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SEATTLE: Rasha Al-Roumi, Chairperson and CEO of Kuwait Airways meets with Elizabeth Lund, Vice-President and General Manager of the 777 program at Boeing.
Kuwait Airways Chairperson tours Boeing factory ahead of new aircrafts delivery
SEATTLE: Rasha Al-Roumi, Chairperson and CEO of Kuwait Airways meets with Elizabeth Lund, Vice-President and General Manager of the 777 program at Boeing.SEATTLE/KUWAIT: As part of a high-level delegation to Seattle, USA, ahead of the delivery of the first of 10 Boeing 777-300ERs, Rasha Al-Roumi, Chairperson and CEO of Kuwait Airways, the national carrier of the State of Kuwait, went on a tour of The Boeing factory at Everett, to look at the...
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Indians lead as expatriate numbers rise
KUWAIT: The interior ministry's residency affairs department stated that the total number of expatriates holding valid residency visas in Kuwait is 2,670,000, including 901,000 Indians (an increase of 100,000 in six months), followed by 587,000 Egyptians. The number of Syrians has been stable for six months at 145,000.Statistics also showed that Bangladeshis number 202,000 (an increase of 60,000 in six months), 243,000 residents from the...
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Newborn found in hospital toilet
KUWAIT: A search is on for a woman who dumped a newborn baby inside a Farwaniya Hospital toilet a few hours after its birth. Security sources said there is no information about the mother or the person who dropped her at the hospital.Fatal accidentA bedoon was arrested for running over and killing a 24-year-old Canadian woman along Gulf Road, said security sources.Phone hackedA female citizen filed a complaint accusing an unidentified person of...
WASHINGTON: Kuwait's First Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah (left) and US Secretary of State John Kerry are seen after the Kuwait-US Strategic Dialogue session late Friday. - KUNA n
Kuwait, US agree roadmap for deepening partnership
WASHINGTON: Kuwait's First Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah (left) and US Secretary of State John Kerry are seen after the Kuwait-US Strategic Dialogue session late Friday. - KUNAWASHINGTON: Kuwait and the United States have agreed, at the conclusion of the first Kuwait-US Strategic Dialogue, on a roadmap for deepening bilateral relations and partnerships in various domains. "The two sides...
KUWAIT: Islamist candidates, former MPs and opposition leaders (from right) Nayef Al-Merdas, Mohammed Hayef Al-Mutairi, Osama Al-Menawer, Walid Al-Tabtabaei and Bader Al-Dahoum pose yesterday as they arrive at the department of elections to register for the upcoming parliamentary polls. - Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat
Info minister issues poll guidelines
KUWAIT: Islamist candidates, former MPs and opposition leaders (from right) Nayef Al-Merdas, Mohammed Hayef Al-Mutairi, Osama Al-Menawer, Walid Al-Tabtabaei and Bader Al-Dahoum pose yesterday as they arrive at the department of elections to register for the upcoming parliamentary polls. - Photo by Yasser Al-ZayyatPrimaries, vote-buying banned * Media coverage curbedKUWAIT: The minister of information has issued a ministerial resolution...
KUWAIT: Lawyer and candidate for National Assembly elections Ali Mohammed Al-Ali speaks to Kuwait Times. — Photos by Yasser Al-Zayyat
Candidates Speak: Interview with Ali Al Ali
KUWAIT: Lawyer and candidate for National Assembly elections Ali Mohammed Al-Ali speaks to Kuwait Times. — Photos by Yasser Al-Zayyat 'Legislation proposed by non-specialists: Candidate Ali'KUWAIT: Lawyer Ali Mohammed Al-Ali is running for the National Assembly elections as he believes he can bring positive changes to the country. Ali is the head of the legal committee of the Kuwait Society for the Ideal Family and a member of various NGOs....
FC Barcelona's Lionel Messi, center, duels for the ball during the Spanish La Liga soccer match between Valencia and FC Barcelona at the Mestalla stadium in Valencia, Spain, Saturday, Oct. 22, 2016. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)
Messi penalty snatches thrilling Barca win
FC Barcelona's Lionel Messi, center, duels for the ball during the Spanish La Liga soccer match between Valencia and FC Barcelona at the Mestalla stadium in Valencia, Spain, Saturday, Oct. 22, 2016. -AP MADRID: Lionel Messi shrugged off his recent woes from the penalty spot with a decisive 94th-minute spot-kick to move Barcelona top of La Liga with a pulsating 3-2 win at Valencia yesterday. However, the dramatic victory came at a cost for Barca...
