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KUWAIT: Second constituency candidate Salah Al-Hashim talks to Kuwait Times. —Photos by Yasser Al-Zayyat

Candidate demands reviewing all laws issued in last 10 years

Hashim confident young Kuwaitis can ‘make a difference’ KUWAIT: Second constituency candidate Salah Al-Hashim talks to Kuwait Times. —Photos by Yasser Al-ZayyatKUWAIT: Parliamentary candidate Salah Al-Hashim has declared he has two main goals for contesting the upcoming National Assembly elections - to promote and apply the rights that are included in the Kuwaiti constitution, and safeguard public funds and increase them. Hashim, a lawyer,...

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Chairman denies Municipal Council dissolution rumors

Court compensates oil worker KD 37,000KUWAIT: Municipal Council Chairman Muhalhel Al-Khaled strongly denied reports about dissolving the municipal council because five of its members are running in the upcoming parliamentary elections. He stressed that as long as there is a quorum, the council will convene and complete its tenure. Khaled also explained that if the members win parliamentary seats, new ones would be elected to replace them if the...

KUWAIT: The Sawaber Complex (right) in downtown Kuwait City. —Photo by Athoob Al-Shuaibi

New investment housing units to be built on Sawaber land

Unionist charged with forgery KUWAIT: The Sawaber Complex (right) in downtown Kuwait City. —Photo by Athoob Al-ShuaibiKUWAIT: According to a study on Al-Sawaber Complex, a high-quality investment residential project would be built there as part of Kuwait City's 2030 urban plan, a Kuwait Municipality official said yesterday. He added that according to the project's plan, the complex will be entirely torn down and rebuilt to include the new...

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Transportation allowance canceled

KUWAIT: Kuwait Petroleum Corporation plans to cancel special transportation allowances paid to Kuwait Gulf Oil Company employees working at the Khafji joint project.The Ministry of Oil pays between KD 2.5 million and KD 3 million annually in monthly transportation allowances that vary between KD 150 and KD 450 depending on the worker’s social status.The nearly 800 employees will be transferred temporarily to other companies in the oil sector...

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20% of divorced women got married this year

KUWAIT: Twenty percent of the total number of women who got married this year were previously divorced, according to official biannual statistics pertaining with marriage and divorce.Meanwhile, the statistics indicate that 34 percent married women have university degrees compared to 32 percent with high school certificates, while 36 percent are aged between 20 and 25 years whereas 24 percent are aged between 25 and 30. — Al-Qabas

Attorney Fajer Ahmed

How much do you think your body is worth? It might be very hard to answer this question, because what could be more expensive and more important to you than your health? I would think that our bodies are priceless, but not by law. Kuwaiti law has put a price on our body parts - for instance, each arm and foot is worth KD 5,000. Although it may sound absurd, the reason why legislations put prices on our body parts is because when people are...

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Man robbed of KD 6,000

KUWAIT: A robbery took place in the scrap area in Nayaem, when several persons stopped an expatriate claiming to be detectives and robbed KD 6,000 from him, before escaping. Another Indian mechanic fell victim to a person who claimed to be a detective, who beat him and stole KD 300 from him in front of his Jahra house. The Indian told police that while on his way home, a person beat him before robbing his money and escaping.EmbezzlementThe...

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'Forged cheques' gang members arrested

KUWAIT: Criminal detectives arrested members of an international network that forged cheques that were difficult to discover. Investigations revealed that the gang made deals with expats to write the cheques in their names. They then collected the money from the bank and received a 10 percent commission, then sent the rest of the money to the original beneficiary in an Arab country. Two citizens and a Saudi were arrested and charged with forging...

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The National Assembly passed a law 10 years ago called the "zakat tax" or "Baqer law", through which the state imposed a 1 percent levy to be paid by shareholding companies from their net profits. The law allowed companies to direct what it paid or part of it to a public service or society through the finance ministry as mentioned in article 14 of the executive rules of the law, which include the services of security, justice and defense. It is...

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Saudis foil plot to bomb World Cup qualifier

Two cells busted RIYADH: Saudi authorities said yesterday they had foiled a plot to bomb a football stadium during a World Cup qualifying match and dismantled two “terrorist” cells linked to the Islamic State group. The interior ministry said in a statement that four suspects from each cell had been arrested. One of the cells had planned to park a bomb-laden vehicle outside Al-Jawhara stadium in the Red Sea city of Jeddah during an Oct 11...

ISTANBUL: Supporters of the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democracy Party (HDP) flash victory signs during a demonstration on October 30, 2016 in Istanbul, following the arrests of the two co-mayors in Diyarbakir. The two co-mayors of Diyarbakir, the biggest Kurdish-majority city in southeast Turkey, were arrested as part of a “terrorism” probe. — AFP

Turkey sacks 10,000 civil servants, shuts media

Opposition lawmakers describe crackdown as 'coup' ISTANBUL: Supporters of the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democracy Party (HDP) flash victory signs during a demonstration on October 30, 2016 in Istanbul, following the arrests of the two co-mayors in Diyarbakir. The two co-mayors of Diyarbakir, the biggest Kurdish-majority city in southeast Turkey, were arrested as part of a “terrorism” probe. — AFPISTANBUL: Turkey said it had dismissed a further...

ISLAMABAD: Politician Imran Khan, center, is surrounded by his supporters as he speaks to journalists outside his residence. — AP

Pakistani police and opposition supporters clash in Islamabad

ISLAMABAD: Politician Imran Khan, center, is surrounded by his supporters as he speaks to journalists outside his residence. — APISLAMABAD: Pakistani riot police yesterday used tear gas and batons to fight stone throwing supporters of cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan, seizing weapons and detaining hundreds of people when they attempted to reach Islamabad for an anti-government rally scheduled next week.The clashes have been taking place...

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MUMBAI: A vendor counts a wad of Indian rupees. - AFP

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Flag of Kuwait, visa application form and passport on table

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NOTTINGHAM: Protesters are detained on Aug 3, 2024 during an 'Enough is Enough' demonstration. - AFP

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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