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No need to rush judiciary independence law: MP
KUWAIT: MP Abdullah Al-Maayouf said yesterday that there was no need to rush the judiciary independence law and pass next week before sorting out differences over the draft law.He said the bill concerns the judiciary as a whole and we should not rush approving it before the summer recess in order to avoid making legal or constitutional errors.The lawmaker said that there are differences between the government and the supreme judicial council over...
KUWAIT: A Kuwaiti vendor holds British Pound banknotes at a money exchange shop in Kuwait City yesterday. The British Pound has plunged to its lowest rate since 1985 after the United Kingdom's vote to exit from the European Union. - Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat
Kuwaiti investors in UK jittery - Local exchanges 'hoard' pound as currency sinks
KUWAIT: Several local money exchange companies have halted dealing in the British pound to avert major financial losses following the record crash of the sterling in the aftermath of the Brexit vote on Thursday. The pound has plunged to a three-decade low following Friday's momentous referendum outcome. The Central Bank of Kuwait (CBK) said in its daily bulletin yesterday that the pound sterling fell to KD 0.405 against the Kuwaiti dinar in the...
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Eid starts July 6: Kuwait Science Club
KUWAIT: Kuwait Science Club announced that the first day of Eid Al-Fitr would fall on Wednesday, July 6 according to astronomical calculations. In this regard, KSC's astronomy and space department manager Bader Al-Ameera said that the crescent of the Hijri month of Shawwal would be seen at 2:30 pm on Ramadan 29 that coincides with July 4, which means that July 5 would be Ramadan 30.Electoral interestsMunicipal Council members Nayef Al-Sour and...
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Brother’s murderer remanded in custody
KUWAIT: The deputy prosecution general remanded a citizen accused of killing his brother. The killer confessed the murder was due to domestic disputes and there are no links with terrorist organizations. But a security source said state security is now partnering with criminal detectives in the interrogations of the citizen to find whether the suspect has any links with the Islamic State (IS).Meanwhile, a citizen who lives in Sabahiya asked...
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Kuwaiti donations allocated for aid of most needy: WHO
WHO’s official spokespersonRana SaidaniKUWAIT: The World Health Organization (WHO) yesterday commended Kuwait for providing medical aid to victims of wars and conflicts all over the globe, adding that the country’s only proviso is that refugees should receive the bulk of that aid.Speaking to KUNA, WHO’s official spokesperson Rana Saidani said that Kuwaiti donations given to Syrian refugees over the past three years now total $68 million,...
KUWAIT: United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and UN Special Envoy for Yemen Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmad attend a session for the UN-mediated Yemeni peace talks on Sunday. — KUNA
Ban praises Amir's role in addressing crises - Yemen govt seeks fair, sustainable peace deal
KUWAIT: United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and UN Special Envoy for Yemen Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmad attend a session for the UN-mediated Yemeni peace talks on Sunday. — KUNAKUWAIT: Yemen's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Civil Service and Insurance Abdulaziz Jabbari urged the United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon to act swiftly to help achieve fair and sustainable peace in Yemen.Speaking at a closed-door session attended...
KUWAIT: First Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah meets with US Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs Thomas Shannon and his accompanying delegation. — KUNA
FM receives US envoy
KUWAIT: First Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah meets with US Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs Thomas Shannon and his accompanying delegation. — KUNAKUWAIT: First Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al- Hamad Al-Sabah met yesterday with visiting US Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs Thomas Shannon and his accompanying delegation. The meeting...
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The world needs peace and security
Labeed Abdal When leaders of major countries with advanced economies were meeting in Japan to participate in the G7 Summit, the World Vision Organization, concerned with immigrant affairs, presented a memo urging the leaders to show more concern and care for the world's children. Meanwhile, the World Health Organization (WHO) summit focused on sustainable development goals in order to avoid wars, conflicts and instability in the world's poorest...
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'I like sports and shopping' - Young Voices
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...
QAA: Lebanese soldiers stand guard, foreground, as investigators, background, inspect the scene next to a damaged ambulance that was attacked by one of the suicide bombers. - AP
5 dead in Lebanon-Syria border blasts - Suicide bombers target Christian village of Qaa
QAA: Lebanese soldiers stand guard, foreground, as investigators, background, inspect the scene next to a damaged ambulance that was attacked by one of the suicide bombers. - APBEIRUT: A group of suicide bombers detonated their explosives' vests in a northeastern Lebanese village near the border with Syria on Monday, killing five people and wounding at least 15, a Lebanese military official and paramedics said. The blasts occurred in the...
In this picture taken Saturday, June 25, 2016, internally displaced civilians from Fallujah, who fled their homes during fighting between Iraqi security forces and Islamic State group, receive humanitarian aids at a camp in Amariyat Fallujah. — AP
Iraqis suffer in desert camps after escaping from Fallujah
In this picture taken Saturday, June 25, 2016, internally displaced civilians from Fallujah, who fled their homes during fighting between Iraqi security forces and Islamic State group, receive humanitarian aids at a camp in Amariyat Fallujah. — APAMIRIYAH AL-FALLUJAH: Khaled Suliman Ahmed fled Fallujah in a wheelchair. As Iraqi forces battled their way into the city and Islamic State militants melted away, he joined hundreds of others fleeing...
LONDON: Union flags are attached between buildings along Oxford Street in central London yesterday. — AFP
French politicians want English scrapped as language of EU HQ
LONDON: Union flags are attached between buildings along Oxford Street in central London yesterday. — AFPPARIS: French purists have never taken kindly to having English thrust upon them, and some have seized upon Brexit as a chance to rid themselves of Shakespeare’s language-at least at EU headquarters. The shock of the decision across the Channel to break with the European Union had barely begun to sink in when two French politicians...
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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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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
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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