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Kinan Azmeh, 40, a Syrian musician who is one of thousands of valid US green card holders who have found their immigration status in limbo after Trump's order Friday, gives an interview to The Associated Press, in Beirut, Lebanon. — AP
Syrian musician in limbo after travel ban
Kinan Azmeh, 40, a Syrian musician who is one of thousands of valid US green card holders who have found their immigration status in limbo after Trump's order Friday, gives an interview to The Associated Press, in Beirut, Lebanon. — APA Syrian musician who was allowed to legally immigrate to the United States  on account of his "extraordinary" abilities, and who recently toured with famed cellist Yo-Yo Ma, is now wondering whether he can...
Miss Universe contestant Iris Mittenaere (right) of France is crowned the new 2017 winner by former Miss Universe Pia Wurtzbach of the Philippines (left).
Miss France crowned Miss Universe in Philippines
Miss Universe contestant Iris Mittenaere (right) of France is crowned the new 2017 winner by former Miss Universe Pia Wurtzbach of the Philippines (left).A 23-year-old dental student from France won the Miss Universe crown yesterday in the annual pageant held this year in the Philippines. Iris Mittenaere from the small town of Lille in northern France said in reply to a final question from pageant host Steve Harvey that she would be honored if...
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Fighting fire with fire
DAVOS: (From left) Abdullatif Al-Shareakh, Bader Al-Kharafi, Omar Alghanim and Malik Marafie attend a session at the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting.
Ambassadors of globalization: A new challenge for Kuwaitis
Populism, nationalism, protectionism rising DAVOS: (From left) Abdullatif Al-Shareakh, Bader Al-Kharafi, Omar Alghanim and Malik Marafie attend a session at the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting.DAVOS: Every year, world leaders, global business elite and some of the world’s brightest academics attend the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland. Attendees this year included Microsoft founder Bill Gates, JP...
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MP urges quick solution in health insurance row
KUWAIT: MP Faisal Al-Kandari yesterday urged Health Minister Jamal Al-Harbi to find a quick solution to the health insurance problem after he cancelled the private company's contract. The cancellation has resulted in massive crowds at health insurance centers and long delays for stamping or renewing residence permits, because health insurance is a precondition for residence processing.Two weeks ago, the health minister said the ministry plans to...
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Kuwait waiting for instructions to implement Trump ban at airport
KUWAIT: A diplomatic source stressed that Kuwait had not received any correspondence from US authorities concerning banning the entry of Iraqis, Syrians, Sudanese, Libyans, Yemenis, Iranians and Somalis, and that as soon as such regulations arrive, they will be implemented on travelers to the US at Kuwait International Airport. The sources added that the US Department of State has not yet instructed its embassies worldwide on how to deal with the...
Attorney Fajer Ahmed
Visa, residency questions
It is no secret that Kuwait has changed immensely in the past few years. Last week I was in Dubai for a business meeting and met a lovely expat lawyer who used to work in Kuwait for seven years between, 2000 and 2007. She told me that she got an offer to return in 2011 but refused. Although she loved Kuwait and enjoyed her time here, she didn't want to come back because her colleagues told her that Kuwait has changed for expats, and although some...
KUWAIT: HH the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah kisses the Kuwaiti flag yesterday at Bayan Palace during a flag hoisting ceremony marking the 11th year since he assumed power and the start of Kuwait’s 56th National Day and 26th Liberation Day anniversaries. HH the Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah is seen at left. — KUNA
State officials congratulate Amir on 11th anniversary of his reign
Crown Prince says national unity is way to secure future KUWAIT: HH the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah kisses the Kuwaiti flag yesterday at Bayan Palace during a flag hoisting ceremony marking the 11th year since he assumed power and the start of Kuwait’s 56th National Day and 26th Liberation Day anniversaries. HH the Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah is seen at left. — KUNAKUWAIT: Marking the 11th year...
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Ministry denies social media monitoring decree
Investigation into restaurant customer's deathKUWAIT: The Kuwaiti Ministry of Interior yesterday dismissed as 'baseless' reports on a decree authorizing the tapping of personal phone calls and monitoring of social media and relevant applications.Social media reports on the launching of the so-called "new communication system" is totally "divorced from reality and based on inaccurate and unreliable information," the ministry said in a statement...
Awqaf Minister Mohammad Al-Jabri
Minister encourages Kuwaitis to work as imams, muezzins
Awqaf Minister Mohammad Al-JabriKUWAIT: Minister of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs and Minister of State for Municipal Affairs Mohammad Al-Jabri stressed his keenness on executing the Awqaf ministry's strategy on professional performance development. Jabri added that he also instructed his undersecretary to report on all the ministry committees pending their reformation and adjusting the duties of some of them in the new fiscal year. He also...
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Missing Egyptian man found dead
KUWAIT: Following up the case of an Egyptian man who went missing in Hasawi, security sources said that the man was later found dead at Jahra hospital after he was admitted there after he was run over by a half lorry truck in Amghara five days earlier. The accident happened while the man was working at a construction site, according to investigations. Hospital records showed that the man was rushed to the medical facility by a passerby, who said...
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Bahrain policeman killed in ‘terror act’
DUBAI: An off-duty policeman was shot dead in Bahrain yesterday in what the interior ministry called a “terrorist act”, state news agency BNA reported. “The Interior Ministry mourns with great sadness and sorrow the martyr Lieutenant Hisham Hassan Mohammed Al-Hammadi, who was shot and killed in the Bilad Al-Qadeem area,” southwest of the capital Manama, the interior ministry said. “Initial indications suggest that it was a terrorist act...
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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
Kuwait and Bahrain ink executive program for tourism cooperation
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Kuwaiti Ambassador to China Jasem Ibrahem Al-Najem with Standing Committee of National Committee of Political Consultative Conference member Cai Guanxin.
China highlights growing investment opportunities in Kuwait