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KUWAIT: Police cars are seen outside the Kuwaiti Football Association (KFA) headquarters as a strong police presence was needed to allow the KFA’s newly-appointed leaders to take possession of the headquarters. (Inset) New Chairman of KFA Fawaz Al-Hassawi speaks during a press conference. - Photos by Yasser Al-Zayyat

Amir meets new heads of football, Olympic bodies - Police seize sports offices; IOC, AFC concerned

KUWAIT: Police cars are seen outside the Kuwaiti Football Association (KFA) headquarters as a strong police presence was needed to allow the KFA’s newly-appointed leaders to take possession of the headquarters. (Inset) New Chairman of KFA Fawaz Al-Hassawi speaks during a press conference. - Photos by Yasser Al-ZayyatKUWAIT: Authorities ordered police to seize the state’s football association and Olympic committee offices. The action on...

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Juveniles’ crimes up 122 percent

KUWAIT: Thefts remain the most committed type of crime committed in Kuwait, according to official statistics. A total of 934 theft crimes were committed during the first half of 2016, according to statistics released by the public prosecution for crimes investigated during that period. It is followed by drug and alcohol related crimes (927), murder and battery assault (360), sexual assault (175) and kidnap (139).Meanwhile, the same statistics...

KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah meets with Director General of the Public Authority for Sports (PAS) Sheikh Ahmad Mansour Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah and association members, in presence of His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al- Sabah. —Amiri Diwan and KUNA photos

Amir instructs officials to exert greater efforts in sports

KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah meets with Director General of the Public Authority for Sports (PAS) Sheikh Ahmad Mansour Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah and association members, in presence of His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al- Sabah. —Amiri Diwan and KUNA photosKUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah received Director General of the Public Authority for...

Minister Hind Al-Subaih

Gas stations ready for new tariffs - 26 strategic projects in annual development plan

Minister Hind Al-SubaihKUWAIT: The number of strategic projects in Kuwait's development plan for the 2016/2017 fiscal year reaches 26, with a total value of over KD 2 billion, or an average of KD 64 million for each venture, a government official said yesterday.Kuwait is currently witnessing an era of executing a number of developmental projects, in addition to housing projects and others carried out through the public private partnership (PPP)...

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KUWAIT: The Interior Ministry has reactivated a law under which expatriates who leave Kuwait after working there as mandoubs (company representatives) or drivers are not allowed to return back to the country unless after two years from the exit date.The decision comes after the ministry detected manipulation in which an employee would agree with his employer to be hired as a representative or driver in order to get an exception to obtain a...

KUWAIT: Kuwait City’s skyline seen from the beach in Sharq. Kuwait’s beachfront remains one of the most favorite - and affordable - pastime destinations in Kuwait. — Photo by Joseph Shagra

Rents going down?

KUWAIT: Kuwait City’s skyline seen from the beach in Sharq. Kuwait’s beachfront remains one of the most favorite - and affordable - pastime destinations in Kuwait. — Photo by Joseph ShagraKUWAIT: The successful housing plan in which a large number of units were distributed and power was connected in new cities such as the Jaber Al-Ahmad area is expected to lead to further drop in apartments’ rents in Kuwait, said high ranking sources at...

KUWAIT: Officials attend a press conference held yesterday at the KAC headquarters to announce additional flights to Saudi Arabia.

KAC prepares for hajj by increasing flights to Saudi - Carrier to transport 2,500 pilgrims from Kuwait, 3,000 from abroad

KUWAIT: Officials attend a press conference held yesterday at the KAC headquarters to announce additional flights to Saudi Arabia.KUWAIT: As part of its preparations for the hajj season, Kuwait Airways Corporation (KAC) announced increasing the number of flights to Saudi Arabia during a press conference held yesterday at the KAC headquarters. The first flight for pilgrims departs today. KAC Regional Director Nasser Khoursheed said the hajj...

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Fake Bangladeshi doctor arrested

KUWAIT: A Bangladeshi man who arrived in Kuwait on a cleaner's visa acted as a doctor in Rabiya. The man, identified as 'Atwa', became famous very quickly among his compatriots and others, including women who got pregnant out of wedlock. They used to go to him for abortion pills, and he had large quantities of stolen medicine from health centers and hospitals, along with other drugs from unknown sources. Atwa was thinking about moving somewhere...

ADEN: Fighters loyal to the government gather at the site of a suicide car bombing in this southern city yesterday. — AP

IS attack kills 71 in Yemen

ADEN: Fighters loyal to the government gather at the site of a suicide car bombing in this southern city yesterday. — APADEN: An Islamic State group militant rammed his explosives-laden car into an army recruiting center in Aden yesterday, killing 71 people in the deadliest jihadist attack on the Yemeni city in over a year. The army, supported by a Saudi-led coalition, is training young recruits to join its nationwide war against Houthi rebels...

Some 323 dead wild reindeer struck by lightning are seen littering a hillside on the Hardangervidda mountain plateau in central Norway on Aug 27, 2016. — AFP

Lightning kills 323 reindeer in Norway

Some 323 dead wild reindeer struck by lightning are seen littering a hillside on the Hardangervidda mountain plateau in central Norway on Aug 27, 2016. — AFPSTOCKHOLM: More than 300 wild reindeer have been killed by lighting in central Norway. The Norwegian Environment Agency has released eerie images showing a jumble of reindeer carcasses scattered across a small area on the Hardangervidda mountain plateau. The agency says 323 animals were...

DHAKA: US Secretary of State John Kerry (left) and Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina shake hands ahead of a meeting in Dhaka yesterday. US Secretary of State John Kerry held talks with Bangladesh’s Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on combating extremism as police killed members of an Islamist group blamed for a deadly cafe siege. —AFP

Islamic State ‘connected’ to Bangladesh - US offers intelligence, law-enforcement help

DHAKA: US Secretary of State John Kerry (left) and Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina shake hands ahead of a meeting in Dhaka yesterday. US Secretary of State John Kerry held talks with Bangladesh’s Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on combating extremism as police killed members of an Islamist group blamed for a deadly cafe siege. —AFPDHAKA: The United States believes that elements of Islamic State are "connected" to operatives in...

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106 students detained in Pakistan madrassa raid

QUETTA: Pakistani police raided a madrassa in the restive southwestern city of Quetta and detained 106 illegal Afghan students, officials said yesterday, as the government stepped up a campaign to rein in rogue religious schools.The detentions were made Saturday, and the students, aged between 14 to 18 years-who had no documents giving them permission to be in the country-will eventually be deported to Afghanistan, senior police official Nadeem...

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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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