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New form for apartments’ rent contracts - 55% state departments employees absent on the first day of work after the Eid Al-Fitr holiday
KUWAIT: A government source revealed a proposal to create a new form for apartments’ rent contracts, which could help reduce rent-related court cases. The ‘executive formula contract’, as the source describes it, allows the landlord to take all measures to obtain the rent in case the tenant delays the monthly payment beyond the 20th of the month, except for evaluation which would require a court order. —Al-RaiHajj costsThe Ministry of...
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Ministry reinstates bedoon, expat nurses
KUWAIT: A problem created when the health ministry terminated the contracts of some bedoon (stateless) and expatriate nurses has been resolved after the ministry agreed to reinstate them, Chairman of Kuwait Nursing Society Bandar Al-Enezi said. He said that health ministry undersecretary Dr Khalid Al-Sahlawi cancelled the decision to terminate them and restored them to their jobs, based on the society’s demands. He lauded the humanitarian...
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DGCA: 867,000 passengers used airport in June
KUWAIT: Up to 867,064 passengers used the Kuwait International Airport in June, compared to 946,069 the same month last year, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) said yesterday.The DGCA added in a press release that the airport welcomed 383,826 arriving passengers last month, less than 447,718 in June 2015.Departing passengers in June were 483,023 passengers, compared to 498,351 the corresponding period last year. Combined incoming...
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Kuwait bans import of live birds from Holland
KUWAIT: The Public Authority of Agriculture Affairs and Fish Resources (PAAAFR) banned import of all types of live birds from Holland, due to confirmed cases of H7N9 bird flu in the country.All imported livestock must commit to the authority’s rules and regulations, in accordance with the terms of the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) and animal health laws of the GCC countries, said PAAAFR in a statement yesterday.After examining the...
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South Al-Mutlaa: Kuwait's largest housing project of 28,363 units
KUWAIT: South Al-Mutlaa City is the largest housing project in Kuwait with 28,363 units, currently being executed in cooperation with international experts. By the end of last June, the Public Authority for Housing Welfare (PAHW) has signed a contract of about KD 288 million with the Italian Salini Costruttori engineering company and Turkey's Kolin group to build the city's infrastructure. The project will also see the floating of 60 tenders for...
KUWAIT: Firemen take a break while tackling a blaze in Bneid Al-Gar and Plastic bags containing alcoholic drinks found in a house in Saad Al-Abdullah
Two motorists killed in separate accidents - Firemen injured in Bneid Al-Gar blaze
KUWAIT: Firemen take a break while tackling a blaze in Bneid Al-Gar and Plastic bags containing alcoholic drinks found in a house in Saad Al-AbdullahKUWAIT: A Kuwaiti woman was killed and another driver was injured in a three-way collision reported in Zahra yesterday. The female citizen's body was recovered by the coroner, while the injured man, Korean, was taken to Mubarak Hospital. The third vehicle's driver, Syrian, was not injured in the...
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4 Ethiopian women arrested for partying on the roof - Filipina abducted and repeatedly raped
KUWAIT: Jabriya police arrested four Ethiopian women who were partying on the roof and causing disturbance. According to a complaint by a citizen who lives in the same building, policemen called the haris (janitor) and asked him to go to the police station, but he told them he knows about their presence and that they live in makeshift rooms. The women were summoned to the police station and all were found in violation of the residency law. They...
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Bedoon attempts escape through Salmy border
KUWAIT: Land border security men in Salmy foiled a bedoon (stateless) young man's attempt to enter Saudi Arabia through the wire fence. The arrest was made as security men noticed unusual activity near the fence through infrared cameras. When they went there, they found the youth trying to get through. The bedoon said he was trying to go illegally because he has no passport, adding that he intended to perform umrah in Makkah. He was sent to...
JUBA, SOUTH SUDAN: Black smoke is seen rising above the capital on Sunday. — AP
South Sudan leaders order ceasefire - Civil war fears grow - Helicopters overhead, tanks seen on streets
JUBA, SOUTH SUDAN: Black smoke is seen rising above the capital on Sunday. — APJUBA, SOUTH SUDAN: Explosions and heavy weapons gunfire are shaking South Sudan's capital Juba yesterday in the fifth day of clashes between government and opposition forces, raising the specter of a return to civil war. Widespread shooting preventing residents from moving in the city. A "massive explosion" hit shortly after 9 a.m. followed by further blasts in the...
SRINAGAR, INDIA: Indian policemen walk away after collecting a handcart full of stones and bricks thrown at them by Kashmiri Muslim protesters yesterday. —AP
Kashmir seethes as 25 killed in clashes with Indian forces
SRINAGAR, INDIA: Indian policemen walk away after collecting a handcart full of stones and bricks thrown at them by Kashmiri Muslim protesters yesterday. —APSRINAGAR, INDIA: Indian authorities struggled to contain street protests yesterday by Kashmiris defying patrols and a stringent curfew after at least 25 people died in clashes that followed the killing of a top rebel leader.Paramilitary troops and police in riot gear patrolled villages and...
ALEPPO: A Syrian boy stands in front of an empty vegetable market on Sunday. —AP
Rebels launch fierce assault in Syria’s divided Aleppo - Killing several civilians and destroying homes
ALEPPO: A Syrian boy stands in front of an empty vegetable market on Sunday. —APALEPPO: Opposition fighters launched a major assault on government-held districts of Syria's long-divided Aleppo yesterday, after the regime severed their only remaining supply route into the battleground city.The attack on multiple fronts was accompanied by heavy rebel shelling of the western side of the city, killing several civilians and destroying homes. Once...
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Sri Lanka arrests son of former leader Rajapaksa
COLOMBO: Sri Lankan police arrested the eldest son of former president Mahinda Rajapaksa yesterday for misappropriation of funds in an apartment project, his lawyer said, the third member of the once-powerful family to be detained. Namal Rajapaksa, who is also a member of parliament, had been questioned by financial police investigating the $650-million high-end project in the capital Colombo. He appeared before a court on Monday and was remanded...
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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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ADDIS ABABA: Pedestrians walk on the newly built walkway in Addis Ababa. The Ethiopian birr weakened by 28 percent against the dollar this week after the central bank adopted a market-determined foreign exchange rate. – AFP
Ethiopian authorities crack down on price hikes after currency float
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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