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Int'l calls tariffs
KUWAIT: The Ministry of Utilities (formerly the Ministry of Communications) recently approved new tariffs for international calls done from Kuwait using the ministry's landline phone service. The new fares, which became official after being published in the state's official gazette 'Al-Kuwait Al-Youm' December 11 issue, stipulate a 15 percent reduction for calls done to the majority of countries worldwide. The new fees become effective on January...
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Govt vows to resolve sports crisis
KUWAIT: The government pledged yesterday to resolve the years-old sport crisis that led to international sanctions and vowed it will cooperate with the National Assembly to issue new sports legislation, MPs said. The government submitted a two-point solution aimed at lifting a 14-month suspension on Kuwaiti sports imposed by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the world football body FIFA for alleged government's interference in local...
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Ministry to sponsors: check maids' residencies regularly
KUWAIT: The Relations and Security Information Department at the Interior Ministry released a statement yesterday in which they asked citizens and expatriates to check the validity of their domestic helpers' regularly passports and residencies to avoid legal liability. The department noticed an increase in the number of residency law violations lately, and found out that this happened due to sponsors forgetting to renew the residencies or because...
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Water in Kuwait schools not contaminated
KUWAIT: Water supplies in local schools are safe and are not contaminated, authorities announced yesterday. Three government agencies - Environment Public Authority (EPA), Ministry of Electricity and Water (MEW) and Ministry of Health (MOH) - issued a joint statement affirming that Kuwait's "water supplies are safe and of good quality," said engineer Mohammed Al-Enezi, EPA deputy director for technical affairs during a press conference held at...
Dr Jamal Al-Harbi
Ministry to integrate human rights principles with policies
Dr Jamal Al-HarbiKUWAIT: Health Minister Dr Jamal Al-Harbi stressed yesterday the ministry's keenness on integrating human rights principles with its health care programs and policies on all medical levels, including precautionary, therapeutic, and rehabilitant. Harbi made his remarks in his speech at the opening of the Islamic Organization for Medical Sciences (IOMS) conference, billed as "health rights and duties for patients from an Islamic...
KUWAIT: Al-Farwaniya Governor Sheikh Faisal Al-Malek Al-Sabah attends Kuwait Red Crescent Society’s ‘Cry of Aleppo’ fundraising campaign. — KUNA
'Cry of Aleppo' depicts Kuwait's major humanitarian role: officials
KUWAIT: Al-Farwaniya Governor Sheikh Faisal Al-Malek Al-Sabah attends Kuwait Red Crescent Society’s ‘Cry of Aleppo’ fundraising campaign. — KUNAKUWAIT: Kuwait Red Crescent Society's (KRCS) 'Cry of Aleppo' fundraising campaign depicts the State of Kuwait's major role at the international humanitarian relief levels, a number of officials said yesterday. The campaign, launched yesterday in Farwaniya, Mubarak Al-Kabeer and Ahmadi...
KUWAIT: His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah chairs the Cabinet’s meeting yesterday. —KUNA
Cabinet urges UNSC to stop Syria 'genocides'
KUWAIT: His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah chairs the Cabinet’s meeting yesterday. —KUNAKUWAIT: The Kuwaiti Cabinet has called on the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) to intervene promptly and stop the "genocides perpetrated against the Syrian people." The cabinet, during its customary weekly meeting yesterday, also expressed gratitude to all those who have contributed to the relief campaigns for...
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Five Syrians held for collecting funds for Islamic State (IS)
KUWAIT: State security detectives arrested five Syrian nationals over accusations of illegally collecting donations and sending them to fund the Islamic State (IS) group in Syria, said security sources. The sources added state security authorities had received information from Western intelligence agencies about funds transferred from Kuwait to terrorist groups in Syria including IS, Fateh Al-Sham (formerly Nusra) and other banned organizations....
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Yoga trainer's car stolen
KUWAIT: A man who works as a yoga trainer reported his vehicle stolen. In his statements to Maidan Hawally police, the Indian man explained that he was approached by a woman who accused him of blocking her car. She threatened to call the cops. Soon afterwards, a man approached him, identified himself as a police officer and asked him to step outside of his vehicle and hand over his car keys. The yoga trainer gave the 'police officer' the keys....
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Expelling the Russian ambassador and parliamentary recklessness
Things are getting very complicated in Syria, and the crisis seems to be insolvable in the short term. The Assad regime used to have chemical weapons that helped him negotiate, especially after the failure of forming a national Syrian opposition alliance before radical Islamists flocked to Syria. In 2012, Assad managed to impose himself as a main player that could be spared on grounds that keeping chemical weapons under his control would...
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Gunman kills Russian ambassador in Ankara
Attacker shouts 'Don't forget Aleppo'  -  Amir condemns murder ANKARA: An unnamed gunman gestures after shooting the Russian Ambassador to Turkey Andrei Karlov at a photo gallery in the Turkish capital yesterday. Karlov speaks at the gallery moments before being shot and killed. – APANKARA: A Turkish policeman crying "Aleppo" and "Allahu Akbar" shot dead Russia's ambassador to Turkey at an art exhibition in Ankara yesterday, in what Moscow...
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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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WEYMOUTH: A police officer restrains a protester during a 'Enough is Enough' demonstration called by far-right activists in Weymouth, on the southwest coast of England where the Bibby Stockholm migrant accommodation barge is moored, on August 4, 2024. — AFP
No end in sight for UK riots
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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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GAZA: In this March 25, 2017 photo, Hamas leaders Yahya Sinwar (right) and Ismail Haniyeh attend the funeral of slain Hamas official Mazen Faqha in Gaza City. - AFP
Hamas names Sinwar new chief
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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