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KNPC: Investment until 2022 reaches KD 12.630 billion

KNPC Head officeKUWAIT: Kuwait National Petroleum Corporation's (KNPC) total investment until the year 2022 amounts to KD 12,630 billion, deputy director of the company's projects Abdullah Al-Ajmi said yesterday, adding that the investments include various key projects.In a statement to the press on the sidelines of a seminar organized by an oil committee, Ajmi said that the sum allocated for the company's warehouses in the area of Al-Mutlaa...

KUWAIT: Information Minister Sheikh Salman Al-Humoud Al-Sabah honors veteran Kuwaiti singer Abdullah Al-Ruwaished during the 19th edition of the international music festival

Int'l music festival opens in Kuwait

KUWAIT: Information Minister Sheikh Salman Al-Humoud Al-Sabah honors veteran Kuwaiti singer Abdullah Al-Ruwaished during the 19th edition of the international music festivalKUWAIT: The National Council for Culture, Arts and Letters (NCCAL) opened the 19th edition of its international music festival on Tuesday evening with a function to honor Suleiman Al-Mullah, a Kuwaiti musician. The festival is part of the celebrations marking Kuwait selection...

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Black Panther, Marvel's African hero, in the spotlight

Mourners grieve by coffins of bomb victims, Saad Samed, 28, and his wife Mariam Aqeel, 22, and his sons Mohammed Saad, 7, and Ahmed Saad, 5, who killed at an open-air market in Baghdad's northern neighborhood of Shaab, during their funeral procession at the holy shrine of Imam Ali in Najaf, 100 miles (160 kilometers) south of Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, May 17, 2016. A wave of bombings struck outdoor markets in Shiite-dominated neighborhoods of Baghdad on Tuesday, killing and wounding dozens of civilians, officials said, the latest in deadly militant attacks far from the front lines in the country's north and west where Iraqi forces are battling the Islamic State group. (AP Photo/Anmar Khalil)

Under pressure, jihadists strike back in Baghdad - Gaps in security increase the city's exposure

Mourners grieve by coffins of bomb victims, Saad Samed, 28, and his wife Mariam Aqeel, 22, and his sons Mohammed Saad, 7, and Ahmed Saad, 5, who killed at an open-air market in Baghdad's northern neighborhood of Shaab, during their funeral procession at the holy shrine of Imam Ali in Najaf, 100 miles (160 kilometers) south of Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, May 17, 2016. A wave of bombings struck outdoor markets in Shiite-dominated neighborhoods of...

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Planning Council discusses nation's annual development plan for 2017-18 - 280 projects with estimated cost of KD 6 billion

KUWAIT: His Highness Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah heads the Supreme Council for Planning and Development’s meeting yesterday. — KUNAKUWAIT: The Supreme Council for Planning and Development, headed by its President His Highness Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah, met yesterday to discuss the nation's annual development plan for fiscal 2017-2018.The Council, after deliberations and thorough vetting of the plan,...

In this photo taken on Thursday, April 21, 2016, unaccompanied minors from Egypt, from left, 16-year-old Fathi, 17-year-old Saied, 17-year-old Gamal, and 17-year-old Ayman, last names not available, sit next to the river Tiber after an interview with The Associated Press, in Fiumicino, 30 kilometers (19 miles) west of Rome. All across Europe, there is a growing shadow population of thousands of under-age migrants who are living on their own, without families. They hide silently and in plain sight, rarely noticed in the crowd. Nobody even knows how many of them there are -- Europol estimates broadly that at least 10,000 kids have gone missing from shelters or reception centers.(AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Thousands of underage migrants living in shadows across Europe

In this photo taken on Thursday, April 21, 2016, unaccompanied minors from Egypt, from left, 16-year-old Fathi, 17-year-old Saied, 17-year-old Gamal, and 17-year-old Ayman, last names not available, sit next to the river Tiber after an interview with The Associated Press, in Fiumicino, 30 kilometers (19 miles) west of Rome. All across Europe, there is a growing shadow population of thousands of under-age migrants who are living on their own,...

