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No support to Kuwaiti athletes competing under Olympic flag
.KUWAIT: The Public Authority for Sports (PAS) stated that it would work on a package of measures to continue sports reforms in the foreseeable future. In a press statement, the PAS said that the measures would focus on removing obstacles facing the Kuwaiti sports.It lauded the cabinet’s statement on Monday which called for continuing reforms of the sports sector to defend Kuwait’s standing in international sports events. PAS voiced its...
Major General Sheikh Mazen Al-Jarrah Al-Sabah
Sufficient amount of new passports available to cover demand: Official
Major General Sheikh Mazen Al-Jarrah Al-SabahKUWAIT: Interior Ministry’s Assistant Undersecretary for Nationality and Passports Affairs Major General Sheikh Mazen Al-Jarrah Al-Sabah said the necessary amount of blank passports are now available to cover issuance or renewal of citizens’ passports during the current and coming periods, and delays have ended for good.He ordered, based on instructions by Deputy Premier and Interior Minister...
KUWAIT: This photo released by the Interior Ministry yesterday shows people arrested inside a fake domestic help office yesterday.
Fake domestic help offices busted
KUWAIT: This photo released by the Interior Ministry yesterday shows people arrested inside a fake domestic help office yesterday.KUWAIT: The Ministry of Interior’s relations and security information said residency affairs detectives received tips about fake domestic help offices that carry out work through social media, and monitored several of them using these means and made agreements with those wanting domestic help. Six persons of various...
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End corruption first
After gasoline prices were hiked, opponents claimed that uprooting corruption first will save manifold of what will be gained by higher petrol prices. It is possible, through rationalizing treatment abroad, to save millions of dinars in the state budget by "activating" the conscience of officials, stop wasta and punish those who take advantage of their posts, along with those who deal with them among the decision makers. Treatment abroad,...
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Couple arrested in compromising position
KUWAIT: A citizen and his girlfriend were arrested after they were seen in a car in a compromising position. Police received complaints from people in Bayan, so police went to the scene and arrested them. But the girl did not like it, retorting: "What is wrong with you? He is my fiancé!" Both were detained at Bayan police station, charged with committing indecent acts in public.Financial disputesAn Egyptian man ended financial disputes with his...
KUWAIT: Italian musicians perform the String Quartet in E minor by Giuseppe Verdi on Monday, during the opening ceremony of the Summer Cultural Festival organized by the National Council for Culture, Art and Letters (NCCAL) at the Abdulhussain Abdulredha theatre in Salmiya. — Photos by Yasser Al-Zayyat
Summer Cultural Festival kicks off
KUWAIT: Italian musicians perform the String Quartet in E minor by Giuseppe Verdi on Monday, during the opening ceremony of the Summer Cultural Festival organized by the National Council for Culture, Art and Letters (NCCAL) at the Abdulhussain Abdulredha theatre in Salmiya. — Photos by Yasser Al-ZayyatKUWAIT: The National Council for Culture, Art and Letters (NCCAL) launched Monday the Summer Cultural Festival which would include a host of...
ST PETERSBURG, Russia: Russian President Vladimir Putin (right) and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan shake hands at a news conference after their talks at the Konstantin palace yesterday. - AP
Putin, Erdogan pledge reset after rift
ST PETERSBURG, Russia: Russian President Vladimir Putin (right) and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan shake hands at a news conference after their talks at the Konstantin palace yesterday. - APSAINT PETERSBURG: Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan yesterday promised to reinvigorate ties after their first meeting since Ankara shot down a Russian warplane last November. Erdogan's visit to Putin's...
