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NATO’s Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg
Stoltenberg: NATO-ICI Center to deepen cooperation with Kuwait, entire region
'Gulf security directly linked to that of all NATO Allies' NATO’s Secretary General Jens StoltenbergBRUSSELS: NATO's Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg will travel to Kuwait tomorrow to inaugurate the NATO-Istanbul Cooperation Initiative (ICI) Regional Center which will be the Alliance's first such presence in the region."I thank Kuwait for its generosity, and commend its active role in promoting regional security. The NATO-ICI Center...
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Kuwait marks International Volunteer Day
.KUWAIT: “We have volunteered for your sake, Kuwait” is the motto brandished by a number of handicraft and voluntary associations and ordinary citizens visiting a celebration zone located at the “Yom Al-Bahar” heritage site in Kuwait City, marking the International Volunteer Day.The activity was organized by the Information Ministry’s tourism departments. The international occasion falls on December 5th. It is intended to manifest...
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Panel discusses financial support to Kuwait Airways
KUWAIT: In its upcoming meeting, the parliament's financial affairs committee is due to discuss a bill proposed by the government to withdraw a sum of KD 600 million from the general reserves to support Kuwait Airways. The meeting will be attended by Minister of Social Affairs and Labor and Minister of State for Economic Affairs Hind Al-Subaih. Committee rapporteur MP Safaa Al-Hashem had rejected the proposal, saying that by doing this, the...
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Minister tours Abu Hlaifa, Wafra housing projects
KUWAIT: Minister of State for Housing Affairs and Minister of State for Utilities Affairs Yasser Abul inspected the Abu Hlaifa and Wafra residential expansion projects yesterday. Abul was escorted by the Director of the Public Authority for Housing Welfare (PAHW) Bader Al-Waqian and his deputy for implementation affairs Ali Al-Hubail. During the tour, Abul inspected both projects' infrastructure and was briefed about the work progress on both...
Health Minister Dr Jamal Al-Harbi
Kuwait to take part in WHO’s meetings
Health Minister Dr Jamal Al-HarbiKUWAIT: Minister of Health Dr Jamal Al-Harbi yesterday affirmed Kuwait’s participation in meetings of the World Health Organization’s Executive Board due to start in Geneva on January 23rd and proceed till February 1st. In a statement ahead of his scheduled departure to Geneva today for partaking in the meetings, the minister affirmed necessity of cooperation with the organization to revamp national health...
KUWAIT: Telangana Home and Labor Minister Naini Narsimha Reddy (center) addresses the press conference. Indian Ambassador Sunil Jain (second left) and Principal Secretary Dr Rajat Kumar (second right), TOMCOM GM K Bhavani (right) and Managing Director K Y Naik (left) are also present. — Photo by Sajeev K Peter
Around 30,000 workers from Telangana in Kuwait
Telangana delegation in Kuwait, eyes partnerships on manpower KUWAIT: Telangana Home and Labor Minister Naini Narsimha Reddy (center) addresses the press conference. Indian Ambassador Sunil Jain (second left) and Principal Secretary Dr Rajat Kumar (second right), TOMCOM GM K Bhavani (right) and Managing Director K Y Naik (left) are also present. — Photo by Sajeev K PeterKUWAIT: A four-member delegation from Telangana state of India headed by...
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Religious Intolerance
Muna Al Fuzai Religious extremism is prevailing in the world today, especially in the Middle East, and the problem is that it is being associated with Islam because of ignorance and fanaticism. Is there a way out, and what can we do about our situation? What are the reasons behind the widespread ignorance and intolerance in the Middle East, despite the presence of education and scholars? Every day we hear and watch fanatics who are against...
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Take it Easy on us
Political groups that are holding expatriates responsible for the state's deteriorating financial status have to cut down the fuss and stop acting arrogantly and racially. They should stop pretending as if expats are the ones depriving Kuwaitis from job opportunities, or that remittances they send to their families back home are behind the bad economic situation Kuwait is suffering from. Ever since the beginning of the decline of the prices of...
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Motorist hurt in Salmiya accident
KUWAIT: An expatriate man was severely injured in a collision reported along Salmiya highway, said security sources, noting that firemen rushed to the scene and had to cut open the wreckage to free the injured man and rush him to hospital.Tent fireA fire broke out in a tent pitched outside a house in Qossour, said security sources, noting that firemen rushed to the scene and controlled the fire, rescuing an injured citizen with severe burns. An...
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25 ATVs impounded at Ahmadi camps
KUWAIT: Responding to campers' complaints about the annoyance caused by all-terrain vehicle (ATV) riders, Ahmadi detectives toured the camping and chalet areas, where they impounded 25 ATVs, issued 40 traffic tickets and arrested seven riders, referring them to relevant authorities.Man dead in parking lotAn Iranian man reported finding a Bangladeshi national in bad health in a parking lot in Al-Rai, said security sources, noting that on examining...
Mohammad Alhusseini
I am the 'Savior'... and forget 'Mama America'!
Mohammad Alhusseini The Inaugural address of US President Donald Trump was harsh, offensive if not insulting to the American political class, both Republican and Democratic. Trump directly addressed the symbols of this class, including his predecessors, decrying the practices of the traditional political establishment, and accusing it of indulging over the course of decades in idle talk. He also accused the political establishment of...
Women protestors march in a rally against US President Donald Trump following his inauguration, in Sydney on Januaryn21, 2017.
‘Dump Trump’: Protesters flood Washington, other cities
Thousands join women’s marches against Trump Demonstrators protest on the National Mall in Washington, DC, for the Women's March on January 21, 2017. Hundreds of thousands of protesters spearheaded by women's rights groups demonstrated across the US to send a defiant message to US President Donald Trump. / AFP / Andrew CABALLERO-REYNOLDSWASHINGTON: Women in pink “pussyhats” flooded into Washington by the trainload yesterday for a massive...
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Ahmed Al-Basat celebrating his birthday at the office.
A forgotten courtesy: The silent struggle of Kuwait’s expatriates
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KUWAIT: First Deputy Prime Minister and Interior and Defense Minister Sheikh Fahad Al-Yousef Al-Sabah holds talks with senior defense ministry officials on Aug 7, 2024. - KUNA
Kuwait army alert, govt prepared
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PARIS: Bangladesh's finance pioneer Muhammad Yunus is escorted by French police personnel as he arrives at Roissy-Charles de Gaulle Airport on Aug 7, 2024, enroute to Bangladesh, where he is set to lead a caretaker government. - AFP
Yunus: Get ready to build Bangladesh
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The second phase of the Avenues Roads Project, the exit leading to the Fifth Ring Road towards Jahra and the opposite U-turn. – KUNA photos
Second phase of roads project leading to The Avenues mall opened
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Mansour Al-Khashti
Why fighting drug trafficking and consumption alone isn’t enough