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Ramadan timings
KUWAIT:  The Ministry of Health (MoH) yesterday announced the working hours of polyclinics and hospital outpatient departments during the month of Ramadan.According to the announced timings, some clinics will open in three shifts while others will only work two - 9:00 am to 1:30 pm and 7:30 pm to midnight, while some would work round the clock.The ministry added that some clinics will also operate nonstop from 7:00 am to midnight. The ministry...
Minister of Information and Minister of State for Youth Affairs Sheikh Salman Sabah Al-Salem Al-Humoud Al-Sabah
Info Minister hails copyright law approval
Minister of Information and Minister of State for Youth Affairs Sheikh Salman Sabah Al-Salem Al-Humoud Al-SabahKUWAIT: Minister of Information and Minister of State for Youth Affairs Sheikh Salman Sabah Al-Salem Al-Humoud Al-Sabah hailed the National Assembly's approval of a law on copyright ownership, saying that it represents Kuwait's eagerness to protect intellectual property.In a press statement yesterday, Sheikh Salman noted that "copyright...
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Indian Community School board resigns
KUWAIT: Indian Community School's board resigned yesterday after the recent dispute between the sponsor and the board erupted over allegations of mismanagement, financial allegations, violation of the constitution, no action taken to teachers complaints, overstaying of their tenure by elders and the board members, etc.The crises first erupted in March when the sponsor locked out the board temporarily and then dismissed them completely in April...
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Banks suspect transfers through SWIFT
KUWAIT: Local banks have told their money exchange company customers to stop all foreign money transfers through SWIFT operations, after receiving warnings from American banks that such dealings have a high risk of the possibility of money laundering and financing terrorism. Banking sources said dealings with exchange companies are now constituting a burden on banks and threaten their dealings with banks in the US, especially since transfers and...
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Social media user sells exam paper for KD 20 each
KUWAIT: A person on Instagram claims he can get secondary final exam papers and their solutions and send them on a group on WhatsApp 10 minutes before the exam for KD 20.This person offers this service on social media and claims that the test reaches the buyer with the answers by specialized teachers in all subjects.But an educational official said the final exam papers are sealed in a way that prevents any mishandling, and if anyone opens the...
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Five rescued after being lost for 10 hours in sea
KUWAIT: Kuwait Fire Services Directorate's (KFSD) Public Relations and Media Department said five citizens were found after being lost at sea for over 10 hours and rescued back to shore in good health. Notably, the five citizens had headed out on jet skis, but were late in returning, which made their friends waiting ashore report them missing. Coastguard boats and choppers launched a search operation that lasted 10 hours before they finally found...
KUWAIT: This handout photo shows members of a gang arrested yesterday for running a fake domestic help office
Gang arrested for running fake domestic help office
KUWAIT: This handout photo shows members of a gang arrested yesterday for running a fake domestic help officeKUWAIT: Residency detectives arrested an Ethiopian gang that swindled citizens and expats through a bogus domestic help office. Members of the gang also sheltered absconders and employed them in violation of the law. Detectives learned about the gang's activity, then formed a team that collected all the necessary information. A total of...
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Retired officer arrested while being intoxicated
KUWAIT: Director of Farwaniya Governorate Brig Saleh Matar ordered the detention of a retired colonel at Farwaniya police station after he was caught drunk on the road. The Interior Ministry received a call about a man in an abnormal condition walking and disturbing passersby. The man was arrested and detained to be sent to the public prosecution.Fatal fallTwo citizens told Adailiya police that they found an injured man between a cafe and a...
BAGHDAD: Iraqis inspect the scene after a car bomb explosion at a crowded outdoor market in the Iraqi capital's eastern district of Sadr City yesterday. - AP
94 dead in triple IS car bombings in Baghdad - Bloodiest attacks in Iraqi capital this year
BAGHDAD: Iraqis inspect the scene after a car bomb explosion at a crowded outdoor market in the Iraqi capital's eastern district of Sadr City yesterday. - APBAGHDAD: Three car bombs in Baghdad, including a huge blast at a market, killed at least 94 people yesterday, the bloodiest day in the Iraqi capital this year. The attacks, all claimed by the Islamic State group, came with the government locked in a political crisis that some have warned...
SALEM: US Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders addresses a campaign rally. — AFP
Trump unrivaled, Sanders takes West Virginia - Sanders staying strong, unwilling to give up fight
SALEM: US Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders addresses a campaign rally. — AFPWASHINGTON: Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump cruised to victory in two more states Tuesday, while Bernie Sanders beat rival Democrat Hillary Clinton in West Virginia, bolstering his case for remaining in the race. Massive wins in West Virginia and Nebraska put Trump ever closer to clinching the 1,237 delegates he needs to be...
NEW DELHI: An Indian Hindu priest performs a Hawan (The Sarced Fire) ritual alongside posters bearing the image of US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump. — AFP
India Hindus pray to gods to help trump
NEW DELHI: An Indian Hindu priest performs a Hawan (The Sarced Fire) ritual alongside posters bearing the image of US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump. — AFPNEW DELHI: Donald Trump may find it tough to get Republican leaders behind his campaign, but he’s got some faraway fans trying to get the gods on his side. Around a dozen members of a right-wing Indian Hindu group lit a ritual fire and chanted mantras yesterday asking the...
DARAA: Opposition fighters drive a tank in a rebel-held area of the southern Syrian city of Daraa, during re-newed clashes with regime loyalists. — AFP
Syrian army battles IS jihadists near Palmyra
DARAA: Opposition fighters drive a tank in a rebel-held area of the southern Syrian city of Daraa, during re-newed clashes with regime loyalists. — AFPBEIRUT: Syrian regime forces yesterday battled jihadists who cut a key supply route west of ancient Palmyra, after new bombardments hit Aleppo city where a ceasefire is due to expire at midnight. The latest fighting comes as world powers prepare to meet in Vienna next week to try to revive peace...
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Sheikha Jawaher Ibrahim Duaij Al-Sabah and other officials take a group photo after the 54th session of the Permanent Arab Committee for Human Rights. – KUNA photos
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