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Kuwait urges UN action against trafficking of women, girls
KUWAIT: Kuwait yesterday urged the UN to carry on with its support on countries' efforts to counter trafficking of women and girls. This is likely to secure positive results, said Kuwait's statement to the 71st UN General Assembly's 3rd Social, Humanitarian and Cultural Affairs Committee. Delivering the statement, economic researcher Hayam Khalid Al-Fassam added that achieving development in a society relies on equality between men and women, as...
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Obaidi reshuffles top MoH officials
KUWAIT: Health Minister Dr Ali Al-Obaidi has issued a number of ministerial decisions concerning transferring, commissioning and referring some ministry officials to retirement. Obaidi's decisions included referring nursing services manager Latifa Abdullah Al-Mansour to retirement effective Oct 27 and commissioning Hayat Mohammed Al-Mulla to do her job duties.The decisions also transferred medical licenses manager Dr Marzouq Al-Bader to work as...
Kuwait Environment Protection SocietynChairperson Wejdan Al-Oqab
KEPS launches project to curb water consumption
Kuwait Environment Protection SocietyChairperson Wejdan Al-OqabKUWAIT: Kuwait Environment Protection Society (KEPS) yesterday said that the start of the second phase of the project is to reduce water consumption - an endeavor buoyed by the Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development (AFESD). A similar project has just been completed in Jordan, while the one currently underway in Kuwait is being carried out by an environmental center affiliated...
Dr Ali Al-Obaidi
Obaidi's brave decision opens way for young health professionals
Dr Ali Al-Obaidi This week, Health Minister Dr Ali Al-Obaidi took a few courageous steps to bring fresh blood into the health ministry. He issued a series of decisions that included the forced retirement of several long-serving officials and reshuffled several other positions. The decisions are within the rules set down by the Civil Service Commission, which allows the government to retire anyone who has served more than 30 years. Dr Obaidi...
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‘GCC Security1’ police force
.KUWAIT: MoI Undersecretary Lt General Suleiman Al-Fahad recently received the police force taking part in the deployment drill due to be held in Bahrain next month under the title of 'GCC Security1' with participation of all GCC interior ministries. Al-Fahad urged participants to show their efficiency and reflect the development of Kuwait's policeA brutal attackA citizen in his fifties was rushed to Jahra Hospital in critical condition after he...
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MP threatens to grill Minister of Education; Policeman sentenced to death
KUWAIT: MP Oudah Al-Rowaei announced his intention to grill Minister of Education Dr Bader Al-Essa over scholarships, appointments, certificate accreditation and the failure of the ministry's educational plan.Ministry of Awqaf denies reportMinistry of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs strongly denied that the Egyptian IS-related suspect who was arrested for ramming his truck into a pickup carrying US soldiers ever worked as an imam in any of its mosques....
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British woman found hanging
KUWAIT: A 48-year-old British woman was found hanging in her house in Salwa. Security sources said the woman had not shown up for work for two days, so her colleagues went to check on her and asked the janitor to open her apartment.By Hanan Al-Saadoun
(inset) Bob Wright, Executive Vice President, Chief Operations Officer and International for The Wendy’s Company and Omar Kutayba Alghanim, CEO of Alghanim Industries
Alghanim Industries to open Wendy’s in Kuwait
(inset) Bob Wright, Executive Vice President, Chief Operations Officer and International for The Wendy’s Company and Omar Kutayba Alghanim, CEO of Alghanim IndustriesKUWAIT: Alghanim Industries and The Wendy's Company, which last year formed a strategic collaboration to expand the hamburger company across the MENA region yesterday, announced plans to open their first Wendy's restaurant in Kuwait. The restaurant will open by mid-December on...
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Why Target Expat Teachers? For Revenge or Humiliation?
Expat teachers are a basic pillar of Kuwait's educational system. They have taken up the responsibility of educational development in Kuwait for long decades. Nobody can deny their role except an ungrateful person. Nobody can deny their rights except people with no vision. Recognizing and appreciating the role played by them is an integral part of the Kuwaiti society's values, because Kuwaitis will never forget someone who lent a hand in times of...
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Filipina IS suspect; Housemaid possessed by jinn
KUWAIT: The Criminal Court refused releasing a Filipina IS member and adjourned hearing her case till Nov 14, said security sources. Notably, the suspect is facing charges of joining a terrorist organization, after detectives found proof on her laptop that she had been in contact with IS through her Somali husband, who is fighting with IS.Deliveryman assaultedA deliveryman working for a seafood restaurant reported that on delivering a meal to a...
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Two Iranians 'Suspects' to be freed - Turned out to have valid residency visas
KUWAIT: Informed security sources said the Interior Ministry will release two Iranians who were arrested while taking photos around some Hawally husseiniyas, after they turned out to have valid residency visas and work at Riggae nurseries.Maid rushed to hospitalAn Ethiopian housemaid was rushed to Farwaniya Hospital with serious burns she sustained when cooking oil spilt on her while cooking dinner.Suspects arrestedA citizen who had been wanted...
ALEPPO: Jameel Mustafa Habboush, a young Syrian boy, looks at a member of the civil defense volunteers, known as the White Helmets, as they rescue him from under the rubble of a building following Russian air strikes on the rebel-held Fardos neighborhood of this embattled Syrian city yesterday. - AFPn
Russia renews heavy bombing of Aleppo
ALEPPO: Jameel Mustafa Habboush, a young Syrian boy, looks at a member of the civil defense volunteers, known as the White Helmets, as they rescue him from under the rubble of a building following Russian air strikes on the rebel-held Fardos neighborhood of this embattled Syrian city yesterday. - AFPALEPPO: Regime ally Russia carried out its heaviest strikes in days on Syria's Aleppo yesterday, as at least five children were killed in rebel fire...
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NOTTINGHAM: Protesters are detained on Aug 3, 2024 during an 'Enough is Enough' demonstration. - AFP
Britain hit by worst rioting in 13 years
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GAZA: A woman mourns over the bodies of children killed in Zionist bombardment on the Hassan Salama and Al-Nasser schools housing displaced Palestinians on Aug 4, 2024 at the at Al-Ahli Arab hospital, also known as the Baptist hospital in Gaza City. - AFP
Bloodbath in Gaza as region boils
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DHAKA: A garment store is set ablaze amid protests on Aug 4, 2024. - AFP
Calls for PM to quit as 77 killed in Bangladesh
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CHATEAUROUX: Turkey’s Yusuf Dikec competes in the shooting 10m air pistol mixed team gold medal match during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at Chateauroux Shooting Centre. – AFP
‘Cool’ Turkish marksman unruffled by viral Olympic fame
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Ministries of Awqaf discuss ways to counter extremism, terrorism