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KUWAIT: Passengers arrive at Kuwait International Airport yesterday, coming from Turkey on charter flights provided b Kuwait Airways.— Photos by Fouad Al-Shaikh

730 Kuwaitis returned home from Turkey onboard of national carrier

KUWAIT: Passengers arrive at Kuwait International Airport yesterday, coming from Turkey on charter flights provided b Kuwait Airways.— Photos by Fouad Al-ShaikhKUWAIT: Kuwaiti charter flights brought back home 730 Kuwaitis from Istanbul Saturday and yesterday, in light of turbulent events that prevailed Turkey, Kuwait Airways announced. Another flight will be operated to carry those who will be willing to be onboard of an outbound flight to...

Philippine Labor Attache to Kuwait Cesar Chavez

Minimum salary for Filipino domestic helpers stays at $400: Labor Attache - Policy unchanged after Kuwait adopts KD 60 minimum wage

Philippine Labor Attache to Kuwait Cesar ChavezKUWAIT: The minimum salary for Filipino domestic helpers remains at $400 (about KD 120) and the policy has not changed even after the Kuwaiti government set a KD 60 minimum salary for domestic helpers in the country. "The new rules set the by the government are clear - employers cannot pay a salary lower than KD 60. The minimum wage was only KD 45 earlier," Philippine Labor Attache to Kuwait Cesar...

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UN-backed Yemen peace talks resume in Kuwait - Envoy warns negotiations last chance for reconciliation

A handout picture released by Kuwait's ministry of information on July 17, 2016, shows the UN special envoy for Yemen, Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed (C), speaking during a meeting of the Yemeni Peace Talks with delegations in Kuwait City. The UN special envoy for Yemen on July 16 urged the country's warring parties to make "decisions that will prove your true intentions", as peace talks resumed in Kuwait City after government delegates abandoned a...

EDITORS NOTE: Graphic content / TOPSHOT - A Syrian civil defence worker carries the body of a child following reported air strikes on July 17, 2016 in the rebel-controlled neighbourhood of Maysar in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo. Opposition-controlled parts of Syria's battered northern city Aleppo came under total siege, after government forces severed the last route out of the east. An estimated 300,000 civilians live in rebel-held neighbourhoods of Syria's second city, according to the United Nations, and there are fears that they could face starvation. / AFP / THAER MOHAMMED

Syria regime besieges rebel parts of Aleppo

A Syrian civil defence worker carries the body of a child following reported air strikes on July 17, 2016 in the rebel-controlled neighbourhood of Maysar in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo. Opposition-controlled parts of Syria's battered northern city Aleppo came under total siege, after government forces severed the last route out of the east. An estimated 300,000 civilians live in rebel-held neighbourhoods of Syria's second city, according...

BIRMINGHAM, AL - JULY 16: Chris Arreola (L) is taken down by WBC World Heavyweight Champion Deontay Wilder (R) during a title fight at Legacy Arena at the BJCC on July 16, 2016 in Birmingham, Alabama. David A. Smith/Getty Images/AFPn== FOR NEWSPAPERS, INTERNET, TELCOS & TELEVISION USE ONLY ==

Wilder retains WBC heavyweight title

BIRMINGHAM, AL - JULY 16: Chris Arreola (L) is taken down by WBC World Heavyweight Champion Deontay Wilder (R) during a title fight at Legacy Arena at the BJCC on July 16, 2016 in Birmingham, Alabama. David A. -AFPBIRMINGHAM: Despite fighting mostly one-armed for half the fight, Deontay Wilder remained in control in the ring before quickly heading to the hospital. Wilder retained his WBC heavyweight title with a technical knockout when Chris...

