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Hospitals’ staff required to wear nametags all the time
KUWAIT: The Ministry of Health’s (MOH) undersecretaries’ council called for commitment to wearing nametags by all MoH employees in various ministry departments, hospitals, health zones and polyclinics. MoH’s assistant undersecretary for legal affairs and the council rapporteur Dr Mahmoud Abdulhadi said that the council discussed the issue with undersecretary Dr Khaled Al-Sahlawi and stressed that inspection teams would tour various health...
Tareq Al-Qattan
Municipality chief inspector talks challenges, sacrifices - Law enforcement gains official respect, even from people he penalized
Tareq Al-QattanKUWAIT: Being a municipal inspector or head of inspectors can bring many benefits and disadvantages at the same time. Tareq Al-Qattan, director of the emergency team of the Capital governorate at Kuwait Municipality, has gained great respect, even from people who have been penalized because of him, as he is strict in enforcing the law while being polite at the same time. He is known for not accepting bribes despite temptations of...
Dr Ghalia Al-Mutairi
1.5-2% of every 100 kids in Kuwait autistic
Dr Ghalia Al-MutairiKUWAIT: The percentage of Autism in Kuwait is 1.5 to 2 percent of every 100 children, a Ministry of Health official said yesterday. Dr Ghalia Al-Mutairi, Head of the ministry’s Information Office, made those statements while announcing the launch of a social media to raise awareness of autism, and to draw attention to this category of patients on the occasion of the World Autism Awareness Day observed on April 2 of every...
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Filipina waitress sexually harassed
KUWAIT: A Filipina waitress filed a complaint at Salmiya police station, saying that an identified person in sportswear sexually harassed while serving him at a local restaurant. The waitress said that the suspect fled the restaurant when she screamed.Weapons foundA citizen recently reported finding a weapon and some ammunition dumped in a garbage container in Kabd, said security sources. Police rushed to the scene and picked up the weapon and...
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Teen tortures mom for two days as she refused to give him money
KUWAIT: A woman recently filed a complaint against her 18-year-old son, accusing him of detaining and torturing her for two days when she refused to give him money he had asked for. The mother provided police with a medical report showing her injuries. When police tried to contact the suspect, he did not answer. A case was filed and the man is being summoned for further investigations.Fatal accidentAn Indian man died instantly when a speeding...
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3,951 tickets issued, 239 vehicles impounded in campaign
KUWAIT: The Ministry of Interior (MoI) launched a wide-scale traffic inspection campaign with the participation of 280 police patrols, 101 officers and 179 privates.It resulted in filing 3,951 tickets, impounding 239 vehicles and six bikes, arresting 15 people, referring one person to juvenile police and another for deportation.The crackdown took place under the command of interior ministry's assistant undersecretary for traffic affairs Major...
RIYADH: Governor of Riyadh province Prince Faisal bin Bandar bin Abdulaziz (center right) greets India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi (center left) upon his arrival yesterday. - AFP
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi begins visit to Saudi Arabia
RIYADH: Governor of Riyadh province Prince Faisal bin Bandar bin Abdulaziz (center right) greets India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi (center left) upon his arrival yesterday. - AFPRIYADH: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday started a visit to Saudi Arabia where he will discuss energy, security and trade cooperation with leaders of the world's largest crude exporter.India, which imports around 80 percent of its oil needs, is keen to...
TERTER, Azerbaijan: In this image from TV, a car destroyed with blood is seen after heavy fighting erupted between Armenian and Azerbaijani forces over the separatist region of Nagorno-Karabakh. - AFP
Armenian, Azeri forces in deadly clashes
TERTER, Azerbaijan: In this image from TV, a car destroyed with blood is seen after heavy fighting erupted between Armenian and Azerbaijani forces over the separatist region of Nagorno-Karabakh. - AFPYEREVAN/BAKU: Fierce clashes left at least 30 Azerbaijani and Armenian soldiers dead yesterday as Russia and the West urged an immediate ceasefire after a major escalation in violence over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region.Armenian President...
PALMYRA: Soldiers look over damage at the historical Bel Temple in the ancient city. — AP
Mass grave of victims of IS found in Syria's Palmyra - 'They were executed either by beheading or by shooting'
PALMYRA: Soldiers look over damage at the historical Bel Temple in the ancient city. — APDAMASCUS: Syrian troops have found a mass grave containing the bodies of 42 people executed by Islamic State jihadists in Palmyra, as Washington warned the group's leader will eventually "taste justice".IS has in recent months claimed responsibility for deadly attacks in Brussels and Paris, but has lost ground in Syria and Iraq. Days after Syrian troops...
RAMADI: An injured woman comforts another as they wait for treatment after clashes between Iraqi Security forces and Islamic State group extremists. — AP
Violence kills at least 1,119 Iraqis in March
RAMADI: An injured woman comforts another as they wait for treatment after clashes between Iraqi Security forces and Islamic State group extremists. — APBAGHDAD: The United Nations says violence killed at least 1,119 Iraqis in March, a sharp increase from the previous month, as the Islamic State group stepped up attacks on civilians despite suffering battlefield setbacks.Another 1,561 Iraqis were wounded last month, the UN mission to Iraq said...
IDOMENI: Migrants and refugees go about their daily life on the rail tracks in the makeshift camp at the Greek-Macedonian border. Migrant returns from Greece to Turkey will begin on April 4, 2016 under the terms of an EU deal that has worried aid groups. —AFP
Greece to send around 750 migrants to Turkey in the EU deal launch
IDOMENI: Migrants and refugees go about their daily life on the rail tracks in the makeshift camp at the Greek-Macedonian border. Migrant returns from Greece to Turkey will begin on April 4, 2016 under the terms of an EU deal that has worried aid groups. —AFPATHENS: Yesterday Greek officials declined to comment on a report it will send some 750 migrants back to Turkey from Monday to kick off a controversial EU readmissions deal. The report by...
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Ronaldo ends Barcelona's 39-game unbeaten run
BARCELONA: Cristiano Ronaldo struck the winner as 10-man Real Madrid came from behind to end Barcelona's 39-game unbeaten run 2-1 in El Clasico at the Camp Nou yesterday.
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Overstayers, sponsors to be deported
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Kuwait under unsteady northern and northwesterly winds triggering dust. - KUNA
Kuwait weather to remain unstable
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Official commends Kuwait and China military cooperation
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MAJDAL SHAMS: Druze elders and mourners surround the coffins of 10 of the 12 people killed in a rocket strike from Lebanon a day earlier, during a mass funeral in this Druze town in the Zionist-annexed Golan Heights on July 28, 2024. - AFP
Mideast seethes amid carnage
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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