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Duo arrested for bank transactions' forgery

Duo arrested for bank transactions' forgeryKUWAIT: Capital detectives busted a gang that forged bank transactions to get loans and facilities for those who did not qualify to receive them. Capital detectives learned that two expats, a Lebanese named Mohammad Mustafa, born in 1974, and an Egyptian named Ashraf Khalaf, also born in 1974, forged seals of private companies, government establishments and various co-operative societies, through which...

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Don't sacrifice charity

Badrya Darwish The most bizarre news I heard yesterday was that mosques in Kuwait will not be allowed to set up tents during Ramadan. This is a normal practice known in the Arab world as Muwaed Al-Rahman (table of the Merciful), where mosques set up tents to serve iftar meals and allow more room for worshippers. Anyone who needs food can go to the nearest mosque and eat. And this is not just for the poor - it's for anyone who's fasting and...

In this Wednesday, May 11, 2016 photo, residents walk past giant tarpaulins of presumptive President-elect Rodrigo Duterte at his hometown in Davao city, southern Philippines. A bold campaign promise to eradicate crimes and corruption within six months and his iron-fist approach to law and order helped catapult the longtime mayor to the presidency, but Duterte's anti-crime reputation is also a political baggage that would haunt him now as he comes under the spotlight. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)

Bloody anti-crime purge could haunt next Philippine president - Davao still affected by Duterte's death squads

In this Wednesday, May 11, 2016 photo, residents walk past giant tarpaulins of presumptive President-elect Rodrigo Duterte at his hometown in Davao city, southern Philippines. A bold campaign promise to eradicate crimes and corruption within six months and his iron-fist approach to law and order helped catapult the longtime mayor to the presidency, but Duterte's anti-crime reputation is also a political baggage that would haunt him now as he...

TOPSHOT - Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders addresses a primary election night rally in Carson, California, May 17, 2016. nSanders scored a decisive victory over Hillary Clinton in the Democratic primary in Oregon, boosting his argument for keeping his underdog campaign alive through the conclusion of the primary process. Several US networks called the Pacific northwest state for the liberal Sanders, who was leading the former secretary of state 53 percent to 47 percent. Earlier in the night, Clinton claimed victory in an extraordinarily tight race in the state of Kentucky. / AFP PHOTO / ROBYN BECK

Democrats pressure Sanders as growing rift threatens party

TOPSHOT - Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders addresses a primary election night rally in Carson, California, May 17, 2016.Sanders scored a decisive victory over Hillary Clinton in the Democratic primary in Oregon, boosting his argument for keeping his underdog campaign alive through the conclusion of the primary process. Several US networks called the Pacific northwest state for the liberal Sanders, who was leading the former...

TOPSHOT - Supporters of Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders attend a primary night election rally in Carson, California, May 17, 2016. Sanders scored a decisive victory over Hillary Clinton in the Democratic primary in Oregon, boosting his argument for keeping his underdog campaign alive through the conclusion of the primary process. Several US networks called the Pacific northwest state for the liberal Sanders, who was leading the former secretary of state 53 percent to 47 percent. Earlier in the night, Clinton claimed victory in an extraordinarily tight race in the state of Kentucky. / AFP / ROBYN BECK

Sanders takes Oregon, Clinton claims Kentucky

TOPSHOT - Supporters of Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders attend a primary night election rally in Carson, California, May 17, 2016. Sanders scored a decisive victory over Hillary Clinton in the Democratic primary in Oregon, boosting his argument for keeping his underdog campaign alive through the conclusion of the primary process. Several US networks called the Pacific northwest state for the liberal Sanders, who was leading the...

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Zain main sponsor of 'Kuwait Beautiful and Green' competition - Encouraging young artistic talents for third year

KUWAIT: Kuwait Times Editor-in-Chief Abd Al-Rahman Al-Alyan (second from left) and Deputy General Manager Adnan Saad (left) honorWaleed Al-Khashti, Zain Kuwait’s Corporate Communications and Relations Director, as Assistant Undersecretary of Youth Projects’ Affairs atthe Ministry of Youth Affairs Shafeeq Al-Sayed Omar (center) and members of the competition’s judging committee look on.KUWAIT: Zain, the leading telecommunications company in...

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