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Labor statistics: 19,558 Kuwaitis hired in public sector; 12,838 in private in 2016

KUWAIT: Statistics released recently by the Manpower and Government Restructuring Program showed that 19,558 citizens were recruited for public sector jobs and 12,838 were recruited in the private sector in 2016. Statistics also showed fewest citizens were recruited in December, while March witnessed the highest rate of recruitment with 2,844 employees; ie an average of 2,000 Kuwaiti employees per month. On the other hand, statistics explained...

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Hala February opening festival tomorrow

Click to view largerKUWAIT: The Relations and Security Information Department at the Interior Ministry said that on the occasion of the launch of the 18th Hala February festival tomorrow, all measures have been taken to facilitate and coordinate contacts with other security sectors for the start of celebrations of the 56th National Day and 26th Liberation Day, which coincide with the 11th anniversary of His Highness the Amir's ascension to...

MP Waleed Al-Tabtabaei

Lawmakers seek to give courts power over citizenship cases

MP Waleed Al-TabtabaeiKUWAIT: The government, represented by the Interior Ministry, rejected a proposal presented by a number of MPs to amend the citizenship law in order to give courts the authority to overlook citizenship withdrawal cases.This was revealed by MP Dr Waleed Al-Tabtabaei in response to a Cassation Court order released last Tuesday which rejected a challenge made by former MP Abdullah Al-Bargash against the government's decision...

Kuwait has low security risk forecast, according to study

.KUWAIT: Kuwait has low security risk and medium political risk forecasts according to the Risk Map forecast; an annual guide published by Control Risks. It shares similar forecasts with Oman, Bahrain and Qatar, while the United Arab Emirates had a low political risk forecast to go with its low security risk forecast. Meanwhile, Saudi Arabia had medium forecasts for both security and political risks.The report mentioned the drawbacks of the...

KUWAIT: French Ambassador Christian Nakhla decorates Dr Al-Anoud Al-Sharekh with the French National Order of Merit.

French Embassy celebrates Sharekh's top accolade

First Kuwaiti to be adorned with 'French National Order of Merit' KUWAIT: French Ambassador Christian Nakhla decorates Dr Al-Anoud Al-Sharekh with the French National Order of Merit.KUWAIT: The French Embassy decorated Dr Al-Anoud Al-Sharekh with the French National Order of Merit for her human rights work yesterday at French Ambassador Christian Nakhla's residence. Nakhla praised Sharekh's efforts in fighting for women's rights and being...

Forged work permits

Company owner forged work permits

Forged work permitsKUWAIT: Residency detectives discovered forgery in official documents as well as in the files of work permits of a company. Detectives received tips about the forgeries in work permit renewals of a company owned by a citizen, and discovered 61 cases through investigations. Detectives also found the company is fake and does not even have its own premises.Airport trafficThe Interior Ministry's Airport Passports Department said...

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Egyptian man on travel ban fails to flee

KUWAIT: An Egyptian man on the travel ban list failed in his attempt to leave the country undetected when he hid in the truck of a compatriot after paying him 10,000 Egyptian pounds. The man was discovered by officers on the Saudi border and was sent back along with the driver. The suspect got out of hiding and sat next to the driver when they left Kuwait's Salmi border, but Saudi police noticed his passport did not have a Kuwaiti exit stamp....

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Bahrainis beat up Indian Haris

KUWAIT: Two Bahrainis beat an Indian haris (building janitor) badly for not allowing them to park in front of the building he guards. The two suspects were arrested by detectives in Salmiya, and investigations are ongoing.Car theftJahra detectives are investigating claims by a taxi driver that his car was stolen along with KD 180 by two women. A security source said two veiled women asked him to take them from Zahra to Sulaibiya, and when he...

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US could ask visa applicants for social media passwords

WASHINGTON: US embassies could ask visa applicants for passwords to their own social media accounts in future background checks, Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly said Tuesday. Kelly said the move could come as part of the effort to toughen vetting of visitors to screen out people who could pose a security threat. He said it was one of the things under consideration especially for visitors from seven Muslim majority countries with very weak...

KUALA LUMPUR: A domestic trade enforcement official checks on the paint brushes that are believed the brushes are made from pig bristles at a hardware store outside Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia yesterday. — AP

Malaysia seizes un-Islamic pig-hair brushes

Muslim Consumers Association calls for stricter enforcement KUALA LUMPUR: A domestic trade enforcement official checks on the paint brushes that are believed the brushes are made from pig bristles at a hardware store outside Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia yesterday. — APKUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian authorities have seized thousands of paint brushes suspected of containing pig bristles after consumers in this Muslim-majority nation demanded a crackdown,...

HOMS: Syrian government forces flash the sign for victory as they approach the strategic Jihar oil fields on the eastern outskirts of Homs. —AFP

Turkish army and Syrian rebels close in on Islamic State town

Turkey, rebel allies capture western outskirts of Al-Bab HOMS: Syrian government forces flash the sign for victory as they approach the strategic Jihar oil fields on the eastern outskirts of Homs. —AFPANKARA: Syrian rebels supported by Turkish armed forces have seized control of strategically important hills around the Islamic State-controlled town of Al-Bab, Turkey's military said yesterday. It said in a statement that 58 Islamic State...

NEW ORLEANS: A man stands next to a destroyed home after a tornado tore through the eastern neighborhood of New Orleans. — AP

Tornadoes wreak havoc in southeastern Louisiana

NEW ORLEANS: A man stands next to a destroyed home after a tornado tore through the eastern neighborhood of New Orleans. — APNEW ORLEANS: The tornadoes that struck southeastern Louisiana on Tuesday injured about 20 people, destroyed homes and businesses, flipped cars and trucks, and left about 10,000 customers without power, but no deaths were reported, the governor said. Gov John Bel Edwards took an aerial tour and made a disaster declaration...

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