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ANAND, Gujarat: Surrogate mothers in various stages of pregnancy resting in a dormitory above a clinic in Anand in western Gujarat state. Leading Indian fertility doctors and surrogate mothers yesterday criticized a move to ban commercial surrogacy. —AFP

Indian IVF doctors slam move to ban commercial surrogacy

ANAND, Gujarat: Surrogate mothers in various stages of pregnancy resting in a dormitory above a clinic in Anand in western Gujarat state. Leading Indian fertility doctors and surrogate mothers yesterday criticized a move to ban commercial surrogacy. —AFPAHMEDABAD: Leading Indian fertility doctors and surrogate mothers yesterday criticized a move to ban commercial surrogacy, saying it will severely limit options for childless couples and women...

BELO HORIZONTE: In this Aug 3, 2016, file photo, US goalkeeper Hope Solo takes the ball during a women’s Olympic football tournament match against New Zealand. — AP

Hope Solo suspended from us soccer team

BELO HORIZONTE: In this Aug 3, 2016, file photo, US goalkeeper Hope Solo takes the ball during a women’s Olympic football tournament match against New Zealand. — APCHICAGO: US women’s goalkeeper Hope Solo was suspended Wednesday for six months by US Soccer for disparaging comments about Sweden following the Americans’ early departure from the Rio Olympics. Solo called the Swedes “a bunch of cowards” for focusing on defense rather...

RIO DE JANEIRO: Qatar’s Ashraf Amgad Elseify competes in the Men’s Hammer Throw Final during the athletics event at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at the Olympic Stadium in Rio de Janeiro on August 19, 2016. — AFP

Qatar’s recruited athletes stir debate on citizenship

RIO DE JANEIRO: Qatar’s Ashraf Amgad Elseify competes in the Men’s Hammer Throw Final during the athletics event at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at the Olympic Stadium in Rio de Janeiro on August 19, 2016. — AFPDOHA: When 39 athletes from Qatar qualified for the Rio Olympics, the most in the tiny Gulf state’s history, Noor Al- Shalaby celebrated the achievement in a Facebook post. “Qatar! You are in my blood and my soul,” wrote the...

THURINGIA, Germany: Bayern Munich’s defender Mats Hummels reacts after scoring during the German Cup (DFB Pokal) first round football match between the German first division team Bayern Munich and the German regional soccer team Carl Zeiss Jena. — AFP

Ancelotti’s Bayern kick off eyeing fifth straight title

THURINGIA, Germany: Bayern Munich’s defender Mats Hummels reacts after scoring during the German Cup (DFB Pokal) first round football match between the German first division team Bayern Munich and the German regional soccer team Carl Zeiss Jena. — AFPBERLIN: Bayern Munich kick off the 2016/17 German Bundesliga season at home to Werder Bremen today with their rivals out to stop them winning a fifth straight Bundesliga title. Germany defender...

BAGHDAD: Iraqi President Dr Fuad Masum meets a delegation of Kuwaiti journalists. — KUNA

Iraq grateful to Kuwait for investment, support - Kuwait to play vital role in aiding Mosul residents

BAGHDAD: Iraqi President Dr Fuad Masum meets a delegation of Kuwaiti journalists. — KUNABAGHDAD: Iraq is grateful for the strong flow of Kuwaiti investments and undeniable political support, said Iraqi President Dr Fuad Masum late Tuesday. Speaking during a meeting with a visiting delegation of Kuwaiti journalists, Masum affirmed that his country was moving forward after years of problems and crises, noting that Kuwait had played an integral...

Justice Ministry seeks new methods to simplify judicial procedures

.KUWAIT: The Ministry of Justice is looking to incorporate technological methods into its works in a bid to simplify judicial processes, as more government bodies look to adopt electronic appliances. Advisor to the Minister of Justice and the ministry's official spokesman Nawaf Al-Sharqawi made those remarks after a workshop where a representatives of a Singaporean company detailed their experiences with the e-court system. Moreover, he noted...

MP Khalil Al-Saleh

MP proposes mandatory vote on gas prices hike

MP Khalil Al-SalehKUWAIT: MP Khalil Al-Saleh said he submitted a proposal to amend article two of decreed law 79/1995 with regards to fees and financial costs for using public facilities and services. The amendment says the government cannot increase the price of oil derivatives such as gasoline without a law issued by the National Assembly. Saleh said the government cannot increase power and water prices until after referring to the Assembly,...

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Rents back to reality

KUWAIT: Rents dropped by an average of KD 60 compared to two months ago in Salmiya, according to a report published yesterday. The report says that decisions such as increasing electricity and water fees as well as gasoline prices has caused monthly rents to drop from KD 400 and KD 360 to KD 320 and KD 300 respectively in some places in Salmiya for example. This comes contrary to the norm, as the current back-to-school season and end of summer...

KUWAIT: This file photo shows cars lined up at a gas station in Kuwait City on August 1, 2016. —Photo by Fouad Al-Shaikh

Importance of knowing the right octane for your car

KUWAIT: This file photo shows cars lined up at a gas station in Kuwait City on August 1, 2016. —Photo by Fouad Al-ShaikhcKUWAIT: As the Kuwait government increases the prices of petrol, the Premium 91 is expected to go up to 85 fils from the present 60 fils per liter while the Premium Super 95 will cost you 105 fils, 40 fils more than the current price of 65 fils. The price of Ultra 98 will go up to 165 fils from 90 fils. That means for an...

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Kuwait July inflation rises to 3.06 percent - Food and beverages record highest increase

KUWAIT: Inflation in consumer prices in Kuwait rose to 3.06 percent in July, compared to the same month 2015, according to the Kuwait Central Statistical Bureau. The department said in its monthly report that the index figure for the month of July 2016 recorded an increasing at 141.7, by 0.07 percent as a result of the rise in prices of some major groups of influential figures in the movement and low standard of some groups. The CPI for the month...

Major General Abdullah Al-Muhanna and Sheikh Mohammad Al-Yousuf Al-Sabah

Land border, traffic chiefs moved in latest reshuffle

Major General Abdullah Al-Muhanna and Sheikh Mohammad Al-Yousuf Al-SabahKUWAIT: Deputy Premier and Interior Minister Sheikh Mohammad Al-Khalid issued three decisions transferring three assistant undersecretaries to new departments. Major General Abdullah Al-Muhanna was moved from traffic affairs to land borders, Sheikh Mubarak Salem Al-Ali Al-Sabah from state security to administrative affairs and Sheikh Mohammad Al-Yousuf Al-Sabah from land...

KUWAIT: This handout photo released by the Interior Ministry yesterday shows people arrested in a fake domestic help office yesterday.

Fake domestic help office busted

KUWAIT: This handout photo released by the Interior Ministry yesterday shows people arrested in a fake domestic help office yesterday.KUWAIT: Residency detectives arrested several expats running a bogus domestic help office in Jleeb Al-Shuyiukh. Tips were received about the office, and when the information was confirmed, detectives to arrest the suspects. Five Ethiopians, five Cameroonians, three Ghanaians and three Beninese were without IDs,...

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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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CSC’s faceprint attendance rule sparks debate

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Late Information Minister Bader Al-Ya'agoub checking the damage.-KUNA

Invasion could not confiscate KUNA’s will, national role

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DHAKA: Anti-Discrimination Student Movement held a rally at Central Shaheed Minar in Dhaka on August 3, 2024, to demand justice for the victims killed in the recent countrywide violence during anti-quota protests. -- AFP

Bangladesh students call for nationwide civil disobedience

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