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Attorney Fajer Ahmed
Employment laws and related issues
Unfortunately, the employment law has been one of the biggest issues in Kuwait from an international perspective. Fortunately, however, it has also been one of most improved legal sectors. Kuwait's Labor Law was changed in 2010 when the government and parliament joined hands in order to come up with a comprehensive legislation to solve the issues that were then discussed. Because Kuwait has a unique demographic pattern where the majority of the...
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Egyptian visa trader, Asian bootlegger arrested
The Egyptian expatriate with confiscated fake work permits.KUWAIT: An Egyptian was recently arrested for issuing fake work permits in collaboration with a company representative (Mandoob) working for a farm owner, said security sources.Case papers indicate that residency detectives found out that 145 laborers were registered as farm laborers and on summoning the owner, he said that only 14 of them worked in the farm. On arresting two of the...
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Hebrew-speaking toys confiscated
KUWAIT: Ministry of Commerce and Industry's inspection teams recently found Hebrew-speaking toys being sold in a toys store in the capital, said security sources. All the toys were removed from shelves and investigations have been launched against the owner.Narcotic drugs seizedA female Ethiopian was recently arrested on arrival at Kuwait International Airport with the possession of Khat hidden in her luggage, said security sources. Separately, a...
OUMA, Syria: The grandfather of Syrian siblings Hala (left) and Omar reacts over their bodies lying in a morgue yesterday following air strikes in this rebel-held town on the eastern outskirts of the capital Damascus. The siblings, who lost their father months ago in an air strike, were killed when a rocket hit the family house, severely injuring their mother. - AFP
UN decries Aleppo's 'living hell'
OUMA, Syria: The grandfather of Syrian siblings Hala (left) and Omar reacts over their bodies lying in a morgue yesterday following air strikes in this rebel-held town on the eastern outskirts of the capital Damascus. The siblings, who lost their father months ago in an air strike, were killed when a rocket hit the family house, severely injuring their mother. - AFPALEPPO: Syrian regime forces advanced yesterday in Aleppo after Russia unleashed...
Esham Masih's mother Asia Bibi has been on death row for six years in Pakistan's most infamous blasphemy case (AFP Photo/Arif Ali)
Fear and faith for daughters of Pakistani Christian on death row
Esham Masih's mother Asia Bibi has been on death row for six years in Pakistan's most infamous blasphemy case (AFP)LAHORE: Esham and her sister Esha live largely in seclusion: fears they will be mistreated because they are daughters of the accused in Pakistan's most infamous blasphemy case make them reluctant to venture into the brimming streets of Lahore.Their mother, Asia Bibi, has been on death row for six years in a case some have called a...
CAIRO: In this Friday, March 16, 2012, file photo, an Egyptian activist shouts anti-military Supreme Council slogans during a demonstration in front of Cairo’s high court. — AP
Egyptian lawmaker’s call for virginity tests draws fire - To combat 'gawaz orfy'
CAIRO: In this Friday, March 16, 2012, file photo, an Egyptian activist shouts anti-military Supreme Council slogans during a demonstration in front of Cairo’s high court. — APCAIRO: A women's rights group has filed a legal complaint against an Egyptian lawmaker who called for mandatory virginity tests for women seeking university admission, the Al-Masry Al-Youm newspaper reported yesterday.It quoted Maya Morsi, head of the state-sanctioned...
BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND: Britain’s Prime Minister Theresa May arrives ahead of a TV interview at BBC studios.—AP
Britain's May says to trigger EU divorce by end of March - Will not offer a running commentary
BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND: Britain’s Prime Minister Theresa May arrives ahead of a TV interview at BBC studios.—APBIRMINGHAM: Prime Minister Theresa May said she would trigger the divorce procedure to leave the European Union by the end of March, offering the first glimpse of a timetable for a shift that will redefine Britain's relations with it biggest trading partner.Britain's shock vote to leave the European Union propelled May to power and the...
Protestors run from tear gas launched by security personnel during the Irecha, the thanks giving festival of the Oromo people in Bishoftu town of Oromia region, Ethiopia, 2 October, 2016 Reuters
Several dead in Ethiopia stampede after police tear gas protesters
BISHOFTU, ETHIOPIA: Several people were killed in a stampede near the Ethiopian capital yesterday after police fired tear gas at protesters during a religious festival, according to an AFP photographer at the scene. Several thousand people had gathered at a sacred lake in the town of Bishoftu to take part in the Irreecha ceremony, in which the Oromo community marks the end of the rainy season.Some participants crossed their wrists above their...
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Six Palestinians charged over Islamic State ties
JERUSALEM: Israeli authorities have charged six Palestinians suspected of belonging to the Islamic State jihadist group and of plotting attacks, police said yesterday.The alleged IS cell, operating out of Shuafat refugee camp in occupied east Jerusalem, was “preparing a series of attacks mostly in Jerusalem”, police said in a statement. Police said those arrested were a religious and ideological leader and other members tasked with preparing...
DAVAO, PHILIPPINES: Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte delivers a speech at the Davao international airport terminal building early on September 30, 2016, shortly after arriving from an official visit to Vietnam.—AFP
Duterte apologizes to Jews, but defiant
DAVAO, PHILIPPINES: Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte delivers a speech at the Davao international airport terminal building early on September 30, 2016, shortly after arriving from an official visit to Vietnam.—AFPMANILA: Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte yesterday apologized to Jews for comparing himself with Adolf Hitler but said he did nothing wrong and reiterated his desire to kill millions of drug addicts. Duterte, whose bloody...
MANCHESTER: Manchester United’s French midfielder Paul Pogba (R) heads this attempt wide during the English Premier League football match between Manchester United and Stoke City at Old Trafford in Manchester, north west England, yesterday. — AFP
De Gea error helps lift Stoke off bottom
MANCHESTER: Manchester United’s French midfielder Paul Pogba (R) heads this attempt wide during the English Premier League football match between Manchester United and Stoke City at Old Trafford in Manchester, north west England, yesterday. — AFPMANCHESTER: An uncharacteristic error from Manchester United goalkeeper David de Gea gifted Stoke City a point in a 1-1 draw at Old Trafford yesterday that saw the visitors climb off the bottom of...
MADRID: Real Madrid’s Cristiano Ronaldo, left, goes airborne after being tackled by Eibar’s Florian Lejeune during the Spanish La Liga soccer match between Real Madrid and Eibar at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium in Madrid, yesterday. —AP
Real Madrid jeered at home after fourth straight draw
MADRID: Real Madrid’s Cristiano Ronaldo, left, goes airborne after being tackled by Eibar’s Florian Lejeune during the Spanish La Liga soccer match between Real Madrid and Eibar at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium in Madrid, yesterday. —APMADRID: Real Madrid was held by Eibar at home yesterday, drawing for the fourth straight time and dropping out of the Spanish league lead. Fans jeered Madrid after the 1-1 tie at the Santiago Bernabeu, which...
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(Left) Demonstrators brandish placards and flags of Palestine during a rally in Rabat on Aug 3, 2024, protesting the killing of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh. (Right) Protesters rally in London during the "National March for Gaza", calling to end the genocide, stop arming the Zionist entity and no Middle East war on Aug 3, 2024. - AFP photos
Fears of Middle East war grow
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Shereeda Al-Maousherji
CSC’s faceprint attendance rule sparks debate
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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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Stop smoking, Quit smoking for health.
Many smokers quit as ‘chests cannot stand two fires’
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MOGADISHU: Relatives carry the body of a woman killed during an attack on Aug 3, 2024. - AFP
Somalia beach attack kills 32