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LONDON: Director-General of Kuwait Direct Investment Promotion Authorityn(KDIPA) Sheikh Meshaal Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah signs a memorandum ofnunderstanding with Martin Hall, CEO of Kuwait British Business Centre.— KUNA

UK official hails Kuwait as Gulf investment destination

LONDON: Director-General of Kuwait Direct Investment Promotion Authority(KDIPA) Sheikh Meshaal Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah signs a memorandum ofunderstanding with Martin Hall, CEO of Kuwait British Business Centre.— KUNALONDON: Kuwait is one of the best investment destinations in the Gulf region, a British official said yesterday, urging companies and businessmen of Britain to carry out projects in this Gulf country. In a statement following...

TOPSHOT - US Presdent Barack Obama (R) shakes hands with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (L) after laying a wreath in front of the cenotaph to offer a prayer for victims of the atomic bombing in 1945 at Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima on May 27, 2016. Obama on May 27 paid moving tribute to victims of the world's first nuclear attack.n / AFP / POOL / KIMIMASA MAYAMA

Obama makes history with Hiroshima visit - US president meets survivors, offers no apology

US Presdent Barack Obama (R) shakes hands with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (L) after laying a wreath in front of the cenotaph to offer a prayer for victims of the atomic bombing in 1945 at Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima on May 27, 2016. Obama on May 27 paid moving tribute to victims of the world's first nuclear attack. - AFP HIROSHIMA: US President Barack Obama paid moving tribute to victims of the first atomic bomb yesterday,...

Media reporters surround footbal manager Jose Mourinho as he leaves his house in central London, Friday, May 27, 2016. Manchester United hired Jose Mourinho as its third manager in three years on Friday, entrusting the highly successful Portuguese coach with the job of restoring the status of England's most prestigious club. (Daniel Leal-Olivas/PA via AP) UNITED KINGDOM OUT NO SALES NO ARCHIVE

Man United anoint supercoach Mourinho

Media reporters surround footbal manager Jose Mourinho as he leaves his house in central London, Friday, May 27, 2016. Manchester United hired Jose Mourinho as its third manager in three years on Friday, entrusting the highly successful Portuguese coach with the job of restoring the status of England's most prestigious club. -APLONDON: Manchester United yesterday anointed Jose Mourinho as their third new manager in less than three years in their...

A Syrian civil defence volunteer carries the body of a child following a reported attack by Syrian government forces on May 27, 2016, in the Tariq al-Bab neighbourhood in the northern city of Aleppo. / AFP / THAER MOHAMMED

Coalition warplanes pummel IS - Islamic State drives rebels from near Turkish border

A Syrian civil defence volunteer carries the body of a child following a reported attack by Syrian government forces on May 27, 2016, in the Tariq al-Bab neighbourhood in the northern city of Aleppo. / AFP / THAER MOHAMMEDBEIRUT: Warplanes from the US-led coalition have pounded the Islamic State group with at least 150 strikes to bolster a major offensive on the jihadists' Syrian stronghold of Raqqa, a monitor said yesterday. The US is backing...

Armed men in uniform identified by Syrian Democratic forces as US special operations forces are seen in the village of Fatisah in the northern Syrian province of Raqa on May 25, 2016. nUS-backed Syrian fighters and Iraqi forces pressed twin assaults against the Islamic State group, in two of the most important ground offensives yet against the jihadists. The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), formed in October 2015, announced on May 24 its push for IS territory north of Raqa city, which is around 90 kilometres (55 miles) south of the Syrian-Turkish border and home to an estimated 300,000 people. The SDF is dominated by the Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) -- largely considered the most effective independent anti-IS force on the ground in Syria -- but it also includes Arab Muslim and Christian fighters.nn / AFP PHOTO / DELIL SOULEIMAN

US backing of Kurdish militia enrages Turkey - Ankara slams 'hypocrisy', 'double standards'

Armed men in uniform identified by Syrian Democratic forces as US special operations forces are seen in the village of Fatisah in the northern Syrian province of Raqa on May 25, 2016. US-backed Syrian fighters and Iraqi forces pressed twin assaults against the Islamic State group, in two of the most important ground offensives yet against the jihadists. The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), formed in October 2015, announced on May 24 its push for...

