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Rights group calls to end kafala system
KUWAIT: A Kuwaiti rights group yesterday called on the government to abolish its "kafala" system for foreign workers, which has long been criticized as a form of bonded labor or even slavery. In its 2016 annual report, the Kuwait Association for the Fundamentals of Human Rights called for "abolishing the current kafala system and replacing it with rules according to international standards". The system prevents workers from moving to a new job...
KUWAIT: Kuwaiti bariatric (weight loss) surgeon Dr Mohammad Al-Jarallah during a surgery. — KUNA
Deal signed with China to build 2 expat hospitals
KUWAIT: Kuwait's Health Insurance Company (Daman) has signed a contract worth KD 162 million ($530.85 million) with China Metallurgical Group Corporation (MCC) to build two hospitals in Jahra and Ahmadi governorates with capacity of 600 beds each. The hospitals will serve insurance-paying expatriates, who account for some 70 percent of Kuwait's 4.4 million population.The hospitals are to be ready to operate by the end of 2019, Dr Ahmad Al-Saleh,...
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Kuwait raises $500,000 for Aleppo
The Kuwait Red Crescent SocietyKUWAIT: The Kuwait Red Crescent Society (KRCS) said it has raised a sum of $500,000 in humanitarian and relief aid to the residents of the besieged Syrian city of Aleppo. The sum is just part of a $1 million fund-raising campaign aiming at alleviating the sufferings of the residents of Aleppo, the KRCS's public relations and media chief Khaled Al-Zaid said yesterday.Zaid urged Kuwaiti people to support the relief...
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Kuwait urges Security Council be responsible toward Aleppo
State calls for emergency Arab meeting KUWAIT: Kuwaitis hold placards during a demonstration outside the Russian embassy to condemn Moscow’s support for the Syrian regime besieging rebel-held Aleppo yesterday in Kuwait City. Carrying banners saying “Stop crimes” and “Save Aleppo,” around 2,000 demonstrators marched on the diplomatic compound housing the embassy in Kuwait City. —Photos by Yasser Al-ZayyatKUWAIT: The State of Kuwait...
Nicole Chulick, Deputy Coordinator for Products in the Bureau of International Information Programs at the US State Department.
Kuwaiti youths' combat of radical ideologies 'amazing': US diplomat
Nicole Chulick, Deputy Coordinator for Products in the Bureau of International Information Programs at the US State Department.KUWAIT: Kuwaiti youths' creativity in combating radicalization and extremism via social media and other technological means is amazing and highly appreciated, said Nicole Chulick, Deputy Coordinator for Products in the Bureau of International Information Programs at the US State Department.Following a workshop organized...
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MPs to debate economic reforms on January 10
KUWAIT: National Assembly Speaker Marzouq Al-Ghanem yesterday said that a request by several MPs to debate the government's economic reform package has been placed on the agenda of the Jan 10 session for discussion. MPs had demanded that the government should explain the measures included in the package, which was designed by the government in the face of falling oil revenues and to plug the budget deficit. Opposition MPs have vowed that they...
KUWAIT: National Security Bureau chief Sheikh Thamer Al-Ali Al-Sabah meets with head of a delegation from the Center for American Progress Ambassador John Craig. — KUNA
Security chief, US official discuss common issues
KUWAIT: National Security Bureau chief Sheikh Thamer Al-Ali Al-Sabah meets with head of a delegation from the Center for American Progress Ambassador John Craig. — KUNAKUWAIT: National Security Bureau chief Sheikh Thamer Al-Ali Al-Sabah met yesterday with the head of a delegation from the Center for American Progress Ambassador John Craig. The two officials discussed issues of mutual concern. During the meeting, strategies to enhance bilateral...
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Four detectives and two Syrians held for theft
KUWAIT: Four detectives and two Syrians were arrested for breaking into a man's house and robbing a safe. The suspect were identified through CCTV footage that the complainant provided to police. The four detectives broke into the citizens' house looking for an unlicensed weapon, leaving the door broken. The owner was surprised on returning home to find out that the safe was missing. The six, including the four detectives were arrested for...
MOSUL: Shiite fighters from the Hashed al-Shaabi (Popular Mobilisation) paramilitary units advance towards the village of Shwah, south of the city of Tal Afar on the western outskirts of Mosul, on December 13, 2016, during an ongoing operation against Islamic State (IS) group jihadists.-AFPn
Iran says Aleppo 'victory' shows its regional clout
MOSUL: Shiite fighters from the Hashed al-Shaabi (Popular Mobilisation) paramilitary units advance towards the village of Shwah, south of the city of Tal Afar on the western outskirts of Mosul, on December 13, 2016, during an ongoing operation against Islamic State (IS) group jihadists.-AFPTEHRAN: Iranian officials celebrated the impending defeat of rebels in the Syrian city of Aleppo on yesterday, saying it showed that Tehran had become the...
QARAQOSH, Iraq: This file photo taken on November 26, 2016 shows ammunition and mortar launchers confiscated from Islamic State (IS) group jihadists, after Iraqi forces recaptured it from the group.-AFP
Iraqi gains reveal huge scale of IS arms industry
Conveyor belt for car bombs QARAQOSH, Iraq: This file photo taken on November 26, 2016 shows ammunition and mortar launchers confiscated from Islamic State (IS) group jihadists, after Iraqi forces recaptured it from the group.-AFPQARAQOSH, Iraq: Factories churning out tens of thousands of munitions and an entire street turned into a conveyor belt for car bombs: advances by Iraqi forces around Mosul have laid bare the scale of the Islamic State...
ALEPPO: A wounded Syrian woman from the Al-Sukari neighborhood is helped onto the back of a truck as she flees during the ongoing government forces' military operation to retake remaining rebel-held areas in this embattled northern city yesterday. - AFP
Aleppo hit by strikes, shelling
ALEPPO: A wounded Syrian woman from the Al-Sukari neighborhood is helped onto the back of a truck as she flees during the ongoing government forces' military operation to retake remaining rebel-held areas in this embattled northern city yesterday. - AFPALEPPO: Shelling and air strikes sent terrified residents running through the streets of Aleppo yesterday as a deal to evacuate rebel districts of the city was in danger of falling apart. The...
MANILA: Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte gestures while delivering a speech before local and foreign businessmen at Malacanang Palace on Dec 12, 2016. — AFP
Duterte boasts he personally killed
MANILA: Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte gestures while delivering a speech before local and foreign businessmen at Malacanang Palace on Dec 12, 2016. — AFPMANILA: Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has said he personally killed suspected criminals when he was mayor of a southern city to set an example for police. Duterte made the comments in a speech late on Monday night to businessmen as he discussed his campaign to eradicate illegal...
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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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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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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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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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Senior military officers discuss security issues