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KUWAIT: UN Ambassador Mansour Al-Otaibi and United Nations Ambassador Jane J Chigiyal sign the agreement. - KUNA

Kuwait, Micronesia sign agreement for establishment of diplomatic ties

KUWAIT: UN Ambassador Mansour Al-Otaibi and United Nations Ambassador Jane J Chigiyal sign the agreement. - KUNAKUWAIT: The State of Kuwait and the Federated States of Micronesia have signed an agreement to establish diplomatic relations and enhance friendly and cooperative relations between the two governments and peoples in the political, economic and cultural fields at national and international levels.The agreement was signed on behalf of...

Chemical drug 'Spice'

Kuwait criminalizes chemical drug 'Spice' - Move taken after extensive consultations

Chemical drug 'Spice'KUWAIT: Trading or dealing in the drug known as "Spice" has been classified as a criminal offense in Kuwait. Assistant undersecretary for legal affairs at the Ministry of Health Mahmoud Al-Abdulhadi told KUNA yesterday that the ministry's senior officials along with their counterparts at the Ministry of Interior held several intensive meetings, which ended by criminalizing the substance.Dr Abdulhadi said that Minister of...

Firemen put out a huge fire that erupted at a 3,000-square-meter sponge warehouse in Western Al-Shuaiba.

Firemen extinguish fire in Kuwait's Al-Shuaiba district

KUWAIT: Firemen put out a huge fire that erupted at a 3,000-square-meter sponge warehouse in Western Al-Shuaiba.KUWAIT: Firemen put out a huge fire that erupted at a 3,000-square-meter sponge warehouse in Western Al-Shuaiba district yesterday and took effective precautions to prevent the blazes from spreading to a nearby plant for manufacturing combustible substances.At noon, operations room of Kuwait Fire Service Directorate (KFSD) was...

Syrian civilians from the town of Daraya prepare to be evacuated from the rebel-held town of Moadamiyet al-Sham on September 2, 2016 to be taken to a shelter in the government controlled town of Hrajela. More than 300 Syrians living in the opposition-held Moadimayet al-Sham district after fleeing fighting in rebel-held Daraya were evacuated under a deal, Syrian state media reported. The civilians evacuated were mostly women and children, and have been in Moadimayet al-Sham for around three years, after fleeing clashes in Daraya.n / AFP / LOUAI BESHARA

300 Syrians leave rebel town under govt deal - More evacuations planned

Syrian civilians from the town of Daraya prepare to be evacuated from the rebel-held town of Moadamiyet al-Sham on September 2, 2016 to be taken to a shelter in the government controlled town of Hrajela. More than 300 Syrians living in the opposition-held Moadimayet al-Sham district after fleeing fighting in rebel-held Daraya were evacuated under a deal, Syrian state media reported. The civilians evacuated were mostly women and children, and...

Deja Lindsey, 20, a junior at Georgetown University, talks on her cell phone in front of Healy Hall on campus, Thursday, Sept. 1, 2016, in Washington. After renaming the Mulledy and McSherry buildings at Georgetown University temporarily to Freedom Hall and Remembrance Hall, Georgetown University will give preference in admissions to the descendants of slaves owned by the Maryland Jesuits as part of its effort to atone for profiting from the sale of enslaved people. Georgetown president John DeGioia announced Thursday that the university will implement the admissions preferences. The university released a report calling on its leaders to offer a formal apology for the university's participation in the slave trade. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Univ to give admissions edge to slave descendants - Georgetown apologizes for slavery past

Deja Lindsey, 20, a junior at Georgetown University, talks on her cell phone in front of Healy Hall on campus, Thursday, Sept. 1, 2016, in Washington. After renaming the Mulledy and McSherry buildings at Georgetown University temporarily to Freedom Hall and Remembrance Hall, Georgetown University will give preference in admissions to the descendants of slaves owned by the Maryland Jesuits as part of its effort to atone for profiting from the...

Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) shakes hands with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe during a meeting on the sidelines of the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok on September 2, 2016. / AFP / SPUTNIK / ALEXEI DRUZHININ

Russia, Japan seek to end island row - Abe holds talks with Putin

Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) shakes hands with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe during a meeting on the sidelines of the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok on September 2, 2016. / AFP / SPUTNIK / ALEXEI DRUZHININVLADIVOSTOK, Russia: Russian President Vladimir Putin said Moscow was keen to resolve a territorial dispute with Japan as he met yesterday with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, but a deal appears far off. Tokyo-Moscow relations...

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10,000 more people sacked in Turkey post-coup purge - Thousands of convicts freed

Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim chairs an evaluation meeting of the "First Hundred Days of the 65th Government" at the Cankaya Palace in Ankara on September 2 2016. A portrait of the founder of the Republic of Turkey Mustafa Kemal Atat¸rk hands on the wall. - AFPANKARA: Turkey has sacked another 10,000 police officers, judges, prosecutors and academics, according to a decree published yesterday, as the state continued a purge within...

Pakistani police officials carry an injured blast victim at a hospital in Peshawar on September 2, 2016 following a suicide bomb attack at a district court in Mardan. nn At least 11 people have been killed and up to 40 wounded after a suicide bomber attacked a court in the Pakistani city of Mardan on September 2, police said, the latest assault targeting Pakistan's legal community. / AFP / HASHAM AHMED

14 dead in Pakistan court blast

Pakistani police officials carry an injured blast victim at a hospital in Peshawar on September 2, 2016 following a suicide bomb attack at a district court in Mardan. At least 11 people have been killed and up to 40 wounded after a suicide bomber attacked a court in the Pakistani city of Mardan on September 2, police said, the latest assault targeting Pakistan's legal community. - AFP MARDAN, Pakistan: At least 14 people were killed and more...

TOPSHOT - A woman cries over the body of Axel Messa, 30, wrapped in the flag of Gabon as he is laying on the ground in a street of the Libreville district of Nzeng Ayong on September 2, 2016. His mother told AFP he was shot in front of his home on September 1, 2016 night. Two men died after overnight clashes in Gabon's capital Libreville between security forces and demonstrators protesting President Ali Bongo's announced victory in a disputed election, witnesses and an AFP journalists said on September 2, 2016. The latest deaths take the toll up to five killed since riots and protests broke out on August 31, 2016 after Bongo was declared the winner of the weekend presidential vote by a razor-thin margin.n / AFP / MARCO LONGARI

Clashes leave two more dead in crisis-hit Gabon - Opposition, civil society leaders detained

TOPSHOT - A woman cries over the body of Axel Messa, 30, wrapped in the flag of Gabon as he is laying on the ground in a street of the Libreville district of Nzeng Ayong on September 2, 2016. His mother told AFP he was shot in front of his home on September 1, 2016 night. - AFPLIBREVILLE: Two people died after overnight post-election violence in Gabon, witnesses said yesterday, raising to five the number of people killed since riots erupted...

Public transport in Kuwait

Transport fare unchanged amid petrol price increase

Public transport in KuwaitKUWAIT: Contrary to people’s expectation that the costs of transportation will increase after the petrol price hike yesterday, the price for transportation remained the same - for now at least. The public transport (buses and taxis) did not increase their prices. Bus fare from Khaitan to Shuwaikh was still 250 Fils as of yesterday. The delivery charge for restaurants didn’t change either. Three of the most popular...

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Shush.... The ongoing practice of secret marriages in Kuwait

Anyone born into a typical Muslim family cannot avoid the central place that marriage occupies within the concept of a good Muslim lifestyle. Popular Muslim culture invests marriage with such religious significance, that it is often described as comprising "half of all religion". On the other hand, getting married nowadays is not easy, thanks to countless social and economic obstacles, including extortionate dowries, costly wedding extravaganzas...

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Retirement health insurance to be effective October: MoH

KUWAIT: Ministry of Health (MoH) Undersecretaries' Council has announced that the retirement health insurance plan will be effective by mid-October, while "Aafeya" insurance cards will be distributed via health centers following Eid Al-Adha holiday. The executive steps have been taken by the ministry regarding implementing the health insurance plan for the retirees, which aims at securing the highest level of health service in Kuwait, Dr Mahmoud...

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