ISLAMABAD: Pakistani lawyers shout slogans against the killing of their colleagues a day after suicide bombing at the Civil Hospital in Quetta, during a protest in Islamabad yesterday. — AFP
Pakistan lawyers go on strike after dozens killed in attack
ISLAMABAD: Pakistani lawyers shout slogans against the killing of their colleagues a day after suicide bombing at the Civil Hospital in Quetta, during a protest in Islamabad yesterday. — AFPISLAMABAD: Pakistani lawyers staged a nationwide strike yesterday after dozens of colleagues were slain in a suicide bombing that killed 74 people at a hospital in the southwestern city of Quetta. Medical staff said up to 60 of those killed in Monday's...
MANIPUR: Indian political activist Irom Sharmila one of India’s most prominent political activists ended a 16-year hunger strike yesterday, licking honey from her hand and declaring ‘I will never forget this moment.’ _ AP
India’s ‘Iron Lady’ ends 16-year hunger strike
MANIPUR: Indian political activist Irom Sharmila one of India’s most prominent political activists ended a 16-year hunger strike yesterday, licking honey from her hand and declaring ‘I will never forget this moment.’ _ APGUWAHATI: An Indian rights activist who has waged what is thought to be the world's longest hunger strike ended her 16-year fast yesterday after vowing to continue her struggle by standing for election in her home state....
GAZA: Khalil El-Halabi, 63, the father of Mohammed, Gaza director of the international charity World Vision, who is detained and accused by Israeli security of diverting funds to Hamas that exceed its total budget, poses while sitting at his family house in Gaza City. — AP
UN Gaza employee accused of ‘aiding Hamas’
GAZA: Khalil El-Halabi, 63, the father of Mohammed, Gaza director of the international charity World Vision, who is detained and accused by Israeli security of diverting funds to Hamas that exceed its total budget, poses while sitting at his family house in Gaza City. — APJERUSALEM: Israel said yesterday it had arrested and charged a United Nations employee for allegedly aiding Islamist movement Hamas, in the second such case involving a...
MANILA: Inmates sleep inside the Quezon City jail in Manila. — AFP photos
Philippines govt to overhaul inhumane, overcrowded jails
MANILA: Inmates sleep inside the Quezon City jail in Manila. — AFP photosMANILA: Philippine officials said yesterday the government would build new jails to address severe congestion made worse by President Rodrigo Duterte's drug war, describing conditions as "inhumane" and "unacceptable". AFP photographs of Quezon City Jail, where thousands of inmates take turns to sleep on an open-air basketball court and a staircase, were an "eye-opener"...
Rio De Janeiro: Independent Olympian, Kuwait's Abdulaziz Alshatti, competes against Hungary's Andras Redli during their men's individual epee qualifying bout as part of the fencing event of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games yesterday at the Carioca Arena 3. - AFP
Flamboyant Kuwaiti fencer knocked out in early loss
Rio De Janeiro: Independent Olympian, Kuwait's Abdulaziz Alshatti, competes against Hungary's Andras Redli during their men's individual epee qualifying bout as part of the fencing event of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games yesterday at the Carioca Arena 3. - AFPRIO DE JANEIRO: Kuwait's Abdulaziz Alshatti, the lone independent fencer in the Rio Olympics, was knocked out yesterday after an early loss.Kuwait's Olympic Committee was suspended by the IOC...
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A helicopter flied over burning oil fields which were set on fire by Iraqi soldiers before they retreated from Kuwait.
How Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait upended lives of expatriates
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KUWAIT: Oil wells were set ablaze by Iraqi troops. – KUNA
Kuwait marks 34th invasion anniversary, remembers support
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(Left) Iranians take part in a funeral procession for late Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran on Aug 1, 2024, ahead of his burial in Qatar. (Right) Hezbollah fighters and mourners carry the casket of slain top commander Fuad Shukr during his funeral in Beirut's southern suburbs on Aug 1, 2024. - AFP photos
Hamas, Hezbollah vow revenge
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Being in Kuwait during invasion: Soldier’s sister shares story
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British Ambassador to the State of Kuwait, Belinda Lewis
British envoy reaffirms UK’s commitment to Kuwait’s security