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Workers union responds to KAC statement; sit-in still underway

Several MPs to join protestKUWAIT: Kuwait Airways' labor union issued a statement yesterday confirming plans to stage a sit-in today despite a statement from the company a few days ago urging them to call off their protest. The union is protesting what it describes as violation of the rights of some Kuwaiti pilots who say that they have lost their benefits following the carrier's privatization procedures. Kuwait Airways Company (KAC) denied in a...

Attorney Fajer Ahmed

I know the employment law is a recurring topic for me to write about and for my readers, but I still get a concerning amount of queries and even more employment cases at court. It is very disappointing to see foreign employees not being treated well and being taken advantage of, when they have not done anything wrong. There are amazing employers out there that treat their employees with love and respect as if they are family. I do not want to...

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Exceptional achievements, transformational growth recorded by Kuwait Airways in 2016

.KUWAIT: As Kuwait Airways, the official national carrier of the State of Kuwait, enters its 64th year of operations - the oldest single-state national carrier in the GCC region - the pioneering spirit of the airline saw a resurgence in 2016, with its iconic Bluebird emblem certainly appearing to soar once more.The year 2016 witnessed a number of key achievements followed by rapid growth for the airline, signaling a commitment from both the...

An artist’s rendition of the Silk City project.

Govt, parliament agree to set up Silk City bill team

An artist’s rendition of the Silk City project.KUWAIT: Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah said yesterday he agreed with the parliamentary financial and economic committee to set up a joint technical team to look into a draft law on the Silk City Authority.Sheikh Mohammad Al- Abdullah made the remark to reporters following a relevant parliamentary meeting, saying that the meeting aimed at...

KUWAIT: Information Minister Sheikh Salman Al-Homoud Al-Sabah delivers his speech. — Photos by Yasser Al-Zayyat

Media strategy necessary to combat cultural invasion: Information Minister

Sheikh Salman reiterates Kuwait's support for freedom of expression KUWAIT: Information Minister Sheikh Salman Al-Homoud Al-Sabah delivers his speech. — Photos by Yasser Al-ZayyatKUWAIT: Kuwait supports freedom of opinion and expression and will fight violence in all its forms through a media strategy involving both public and private media organizations, a senior government official said yesterday.This strategy is needed because of the...

KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah receives a copy of the Public Authority for Youth’s strategy in Braille text. — Amiri Diwan and KUNA photos

Amir receives PAY's plan in Braille

KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah receives a copy of the Public Authority for Youth’s strategy in Braille text. — Amiri Diwan and KUNA photosKUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah was given yesterday a copy of the Public Authority for Youth's (PAY) strategy in Braille text. After receiving Minister of Information and Minister of State for Youth Affairs Sheikh Salman Sabah...

Illegal construction violations removed

. KUWAIT: Kuwait Municipality's public relations department said two real estate owners removed violations after receiving warnings about illegal constructions which included building a service floor and a suspended floor that were not in agreement with the construction plans. The irregularities were discovered during a recent campaign in Salmiya that saw the issuance of six citations related to additional constructions at buildings.Liquor...

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Mysterious fall; Search for thief son

KUWAIT: Criminal detectives are working on solving the mystery of the death of a female citizen who fell from the 10th floor of a building in Fintas, leaving some belongings and clothes behind. Detectives who went to the roof found the citizen's civil ID, which revealed she was in her 40s. The building's haris (janitor) said he had never seen the woman before, nor did any of the residents. Detectives who started an investigation believe the woman...

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'Level one' security threat at detectives department

KUWAIT: Security was increased around the Criminal Detectives General Department, and special security arrangements were made at its offices in all governorates after the alert level was raised to level one after receiving intelligence about terrorist threats against the criminal security sector. Security sources said the interior ministry raised its alert to grade one as a precautionary measure. The source said the measures impose tight security...

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'Negative Phenomena'

Do negative phenomena include women who are not covering their hair? It is true that we are disappointed by those who voted for the creation of the negative phenomena committee in the National Assembly; a panel created by those who we can call 'MPs of gloom', and others we had a lot of faith in. I am not blaming those who were happy with this proposal, but I blame those in whom we placed our hope, and do you know why? Not because they voted for...

Israeli security forces and medics gather at the site of a ramming attack in Jerusalem on January 8, 2017. A Palestinian rammed a truck into a group of Israeli soldiers visiting a popular tourist spot in Jerusalem, killing four and wounding at least 15 people, authorities said.

Truck attack kills 4 Israeli soldiers

Israeli security forces and medics gather at the site of a ramming attack in Jerusalem on January 8, 2017. A Palestinian rammed a truck into a group of Israeli soldiers visiting a popular tourist spot in Jerusalem, killing four and wounding at least 15 people, authorities said.JERUSALEM: A Palestinian rammed a truck into a group of Israeli soldiers visiting a popular tourist spot in Jerusalem yesterday, killing four and wounding 17 others,...

TEHRAN: In this Dec 21, 2015 file photo, former Iranian President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani waves to journalists as he registers his candidacy for the elections of the Experts Assembly. - AP

Former Iranian leader Rafsanjani dies at 82 - Amir sends condolences

TEHRAN: In this Dec 21, 2015 file photo, former Iranian President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani waves to journalists as he registers his candidacy for the elections of the Experts Assembly. - APTEHRAN: Former Iranian President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, a wily political survivor and multimillionaire mogul who remained among the ruling elite despite moderate views, died yesterday, state TV reported. He was 82. Iranian media reported he suffered a heart...

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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