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KUWAIT: Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Sheikh Mohammad Al-Khaled Al- Sabah meets a number of fishermen yesterday.
Interior Minister meets fishermen
KUWAIT: Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Sheikh Mohammad Al-Khaled Al- Sabah meets a number of fishermen yesterday.KUWAIT: Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Sheikh Mohammad Al-Khaled Al-Sabah yesterday made an inspection tour at a number of beaches in Kuwait to check security situations. During the tour, Sheikh Mohammad Al-Khaled met many people fishing and joined them in practicing their hobby.ComplaintsThe Ministry of...
Dr Nasser Al-Kreween
Chairman talks Bar Association's achievements, challenges
Dr Nasser Al-KreweenKUWAIT: The Kuwait Bar Association (KBA) was founded by law number 24/1962 by 16 members as a nonprofit organization under the Ministry of Social Affairs and Labor, and started its activities in 1963. The first board of directors was elected in 1965 and consisted of six members, with Sulaiman Al-Mutawa as chairman. The number of members increased rapidly, to reach 5,511 presently. Members are of two types - those who work in...
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Woman arrested for liquor trade
KUWAIT: Farwaniya detectives recently raided a liquor factory, and arrested an Asian woman who ran the place. The woman also hired a number of compatriots to distribute her products. Case papers indicate that police patrol officers spotted a woman carrying a large bag and on approaching her, she tried to flee but was caught. By checking the bag she carried, policemen found out that it was full of liquor bottles. The woman led police to where she...
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Teen drug pusher arrested
KUWAIT: A 16-year-old expat was recently arrested for selling drug on behalf of a citizen who is serving a life time imprisonment sentence for drug trafficking, said security sources. Case papers indicate that narcotics detectives were tipped off concerning the juvenile's activity and how he used to hide drugs in certain hideouts where his customers could then pick them up. Arresting the boy while putting a package, he confessed that he worked...
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Economic reform
Muna Al Fuzai There is much talk these days about an economic and financial reform plan in Kuwait. The proposed plan was prepared by the Committee of Economic Affairs in the Cabinet, and includes six factors and 41 programs, including short-term and medium-term ones. So far, the Cabinet has blessed this move despite a number of reservations. This step is occurring at a time when the world is experiencing fluctuations in oil prices, as well as...
ROSTOV-ON-DON: Russian fire servicemen check the wreckage of the Dubai plane that crashed at the Rostov-on-Don airport yesterday. (Inset) Ghaith Al Ghaith, Chief Executive Officer of Flydubai reacts during a press conference. – AFP
flydubai jet crashes in south Russia; 62 killed - Amir sends cable of condolences to Russian and UAE leaders
ROSTOV-ON-DON: Russian fire servicemen check the wreckage of the Dubai plane that crashed at the Rostov-on-Don airport yesterday. (Inset) Ghaith Al Ghaith, Chief Executive Officer of Flydubai reacts during a press conference. – AFPMOSCOW: A Dubai airliner with 62 people on board nosedived and exploded in a giant fireball yesterday while trying to land in strong winds in the southern Russian city of Rostov-on-Don, killing all aboard, officials...
ISTANBUL: A suicide bombing ripped through a famous shopping street in central Istanbul killing four people and injuring dozens less than a week after an attack by Kurdish rebels left 35 dead in Ankara. – AFP
Suicide bombing kills 5, wounds 36 in Istanbul - Kuwaiti injured in Istanbul blast
ISTANBUL: A suicide bombing ripped through a famous shopping street in central Istanbul killing four people and injuring dozens less than a week after an attack by Kurdish rebels left 35 dead in Ankara. – AFPISTANBUL: Five people including a suicide bomber were killed and 36 wounded in an attack on a major shopping and tourist district in central Istanbul yesterday, in the fourth suicide bombing to hit Turkey this year. There was no immediate...
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Congo soldiers accused of attacking civilians
BRAZZAVILLE: A hawker sells food to taxis parked yesterday at the Marche Total, the largest market in Brazzaville, where residents rush to stock ahead of tomorrow’s presidential elections. — AFPBRAZZAVILLE: Soldiers in Democratic Republic of Congo's army have taken part in at least three deadly attacks on civilians and turned a blind eye to other assaults carried out by rebels, a former UN investigator said in a report released on Friday....
MACEDONIA BORDER: In this file photo, a Syrian man plays with his one-year-old child as refugees and migrants wait to be allowed to cross the border to Macedonia in the northern Greek border station of Idomeni. — AP
Raids ‘kill 39 civilians’ in IS bastion
MACEDONIA BORDER: In this file photo, a Syrian man plays with his one-year-old child as refugees and migrants wait to be allowed to cross the border to Macedonia in the northern Greek border station of Idomeni. — APBEIRUT: A wave of air strikes killed at least 39 civilians yesterday in Raqa, the main stronghold of the Islamic State jihadist group in Syria, a monitoring group said. At least five children and seven women were among the dead in...
BRUSSELS: Armed police officers escort Salah Abdeslam to a police vehicle during a raid in the Molenbeek neighborhood of Brussels, Belgium on Friday March 18, 2016. The identity of Salah Abdeslam is confirmed yesterday, by French police and deputy mayor of Molenbeek, Ahmed El Khannouss quoting official Belgium police sources. —AP
Paris attacks ex-fugitive a mystery man: Chameleon or coward
BRUSSELS: Armed police officers escort Salah Abdeslam to a police vehicle during a raid in the Molenbeek neighborhood of Brussels, Belgium on Friday March 18, 2016. The identity of Salah Abdeslam is confirmed yesterday, by French police and deputy mayor of Molenbeek, Ahmed El Khannouss quoting official Belgium police sources. —APPARIS: Beardless, with short-cropped hair and a mild manner, Salah Abdeslam slipped from one world to another as...
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NW Pakistan gives citizenship to first non-Muslim
PESHAWAR: Pakistan has awarded a Christian man from a troubled tribal region citizenship in a first for a non-Muslim, officials and his family said yesterday.Sheharyar Masih, a resident of the northwestern Khyber region bordering Afghanistan, had recently applied for citizenship after turning 18. "Sheharyar has officially been awarded citizenship and he now enjoys all rights that citizens of tribal regions enjoy," senior local official Nasir Khan...
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Bangladesh seeks FBI’s help in probing CB heist
DHAKA: Bangladesh has formally sought assistance from the US Federal Bureau of Investigation to track down the cyber crooks who stole $81 million from its central bank's US account, the interior minister said yesterday.Unknown hackers breached the computer systems of Bangladesh Bank in early February and attempted to steal $951 million from its account at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, which it uses for international settlements. Some...
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Kuwait under unsteady northern and northwesterly winds triggering dust. - KUNA
Kuwait weather to remain unstable
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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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Overstayers, sponsors to be deported
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Hand of female holding sunscreen. Very sun light Sky background.Health concepts and skin care
‘Protect yourself against skin cancer,’ CAN warns