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8-hour ban on travelers return overruled
KUWAIT: Instructions were made yesterday to halt a previous decision banning departing passengers through land borders from returning to Kuwait within eight hours of departure. Security sources noted that the ban was placed by the former borders director three months earlier and that border systems had been accordingly programmed. The sources added that a number of travellers who go to Khafji in Saudi Arabia on short business trips and return...
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Number of Indian nationals in Kuwait reaches 921,666
KUWAIT: The number of Indian nationals in Kuwait has reached 921,666 as of October 11, 2016, according to Indian embassy yesterday.The embassy, quoting data released from the general department of residency, Kuwait, said that 707,085 males and 194,386 females from India are currently residing in Kuwait of which 12,976 males and 16,325 females are working in the government sector.Of the 460,411 Indians working in private sector, 23,550 are females...
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Egyptians’ remittances
KUWAIT: Egyptians in Kuwait transferred nearly 500 million Egyptian pounds during the past few days, with an average of 100 million pounds a day through the country’s three biggest money exchange companies, sources said.This notable increase came a few days after the International Monetary Fund announced approving a $12 billion loan to Egypt. —Al-Rai
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617 complaints against police
KUWAIT: Kuwaitis and expatriates lodged 617 complaints against police officers this year as of the end of October, compared to 750 filed last year, a senior Interior Ministry official said.A thorough and clear investigation is carried out for each complaint regardless of the complainant’s nationality, said Major General Mohammad Al-Enezi, General Director of the Supervision and Inspection Department. —Al-Rai
KUWAIT: Former MP Rakan Al-Nisef speaks during a symposium held at his campaign headquarters Monday night. — Photos by Joseph Shagra
Former MP Nisef welcomes boycotter's return to elections
'Parliament big enough to include Kuwaitis of all sects'KUWAIT: Former MP Rakan Al-Nisef speaks during a symposium held at his campaign headquarters Monday night. — Photos by Joseph ShagraKUWAIT: Former MP Rakan Al-Nisef held a symposium on Monday at his campaign headquarters, where he called on Kuwaitis to vote, emphasizing it's a national duty. "It's great to see those who boycotted the previous elections are participating again after three...
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Kuwait Science Club takes high resolution picture of supermoon
Manpower authority collected over KD 18 million supermoonKUWAIT: Kuwait Science Club's astronomy and space sciences department recorded the 'supermoon' appearing in Kuwait skies Monday evening, when the moon was at its biggest and brightest, an event that is not expected to happen again until 2034. The department's manager Bader Al-Omaira said that the moon orbits the Earth in an oval orbit - sometimes it is closer to our planet than at other...
Two bogus domestic help offices busted
Two bogus domestic help offices busted
Two bogus domestic help offices bustedKUWAIT: Residency detectives busted two bogus domestic help offices. The first was using absconding domestic helpers to work on daily bases, while the second encouraged them to abscond from their sponsors in exchange of double payment. An Egyptian who took absconding helpers to homes was caught with two Filipinas. The first Filipina was absconding, while the second had agreed with her sponsor to work for...
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Rapist, mother blackmail victim
KUWAIT: A man and his friend abducted a young man, raped him and recorded the crime. They then demanded money and threatened to publish the video if he did not oblige, so he paid them KD 20,000. The mother of one of the men asked him how he got the money, so he told her what they had done. The mother also decided to blackmail the victim and demanded KD 35,000, leading the frustrated victim to call the police. The suspect and his mother were...
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Egyptian in car buying and selling scam
KUWAIT: An Egyptian man was able to convince several citizens and expats about his ability to buy vehicles at competitive prices, but as soon as he received the amount and the vehicle's ownership was about to be transferred, the buyer was surprised by the disappearance of the seller. A citizen told Salmiya police he paid KD 9,000 to an Egyptian to buy a car, then when he asked about it, he discovered that the suspect had registered it in his own...
MOSUL: Soldiers from the Iraqi Special Forces 2nd division carrying rocket propelled grenades (RPG) and anti tank missiles take up positions to prepare for a suicide bomb vehicle that was reported to be moving towards their position as they engage with Islamic State (IS) group fighters in Mosul’s Karkukli neighborhood. — AFP
'Take cover!' Tackling IS car bombs
MOSUL: Soldiers from the Iraqi Special Forces 2nd division carrying rocket propelled grenades (RPG) and anti tank missiles take up positions to prepare for a suicide bomb vehicle that was reported to be moving towards their position as they engage with Islamic State (IS) group fighters in Mosul’s Karkukli neighborhood. — AFPMOSUL: It only takes a split second for the expression on the Iraqi soldier's face to transform from relaxed...
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Muslim lawmaker Keith Ellison, Bernie Sanders ally vies to lead Democrats
Rep. Keith EllisonWASHINGTON: Keith Ellison, a US Muslim lawmaker and a supporter of Bernie Sanders, on Monday formally announced his bid to lead the battered Democratic Party, vowing to take it in a more liberal direction. "I am proud to announce my candidacy for Chair of the Democratic National Committee, and if given the opportunity to serve, I will work tirelessly to make the Democratic Party an organization that brings us together and...
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Iraq Christians tell tales of survival in the ‘caliphate’
IRBIL: Iraqi Christian Jandar (center) smiles as she meets with her family members after more than two years under the rule of the Islamic State group. — AFPARBIL: They were threatened, forced to spit on a crucifix or convert to Islam, but a handful of Iraqi Christians miraculously survived more than two years under Islamic State group rule. When the jihadists swept across the Nineveh Plain in northern Iraq in August 2014 and told Christians...
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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
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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