and CEO of United Foodstuff Industries Group speaks during the press conference. —Photo by Joseph ShagraKUWAIT: Abdul Aziz Al-Balool, Vice Chairman and CEO of United Foodstuff Industries Group (UFIG), confirmed the group operations' growth and business expansion in local, regional and international markets. Balool attributed this achievement to the group strategy which has been implemented over three...
CAIRO: Minister of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs Mohammad Al-Jabri (right) attends the 27th Conference of the Supreme Council fornIslamic Affairs. —KUNA
Amir's compassionate tendencies epitomize humanity: Awqaf Minister
CAIRO: Minister of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs Mohammad Al-Jabri (right) attends the 27th Conference of the Supreme Council forIslamic Affairs. —KUNACAIRO: Through espousing such virtues as forgiveness and moderation, His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah has transformed Kuwait into a bastion of humanity, a Kuwaiti minister said yesterday. Kuwait's Minister of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs Mohammad Al-Jabri made the remarks...
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Ministry denies intentions to increase traffic fines
KUWAIT: The Interior Ministry denied social media claiming that the ministry intends to increase traffic fines and tickets on the occasion of the GCC Unified Traffic Week, which starts under the title of 'Your Life is a Trust.' The annual event is an effort to guide and boost public awareness about traffic violations, namely those leading to damaging traffic accidents, the ministry's security media and public relations department said in a...
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Man arrested in Saudi after smuggling drugs from Kuwait
KUWAIT: Saudi highway patrol officers arrested an Egyptian accountant working in Kuwait with 32,000 illicit pills he smuggled from Nuwaiseeb land exit border into Saudi Arabia. Security sources noted that the suspect also had SR 250,000 and KD 420 in cash. Security sources noted that the suspect was found to have a criminal record in smuggling and that he was already on trial in an earlier smuggling case.TheftA citizen filed a complaint against...
KUWAIT: Kuwait City and the Liberation Tower as seen from the Mubarakya Market. — KUNA
Concern over 'bachelors' living in residential areas
KUWAIT: Chairman of the structural planning committee at the Municipal Council Ali Al-Moussa warned what he described as the phenomenal spread of "bachelors" in residential areas, especially new ones. Moussa said the problem was chronic, without any serious measures by authorities to resolve it.He added that "bachelors" previously lived in Khaitan and Jleeb Al-Shuyoukh, but they are now found in Mahboula, Sabah Al-Ahmad, Rabiya and Omariya. "This...
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Modi's party in landslide win
Supporters of India's Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) hold a cutout of India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi as they celebrate elections results at the party headquarters in New Delhi on March 11, 2017. Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party claimed election victory in four Indian states, calling it a "historic mandate" that would take the country's politics in a new direction. - AFP NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi's party won...
In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA shows blood soaked streets and several damaged buses in a parking lot at the site of an attack by twin explosions in Damascus, Syria, Saturday, March 11, 2017. Twin explosions Saturday near religious shrines frequented by Shiite pilgrims in the Syrian capital Damascus killed dozens of people, Arab media and activists report. (SANA via AP)
Twin blasts kill 46 near Damascus religious sites
In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA shows blood soaked streets and several damaged buses in a parking lot at the site of an attack by twin explosions in Damascus, Syria, Saturday, March 11, 2017. Twin explosions Saturday near religious shrines frequented by Shiite pilgrims in the Syrian capital Damascus killed dozens of people, Arab media and activists report. -APDAMASCUS: Twin bombs targeting Shiite pilgrims yesterday...
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US back to region
Muna Al Fuzai According to Reuters, US officials said the administration of US President Donald Trump is considering deploying 1,000 US troops in Kuwait as a reserve force in the war against terror and the Islamic State (IS) in Iraq and Syria. The news dominated the headlines of many dailies, because this option reminds every one of the common and straightforward Republican foreign policies to preserve the security and safety of American...
Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan addresses his supporters in Istanbul, Saturday, March 11, 2017. The Dutch government on Saturday withdrew landing permission for the Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu's aircraft, drawing the ire of the Turkish president and escalating a diplomatic dispute between the two NATO allies over campaigning for a Turkish referendum on constitutional reform. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan promised retaliation against Dutch diplomatic flights. (Kayhan Ozer/Pool Photo via AP)
Erdogan compares Dutch rally ban to Nazism as row escalates
Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan addresses his supporters in Istanbul, Saturday, March 11, 2017. The Dutch government on Saturday withdrew landing permission for the Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu's aircraft, drawing the ire of the Turkish president and escalating a diplomatic dispute between the two NATO allies over campaigning for a Turkish referendum on constitutional reform. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan promised...
Firebrand anti-Islam lawmaker Geert Wilders, poses for a selfie with supporters during a campaign stop in Heerlen, Netherlands, Saturday, March 11, 2017. The Dutch electorate go to the polls for parliamentary elections of March 15. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)
Dutch debate role of Islam; key polls loo
Firebrand anti-Islam lawmaker Geert Wilders, poses for a selfie with supporters during a campaign stop in Heerlen, Netherlands, Saturday, March 11, 2017. The Dutch electorate go to the polls for parliamentary elections of March 15. -AP ROTTERDAM: Hundreds of Dutch citizens packed into a Rotterdam mosque Friday for an animated debate on the role of Muslims in the country, a central theme as key elections loom. The Essalam mosque-the biggest in...
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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
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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
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