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Diyar United Company is Microsoft Kuwait Partner of 2016

Kuwait, 7 September 2016 - Diyar United Company, a Kuwait-headquartered Information and Communication Technology (ICT) specialist, is the recipient of the 2016 Microsoft Country Partner of the Year Award. The company was honored among a field of top Microsoft partners for demonstrating excellence in innovation and implementation of customer solutions based on Microsoft technology. Diyar United Company is the first cloud solution provider (CSP) in...

Madonna and Guy Richie

Madonna, Guy Ritchie settle child custody dispute

Madonna and Guy RichieSinger Madonna and her ex-husband, director Guy Ritchie, have settled a custody dispute over their 16-year-old son Rocco, a court official in New York said yesterday. It was not immediately announced with which parent the teenager would live. Madonna, 58, and Ritchie, 47, have been in a legal battle over their son since December, when the teenager ignored a court order to fly back from Ritchie’s London home to live with...

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Director and actor Mel Gibson poses as he arrives on the red carpet for ‘Hacksaw Ridge’ at the 73rd annual Venice International Film Festival, in Venice, Italy, Sunday. — AP

Mel Gibson Calls ‘Batman v Superman’ a ‘Piece of S-t’

Director and actor Mel Gibson poses as he arrives on the red carpet for ‘Hacksaw Ridge’ at the 73rd annual Venice International Film Festival, in Venice, Italy, Sunday. — AP“Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice” has another vocal detractor: Mel Gibson. “It’s a piece of s-t,” the 60- year-old director told Deadline at the Venice Film Festival. “I’m not interested in the stuff. Do you know what the difference between real...

File photo shows Rihanna arrives at the Billboard Music Awards in Las Vegas.

Q&A: Rihanna on new fashion line, confidence and more

File photo shows Rihanna arrives at the Billboard Music Awards in Las Vegas.Rihanna says if the Addams Family worked out in the gym, they would sport her new collection for Puma. The singer's autumn/winter 2016 Fenty Puma by Rihanna line was launched Tuesday. The edgy collection of mostly black-and-white ensembles includes loose sweaters and oversized pants, maxi dresses, sneakers, slippers and sneaker heels. She called the clothes and items -...

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Amir pardons prisoners, may 'include political activists' - No ban on Twitter; MPs seek emergency session

KUWAIT: HH the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah yesterday issued a pardon for a number of prisoners who have served part of their jail terms and reduced the terms of others, on the occasion of Eid Al-Adha. No names were mentioned in the brief announcement made by the Amiri Diwan, but activists said it could include political prisoners, mostly opposition activists who were handed down jail terms for criticizing HH the Amir. But this has not...

MP Dr Abdurrahman Al-Jeeran

MP demands ‘sorting’ expat population

MP Dr Abdurrahman Al-JeeranKUWAIT: A lawmaker proposed a ‘roadmap’ to help address Kuwait’s demographic imbalance problem by ‘sorting’ the expatriate population based on expats’ financial and legal positions. According to the proposal, expats’ bank accounts should be examined to identify their income levels, and they should undergo training courses in their field of specialty. “Whoever passes stays and is required to pay fees,...

Major General Sheikh Mazen Al-Jarrah

Ban on Bangladeshi workers’ recruitment reintroduced

Major General Sheikh Mazen Al-Jarrah Al-SabahKUWAIT: The Interior Ministry reintroduced a ban on recruitment of workers from Bangladesh after months from reopening it under certain controls, including that the employer must own a house.Undersecretary Assistant for Citizenship and Passports Affairs Sheikh Mazen Al-Jarrah made the decision Monday after viewing statistics which showed that the number of the Bangladeshi community in Kuwait reached...

KUWAIT: First Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah meets with Indian Minister of State for Foreign Affairs General Vijay Kumar Singh. — KUNA

Kuwait, India discuss boosting ties

KUWAIT: First Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah meets with Indian Minister of State for Foreign Affairs General Vijay Kumar Singh. — KUNAKUWAIT: First Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al- Sabah met yesterday with the visiting Indian Minister of State for Foreign Affairs General Vijay Kumar Singh.During the meeting, they discussed bilateral relations in...

KUWAIT: Sheep pictured at the sheep market yesterday. — Photo by Joseph Shagra

Sacrificial animals at average price: Union

KUWAIT: The sacrificial meat is at an average price this year compared to previous years, circling between KD 80 to 130, according to Kuwait's Livestock Union. Since the beginning of 2016, Kuwait has imported about 600,000 sheep, 122 camels and 424 goats, compared to 1.5 million sheep and 2,100 camels last year, the union's chairman Mohammad Al-Bughaili said yesterday. The higher prices are a normal occurrence due to the lack of local produce of...

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Court reviews request to suspend petrol prices' hike

KUWAIT: The administrative court is scheduled to review a case filed by a local lawyer demanding undoing the decision to increase petrol prices that already took effect on Sept 1. In his brief, the lawyer argues that as an oil derivative, petrol is one of the country's natural resources, and accordingly, any price increases should be made by a legislation passed by the parliament as it is the body responsible for organizing the management of the...

Musallam Al-Barrak

Former Chief Justice drops charges against Barrak

Musallam Al-BarrakKUWAIT: Former Chairman of the Supreme Judicial Council Chancellor Faisal Al-Mershed yesterday dropped defamation charges he had pressed against former MP Musallam Al-Barrak, said informed judicial sources, noting that the misdemeanor court had set a hearing to pass its sentence in the case on Oct 3. Barrak is already serving a two-year in jail sentence for insulting His Highness the Amir.Shops' licensesA court yesterday issued...

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