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Sami Al-Hamad, Kuwait's assistant foreign minister for consular affairs.

Kuwait, UAE discuss activating extraditions

Sami Al-Hamad, Kuwait's assistant foreign minister for consular affairs.KUWAIT: The Kuwaiti-UAE Consular Committee, at its second meeting held yesterday, discussed activating the treaty for convicts' extradition between the two countries. Ambassador Ahmad Al-Dhahri, the UAE assistant undersecretary for consular affairs, said in a statement that the accord would be put into effect anew after adopting the meeting minutes today.The accord primarily...

KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah meets with IOM’s Director General Ambassador William Lacy Swing. —KUNA photos

Amir meets with IOM chief

KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah meets with IOM’s Director General Ambassador William Lacy Swing. —KUNA photosKUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah received yesterday at Bayan Palace First Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Khaled Al-Sabah, accompanied by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) Director General Ambassador William Lacy Swing....

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Assembly to debate bank deposits scandal

KUWAIT: MPs insisted yesterday that the bank deposits scandal must be exposed during a special debate in the national assembly and warned the government against attempting to prevent the debate tomorrow.MP Riyadh Al-Adasani has submitted a motion to allocate at least one hour during Tuesday's session to expose the scandal in which current and former lawmakers are accused of receiving cash bribes from the government in 2011.At least 13 lawmakers...

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Ghazali Road closure creates massive traffic snarl

.KUWAIT: Traffic congestion across Kuwait reached epic levels yesterday, with some people waiting up to two hours in traffic due to construction works on Ghazali Road. The Traffic Department warned through local media that a detour would be opened along Ghazali Road at the intersection of Jahra Road. Due to the construction, heavy trucks would not be allowed to pass along this stretch between 6 am and 4 pm.As a result, heavy trucks and other...

Ongoing construction on Jamal Abdul-Nasser Road.

Roads support projects in Kuwait’s vision for 2035

Ongoing construction on Jamal Abdul-Nasser Road.KUWAIT: The network for main roads and bridges will become the main keys of support to developmental projects based on Kuwait vision 2035, which overlaps with other huge developmental projects currently taken place based on the state plan. The roads and bridges network conducted by the state are part of the infrastructure projects to coop with the increasing population and residential expansions in...

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National labor recruitment in private sector increase: minister

KUWAIT: There is a remarkable hike in national labor recruitment in the private sector, including major and new institutions, said Minister of Social Affairs and Labor Hind Al-Sabeeh. Sabeeh, who doubles as Minister of State for Economic Affairs, made the remark to reporters on the sidelines of a two-day national conference on institutional education, organized by the Manpower and Government Restructuring Program (MGRP). She even hoped that the...

Attorney Fajer Ahmed

Saying thank you kindly to the teachers

"Technology is just a tool. In terms of getting the kids working together and motivating them, the teacher is the most important." - There is no question that teachers are one of society's most important pillars, and we are lucky in Kuwait that we have teachers and educators from all over the globe. I have come across teachers from America, New Zealand, the UK, Spain, India, Malawi and many more countries, each bringing to Kuwait their own...

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15 drug-related arrests in one week

KUWAIT: The Drugs Control General Department arrested 22 suspects over 15 cases relating to drug trafficking and abuse during the period between the first and ninth of February 2017. The arrested persons include three Indians, two Sri Lankans, four Kuwaitis, two Egyptians, two bedoons and one American. The seized drugs included 533.53 kg of hashish, 1.738 kg of heroin, 3,230 illicit tablets, 550 grams of marijuana and 257 grams of chemicals.By...

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Indian banker commits suicide

KUWAIT: An Indian banker died in an apparent suicide after he threw himself from the fourth floor of a Farwaniya building where he lived. The banker spent several days screaming hysterically before committing suicide, according to his neighbors. A security source said detectives inspected the man's apartment and did not find any evidence of foul play. A suicide case was filed and further investigations are in progress.Missing boy foundAn Egyptian...

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Motorist arrested in fatal hit-and-run

KUWAIT: Police arrested an Indian man involved in a hit-and-run accident that resulted in the death of an Egyptian pedestrian in Farwaniya. Detectives were able to identify and arrest the suspect within an hour after he fled the scene. The victim's body was recovered by the forensics department after paramedics pronounced him dead.FightA passersby broke up a women's fight in which purses and shoes were used in the parking lot of a Mubarak...

SEOUL: People watch the news showing file footage of North Korea’s missile launch at a railway station in Seoul yesterday. — AFP

North Korea fires ballistic missile

Draws tough response from Trump SEOUL: People watch the news showing file footage of North Korea’s missile launch at a railway station in Seoul yesterday. — AFPSEOUL: North Korea yesterday fired a ballistic missile into the sea in an apparent test of new US President Donald Trump, who responded by pledging "100 percent" support for Washington's key regional ally Japan. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, whose country would be in range of any...

NAZARETH: This file photo shows Israeli Arab political leaders posing for a photo holding placards bearing text in Arabic meaning, go to vote for the joint list, for a new tomorrow in the northern Israeli city of Nazareth.—AFP

Israeli parliament harder than ever

MPs face criticism, threats from fellow members NAZARETH: This file photo shows Israeli Arab political leaders posing for a photo holding placards bearing text in Arabic meaning, go to vote for the joint list, for a new tomorrow in the northern Israeli city of Nazareth.—AFPJERUSALEM: It has never been easy being a lawmaker who identifies as Palestinian in the Israeli parliament, but today it is harder than ever, Arab Israeli MPs say. In recent...

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Minister of Information and Bahrain's Minister of Tourism sign an executive program of tourism cooperation agreement for 2024, 2025, and 2026. – KUNA photos

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KUWAIT: Workers take shelter from the sun under a tree in Kuwait City amidst a heatwave. - Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat

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