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KUWAIT: Demonstrators hold a candlelight vigil at Bayt Lothan yesterday. — Photo by Joseph Shagra
Vigil held to save Bayt Lothan
KUWAIT: Demonstrators hold a candlelight vigil at Bayt Lothan yesterday. — Photo by Joseph ShagraKUWAIT: A number of art and media figures, along with social media influencers, held a candlelight vigil yesterday calling on the owners of the building housing Bayt Lothan to protect this pre-oil structure that is slated for demolition. Bayt Lothan is considered the first nonprofit organization of its kind to nurture culture, music and the arts in...
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Policeman’s run over ‘terror motivated’
KUWAIT: Investigations with a man who ran over a police officer during national celebrations last Thursday revealed that the suspect’s actions were driven by ‘terrorist motives,’ a security source said.The suspect possesses the same ideology as a terrorist organization which calls for overturning the ruling system in the country, said the source who claims to have knowledge with the ongoing investigations with the suspect. He added that the...
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Bedoon issues resolved at expatriates’ expense? - Replacing expats with bedoons
KUWAIT: Will the solutions due to be suggested by lawmakers in a twohours session to be dedicated to discuss bedoon problems on March 1 be at the expense of expats, by replacing expats with bedoons and granting them more civil and social rights? MP Ahmed Lari believes that bedoons would help solve demographic imbalances and could replace expats in government jobs, which means laying off 100,000 expats who are already overburdening public...
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Hyena killed after attacking camp - Woman saved from rapist
KUWAIT: A hyena was killed after it attacked a Kuwaiti family's camp in Kabd, said security sources. Case papers indicate that a citizen spending the national holidays in a desert camp in Kabd called the police requesting protection form a hyena attacking their camp. The man informed the police that he had locked his family in a room inside the camp to protect them while the hyena was pacing outside. Arriving at the scene, policemen chased the...
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Couple arrested for injuring policemen
KUWAIT: The Ministry of Interior announced on Friday that it arrested a Syrian resident, who seemed to be in an abnormal state, and his Kuwaiti wife who tried to escape and consequently hit several policemen and injured them slightly.While policemen were on patrol at Sabah Al-Salem area, they suspected a Syrian resident named Khaled Hasan, the Ministry’s Public Relations and Security Media Department said in a press statement. Accompanied by...
KUWAIT: HH the Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah is briefed by Director General of the General Department for Land Border Security Maj Gen Fuad Al-Athari yesterday during his visit to the northern borders of the country. - KUNA
Crown Prince tours northern borders
KUWAIT: HH the Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah is briefed by Director General of the General Department for Land Border Security Maj Gen Fuad Al-Athari yesterday during his visit to the northern borders of the country. - KUNAKUWAIT: HH the Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah yesterday paid a visit to the Department of Border Security Force on the northern border of the country. He was greeted upon his...
A Syrian girl chases pigeons in Marjeh Square, Damascus, Syria, Saturday, Feb. 27, 2016. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
Syria ceasefire takes hold despite limited violations - Amir welcomes truce in cables to Obama, Putin
A Syrian girl chases pigeons in Marjeh Square, Damascus, Syria, Saturday, Feb. 27, 2016. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)DAMASCUS: Fighting subsided across much of Syria yesterday as the first major ceasefire of the devastating, five-year war appeared to broadly hold despite sporadic breaches in parts of the battle-scarred country. The truce, brokered by Washington and Moscow, is seen as a crucial step towards ending a conflict that has claimed 270,000...
His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah
Amir lauds citizens, residents for the jubilant manifestations
His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-SabahKUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah on Friday congratulated the citizens and residents of Kuwait on the 55th anniversary of the National Day and the 25th anniversary of the Liberation Day, lauding their joyful expression on the two dear occasions through their participation in the various popular festivals.His Highness the Amir praised personnel and...
Health Minister Dr Ali Al-Obaidi
Kuwait endorses new regulations for treatment abroad
Health Minister Dr Ali Al-ObaidiKUWAIT: Health Minister Dr Ali Al-Obaidi has endorsed new regulations for treatment abroad, stipulating in part that applications for treating a patient outside the country must be via the hospital and not through the department in charge treatment abroad.The Ministry of Health (MoH) said in a statement yesterday that the new regulations stipulated that resolutions taken by the specialized committees tasked with...
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Translation specialist describes challenges, experience in Kuwait
Dr Emad AbulnsrKUWAIT: Obtaining information from all fields and systematically learning new terms is a major part of a translator's job. Dr Emad Abulnsr, a senior translation specialist and interpreter, spoke to Kuwait Times about his profession. Some excerpts:Kuwait Times: When did you start your career?Dr Emad Abulnsr: I began translating in 1987 after graduating from university in Egypt. I came to Kuwait in 1994, and I have been working here...
Leicester’s Riyad Mahrez, center, is tackled by Norwich’s Alexander Tettey, left, during the English Premier League soccer match between Leicester City and Norwich City at the King Power Stadium in Leicester, England, Saturday, Feb. 27, 2016. (AP Photo/Rui Vieira)
Leicester surge clear as Ulloa shines
Leicester’s Riyad Mahrez, center, is tackled by Norwich’s Alexander Tettey, left, during the English Premier League soccer match between Leicester City and Norwich City at the King Power Stadium in Leicester, England, Saturday, Feb. 27, 2016. (AP Photo/Rui Vieira)LEICESTER: Leicester City eked out a critical win against struggling Norwich City with a very late winner from substitute Leonardo Ulloa that opened up a five-point lead at the top...
Newly elected FIFA president Gianni Infantino of Switzerland raises an arm during a press conference after the second election round during the extraordinary FIFA congress in Zurich, Switzerland, Friday, Feb. 26, 2016. Delegates of the soccer body FIFA met to elect a new president. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)
Challenges face new FIFA boss - Arabs lament missed opportunity
Newly elected FIFA president Gianni Infantino of Switzerland raises an arm during a press conference after the second election round during the extraordinary FIFA congress in Zurich, Switzerland, Friday, Feb. 26, 2016. Delegates of the soccer body FIFA met to elect a new president. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)ZURICH/CAIRO: FIFA's new president Gianni Infantino yesterday faced the mountainous task of reforming and uniting world football, with a pile...
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KUWAIT CITY: Jassim Al-Awadhi waits at a bus stop as a bus approaches in this file photo.
Disorganized bus network behind lacking transit system
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Kuwait's fencer Yusuf Al-Shamlan
Shamlan leaves Olympic Games
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KUWAIT: Young girls participate in Girl Up Kuwait's first conference which focused on the role of women in Kuwaiti society and politics.
Girl Up Kuwait: Young trailblazers give girls a voice
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Air Force carries out aeromedical evacuation exercise
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Kuwaiti pilots learn to fly Turkish Bayraktar drones