Demonstrators hold placards during a protest calling on the British government to take action to protect the children of the Syrian city of Aleppo outside Downing Street in central London on October 22, 2016. Several campaign groups and charities including Avaaz and Amnesty International organised a rally outside Downing Street in London to call on the British government to set out a plan to protect Syrian children in the embattled Syrian city of Aleppo. Hundreds of wounded civilians were stranded in rebel-held areas of Syria's Aleppo on October 22 after the UN said security concerns had prevented evacuation convoys even as Russia extended a ceasefire into a third day. / AFP / Daniel Leal-Olivas
Wounded await evacuation on day three of Aleppo truce
Demonstrators hold placards during a protest calling on the British government to take action to protect the children of the Syrian city of Aleppo outside Downing Street in central London on October 22, 2016. Several campaign groups and charities including Avaaz and Amnesty International organised a rally outside Downing Street in London to call on the British government to set out a plan to protect Syrian children in the embattled Syrian city...
FILE -- In This April 21, 2014, file photo, provided by the anti-government activist group Aleppo Media Center (AMC), which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows a Syrian man holding a girl as he stands on the rubble of houses that were destroyed by Syrian government forces air strikes in Aleppo, Syria. Nearly 100 children were killed in a single week in Aleppo as Syrian and Russian warplanes sought to bombard into submission the rebel eastern districts of the city that have held out against Syrian government forces for five years. Without hope for the future, no regular schooling and little access to nutritious food, the children of Aleppo and their parents struggle to survive and fear the threat an imminent ground offensive. (AP Photo/Aleppo Media Center AMC, File)
Jewel of Syrian rebellion faces possible collapse
FILE -- In This April 21, 2014, file photo, provided by the anti-government activist group Aleppo Media Center (AMC), which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows a Syrian man holding a girl as he stands on the rubble of houses that were destroyed by Syrian government forces air strikes in Aleppo, Syria. Nearly 100 children were killed in a single week in Aleppo as Syrian and Russian warplanes sought to...
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The 2016 elections
Muna Al FuzaiThe National Assembly has been dissolved several times since Kuwait's independence, either by an Amiri decree or a judicial decision of the constitutional court. The recurrence of this event has had negative repercussions on Kuwaiti voters, and has become a cause for concern for the world. Everyone is asking why Kuwait's parliament is abruptly dissolved time and again even as parliamentary and government statements repeatedly...
Pakistan's Maria, 6, center, who is suffering from MPS a rare genetics disorder, sits with her family members in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, Thursday, Oct. 20, 2016. Maria is just six years old but most of her young life has been spent in pain caused by a rare disease that will leave her unable to walk unless she has surgery. A U.S. hospital is willing to perform the surgery free of charge but the family has twice been refused a U.S. visa by the embassy in Islamabad and a third application has been submitted but Maria's father Shahid Ullah said Thursday he was told his application would take time. But Maria's surgery is scheduled for Nov. 2.(AP Photo/B.K. Bangash)
Pakistan's Maria, 6, center, who is suffering from MPS a rare genetics disorder, sits with her family members in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, Thursday, Oct. 20, 2016. Maria is just six years old but most of her young life has been spent in pain caused by a rare disease that will leave her unable to walk unless she has surgery. A U.S. hospital is willing to perform the surgery free of charge but the family has twice been refused a U.S. visa by the...
Thais mourners sing a special version of Thailand's royal anthem in honor of King Bhumibol Adulyadej in front of Grand Palace in Bangkok, Thailand, Saturday, Oct. 22, 2016. King Bhumibol died on Oct. 13 at the age of 88. (AP Photo/Sompong Sonnak)
Massive crowds sing royal tribute to late Thai king
Thais mourners sing a special version of Thailand's royal anthem in honor of King Bhumibol Adulyadej in front of Grand Palace in Bangkok, Thailand, Saturday, Oct. 22, 2016. King Bhumibol died on Oct. 13 at the age of 88. -AP BANGKOK: Tens of thousands of black-clad Thais converged on Bangkok's Grand Palace yesterday to sing the royal anthem in a striking display of devotion to the recently deceased King Bhumibol Adulyadej. The monarch, who died...
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