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8,157 illegal residents adjusted their status

KUWAIT: Between 2011 until end of December 2016, some 8,157 illegal residents have adjusted their status in Kuwait, said the Central Agency for Illegal Residents Affairs on Sunday. Head of the status adjustment department of the apparatus Colonel Mohammad Al-Wohaib said that 5,637 illegal residents have adjusted their status and reverted back to their Saudi nationality, 923 to the Iraqi and 816 to the Syrian.He added that 94 persons reverted back...

KUWAIT: His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah chairs the cabinet’s meeting yesterday. — KUNA

Cabinet examines manifesto, submits it to National Assembly

Ministers deplore attacks in Bahrain, Turkey, Iraq KUWAIT: His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah chairs the cabinet’s meeting yesterday. — KUNAKUWAIT: The Cabinet, at its weekly session yesterday, examined the Government manifesto, entitled 'toward sustainable development,' and referred it to the National Assembly. Minister of Social Affairs, Labor and Minister of State for Economic Affairs Dr Hind...

Second Boeing 777-300ER

Kuwait Airways celebrates New Year with arrival of second Boeing 777-300ER

Aircraft is second of 10 ordered; all to be received by Q3 2017 Second Boeing 777-300ERKUWAIT: Kuwait Airways, the official national carrier of the State of Kuwait, has an extra reason to celebrate the New Year, in 2017, with the second of 10 Boeing 777-300ER aircraft ordered arriving in Kuwait on 1st January. With the first aircraft welcomed less than a month ago, December 2016, Kuwait Airways remains on schedule to have all 10 aircraft received...

Attorney Fajer Ahmed

Inheritance law in Kuwait

Attorney Fajer Ahmed I want to start this article on a positive note, and would like to wish all my readers and their families a Happy New Year. Spending time with family around the holiday is a cherished blessing that we should all be very grateful for. Legal family issues can be very sensitive for the family to discuss openly, but I personally think that a healthy family that cherishes healthy relationships should discuss legal matters that...

104 disabled parking violations committed

104 disabled parking violations committed

104 disabled parking violations committedKUWAIT: The Interior Ministry's General Traffic Department began implementing article 63 of law number 8/2010, which punishes people using the parking spots designated for disabled persons for a one-month jail sentence and/or a KD 100 fine. On the first day after the law went into effect last Sunday, traffic department carried out several traffic campaigns resulting in issuing 104 traffic citation for use...

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Gay Nepalese man kills boyfriend in Subhan

KUWAIT: A gay Nepalese man could not bear the taunts of his partner and other roommates in Subhan. So after a few drinks, he pulled out a knife, killed his boyfriend, cut up parts of his body and displayed them to those who had ridiculed him. He said he had taken revenge against the person who had dishonored him. The suspect was arrested and confessed to the murder.Reckless drivers arrestedA large number of youths celebrated New Year by showing...

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Liquor containers smuggled out from Shuwaikh Port found

KUWAIT: Concerned police authorities in cooperation with customs department detectives located the two containers that were smuggled out of Shuwaikh Port on Dec 14. Investigations indicated the containers were in a fenced off area in Amghara, and found to contain liquor brought in from a neighboring country. The Ministry of Interior's relations and security information department said in a statement five suspects, all Indian, were identified, and...

People carry the coffin of Yunus Gormek, 23, one of the victims of the Reina night club attack, during his funeral ceremony on January 2, 2017 in Istanbul.

IS claims New Year massacre, attacker on the run

Kuwaiti killed, 5 hurt in Istanbul attack People carry the coffin of Yunus Gormek, 23, one of the victims of the Reina night club attack, during his funeral ceremony on January 2, 2017 in Istanbul.KUWAIT/ISTANBUL: A Kuwaiti national was killed and five others wounded in the Istanbul nightclub terror attack that took place on New Year’s night, said Deputy Foreign Minister Khaled Suleiman Al-Jarallah. Four of the injured are currently receiving...

NEW YORK: In this Dec 29, 2016 photo, Rachel Freier looks up from her phone while posing for pictures at her law office in the Borough Park section of Brooklyn. - AP

Hasidic woman judge: 'It's the American dream'

NEW YORK: In this Dec 29, 2016 photo, Rachel Freier looks up from her phone while posing for pictures at her law office in the Borough Park section of Brooklyn. - APNEW YORK: In some ways, Rachel Freier has a background that might be expected in a new civil court judge. She is a real estate lawyer who volunteers in family court and in her community, where she even serves as a paramedic. But Freier starts work today as something quite unexpected....

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Army presses fight near Damascus despite truce

BEIRUT: Syria's army advanced yesterday as it battles to capture a rebel region that is key to the capital's water supply, launching strikes and artillery fire threatening a fragile nationwide truce. Brokered by regime ally Russia and opposition supporter Turkey, the ceasefire is now in its fourth day despite sporadic violence and continued fighting in the Wadi Barada area near Damascus. "Regime forces and fighters from Lebanon's Hezbollah group...

Somali soldiers stand by a destroyed building near the scene of a suicide car bomb attack in Mogadishu, Somalia, Monday, Jan, 2, 2017

Shabaab bombers attack Somali checkpoint, hotel

Somali soldiers stand by a destroyed building near the scene of a suicide car bomb attack in Mogadishu, Somalia, Monday, Jan, 2, 2017MOGADISHU: Suicide bombers attacked the main peacekeeping base in Somalia's capital yesterday, killing at least three Somali security officers, police said. Islamist Shabaab militants, who want to topple the Western-backed government, said they carried out the assault near Mogadishu's main airport, an area used by...

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Bloody Chicago year ends with 762 murders

CHICAGO: One of the most violent years in Chicago history ended with a sobering tally: 762 homicides, the most in two decades in the city and more than New York and Los Angeles combined. The nation's third largest city also saw 1,100 more shooting incidents last year than it did in 2015, according to data released Sunday by the Chicago Police Department. The statistics underline a story of bloodshed that has put Chicago at the center of a...

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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

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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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ALDERSHOT: Protesters hold placards during a 'Enough is Enough' demonstration called by far-right activists near a hotel housing asylum seekers in Aldershot on August 4, 2024. — AFP

Musk fans flames of anti-Muslim riots, spars with UK govt

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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