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Film Review: 'A Kid'

A KidCalling "A Kid" a nice family drama may sound faintly damning, but the fact is the film is just that, a solidly crafted story about a man discovering that his late father, Jean, had another family, told with the right dose of emotion, without sex, and with a finish designed to leave a warm and quasi-tearful glow. In lesser hands, "A Kid" would have tipped into bland sentimentality, but Philippe Lioret ("Welcome") is a master at weaving...

Model Gigi Hadid poses for photographers with her new International Model of the Year award

Gigi Hadad crowned model of year at Fashion Awards

Model Gigi Hadid poses for photographers with her new International Model of the Year awardAmerican fashion model Gigi Hadad was crowned international model of the year and designer Alexander McQueen named best British brand at the 2016 Fashion Awards on Monday night. The fashion industry's top designers, models and celebrity fans braved chilly winter weather in London to walk the red carpet at the Royal Albert Hall.Hadad, 21, beat her younger...

Fawaz Al-Hassawi

Kuwait football reels as chief resigns, team quits

Vague disciplinary rules blamed for latest chaos Fawaz Al-HassawiKUWAIT: Kuwait football entered yet another dark tunnel Sunday night after the head of the football association resigned after just over three months in office and one of its top teams withdrew from league competition. Another team is expected to follow suit shortly. Both teams are dropping out after complaints regarding the league's chaotic disciplinary system.Fawaz Al-Hassawi, the...

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Opposition issues more warnings on ministers

KUWAIT: Opposition MPs yesterday issued more warnings to the prime minister against retaining a number of ministers in the new Cabinet, saying they will spark tensions with the new National Assembly. Opposition Islamist MP Waleed Al-Tabtabaei yesterday added Finance Minister Anas Al-Saleh to a list of at least six ministers who have already been rejected as potential "crisis makers".Tabtabaei said on his Twitter account that the return of the...

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Anti-austerity MPs threaten reform plans

KUWAIT: A parliament packed with lawmakers who oppose wage cuts and taxes, and who want to keep Kuwait's sumptuous welfare state intact, is threatening the government's attempts to close a gaping budget deficit. Opposition candidates won about 24 out of 50 seats last month in a parliamentary election seen by Kuwaitis as a referendum on austerity measures aimed at dealing with the 2016/17 shortfall, forecast at KD 9.5 billion ($31...

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No surveillance of private social media accounts - MoI refutes reports

KUWAIT: The Ministry of Interior has denied reports on social media claiming that a new surveillance law dealing with these websites is in effect. "The reports are absolutely baseless and untrue," a statement issued by the ministry yesterday noted, adding that "there hasn't been any new communication law enacted" as these reports allege.Moreover, the statement noted that the ministry is committed to its security obligations without encroaching on...

KUWAIT: Interior Ministry’s Undersecretary Lt Gen Suleiman Al-Fahad meets with Head of Iraqi Border Forces Command Hamid Ibrahim and his accompanying delegation. — Interior Ministry photo

MoI commends security cooperation with Iraq

KUWAIT: Interior Ministry’s Undersecretary Lt Gen Suleiman Al-Fahad meets with Head of Iraqi Border Forces Command Hamid Ibrahim and his accompanying delegation. — Interior Ministry photoKUWAIT: Interior Ministry’s Undersecretary Lt Gen Suleiman Al-Fahad praised yesterday the joint security cooperation between Kuwait and Iraq under deep and solid bilateral ties. Fahad made his remarks after meeting with the visiting Head of Iraqi Border...

His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah

Amir leaves for Bahrain to attend GCC summit

Summit is held amid challenges: Zayani His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-SabahKUWAIT/MANAMA: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah will leave for Bahrain today leading a Kuwaiti official delegation to attend the 37th Summit of the GCC Supreme Council and GCC leaders' meeting with British Prime Minister Theresa May.The summit is held amid quite significant regional challenges, affirmed Abdullatif...

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Only 1 MP submitted financial disclosure statements so far

KUWAIT: The Public Anti-Corruption Authority received financial disclosure statements from various state officials on Nov 21 and remarked that the statements so far submitted are still less than 10, said informed sources. The sources added that after the parliamentary elections, 50 new lawmakers assumed office, but only one statement was submitted by MP Abdul Kareem Al-Kandari. The sources highlighted that the deadline for all officials to submit...

Kuwait Airways

Kuwait Airways network increases to 37 destinations

New routes demonstrate demand for expansionKUWAIT: Kuwait Airways, the national carrier of the State of Kuwait, announced yesterday that two new routes have been added to its network of international destinations, with the Munich route having already started (30th of October) and Najaf, Iraq, to be added from 1st December 2016.As part of the national carrier's five-year transformation plan, Kuwait Airways recently announced that it had introduced...

KUWAIT: This photo released by the Interior Ministry yesterday shows two suspects arrested for kidnap and rape yesterday, as well as drugs and ‘sorcery material’ found with them.

Duo arrested for kidnap, rape in Jabriya

KUWAIT: This photo released by the Interior Ministry yesterday shows two suspects arrested for kidnap and rape yesterday, as well as drugs and ‘sorcery material’ found with them.KUWAIT: Hawally detectives arrested two citizens who kidnapped and raped a girl in Jabriya. The girl had reported earlier to police about the kidnapping that took place near her house in Salmiya, saying that she was raped in Jabriya. Both suspects had drugs on them...

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Camera lenses Egyptian thieves caught

KUWAIT: Three Egyptians who stole camera lenses worth KD 50,000 were busted by criminal detectives when they sold the lenses at low prices. A Ukrainian told police about the missing lenses, and detectives found the store was opened by a key and not broken into. They investigated other stores selling similar lenses, which led them to the accused.Muggers arrestedA bedoon and an Iraqi who attacked expats and stole their money and phones in Hawally...

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Senior military officers discuss security issues