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MANAMA: HH the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah (left) shares a light moment with Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud at the GCC summit in the Bahraini capital on Tuesday. — KUNA

Saudi King Salman arrives in Kuwait on historic visit

Amir voices deep pleasure, hails brotherly ties MANAMA: HH the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah (left) shares a light moment with Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud at the GCC summit in the Bahraini capital on Tuesday. — KUNAKUWAIT: Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud will arrive in Kuwait today on an official visit, where he will hold talks with HH the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al- Jaber Al-Sabah. In his first official...

KUWAIT: A banner bearing pictures of Kuwait’s Amir His Highness Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah and Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud is seen above an entrance to the historic Mubarakiya Market in Kuwait City yesterday, ahead of the Saudi King’s visit to Kuwait. — Photos by Yasser Al-Zayyat

King Salman's visit to Kuwait comes amid volatile regional conditions

Officials, academics emphasize visit's importance KUWAIT: A banner bearing pictures of Kuwait’s Amir His Highness Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah and Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud is seen above an entrance to the historic Mubarakiya Market in Kuwait City yesterday, ahead of the Saudi King’s visit to Kuwait. — Photos by Yasser Al-ZayyatKUWAIT/RIYADH: Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud is set to arrive in Kuwait today...

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Jail sentence for using disabled parking starting from January 1

KUWAIT: Director of the public authority for disabled affairs Dr Shafiqa Al-Awadhi said that in collaboration with the interior ministry, article 63 of law 8/2010 pertaining the rights of the disabled will be strictly enforced effective January 1, 2017. Awadhi explained that the article states that "Those using disabled parking spaces will be punished by a maximum of one month imprisonment and/or a KD 200 fine". Awadhi urged all disabled people...

KUWAIT: People cross a busy road in Kuwait City yesterday. Kuwait City is suffering from a severe shortage in available parking spaces; a problem that peaks during working hours, leaving hundreds of drivers forced to park in illegal spots. — Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat

Verbal termination of employee is a violation to the labor law

Termination should be done through official letter with 90 days termination period KUWAIT: People cross a busy road in Kuwait City yesterday. Kuwait City is suffering from a severe shortage in available parking spaces; a problem that peaks during working hours, leaving hundreds of drivers forced to park in illegal spots. — Photo by Yasser Al-ZayyatKUWAIT: An employer or company has no right to verbally terminate any employee for any reason,...

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Poultry banned from Croatia, India, Austria

KUWAIT: The Public Authority for Agricultural Affairs and Fish Resources (PAAAFR) issued a temporary ban on importing poultry including chicks and eggs from Croatia, India and Austria on detecting the H5N8 virus. The decision came in compliance with OIE and GCC safety and quarantine procedures, said informed sources, noting that all infected shipments will be rejected and importers will have to re-export them at their own expense.Low...

KUWAIT: MP Majid Al-Mutairi (left) speaks with MP Omar Al-Tabtabaei during a gathering at the diwaniya of MP Mohammad Al-Mutair on Tuesday. — Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyar

21 election petitions filed, more expected

New MPs press for lifting of sport suspension KUWAIT: MP Majid Al-Mutairi (left) speaks with MP Omar Al-Tabtabaei during a gathering at the diwaniya of MP Mohammad Al-Mutair on Tuesday. — Photo by Yasser Al-ZayyarKUWAIT: Former MPs and candidates who failed to win seats in the national assembly election last month yesterday filed 15 petitions challenging the election results raising the number of petitions received so far by the constitutional...

KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah is welcomed by His Highness Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al- Sabah upon his arrival back to Kuwait. — KUNA

Amir back home after GCC summit

KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah is welcomed by His Highness Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al- Sabah upon his arrival back to Kuwait. — KUNAKUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, along with his official entourage, returned home yesterday from the Kingdom of Bahrain where he headed the State of Kuwait delegation at the GCC 37th summit.His Highness the Amir Sheikh...

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They should not surrender to illogical demands of lawmakers who only aim at pleasing their voters I enjoy the speeches given by His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah and like to quote him because the wisdom and lessons that he shares are like roadmaps not only to the cabinet members, but also to ordinary citizens. "It is impossible to please all people," His Highness once said to newly appointed cabinet members. He...

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Junaid Jamshed among 48 dead in Pakistan air crash

Junaid JamshedABBOTTABAD, Pakistan: A plane belonging to Pakistan's national carrier crashed and burst into flames yesterday with 48 people on board, killing all of them, police and an airline spokesman said. According to senior police officer Khurram Rasheed, the plane crashed in a village in the district of Abbottabad, 75 km northwest of the capital, Islamabad. The small twin-propeller aircraft was travelling from the city of Chitral to...

TANAY PROVINCE: In this Wednesday, Aug 24, 2016, file photo, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte gestures with a fist bump during his visit to the Philippine Army’s Camp Mateo Capinpin. — AP

Duterte vows to protect police

MANILA: Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte yesterday defended police officers who killed a detained mayor on a list of top drug suspects even after another law enforcement agency concluded the death was an extrajudicial killing. The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) on Tuesday disputed a police account that the mayor from central Leyte Province, Rolando Espinosa, was killed in a shootout in a jail when police came to search for guns and...

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Merkel party wants ban on Muslim full-face veil

ESSEN: Chancellor Angela Merkel's party yesterday toughened its stance on immigration and integration, demanding that dual nationality be scrapped for German-born children of foreigners and calling for a partial ban on the Muslim full-face veil. The hardline measures set the party on a collision course with its junior coalition partner Social Democrats (SPD) ahead of elections next year, and underlined the challenges faced by Merkel to rein in...

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Powerful quake kills 97 in Indonesia

Rescuers begin massive scrabble for survivors ACEH PROVINCE: The body of a young earthquake victim is carried in Pidie Jaya. — AFPMEUREUDU: A strong earthquake rocked Indonesia's Aceh province early yesterday, killing nearly 100 people and sparking a frantic rescue effort in the rubble of dozens of collapsed and damaged buildings. Maj Gen Tatang Sulaiman, chief of the army in Aceh province, said at least 97 died while four people were pulled...

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