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Dr Hassan Abbas

‘KICK EXPATS OUT’

Dr Hassan Abbas Observing the government and lawmakers' behavior, one can easily see that they are both at war with expatriates residing in Kuwait. The proposed list of costs for the Ministry of Health's healthcare services for expats is really frightening. I believe that whoever proposed them expects expats to leave the country, and cannot wait to see the last one of them out. We can easily see that this expulsion policy is adapted by both...

Survey shows Kuwait happier in 2017

56% of respondents satisfied with their standard of living .KUWAIT: As we enter the New Year, happiness and wellbeing have come into focus in the Middle East and North Africa. A new survey by Bayt.com, the number one job site in the Middle East, and YouGov, a pioneer in online market research, titled the Bayt.com 'Happiness in the Middle East' survey,revealed that more than half (56 percent) of respondents in Kuwait are satisfied with their...

Attorney Fajer Ahmed

Kuwaiti citizenship

Attorney Fajer Ahmed Citizenship means the status of being a legally recognized subject of a particular country. In every country, there are different procedures, requirements and types of citizenships. In some countries it comes in the form of a card or a smaller passport - in others, you do not get a physical document. In some countries, you need to have money and a business to become a citizen, while in others you can get it by working for...

KUWAIT: Passengers arrive at Kuwait International Airport yesterday, coming from Turkey on charter flights provided b Kuwait Airways.— Photos by Fouad Al-Shaikh

Airport passenger traffic reached 10,848,550 in 2016

KUWAIT: Official statistics for 2016 showed that total passenger traffic at Kuwait International Airport reached 10,848,550 last year, for both arrivals and departures, the Relations and Security Information Department at the Interior Ministry said in a statement. The arrival figure for Kuwaitis was 1,884,888, while departures were 1,887,753. Meanwhile, GCC nationals recorded 337,340 arrivals and 337,432 departures, while other nationalities saw...

KUWAIT: Kuwait Municipality Director Ahmad Al-Manfouhi speaks during an event held yesterday to demonstrate the use of e-transactions at the municipality. —Photo by Fouad Al-Shaikh

Citizens discouraged from joining oil sector: Union

KUWAIT: Kuwait Municipality Director Ahmad Al-Manfouhi speaks during an event held yesterday to demonstrate the use of e-transactions at the municipality. —Photo by Fouad Al-ShaikhKUWAIT: Deputy chairman of the oil sector's employees syndicate Abbas Awadh described what recent oil recruits are suffering from as a 'continuation of provocative policies' in the oil sector with the aim of limiting the rights of employees and new recruits. Awadh...

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Iraqi Invasion memorial museum faces demolition

July 1 ultimatum to vacate building KUWAIT: Dr Yousef Al-Amiri, President of the Kuwait House for National Works Museum (center) speaks during the press conference. —Photo by Yasser Al-ZayyatKUWAIT: The only museum in Kuwait telling the story of the 1990 Iraqi invasion - the Kuwait House for National Works Museum - may be demolished soon to complete the road development project in the area. This will be a great loss for the country due to its...

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Bangladeshi duo deported again

KUWAIT: Two Bangladeshis, who are very close friends and who were deported from the country six years ago, were arrested and deported once again. Police stopped the two who did not have IDs, but upon inquiries, they were discovered to have been deported twice before. Both had returned to Kuwait using forged passports a year ago. The two were sent to the deportation center.Hit-and-runA Pakistani man was rushed to Adan Hospital and admitted inside...

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Policeman hurt in hot pursuit

KUWAIT: A traffic policeman was rushed to Adan Hospital for treatment for injuries he suffered after his vehicle flipped over during a chase in Sabahiya. The policeman responded to a call about reckless driving in Sabahiya, but lost control of his car during the chase. Police are looking for the fugitive driver.Maid commits suicideAn Asian maid jumped to her death from the window of a domestic help office in Hawally. Her body was recovered by the...

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Spanish king meets Saudi king, warship sale mooted

RIYADH: Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz (right) yesterday decorates Spanish King Felipe VI with the cordon of King Abdul Aziz, the highest Saudi honor for a foreigner. - AFPRIYADH: Spain's King Felipe VI met yesterday with Saudi King Salman, official media said, during a visit coinciding with talks to sell Spanish warships. King Felipe was guest of honor at a lunch hosted by King Salman, who decorated him with the cordon of King Abdul Aziz, the...

This undated photo released by the Bahrain Center for Human Rights shows (from left) Sami Mushaima, Ali Al-Singace and Abbas Al-Samea, who executed yesterday. - AP

Bahrain executes 3 convicted over police bombing

This undated photo released by the Bahrain Center for Human Rights shows (from left) Sami Mushaima, Ali Al-Singace and Abbas Al-Samea, who executed yesterday. - APDUBAI: Bahrain yesterday carried out its first executions since an Arab Spring uprising rocked the country in 2011, putting to death three men found guilty of a deadly bomb attack on police. Bahrain's public prosecution said the death sentences were carried out by firing squad.Abbas...

MOSUL: A soldier with elite counterterrorism forces rides atop of an armored vehicle celebrating as he holds a flag of the Islamic State group as Iraqi special forces fight against Islamic State militants to regain control of Mosul University, in the eastern side of Mosul, Iraq. —AP

Mosul University fully liberated by Iraqi troops

MOSUL: A soldier with elite counterterrorism forces rides atop of an armored vehicle celebrating as he holds a flag of the Islamic State group as Iraqi special forces fight against Islamic State militants to regain control of Mosul University, in the eastern side of Mosul, Iraq. —APBAGHDAD: US-backed Iraqi government troops yesterday fully liberated the sprawling complex of Mosul University, an Iraqi military spokesman said, a major step in...

MANAUS: Special Operations Command personnel stand by an empty prison cell in the Anisio Jobim Penitentiary Complex where 56 inmates were killed during a riot two weeks ago, in Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil. —AFP

Brazil police quell deadly jail riot

'At least 10 dead' MANAUS: Special Operations Command personnel stand by an empty prison cell in the Anisio Jobim Penitentiary Complex where 56 inmates were killed during a riot two weeks ago, in Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil. —AFPBRASILIA: Brazilian police yesterday quelled a riot that left at least 10 people dead in a northern jail, the latest of several gruesome gang-related massacres in the country's overcrowded prisons. Officials raised the...

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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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Ahmed Al-Basat celebrating his birthday at the office.

A forgotten courtesy: The silent struggle of Kuwait’s expatriates

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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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Video grab taken from a video footage shows rescuers helping a person out of a hotel that partly collapsed on August 7, 2024 in Kroev, western Germany, killing one person and burying eight others. - A floor in the hotel in Kroev, a town some 110 kilometres (68 miles) west of Frankfurt, collapsed for unknown reasons, police said in a statement. Of the 14 people inside at the time, five managed to get out. — AFP

One dead, several buried in German hotel collapse