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KUWAIT: Alleged Iranian infiltrators are seen after they were arrested by the Kuwaiti coastguard. - MoI

Coastguards arrest 10 Iranian infiltrators

KUWAIT: Alleged Iranian infiltrators are seen after they were arrested by the Kuwaiti coastguard. - MoIKUWAIT: Kuwait said yesterday its coastguard detained 10 Iranian "infiltrators", but an Iranian official described them as fishermen and denied they were detained for violating the border. One of the Iranian men was wounded after refusing coastguard orders to surrender, the Interior Ministry said in a statement published by the state-run Kuwait...

Jojoba plant

Kuwait succeeds in harvesting Jojoba plant

Jojoba plantKUWAIT: Director of Agricultural Guidance at the Public Authority for Agricultural Affairs and Fish Resourses (PAAAFR) Eng Ghanim Al-Sanad said yesterday that PAAAFR has succeeded in its attempt to harvest the Jojoba plant in Kuwait.Sanad said in a statement that this success was a result of annual strategic planning, researching, and experimenting with different plants to see how they will thrive in Kuwait’s hot dry climate.The...

KUWAIT: The Public Authority of Manpower’s expatriate labor shelter. — KUNA

UN Committee against Torture publishes findings on Kuwait; Observations on the third periodic report

KUWAIT: The Public Authority of Manpower’s expatriate labor shelter. — KUNAGENEVA: The UN Committee against Torture has published its findings on the countries it examined during its latest session from 25 July to 12 August : Kuwait, Honduras, Burundi and Mongolia.The findings cover positive aspects of how the respective State is implementing the Convention against Torture, Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, and also...

RIO DE JANEIRO: Abdullah Al-Rashidi of Kuwait, competing on the Independent Olympic Team, kisses his bronze medal during the award ceremony for the men's skeet event at Olympic Shooting Center at the 2016 Summer Olympics yesterday. - AFP

Amir congratulates shooter on winning bronze medal; Rashidi awarded KD 3,000 monthly allowance for four years

KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah sent yesterday a cable of congratulations to Kuwaiti shooter Abdullah Al-Turqi Al- Rashidi, congratulating him for winning the bronze medal in the men's skeet at the Rio De Janeiro summer Olympic Games.His Highness hailed this distinguished Kuwaiti accomplishment which has proven capabilities of the Kuwaiti youth in achieving such outstanding sport achievements, wishing him all...

Minister of Social Affairs and Labor Hind Al-Subaih

1,023 employers prosecuted ; Travel ban orders

Hind Al-SubaihKUWAIT: The Public Authority for Manpower referred 1,023 employers’ files for investigations on charges of violating labor regulations since the beginning of this year, Minister of Social Affairs and Labor Hind Al- Subaih said.They include 325 cases of failure to provide jobs for workers recruited from abroad, a method often used to facilitate human trafficking.Meanwhile, Subaih said that the latest registered total number of...

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Kuwait, Pakistan share deep ties: Ambassador

Pakistani Ambassador to Kuwait Ghulam DastagirKUWAIT: Pakistani Ambassador to Kuwait Ghulam Dastagir hailed the strong Kuwaiti-Pakistani ties in the fields of economy, politics, culture and military. Pakistan is offering training courses for Kuwaiti marine and air force as part of the prominent military cooperation between the two sides, Dastagir said on the sidelines of a ceremony to hoist the Pakistani flag in celebration of the country’s...

Attorney Fajer Ahmed

I wrote about passport issues four years ago when I first started my legal writing career and although as a lawyer I feel I have covered all legal points, I am constantly getting emails of concern from expat employees because their passports were taken away from them and they were made to believe that it is the right thing to do! So I apologize that I am writing about this topic repeatedly, but I want to make things clear to the expat population...

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Cop killer's case adjourned to Oct 16 - Three contracts soon to boost electricity production by 2019

KUWAIT: The Ministry of Electricity and Water will sign three major contacts for projects that will increase production by 1,250 megawatts by 2019. The first project is the south Zour station, which is in addition to the current project with a capacity of 250 MW, while the second and third will be in Subbiya, the first with a capacity of 750 MW and the other 250 MW. The official said the ministry is satisfied that its new projects will serve...

Security crackdown in Nugra

Scores arrested in Nugra crackdown

Security crackdown in NugraKUWAIT: Assistant Interior Ministry Undersecretary for Special Security Maj Gen Mahmoud Al-Dousary and Jahra Security Director General Maj Gen Ali Madhi supervised a security campaign in Nugra on Saturday. The campaign resulted in checking the IDs of 1,200 persons, as well as arresting a person wanted over a felony, 11 wanted for civil cases, 52 absconding persons, 60 persons without IDs and eight with expired...

Woman killed in Airport Road accident

Woman killed in Airport Road accident

Woman killed in Airport Road ShuwaikhKUWAIT: A woman died after she was hit by a vehicle at the Airport Road yesterday. The woman was attempting to cross the road opposite to Industrial Shuwaikh when a vehicle came by and hit her, according to eyewitnesses. Paramedics arrived to the scene shortly after the accident was reported, but discovered that the victim had already succumbed to her injuries. Her body was left for the coroner. Meanwhile,...

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Man hurt in fight; Indecent acts - Cross-dresser arrested

KUWAIT: A fight took place in Messila and shooting was heard. Police received a call about the fight, and when they arrived at the scene, they found a man with an injured leg. He was taken to hospital. Meanwhile, detectives are gathering information about the suspect who escaped. Separately, a fight between eight women took place in a Salmiya café and ended at the police station. It was all laughs and shisha smoking before things turned into...

This video grab taken from a video released by Boko Haram yesterday shows what is claimed to be one of the group's fighters at an undisclosed location standing in front of girls allegedly kidnapped from Chibok in April 2014. - AFP

Boko Haram video shows Chibok girls

This video grab taken from a video released by Boko Haram yesterday shows what is claimed to be one of the group's fighters at an undisclosed location standing in front of girls allegedly kidnapped from Chibok in April 2014. - AFPKANO, Nigeria: Boko Haram yesterday released a new video purportedly showing some of the Nigerian schoolgirls kidnapped from Chibok more than two years ago, and called for its detained fighters to be freed. The...

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VILLEPINTE: Algeria’s Imane Khelif leaves after her women’s 66kg preliminaries round of 16 boxing match against Italy’s Angela Carini during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at the North Paris Arena, in Villepinte on August 1, 2024. – AFP

Algeria boxer in Olympic gender row wins in 46 seconds

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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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Today in Kuwait's history

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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

Fears of Middle East war grow

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Khalid Sheikh Mohammed

US strikes plea deal with 9/11 mastermind