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Kuwaiti Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah Al- Mubarak Al-Sabah seen at the 17th NAM Summit. — KUNA

Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled attends summit on Palestine economy - Amir renews Kuwait's commitment to NAM principles

Kuwaiti Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah Al- Mubarak Al-Sabah seen at the 17th NAM Summit. — KUNANEW YORK: Kuwait's First Deputy Premier and Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah on Monday participated in a meeting of the Ad-Hoc Liaison Committee (AHLC) on Palestine economy (AHLC), held under the presidency of Norway. The AHLC aims at coordinating international assistance offered by donor...

KUWAIT: A motorist buys fuel at a gas station. Kuwait government’s recent decision to make cuts to Kuwait’s petrol subsidy system is expected to boost state coffers amid low global oil prices, despite some push-back from organized labor.

Kuwait's drive toward fuel subsidy rationalization - Cost-saving measure - part of a larger economic strategy: Special report

KUWAIT: A motorist buys fuel at a gas station. Kuwait government’s recent decision to make cuts to Kuwait’s petrol subsidy system is expected to boost state coffers amid low global oil prices, despite some push-back from organized labor.KUWAIT: The government's recent decision to make cuts to Kuwait's petrol subsidy system is expected to boost state coffers amid lower global oil prices, despite some push-back from organized labor. In June...

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Petty corruption in Kuwait on the rise

Kuwait has faced a growing number of incidents of corruption in recent years. Most troubling about this trend is that the corruption has reached into the very smallest aspects of daily life, so that bribes and fraud are becoming almost common place at nearly every level. Two troubling issues that have come to our attention lately include a shady rental practice now flourishing in Kuwait and the robbing of expats by low level government...

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LETTER TO THE EDITOR - Harassed by Policeman to pay fine on the spot

Sir, I would like to bring to your kind attention the following dismal incident. I am an Indian national, living in Kuwait since 1998, with a valid work permit and a residency under Article 18. I reside in a studio apartment in Maidan Hawally with my wife and daughter, both of whom have valid dependent visas under Article 22. On Thursday, Sept 15, 2016 at around 10:30 am, I was leaving for work in my vehicle. I had just finished changing the...

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Kuwaiti group KEH takes 23% stake in WH Ireland - KEH, British firm seal $11.03 million deal

LONDON: Kuwaiti European Holding Group (KEH) said yesterday that it had spent 8.45 million pounds ($11.03 million) to buy a 23.1 percent stake in British financial services firm WH Ireland Group Plc, to help serve financial services clients across the Middle East and Britain. KEH, an investment company focused on property, health and leisure businesses, said WH Ireland's business model and strategy was "highly complementary" to that of KEH's...

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Minister of Electricity and Water seals cable deal

KUWAIT: Minister of Electricity and Water Ahmed Al-Jassar yesterday signed a contract to supply and install 132 kilovolt land cables insulated with XLPE at a total cost of KD 13,623,000. The MEW committee entrusted with developing the uses of renewable energy yesterday held its fifth meeting at the Ministry's headquarters to discuss and document uses of renewable energy in Kuwait, as instructed by HH the Amir to provide at least 15 percent of the...

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KD 400m for Adel Imam's hairstyle!

I failed to find an Arabic definition of the way a bald man lets his hair grow long on one side to cover his baldness. Veteran Egyptian comedian Adel Imam is probably one of the most famous actors with such a hairstyle. However, I found an English word for this hairstyle - 'comb over'. There is no record of when it originated, but it used to be historically worn by famous men like Swedish King Carl IV and the star of 1966 World Cup, Sir Bobby...

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The accursed Satan disguised himself and played the first trick on mankind. He has never been seen as he actually looks. No human being has ever seen the image Almighty Allah created him with. All we know is that he was, is and will always be an enemy of all the descendants of Adam (PBUH), that he was created from fire and that he runs like blood in our veins. He and his tribes can see us while we cannot. We even stone it during hajj following...

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Policeman insulted; 'Expensive joke'

KUWAIT: A traffic policeman filed a complaint against a female citizen accusing her of insulting a public servant on duty. He said she insulted him when he ticketed her. Also, a drunken citizen was arrested for violating traffic rules and insulting and assaulting policemen when they gave him a ticket.'Expensive joke'A criminal investigation agent was arrested for calling a colleague and inviting him to join IS, claiming that an IS attack was...

MANILA: Passengers of the Saudi Arabian Airlines plane Flight SV872 from Jeddah disembark at the internationalnairport in Pasay yesterday. (Inset) One of the pilots disembarks with security. — AP

Saudia pilot triggers false hijack alarm

MANILA: Passengers of the Saudi Arabian Airlines plane Flight SV872 from Jeddah disembark at the internationalairport in Pasay yesterday. (Inset) One of the pilots disembarks with security. — APMANILA: A pilot of a Saudi Arabian Airlines flight accidentally pressed a hijack alarm and triggered a major security response at Manila airport yesterday, authorities said. Police isolated and surrounded the Saudia flight after it landed yesterday...

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Emirati seeks sex change

ABU DHABI: An Emirati woman has sought leave to have a sex change operation in what would be a first for the United Arab Emirates, newspapers reported yesterday.The application to the court in the UAE capital Abu Dhabi comes after a change in the law took effect earlier this month legalizing gender reassignment surgery.Lawyer Ali Al-Mansouri told Gulf News the 29-year-old woman always felt strongly that she was not the gender she physically...

DOHA: A migrant laborer walks as he works on a construction site in Doha. Qatar has done ‘almost nothing’ to end labor abuse in the five years since being awarded football’s 2022 World Cup despite huge global pressure to reform, Amnesty International said yesterday. — AFP

Qatar workers unpaid

DOHA: As many as 400 migrant staff working for an electrical company in Qatar have gone unpaid for up to four months, a leading figure in the Indian community said yesterday.The workers are set to meet the Indian ambassador in Doha within the next two weeks to discuss their plight, Arvin Patil of the Indian Community Benevolent Forum charity told AFP. The staff are thought to be employed by an Abu Dhabi-based firm. “Around 300 to 400 people...

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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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MOGADISHU: Relatives carry the body of a woman killed during an attack on Aug 3, 2024. - AFP

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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

Fearful UK mosques on alert over far-right protests