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The Ministry of Education’s new headquarters building

Efficient use of budget needed to enhance education’s quality, ranking in Kuwait

Education expenditure per student above average; quality remains low The Ministry of Education’s new headquarters building .KUWAIT: Global Investment House (Global), a regional Asset Management and Investment Banking firm headquartered in Kuwait with offices in major capital markets in the MENA region, issued yesterday its report on the education Sector in Kuwait.Kuwait's education sector is undergoing reforms commenced by its Integrated...

KUWAIT: Kuwait City and the Liberation Tower as seen from the Mubarakya Market. — KUNA

Kuwait's inflation rises 3.29 percent

KUWAIT: Kuwait City and the Liberation Tower as seen from the Mubarakya Market. — KUNAKUWAIT: Inflation in consumer prices rose 3.29 percent in January compared to the same month in 2016, according to Kuwait Central Statistical Bureau. General index dropped 0.07 percent in January compared to December, on monthly basis. Main index for the major group (food and beverages) rose 0.19 percent in January compared to the same month last year. The...

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Electronic passports stolen from Doha center

KUWAIT: Detectives and forensics department officers are carrying out an investigation to identify thieves who stormed Doha service center and stole several blank electronic passports, nationality certificates and modern equipment, along with a safe with unknown contents, a security source said. Further details about the incident could not immediately be known. The Interior Ministry started distributing electronic passports immediately after the...

BARCELONA: Zain Group CEO Scott Gegenheimer (second from left) poses with a copy of Zain’s annual thought leadership report.

Zain Group publishes thought leadership report: "Leveraging Technology to Protect Rights of Children"

Raising awareness of the plight of children in vulnerable situations BARCELONA: Zain Group CEO Scott Gegenheimer (second from left) poses with a copy of Zain’s annual thought leadership report.BARCELONA: Zain Group, the leading mobile telecom innovator in eight markets across the Middle East and Africa, announces the publication of its annual thought leadership report, this year entitled, 'Leveraging Technology to Protect the Rights of...

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Teens arrested with drugs

KUWAIT: Criminal detectives arrested three teenagers, a 15-year-old boy and two 14-year-old girls on drug-related charges. The boy was remanded in custody pending court procedures to face charges of drug abuse. Meanwhile, the girls also face charges for accompanying a drug user. Separately, police found an unconscious man under a bridge with a hashish joint next to him.Officers injuredHawally prosecutor ordered two female citizens to be remanded...

KUALA LUMPUR: University Malaya Vice Chancellor Sultan Nazrin Muizzuddin Shah (right) presents an honorary degree of Doctor of Letters to Saudi Arabia's King Salman yesterday. - AFP

Aramco to invest $7bn in Malaysia

KUALA LUMPUR: University Malaya Vice Chancellor Sultan Nazrin Muizzuddin Shah (right) presents an honorary degree of Doctor of Letters to Saudi Arabia's King Salman yesterday. - AFPKUALA LUMPUR: Saudi Arabia's Aramco will invest $7 billion in a giant Malaysian oil refinery project, Prime Minister Najib Razak said yesterday, as he declared ties with the kingdom were "at an all-time high". The deal between Aramco and Malaysian state energy firm...

In this undated image made from militant video and released by SITE Intel Group on Feb. 24, 2017, shows German hostage Jurgen Gustav Kantner at an undisclosed location. — AP

German hostage beheaded by Philippine Islamists

We all tried our best. But to no avail' In this undated image made from militant video and released by SITE Intel Group on Feb. 24, 2017, shows German hostage Jurgen Gustav Kantner at an undisclosed location. — APMANILA: Islamic militants in the Philippines have beheaded the German hostage they were holding for ransom, the government in Manila said yesterday. A video posted by the Abu Sayyaf group, which was monitored by intelligence group...

MOSUL: Iraqi forces stand next to the body of an alleged Islamic State (IS) group fighter as they advance through Mosul’s Jawasaq neighborhood yesterday, during an offensive to retake the area from the jihadists. — AFP

Iraq forces reach key Mosul bridge

Next step to defeat the jihadists in their stronghold MOSUL: Iraqi forces stand next to the body of an alleged Islamic State (IS) group fighter as they advance through Mosul’s Jawasaq neighborhood yesterday, during an offensive to retake the area from the jihadists. — AFPSOUTH OF MOSUL: Iraqi forces battling the Islamic State group in west Mosul reached the city's southernmost bridge yesterday, a key step in efforts to defeat the jihadists in...

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Sri Lanka prison bus shooting kills seven

COLOMBO: Attackers opened fire on a prison bus outside Colombo yesterday, killing five prisoners and two armed guards in the worst gang-related violence to hit Sri Lanka in decades. Police said the gunmen sprayed bullets at the bus as it passed through a wooded area near the capital, also wounding four guards.One of the victims was a senior member of an underworld group operating in Sri Lanka, where automatic weapons remain easily available eight...

ISLAMABAD: This photograph taken on February 15, 2017 shows Malik Bashir Awan, father of Mumtaz Qadri, who was hanged last year for the murder of a governor who criticized Pakistan’s blasphemy law and defended a Christian woman, at his son’s shrine on the outskirts of Islamabad. — AFP

Shrine for Islamist murderer reveals Pakistan's challenges

ISLAMABAD: This photograph taken on February 15, 2017 shows Malik Bashir Awan, father of Mumtaz Qadri, who was hanged last year for the murder of a governor who criticized Pakistan’s blasphemy law and defended a Christian woman, at his son’s shrine on the outskirts of Islamabad. — AFPBARA KAHU: Pakistan has renewed its vow to root out extremism after a fresh wave of attacks, but a rose-covered shrine in Islamabad built by radicals to...

BANDA ACEH: An Acehnese woman gets caned by a religious officer, for spending time in close proximity with a man who is not her husband, which is against Sharia law. — AFP

Caning leads to collapses for breaking Islamic law

BANDA ACEH: An Acehnese woman gets caned by a religious officer, for spending time in close proximity with a man who is not her husband, which is against Sharia law. — AFPBANDA ACEH: An Indonesian man collapsed while being publicly caned yesterday for spending time with a woman who is not his wife in contravention of strict Islamic laws in a staunchly Muslim part of the country. Herizal bin Yunus, 27, fainted after being caned eight times in...

BANDUNG: Police officers stand guard outside a municipal building after a stand-off between a suspected militant and anti-terror police. — AP

IS-linked Indonesian shot dead after bomb attack

Attacker storms building brandishing a dagger, starting fires BANDUNG: Police officers stand guard outside a municipal building after a stand-off between a suspected militant and anti-terror police. — APBANDUNG: Indonesian police shot dead a suspected militant linked to the Islamic State (IS) group during a firefight at a government office yesterday after a small bomb was set off nearby. Witnesses described terrifying scenes as the attacker...

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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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