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Employers slam fees increase decision
KUWAIT: A recent decision to increase the fees collected for some labor-related transactions created a great deal of dissatisfaction among employers, though the decision is still yet to be put in effect until the beginning of June. Minister of Social Affairs and Labor Hind Al-Subaih recently announced increasing the work permit's issuance fee from KD 2 to KD 50, transfer fee from KD 10 to KD 50 and work permit's renewal fee from two dinars to KD...
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Asian sexually harrassed at Surra Park
KUWAIT: An Asian in his forties was arrested for sexual harassment at a Surra park, said security sources, noting that detectives had received many complaints about the suspect, who was arrested red-handed. Similarly, an Arab security guard at a Mubarak Al-Kabeer co-op branch was arrested for photographing women with his mobile, said security sources, noting that policemen found many photos on the suspect's mobile, who claimed taking them only...
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Woman arrested for citizenship forgery
KUWAIT: Citizenship detectives arrested a female citizenship forger, said security sources. Case papers indicate that the woman, who is originally Iraqi, got married to a Kuwaiti man in 1983. The couple had two daughters together before the man died in 1988. The woman then got married to a Jordanian man without announcing this in Kuwait. And for the sake of purchasing some land and property in Jordan, she got Jordanian citizenship. The sources...
ABYAN, Yemen: Forces loyal to the Saudi-backed Yemeni president brandish their arms at the entrance to this province as they take part in an operation to drive Al-Qaeda fighters out of the southern provincial capital yesterday. - AFP
Yemen foes hold new talks in Kuwait
ABYAN, Yemen: Forces loyal to the Saudi-backed Yemeni president brandish their arms at the entrance to this province as they take part in an operation to drive Al-Qaeda fighters out of the southern provincial capital yesterday. - AFPKUWAIT: Yemen's warring parties held a new session of peace talks in Kuwait yesterday under pressure to firm up a fragile ceasefire that went into effect on April 11. "The meeting has started," Charbel Raji,...
Deputy Premier, Finance Minister and acting oil minister Anas Al-Saleh
Oil, education, health will not be privatized - Saleh reassures reforms do not include key sectors
Deputy Premier, Finance Minister and acting oil minister Anas Al-SalehKUWAIT: The nation's financial and economic reform plan does not embody any notion of privatizing oil and gas production or education or health services or selling government assets to individuals or firms that may monopolize them, said Deputy Premier, Finance Minister and acting oil minister Anas Al-Saleh yesterday.Moreover, the reform plan does not give the government a free...
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Sponsorship system
Muna Al Fuzai The cancellation of the sponsorship system has become a priority in many countries, in accordance with recommendations of international human rights organizations and a commitment to global treaties to secure human and labor rights. Kuwait has made several attempts in order to advance in this aspect, especially as human rights reports about Kuwait have focused on this issue, which has been a great disservice for some time. A...
Manchester City's Argentinian striker Sergio Aguero scores their second goal past Stoke City's Irish goalkeeper Shay Given (R) from the penalty spot during the English Premier League football match between Manchester City and Stoke City at the Etihad Stadium in Manchester, north west England, on April 23, 2016. RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE. No use with unauthorized audio, video, data, fixture lists, club/league logos or 'live' services. Online in-match use limited to 75 images, no video emulation. No use in betting, games or single club/league/player publications. n / AFP / LINDSEY PARNABY / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE. No use with unauthorized audio, video, data, fixture lists, club/league logos or 'live' services. Online in-match use limited to 75 images, no video emulation. No use in betting, games or single club/league/player publications.
Man City rout Stoke for Real showdown
Manchester City's Argentinian striker Sergio Aguero scores their second goal past Stoke City's Irish goalkeeper Shay Given (R) from the penalty spot during the English Premier League football match between Manchester City and Stoke City at the Etihad Stadium in Manchester, north west England, on April 23, 2016. -AFP MANCHESTER: Manchester City enjoyed the perfect preparation for their Champions League semi-final showdown against Real Madrid...
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Egypt's court postpones Morsi espionage verdict - Dozens of arrests in Egypt ahead of anti-govt protest
Egypt's ousted Islamist president Mohamed Morsi, wearing a red uniform, gestures from behind the bars during his trial in Cairo at the police academy in Cairo on April 23, 2016. An Egyptian court postponed its verdict and sentence in the trial of ousted Islamist president Mohamed Morsi, who is charged with spying for Qatar.The head judge of the criminal court said the verdict was postponed to "May 7 to continue consultations," in brief remarks...
EDITORS NOTE: Graphic content / People gather around the body of Bangladeshi professor Rezaul Karim Siddique after he was hacked to death by unidentified attackers in Rajshahi on April 23, 2016. nnUnidentified attackers hacked to death a university professor in Bangladesh on April 23, police said, adding that the assault bore the hallmarks of previous killings by Islamist militants of secular and atheist activists. Police said English professor Rezaul Karim Siddique, 58, was hacked from behind with machetes as he walked to the bus station from his home in the country's northwestern city of Rajshahi, where he taught at the city's public university. ---- GRAPHIC CONTENT ---- / AFP PHOTO / MD. ABDULLAH IQBAL
Bangladeshi professor hacked to death - Homegrown Islamists blamed for a number of murders
EDITORS NOTE: Graphic content / People gather around the body of Bangladeshi professor Rezaul Karim Siddique after he was hacked to death by unidentified attackers in Rajshahi on April 23, 2016.Unidentified attackers hacked to death a university professor in Bangladesh on April 23, police said, adding that the assault bore the hallmarks of previous killings by Islamist militants of secular and atheist activists. Police said English professor...
German Chancellor Angela Merkel, centre, accompanied by EU Council President Donald Tusk, 2rd right, Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, right, poses for pictures during a visit at the Nizip refugee camp in Gaziantep province, southeastern Turkey, Saturday, April 23, 2016. Merkel and the top European Union officials, under pressure to reassess a migrant deportation deal with Turkey, are traveling close to Turkey's border with Syria on Saturday in a bid to bolster the troubled agreement. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)
Tensions over migrant deal - Merkel, EU officials in Turkey
German Chancellor Angela Merkel, centre, accompanied by EU Council President Donald Tusk, 2rd right, Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, right, poses for pictures during a visit at the Nizip refugee camp in Gaziantep province, southeastern Turkey, Saturday, April 23, 2016. Merkel and the top European Union officials, under pressure to reassess a migrant deportation deal with Turkey, are traveling close to Turkey's border with Syria on...
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Philippine presidential candidate Duterte vows to 'kill criminals'
Supporters of Philippine presidential front-runner candidate Rodrigo Duterte during Duterte's campaign sortie in Manila on April 23, 2016. Philippine presidential candidate Rodrigo Duterte renewed his vow to "kill" criminals early Saturday as the tough-talking favourite hit the stumps in the capital heading into the homestretch of a controversial campaign. - AFP MANILA: Philippine presidential candidate Rodrigo Duterte yesterday renewed his...
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Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman endorses Saudi Arabia’s bid to host the FIFA World Cup 2034. - KUNA
Prince Mohammed endorses Saudi FIFA World Cup 2034 bid