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KUWAIT: Second constituency candidate Alia Al-Khalid speaks during a rally at her campaign’s headquarters in Abdullah Al-Salem. — Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat
Waste of public spending, corruption key challenges
Interview with candidate Alia Al-Khalid KUWAIT: Second constituency candidate Alia Al-Khalid speaks during a rally at her campaign’s headquarters in Abdullah Al-Salem. — Photo by Yasser Al-ZayyatKUWAIT: Kuwait Times is interviewing candidates for the upcoming parliamentary polls as part of a series examining the challenges and problems facing Kuwait. Yesterday we spoke with second constituency candidate, Alia Al-Khalid.Al-Khalid believes that...
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Opposition candidates vow to grill interior minister; Campaigns end today
KUWAIT: The election campaign became very intense in the past few days with opposition hopefuls and pro-government candidates trading accusations of corruption and conspiracies. Opposition candidates focused their attention on members of the previous assembly and its speaker Marzouk Al-Ghanem and urged the voters not to allow any of the previous assembly members to come back.They accused them of being a rubber stamp for the government which...
KUWAIT: Minister of Electricity and Water and Acting Public Works Minister Ahmad Al-Jassar (center) and other officials are seen during the road’s inauguration ceremony. —Photos by Joseph Shagra
Jahra road mainline opens
KUWAIT: Minister of Electricity and Water and Acting Public Works Minister Ahmad Al-Jassar (center) and other officials are seen during the road’s inauguration ceremony. —Photos by Joseph ShagraKUWAIT: Ahmad Khaled Al-Jassar, Minister of Electricity and Water, Acting Minister of Public Works and Awqaf and Islamic Affairs, inaugurated the Jahra road mainline yesterday. This section stretched for five kilometers, starting from the Sabah...
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Kuwait Airways announce 15% increase in frequencies - 'Winter Schedule'
KUWAIT: Kuwait Airways, the national carrier of the State of Kuwait, has revealed that the much anticipated launch of its "Winter Schedule" has seen some immediate and positive changes to the airline's arrival timings, across the airline's 36-destination worldwide network.According to the airline, the Winter Schedule represents another significant step in Kuwait Airways' five-year transformation strategy that has already seen the recent launch of...
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Multipurpose hall closed in Andalus
KUWAIT: Acting Undersecretary of the Ministry of Social Affairs and Labor (MSAL) Saad Al- Kharaz said a multipurpose hall was closed in Andalus, bringing the number of halls closed to 75 since administrative law 1291/2015 went into effect.The closure was due to several violations from 2011 until 2015, and officials of the hall were summoned. He said the hall was inspected on Oct 23 and was found in violation of the law, which stipulates a hall...
Drug dealers caught
Two Indian Drug dealers caught
Drug dealers caughtKUWAIT: Farwaniya detectives arrested two Indians with 170 envelopes of heroin (320 gm) and 60 envelopes of shabu (150 gm). The two were arrested red-handed as they sold the drugs to an undercover agent. They were sent to the Drug Control General Department (DCGD By Hanan Al-Saadoun
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Car stolen from airport parking
KUWAIT: A citizen lodged a complaint at Jleeb Al-Shuyiukh police station after his car was stolen from the long-term parking lot at Kuwait Airport. He did not accuse anyone. Detectives are working on the case. Separately, a citizen accused a man he does not know of stealing his car. He said the car was for sale, and two men said they wanted to buy it. One of the men took it for a trial drive but never returned, leaving the other man behind.State...
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A Bedoon Candidate!
They will not be able to put any of these programs into effect in the real world, because a majority will effectively support the government. Wife: "What does a candidate's electoral program mean?" Husband: "Do you remember when we were engaged and I promised to buy you a Bentley, a villa in Abdullah Al-Salem, a chalet and a diamond watch?" Wife: "Yes I do. However, nothing materialized". Husband: "Well, dear, this is exactly a candidate's...
US Navy fighter jet takes off from the deck of the USS Dwight D Eisenhower aircraft carrier. The carrier is currently deployed in the Gulf, supporting Operation Inherent Resolve, the military operation against Islamic State extremists in Syria and Iraq. —AP
Planes launched off US carrier hit IS militants
US Navy fighter jet takes off from the deck of the USS Dwight D Eisenhower aircraft carrier. The carrier is currently deployed in the Gulf, supporting Operation Inherent Resolve, the military operation against Islamic State extremists in Syria and Iraq. —APABOARD THE USS EISENHOWER: One after another, fighter jets catapult from the flight deck of the USS Eisenhower, a thousand-foot American aircraft carrier, afterburners glowing amber above...
NEW YORK: A group of women pose for a selfie outside Trump Tower in New York. — AP
Alarm in Germany, Israel as US supremacists ride Trump wave
Video shows Nazi salutes in response to 'Hail Trump' cry NEW YORK: A group of women pose for a selfie outside Trump Tower in New York. — APBERLIN: German Chancellor Angela Merkel's government is concerned that white supremacists in the United States are being emboldened by the election of Donald Trump and is watching developments closely, senior officials said. The Berlin government declined to give an official reaction to a video circulating...
TEKNAF, Bangladesh: Six year-old Noor Sahara, a young Rohingya girl whose mother is missing and who crossed over the border with her neighbor Roshida and her nephew, poses for a photograph near a refugee camp in the southern Cox’s Bazar district yesterday. —AFP
Myanmar's Rohingya: stateless, persecuted and fleeing
TEKNAF, Bangladesh: Six year-old Noor Sahara, a young Rohingya girl whose mother is missing and who crossed over the border with her neighbor Roshida and her nephew, poses for a photograph near a refugee camp in the southern Cox’s Bazar district yesterday. —AFPYANGON: Scores of Rohingya Muslims have been killed in a Myanmar army crackdown since early October, when sword-wielding assailants raided police posts in the remote marshlands...
BANGALORE: Discontinued Indian currency notes of 1,000 denomination are seen after they were deposited by people at a bank in Bangalore, India. —AP
Bureaucrat with 'black money' Stash says a bribe is not taboo
BANGALORE: Discontinued Indian currency notes of 1,000 denomination are seen after they were deposited by people at a bank in Bangalore, India. —APLUCKNOW: The engineer was in the middle of his evening meditation session when a colleague called and told him to turn on the television. The prime minister was saying most of India's cash would hold no value by morning. The objective was to rid the country of illegal "black money" for which taxes...
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MUMBAI: A vendor counts a wad of Indian rupees. - AFP
Indian rupee hits record low amid geopolitical jitters
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Flag of Kuwait, visa application form and passport on table
Why small-scale project visas can be problematic
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KUWAIT: Kuwaitis walk inside the Avenues Mall, the country’s largest shopping centre. The Public Authority for Civil Information (PACI) issued the latest detailed statistics on population and employment at the end of June 2024. The data shows that total population in Kuwait reached 4.919 million people. - Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat
Kuwait population hits 4.919 million
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DHAKA: Anti-government protestors display Bangladesh's national flag as they storm Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's palace on Aug 5, 2024. - AFP
People power rocks Bangladesh
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Al-Sawaber Complex
Kuwait’s historic buildings should be preserved