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KUWAIT: Photo shows oil workers protesting against the proposal to remove some of their benefits. — Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat
Oil workers protest cuts
KUWAIT: Photo shows oil workers protesting against the proposal to remove some of their benefits. — Photo by Yasser Al-ZayyatKUWAIT: Over 3000 workers from different oil companies gathered at the Oil and Petrochemical Industries Workers Confederation building yesterday to protest against the proposed decisions to remove some of their benefits. The President of the Oil and Petrochemical Industries Workers Confederation Seif Al-Qahtani said that...
Hezbollah fighters hold flags as they attend the funeral procession in this southern village yesterday of Hezbollah senior commander Ali Fayyad, who was killed last week during an offensive by Syrian troops and Hezbollah fighters in Syria,. Gulf nations formally branded Hezbollah a terrorist organization yesterday, ramping up the pressure on the Lebanese group. – AP
Hezbollah sympathizers to be prosecuted
KUWAIT: Authorities are monitoring people in Kuwait suspected to be supporting or are sympathizers with Hezbollah, particularly Lebanese, Syrian, Iraqi and Kuwaiti nationals also. According to security sources, suspected citizens are categorized into two categories: the first includes known supporters who have not yet shown support to the group.Those people will remain under surveillance, the sources said. The second category includes people who...
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Urgent measures to fight money laundering in real estate
KUWAIT: The Ministry of Commerce and Industry's anti-money laundering and terrorism funding department urged real estate bodies, including the real estate union, real estate brokers' union and real estate assessors, to contact it as soon as possible to make their suggestions prior to issuing a ministerial decision soon on fighting suspicious real estate transactions.The letter that the ministry sent read as follows: "With reference to law number...
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Nursery licenses suspended
KUWAIT: The Ministry of Social Affairs and Labor (MSAL) suspended the issuance of licenses to establish nurseries until this task is shifted to the Ministry of Education (MOE) in the near future, said sources at MSAL’s women and children department.Kuwait already has 340 licensed nurseries, the sources said, in addition to 50 more applications on the licenses’ waiting lists. “The sector will be officially subjected to MOE within 90 days...
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Kuwaiti gets 17 years for slandering Amir
KUWAIT: The criminal court yesterday sentenced a citizen to 17 years prison over state security charges of slandering His Highness the Amir and two others to 10 years each for facilitating his escape to Qatar. Notably, Qatar security authorities handed over the suspect upon a Kuwaiti request and extradited him back to Kuwait. The man reportedly made his offensive remarks in video footage that spread on social media.FTZ verdict annulledThe court...
KUWAIT: Deputy Premier and Finance Minister Anas Al-Saleh speaks during a national conference on priorities yesterday. — Photo by Joseph Shagra
Kuwait expects 'budget deficit' - 'Shortfall projected at KD 22 billion'
KUWAIT: Deputy Premier and Finance Minister Anas Al-Saleh speaks during a national conference on priorities yesterday. — Photo by Joseph ShagraKUWAIT: Kuwait's state budget is expected to have a deficit of around KD 22 billion for the next three years as a result of plummeting oil prices, Deputy Premier and Finance Minister Anas Al-Saleh said yesterday. That would average to a KD 7.3 billion annual deficit.Kuwait's fiscal position has...
KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah meets with Malaysian Foreign Minister Dato Sri Anifah Haji Aman. — Amiri Diwan and KUNA photos
Kuwait, Malaysia sign trade agreement
KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah meets with Malaysian Foreign Minister Dato Sri Anifah Haji Aman. — Amiri Diwan and KUNA photosKUWAIT: Kuwait and Malaysia signed a trade agreement as a step to boost bilateral ties at all levels, especially on the trade front. The agreement was signed yesterday at the Foreign Ministry’s headquarters by First Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled...
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Man questioned over money laundry suspicions
KUWAIT: Investigations are ongoing in a suspected money laundry case in which a diplomat could be involved. A citizen had reported to police that he received phone calls from people who asked if they could transfer funds to his bank account, and claimed that they were money launderers. One of the callers told the citizen that they received backing from a diplomat working in Kuwait, according to his statements. Based on the investigations, police...
BRUSSELS: A picture released by the Belgian federal police shows a screen grab of the airport CCTV camera showing three suspects of yesterday’s attacks at Brussels Airport. — AFP
34 perish as terrorists hit airport, metro in Brussels - Amir offers condolence; Kuwaitis in Belgium safe
BRUSSELS: A picture released by the Belgian federal police shows a screen grab of the airport CCTV camera showing three suspects of yesterday’s attacks at Brussels Airport. — AFPBRUSSELS: Thirty-four people were killed in attacks on Brussels airport and a rush-hour metro train in the Belgian capital yesterday, according to public broadcaster VRT, triggering security alerts across Europe and bringing some cross-border traffic to a halt. A...
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Trump backs tougher border security, water boarding after Brussels attacks
Donald TrumpWASHINGTON: Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump renewed a call for tougher US border security following Tuesday's deadly attacks in Brussels, and suggested torture could be an effective technique to gain information to thwart future attacks.Trump's comments, in an interview on NBC's "Today" program, came a day after he expressed skepticism about the US role in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and said the United...
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Saudi arrests Shiite imam for ‘glorifying’ Hezbollah
Lebanese Shiite movement Hezbollah chief Hassan NasrallahRIYADH: Saudi security forces have arrested a Shiite preacher in the east of the kingdom, charging that he "glorified" Lebanon's Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah online, a newspaper reported yesterday. Hussein Al-Radi was detained after Gulf Arab states declared Hezbollah a "terrorist" group earlier this month and brought in tough new measures against anyone supporting it.The Al-Watan...
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Kuwait under unsteady northern and northwesterly winds triggering dust. - KUNA
Kuwait weather to remain unstable
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Overstayers, sponsors to be deported
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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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KUWAIT: Photo provided by the Al-Zour oil Refinery shows a view of the facility, in Al-Zour, south of Kuwait City. – AFP
The impact of oil discoveries
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Official commends Kuwait and China military cooperation