Protesters run from tear gas fired by Iraqi security forces to disperse the crowd in central Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, May 26, 2016. Thousands of protesters including followers of influential Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr took to the streets and rallied calling for comprehensive reforms and a new technocrat reshuffle. Dozens of demonstrators suffered from tear gas inhalation.(AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)

Iraq forces fire tear gas as thousands stage protest - Protesters head to Green Zone

Protesters run from tear gas fired by Iraqi security forces to disperse the crowd in central Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, May 26, 2016. Thousands of protesters including followers of influential Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr took to the streets and rallied calling for comprehensive reforms and a new technocrat reshuffle. Dozens of demonstrators suffered from tear gas inhalation. —AP BAGHDAD: Security forces fired tear gas as thousands of protesters...

TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY BOJAN KAVCICnA barb wire fence is seen at the Slovenian-Croatian border crossing in Rakovec, Slovenia on April 9, 2016. / AFP / Jure Makovec/AFP

'Pointless' fence for migrants who never came

A barb wire fence is seen at the Slovenian-Croatian border crossing in Rakovec, Slovenia on April 9, 2016. — AFPKOSTEL, Slovenia: In Slovenia's southeastern Bela Krajina region, where the crystal-clear Kolpa river marks the border with Croatia, a forlorn barbed wire fence reminds locals of the migrants that never came. Instead of keeping refugees out, the barrier cutting through lush forests and gently swaying fields all along this pristine...

Cambodian suspects Suth Vanny (bottom C) Chay Sarith (top 2nd L) and Mao Hoeun (top L) are escorted by police officials at Phnom Penh's municipal court on May 27, 2016. .nThree soldiers from Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen's elite bodyguard unit were sentenced to one year in prison on May 27 for brutally beating two opposition lawmakers last year. / AFP PHOTO / TANG CHHIN SOTHY

Cambodia jails PM bodyguards over attack on opposition MPs

Cambodian suspects Suth Vanny (bottom C) Chay Sarith (top 2nd L) and Mao Hoeun (top L) are escorted by police officials at Phnom Penh's municipal court on May 27, 2016. .Three soldiers from Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen's elite bodyguard unit were sentenced to one year in prison on May 27 for brutally beating two opposition lawmakers last year. -AFP PHNOM PENH: A Cambodian court yesterday jailed for a year three bodyguards of Prime Minister...

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How to dispute a rent increase

If you are facing a huge increase in rent, you're not alone. Apartment rental rates have skyrocketed across Kuwait even as summer approaches. Though most apartment dwellers have not seen salaries rise, landlords are looking for ever higher returns. Some landlords even ignore the five-year rule and raise rents against the law. Many tenants are ignorant or unsure of what to do, but a growing number of both local and expat tenants in Kuwait are not...

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Kuwait paves way for foreign investors

KUWAIT: Kuwait, in its quest to honor His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah's vision to be a regional financial and commercial hub, has opened its doors for foreign investment to further promote already-active business environment. There are huge investment potentials in Kuwait, where the government and parliament have issued new laws making it easy for foreign investors to do business in Kuwait.Potential is...

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Social media cooks

Muna Al Fuzai Social media has not only changed traditional relationships between individuals, but it has also given rise to people who trade in people's health, especially food vendors. With the advent of the month of Ramadan, food sellers on apps like Instagram and WhatsApp have increased, and prices are high. I am wondering why there is no crackdown on those women and why they are being excluded from the municipality's supervision...

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Four more Egyptian suspects nabbed spreading infectious disease

KUWAIT: Relations and Security Information Department said another four Egyptians have been arrested for engaging in vice activities with the person who has an infectious disease.Also the company owner who brought them to Kuwait was also detained. Residency Affairs Detectives identified the main suspect as Mohammad Al-Dabe Mahmoud and the company owner as Saad Rashid Saad Anbar. Detectives said the company owner connived with the four suspects in...

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