A police officer watches people gathering around a floral tribute for the victims killed during a deadly attack, on the famed Boulevard des Anglais in Nice, southern France, Sunday, July 17, 2016. French authorities detained two more people Sunday in the investigation into the Bastille Day truck attack on the Mediterranean city of Nice that killed at least 84 people, as authorities try to determine whether the slain attacker was a committed religious extremist or just a very angry man. (AP Photo/Laurent Cipriani)

2 more arrests in Nice truck attack; IS claim is studied - Religious extremist or just a very angry man

A police officer watches people gathering around a floral tribute for the victims killed during a deadly attack, on the famed Boulevard des Anglais in Nice, southern France, Sunday, July 17, 2016. French authorities detained two more people Sunday in the investigation into the Bastille Day truck attack on the Mediterranean city of Nice that killed at least 84 people, as authorities try to determine whether the slain attacker was a committed...

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, accompanied by Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., right, speaks at a rally at Northern Virginia Community College in Annandale, Thursday, July 14, 2016. Kaine has been rumored to be one of Clinton's possible vice president choices. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Clinton holds day of VP interviews at her home closes in on her pick

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, accompanied by Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., right, speaks at a rally at Northern Virginia Community College in Annandale, Thursday, July 14, 2016. Kaine has been rumored to be one of Clinton's possible vice president choices. -AP WASHINGTON: Hillary Clinton summoned at least three contenders vying to become her running mate to her Washington home on Friday as she closes in on a pick for vice...

A picture taken on July 16, 2016 in Juba shows a row of numbered body bags with the remains of victims of the past days violence waiting to be collected by a South Sudanese team of the ICRC (International Red Cross Committee). / AFP PHOTO / Charles Atiki Lomodong

South Sudan: what hope for peace? - Many fear a return to conflict

A picture taken on July 16, 2016 in Juba shows a row of numbered body bags with the remains of victims of the past days violence waiting to be collected by a South Sudanese team of the ICRC (International Red Cross Committee). AFP JUBA: Corpses are still being collected around burned out tanks in South Sudan's capital Juba, a week after intense battles left hundreds dead and a peace deal in tatters. The latest clashes in a war that broke out in...

His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah

Kuwait congratulates Erdogan, scrambles to get Kuwaitis out

His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah KUWAIT: Kuwait's leaders yesterday congratulated Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on his success in foiling a bid to overthrow his leadership and condemned any moves to jeopardize the nation's democracy, as authorities scrambled into action to facilitate the speedy and safe return of Kuwaiti citizens by air.HH the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah sent a cable to...

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Turkey crushes bloody coup after crowds rally

TOPSHOT - Men wave flags as they stand on tanks as people walk on the Bosphorus Bridge after taking over the military position, in Istanbul on July 16, 2016. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan urged Turks to remain on the streets on July 16, 2016, as his forces regained control after a spectacular coup bid by discontented soldiers that claimed more than 250 lives. Describing the attempted coup as a "black stain" on Turkey's democracy, Yildirim said...

A woman reacts after learning of the death of a relative, outside the Pasteur hospital in Nice, southern France, Saturday, July 16, 2016. The man responsible for turning a night of celebration into one of carnage in the seaside city of Nice was a petty criminal who hadn't been on the radar of French intelligence services before the attack.(AP Photo/Claude Paris)

IS claims Nice massacre, France defends security

A woman reacts after learning of the death of a relative, outside the Pasteur hospital in Nice, southern France, Saturday, July 16, 2016. The man responsible for turning a night of celebration into one of carnage in the seaside city of Nice was a petty criminal who hadn't been on the radar of French intelligence services before the attack. -AP NICE: The Islamic State group claimed responsibility yesterday for the truck massacre in Nice, as...

Professor Jassim Al-Hassan, Dean of thenFaculty of Science and Director of the MarinenScience Center at Kuwait University.

Kuwaiti professor develops effective cure for diabetic foot ulcers, some cancers

Professor Jassim Al-Hassan, Dean of the Faculty of Science and Director of the Marine Science Center at Kuwait University.KUWAIT: Kuwait Drug, a compound deduced from catfish skin and developed through forty years of local research, has proved to be effective for the treatment of intractable inflammatory cases, nervous system problems, wound healing and the diabetic foot ulcers and cancers, according to a local professor. The drug was...

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Being in Kuwait during invasion: Soldier’s sister shares story