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Kuwait Business Center to issue licenses in 4 days

KUWAIT: The ministry of commerce and industry announced that the trial of the new one-window transaction Kuwait Business Center (KBC) project concluded in Ishbiliya and that it will be officially launched today. The ministry explained that the new service center gathers several government bodies and the ministry of commerce and industry in one place to make it easier for the public to avoid bureaucracy, red tape and delays. “The new service...

Traffic department to deal with jams

.KUWAIT: With the beginning of the new school year, Deputy PM and Interior Minister Sheikh Mohammed Al- Khaled yesterday visited the traffic department to check on the traffic flow and the plan to deal with any jams.Sheikh Mohammed urged traffic police to use bikes and foot patrols for easier access to accident locations. He also noted that he will review traffic police reports dailyBy Hanan Al-Saadoun

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Construction innovation in spotlight as 'Big 5 Kuwait 2016 Expo' opens

Photo by Joseph ShagraKUWAIT: The largest construction event in Kuwait was inaugurated yesterday at the International Fair Ground in Misref. Farwaniya Governor, Sheikh Faisal Al-Humoud Al-Malek Al-Sabah, inaugurated the fourth edition of The Big 5 Kuwait at the Kuwait International Fair Ground.The ribbon-cutting ceremony took place at 10:30 am, marking the official opening of Kuwait's largest construction event.Over 100 companies are showcases...

Attorney Fajer Ahmed

Attorney Fajer Ahmed I have written about rent issues multiple times in my columns but I still receive a lot of concerns from readers that might have understood the laws but are confused about how to apply the rental laws to their own situation. For example I understand that it is one thing to know that rent cannot be increased except once every five years but it's another thing to know what do in such a situation, what are the legal steps to...

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Citizen shoots Syrian and Egyptian with hunting rifle

Police are seen near a victim of the shootingKUWAIT: Police arrested a man who said he accidentally shot a Syrian and Egyptian near stores selling hunting rifles in Salmiya yesterday.The Kuwait News Agency, which carried the Interior Ministry's statement on the incident, reported the Egyptian man is in critical condition and that the Syrian man has been injured in his leg, though no further details were given about his condition.The shooter, a...

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Sri Lankan brewer arrested in apartment

KUWAIT: A Sri Lankan was arrested for brewing alcohol at his apartment in Salmiya, said security sources. The sources explained that a fire broke out in the place in the suspect's absence. Firemen who responded discovered the alcohol and placed the apartment under close surveillance, until the suspect showed up to check the damage.210 liquor bottlesAn Asian computer engineer was arrested in Jleeb with 210 bottles of homebrewed liquor ready for...

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German and European security

Labeed Abdal As a result of terrorist attacks in Europe, the German interior minister proposed a broad range of measures to bolster security and combat terrorism. Many of the measures, which include closer monitoring of refugees and enhanced surveillance, seem likely to win legislative approval. The proposals announced by the interior minister call for hiring more federal police officers; making it a crime to express sympathy for terrorism;...

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Oman Air disables misnamed 'Persian' Gulf inflight maps

MUSCAT: Oman Air has switched off an inflight map system that labeled the waterway between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran, the subject of a bitter naming dispute, as the "Persian Gulf". The decision followed a storm of criticism on social media after a passenger posted a video showing the map in Arabic referring to the Persian, rather than Arabian Gulf. "Our crew have been notified to disable the disturbing maps," the sultanate's national carrier...

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US police capture mall gunman

Arcan CetinLOS ANGELES: Authorities on Saturday arrested a Turkish-born man suspected of shooting five people dead, including a teenaged cancer survivor, at a shopping mall in the US state of Washington. State Patrol spokesman Sergeant Mark Francis named the suspect as Arcan Cetin, a 20-year-old resident of the nearby town of Oak Harbor, saying he was arrested about 24 hours after the killings. There were no other suspects.Police had initially...

FUHEIS, Jordan: Demonstrators shout slogans during a demonstration in this town northwest of the capital Amman yesterday, denouncing the killing of prominent Jordanian writer Nahed Hattar (portrait). - AFP

Jordanian writer gunned down outside courthouse

FUHEIS, Jordan: Demonstrators shout slogans during a demonstration in this town northwest of the capital Amman yesterday, denouncing the killing of prominent Jordanian writer Nahed Hattar (portrait). - AFPAMMAN: A prominent Jordanian writer was shot dead yesterday on the steps of a court where he was facing charges for sharing an anti-Islam cartoon on Facebook.Nahed Hattar was struck by three bullets before the alleged assassin was arrested at...

CHARLOTTE: Protesters lock arms outside the Charlotte Police Department after ignoring the curfew yesterday. — AFP

Charlotte police release video of fatal shooting

CHARLOTTE: Protesters lock arms outside the Charlotte Police Department after ignoring the curfew yesterday. — AFPWASHINGTON: Charlotte authorities have released footage of the deadly police shooting of a black man, but the images were inconclusive on the question of whether he was carrying a gun and peaceful protests soon resumed in the restive southern city.Protesters marched through downtown Charlotte to police headquarters late Saturday,...

ALEPPO: In this photo provided by the Syrian Civil Defense group known as the White Helmets, shows heavily damaged buildings after airstrikes hit Syria, Saturday, Sept. 24, 2016. —AP

Fresh strikes pound Aleppo ahead of UN Syria talks - 'It tore him apart... it was an awful scene'

ALEPPO: In this photo provided by the Syrian Civil Defense group known as the White Helmets, shows heavily damaged buildings after airstrikes hit Syria, Saturday, Sept. 24, 2016. —APALEPPO: Syrian and Russian warplanes again pounded rebel-held east Aleppo yesterday ahead of a UN Security Council meeting to discuss the worst surge in violence to hit the devastated city in years.Residents and a monitor reported heavy air raids overnight and...

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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

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LIVERPOOL: Police officers face protesters outside the Liver Building in Liverpool on August 3, 2024 during an 'Enough is Enough' anti-immigrant rally. — AFP

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