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Attorney Fajer Ahmed

Attorney Fajer Ahmed Kuwait's population increased by 100,000 families in the past 10 years, not counting the thousands of people that are coming to Kuwait to work. Therefore, it is no surprise that Arabic newspapers had headlines yesterday about government plans to increase housing units in Kuwait, with an estimated 28,300 units set to house more than 40,000 people being built right now in South Mutlaa. Until then though, there seem to be...

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Fuel price increase to be delayed till year’s end?

KUWAIT: A meeting today between members of the parliament and cabinet could end with a decision to delay increasing fuel prices until the end of the year, Annahar reported yesterday quoting parliamentary sources.The postponement allows the parliament’s economic affairs committee to review the government’s studies for increasing fuel prices, as well as discuss the decision’s possible negative impacts and work on alternative mechanisms to...

Jaber hospital

Foreign administration for Jaber hospital possible

Jaber hospitalKUWAIT: The Jaber Hospital will either be run by a foreign administration under the government’s supervision, or through partnership between local and foreign companies, Minister of Social Affairs and Labor, State Minister for Planning and Development Hind Al-Subaih said.The cabinet has assigned the Kuwait Investment Authority to study the most viable option in terms of providing the best quality medical service to citizens,...

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The Pakistani man and the old lady

It was a sunny day in Central Park in New York, when a ferocious dog attacked a girl. A man rescued her from the dog, using a pen as a weapon, killing the dog in the process. Meanwhile, a photojournalist who passed by took pictures of what happened, then approached the man and thanked him for risking his life to rescue the girl from the savage dog. He asked him to take his picture, telling him that his image and a caption about his heroic action...

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Makeshift homes to be removed in four years

KUWAIT: The Public Authority for Housing Welfare has placed low-cost house project on its priority list, relying on amendments to law 36/2016 that were approved by both legislative and executive branches during Ramadan that lead to several choices for final implementation. If completed, makeshift houses in Sulaibiya and Taima will be removed within four years.Sources said law 45/2007 commits the housing authority to establish a Kuwaiti...

KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah meets with UN Special Envoy for Yemen Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed. — Amiri Diwan and KUNA photos

Amir receives FM, UN Envoy

KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah meets with UN Special Envoy for Yemen Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed. — Amiri Diwan and KUNA photosKUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah received yesterday at Bayan Palace First Deputy Premier and Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Al- Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah and UN Special Envoy for Yemen Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed. During the meeting the Yemeni Envoy...

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Kuwait arrests man suspected of funding IS sympathizers in India

KUWAIT: Kuwait authorities have arrested a citizen who allegedly was involved in trying to recruit militants in India in support of the Islamic State (IS). The man was identified, reportedly through the support of Indian intelligence but was arrested in Kuwait.Named as Abdullah Hadi Abdul Rehman Al-Enezi, the citizen arranged finances for the travel of several Indian nationals from India to Syria, the Times of India has reported. The citizen has...

The Filipina suspect, named as Livani Azvilo Pescaeda

Filipina maid terror suspect linked to IS fighter in Libya

KUWAIT: A security source gave details about a Filipina maid who was arrested on Friday, and who had pledged allegiance to the so-called Islamic State (IS). The source said the link between the woman and the terrorist organization is her husband. who is fighting with IS in Sirte in Libya.The Filipina was monitored through the Internet, using a laptop she brought from her country. The source said her husband enlisted her with the group and sent...

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ALAFCO acquires portfolio of 9 passenger aircraft from GECAS

ALAFCOKUWAIT: Aviation Lease and Finance Company (ALAFCO) announced yesterday that it has completed the acquisition of a nine-aircraft portfolio from GE Capital Aviation Services (GECAS). Kuwait-based ALAFCO said in a statement that the portfolio comprises of highly attractive Airbus and Boeing aircraft already on long-term lease to well-established airlines in Asia, with three of the airlines joining ALAFCO as new customers.ALAFCO added that...

11 JCB construction machines delivered

Riham, Mushrif companies sign $1 million deal for JCB construction machinery

11 JCB construction machines deliveredKUWAIT: Riham General Trading and Contracting Company W L L, a Fouad Al Ghanim and Sons company and sole distributor for genuine JCB construction equipment, power generation products, spare parts and services in Kuwait, has signed a $1 million deal with Mushrif Trading and Contracting, covering the delivery of machinery and full operational and servicing requirements.The deal includes the delivery of 11 JCB...

In this file photo taken on Thursday, July 15, 2010, Shahram Amiri, an Iranian nuclear scientist attends a news briefing while holding his son Amir Hossein as he arrives at the Imam Khomeini airport just outside Tehran, Iran, after returning from the United States.

Iran executes nuclear scientist

In this file photo taken on Thursday, July 15, 2010, Shahram Amiri, an Iranian nuclear scientist attends a news briefing while holding his son Amir Hossein as he arrives at the Imam Khomeini airport just outside Tehran, Iran, after returning from the United States.TEHRAN: Iran executed a nuclear scientist who defected to the US and returned to the Islamic Republic under mysterious circumstances a year later, an official said yesterday,...

CHARLESTON, WEST VIRGINA: Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks on Thursday.—AP

Trump claims Clinton not fit to be president

WINDHAM, New Hampshire: Republican Donald Trump questioned Democrat Hillary Clinton’s fitness to be president Saturday night, saying “she’s got problems” and that Americans “don’t want someone who’s going to short-circuit”. Trump told a crowd of supporters that he’s not sure the former first lady and secretary of state is up to the job.“Honestly, I don’t think she’s all there,” Trump said at a rally in a steamy...

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TEHRAN: Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei office shows him (center) leading the prayer, next to Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian (center right), over the coffin of late Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh and his bodyguard, during his funeral procession in Tehran on Aug 1, 2024, ahead of his burial in Qatar. --- AFP

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