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Minister urges speeding up online labor transactions
KUWAIT: Social Affairs and Labor Minister and State Minister for Planning and Development Affairs Hind Al-Subaih asked employees at the computer sector of the Manpower Public Authority (MPA) to speed up the projects of computer systems through which transaction processing can be started at the labor sector online without the need to go to the department. The minister was speaking after receiving the second batch of outstanding employees at the...
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Kuwait moves to overhaul health care system
.KUWAIT: Far-reaching reforms aimed at strengthening Kuwait's national health care system are gaining momentum, as the government moves forward with its plans to rationalize public spending in the face of a rising budget deficit.Plans for overhauling the health care sector include reducing the number of patients travelling abroad for treatment and focusing on preventive health care through the promotion of healthier lifestyle choices and...
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Scores arrested, weapons confiscated in crackdown
KUWAIT: Interior Ministry Relations and Security Information Department said weapons detectives carried out a wide-range campaign in Naseem, Qasr, Firdous, and Waha, resulting in arresting four citizens and confiscating unlicensed firearms. Detectives also found two AK-47s, three pistols, two rifles, 11 magazines and a large quantity of ammunition. The statement added that two persons wanted to serve a five-year jail sentence were arrested along...
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Man arrested outside Interior Minister's house
KUWAIT: A citizen wandering around the house of Deputy Premier and Interior Minister Sheikh Mohammad Al-Khaled Al-Sabah and shouting "Interior Minister, I want to meet you" was found to be a psychiatric patient and was sent to the psychiatric hospital, where he already has a file. He retired from the defense ministry in 1999 and was angry that his license was revoked. A security source said the citizen was walking in front of the interior...
KUWAIT: Handout photos made available by the Interior Ministry shows the illicit drugs confiscated during an operation on Tuesday by the security forces. n
Major drug bust; suspects arrested
KUWAIT: Handout photos made available by the Interior Ministry shows the illicit drugs confiscated during an operation on Tuesday by the security forces.KUWAIT: Deputy Premier and Interior Minister Sheikh Mohammad Al-Khalid Al-Sabah personally supervised the checking of evidence of the latest drugs bust in the presence of Interior Ministry Undersecretary Lt Col Suleiman Al-Fahd and other officials. A statement by the security information...
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Apologize in holy month
Apologizing, or al-eitithaar in Arabic, means to amend what you did or said that others found offensive or negative and thus reproached you for it. From the Islamic perspective, according to Al-Imam Al-Jirjani, it refers to ones' efforts to efface the effects or traces of a sin or mistake. Moreover, regarding this issue, Al-Kafawi said that eitithaar means to regret and show remorse over a mistake, sin or slip of the tongue. Anas bin Malik...
KUWAIT: Minister of Information and Minister of State for Youth Affairs Sheikh Salman Al-Humoud Al-Sabah attends a meeting with a global consultative firm to examine the prospect of privatizing sports in Kuwait. — KUNA
Sheikh Salman, global firm examine ways to privatize sports scene
KUWAIT: Minister of Information and Minister of State for Youth Affairs Sheikh Salman Al-Humoud Al-Sabah attends a meeting with a global consultative firm to examine the prospect of privatizing sports in Kuwait. — KUNAKUWAIT: Minister of Information and Minister of State for Youth Affairs Sheikh Salman Sabah Salem Al-Humoud Al-Sabah chaired a meeting yesterday with a global consultative firm, to examine the prospect of privatizing the sports...
KUWAIT: The late Amir Sheikh Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah turns the silver wheel to officially begin exporting the first Kuwaiti oil shipment, during a ceremony on 30th of June 1946.
70th anniversary of exporting 1st Kuwaiti oil shipment: Challenges and accomplishments
KUWAIT: The late Amir Sheikh Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah turns the silver wheel to officially begin exporting the first Kuwaiti oil shipment, during a ceremony on 30th of June 1946.KUWAIT: On June 30, 1946, late Amir Sheikh Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah turned a silver wheel to begin the process of Kuwait's first crude oil export aboard the tanker 'British Fusilier.' Today marks the 70th anniversary of exporting the first Kuwaiti oil shipment. This...
Young Voices
‘Better schools make Kuwait better place’
Young VoicesNearly a quarter of Kuwait's entire population is under the age of 14 and yet with the exception of school assemblies, we never hear their voices. During Ramadan, Kuwait Times likes to publish a special series that engages with its readership in a more direct, personal way to learn their concerns, issues and viewpoints.This Ramadan, we will chat with some of our youngest readers about their lives in Kuwait, in an attempt to see the...
ISTANBUL: Dead victims are seen near the entrance of Istanbul’s Ataturk airport. – AP
Suicide bombers storm Istanbul airport, kill 41 - Amir sends cable of condolence; Kuwaitis ‘safe’; Kuwait Airways cancels flights
ISTANBUL: Dead victims are seen near the entrance of Istanbul’s Ataturk airport. – APISTANBUL: Suicide attackers armed with guns and bombs killed 41 people and wounded hundreds at Istanbul’s busy Ataturk Airport, apparently targeting Turkey’s crucial tourism industry. The government blamed the attack on Islamic State extremists but there was no immediate confirmation from the group. Travelers and airport workers described scenes of chaos...
ATLANTIC CITY, New Jersey: In this April 5, 1990 file photo, Donald Trump stands next to a genie’s lamp as the lights of his Trump Taj Mahal Casino Resort light up during ceremonies to mark its opening. —AP
Trump Taj bankruptcy leaves 'little guy' contractors angry - 'King of Debt' owed $70m to contractors
ATLANTIC CITY, New Jersey: In this April 5, 1990 file photo, Donald Trump stands next to a genie’s lamp as the lights of his Trump Taj Mahal Casino Resort light up during ceremonies to mark its opening. —APATLANTIC CITY, New Jersey: The contractor who provided the onion domes for the Taj Mahal casino had to eat $2 million in losses. The contractor who supplied the Carrara marble from Italy ended up filing for personal bankruptcy. The...
BRUSSELS: EU Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker (left) and EU Council President Donald Tusk talk prior to a press conference during a EU summit meeting at the EU headquarters yesterday. —AFP
EU leaves UK out in cold, meets without Cameron - Scotland determined to remain in EU
BRUSSELS: EU Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker (left) and EU Council President Donald Tusk talk prior to a press conference during a EU summit meeting at the EU headquarters yesterday. —AFPBRUSSELS: European leaders met yesterday without Britain for the first time in 40 years to prepare for life after the Brexit bombshell, as the race began to succeed Prime Minister David Cameron. Highlighting the seismic shock from last week's...
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Gulf Bank Chairman Bader Al-Kharafi
Gulf Bank, Boubyan Bank mull merger into Islamic bank
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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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TEHRAN: Hamas leader Ismael Haniyeh (center) flashes the victory sign during a swearing in ceremony of the new president at the parliament in Tehran on July 30 2024. - AFP
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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: First Deputy PM and Defense and Interior Minister Sheikh Fahad Al-Yousef Al-Sabah receives Dr Emad Yousef on July 31, 2024. - KUNA
MoI: No one above the law