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Not security, for heaven's sake

Badrya Darwish Oh, at last - a light, said Columbus. At last the miracle happened and we wake up to the fact that our airport security is not up to standard. Actually, pretty much everything at the airport is not up to par but security is the most pressing issue. It's the main concern especially nowadays with the hysteria of terrorism all over the world. Kuwait is a well traveled nation, Alhumdulilah. Why for so many years have we kept quiet...

Dr Teresa Lesher

Themes of the Quran: Stories of Prophets

The Quran, which was first revealed in the month of Ramadan, mentions 25 prophets by name, and relates their stories as a guidance for contemporary communities. Through these stories, we see a general pattern of how Almighty God sent various people to warn their communities of the dire consequences of worshipping false gods and committing shameless acts, and the events that transpired when those prophets confronted their people. Although,...

KUWAIT: Kuwait Journalists Association (KJA) Treasurer Adnan Al-Rashed (right) speaks during a press conference with leader of the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq (ISCI) Ammar Al-Hakim, at KJA on Sunday. —Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat

Amir fully aware of developments in Iraq: ISCI chief

KUWAIT: Kuwait Journalists Association (KJA) Treasurer Adnan Al-Rashed (right) speaks during a press conference with leader of the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq (ISCI) Ammar Al-Hakim, at KJA on Sunday. —Photo by Yasser Al-ZayyatKUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah is following up closely and fully aware of the situation and developments in Iraq, said the visiting leader of the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq...

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Airport security boosted; Air guns banned at markets

KUWAIT: The Interior Ministry has launched plans to beef up security at Kuwait International Airport, as it opened more than 32 passenger counters.It also sped up inspection mechanisms by increasing the luggage search process from 1,500 to 2,000 bags an hour; searched through 13 new devices that entered services last Sunday. — Al-RaiAir guns banned at markets: The interior and commerce ministries agreed to ban the sale of air guns in...

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Municipality’s request to hire expats rejected

KUWAIT: The Civil Services Commission (CSC) rejected a request by Kuwait Municipality to appoint 16 expatriates in various jobs as accountants and engineers and demanded replacing them with Kuwaitis.Notably, CSC has issued a decision banning the appointment of non-Kuwaitis through it, and stressed that to appoint a non-Kuwaiti of a certain specialty in certain jobs, the matter has to be referred to CSC to study and decide on each case...

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Germany top destination for Kuwaiti tourists

KUWAIT: Germany has become the number-one destination for Kuwaiti tourists in the 2016 recreational summer season; with Switzerland and Austria ranking second, according to travel agents. However, new favored leisure destinations have recently appeared on the Kuwaitis' external tourist map; namely Bosnia, Bulgaria and Georgia.This season's booking durations have ranged between three weeks to one month, mostly in the post Eid Al-Fitr time....

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Dealer planned to bribe officer to smuggle drugs to inmate

KUWAIT: A joint operation by a central prison lieutenant and Jahra detectives resulted in arresting a bedoon man trading in drugs from his Sulaibiya house. He was planning to provide a prison inmate with drugs by bribing the officer. A security source said an officer at the reform institution told Jahra detectives about a central prison inmate offering him a KD 1,500 bribe to allow in drugs and mobile phones from a bedoon. A warrant was obtained...

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Trio sentenced for funding IS

KUWAIT: The criminal court yesterday sentenced a citizen and two expatriates to 10 years in prison over charges of supporting and funding IS, as well as purchasing weapons for the organization.Illegal fishingThe court of misdemeanors yesterday fined a citizen KD 5,000 for violating Environment Public Authority (EPA) rules and regulations by fishing in restricted areas of Kuwait's territorial waters.Citizenship withdrawal annulledLawyer Bassam...

KUWAIT: This photo provided by the Interior Ministry shows two people it said were arrested yesterday on charges of impersonating as detectives and robbery.

Two arrested for impersonating as police detectives, robbery

KUWAIT: This photo provided by the Interior Ministry shows two people it said were arrested yesterday on charges of impersonating as detectives and robbery.KUWAIT: Police detectives solved a number of cases that were shelved involving unidentified culprits by arresting two citizens for impersonating as detectives and for robbery. Case papers indicate that detectives had received several reports about robberies in various areas and that...

Young Voices

'Kuwait is my home'

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...

TEHRAN: This picture taken on June 6, 2016 shows a general view of Tehran. - AP

Iran thwarts major ‘terrorist plot’

TEHRAN: This picture taken on June 6, 2016 shows a general view of Tehran. - APTEHRAN: Iran's intelligence ministry said yesterday it had thwarted a major jihadist plot to carry out bomb attacks in the capital Tehran and other parts of the country, state media reported. "One of the biggest takfiri-Wahhabi terrorist plots was discovered and foiled," the official IRNA news agency quoted the ministry as saying, using terms applied by Iran to Sunni...

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Bahrain strips a top cleric of citizenship

DUBAI: Bahrain has stripped the spiritual leader of the kingdom's Shiite Muslim majority of his citizenship, state news agency BNA reported yesterday, and there were reports of a protest outside his house. The move against Ayatollah Isa Qassim comes less than a week after a court ordered the country's main opposition Al-Wefaq group closed, accusing it of fomenting sectarian unrest and of having links to a foreign power - an apparent reference to...

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