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Minister Hind Al-Subaih
New law won't curb NGOs freedoms: Subaih
Minister Hind Al-SubaihKUWAIT: A proposed law for nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) will not restrict freedoms or obstruct NGOs' work, a senior government official said yesterday. Social Affairs and Labor Minister Hind Al-Subaih stressed that the ministry will continue receiving suggestions and recommendations from various NGOs over a new law the ministry is currently preparing. Speaking on receiving a delegation from Kuwait Public Relations...
Kuwaitis cast their votes during by-elections held in the third constituency yesterday at ballot centers in areas including Adailiya, Khaldiya, Yarmouk and Khaitan.— Photos by Yasser Al-Zayyat and Fouad Al-Shaikh
Modest turnout at early voting hours
Kuwaitis cast their votes during by-elections held in the third constituency yesterday at ballot centers in areas including Adailiya, Khaldiya, Yarmouk and Khaitan.— Photos by Yasser Al-Zayyat and Fouad Al-ShaikhKUWAIT: Polling stations in the third constituency opened doors yesterday at 8:00 am for voting in by-elections for a seat that fell vacant with the death of MP Nabeel Al-Fadhl last December. Twenty polling stations were set up in...
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Letters to Badriya
Thank you for your lovely article about expats. I grew up in Kuwait, went to school there and was in grade 10 when the invasion happened in 1990. I had to leave with my parents and sister and never went back. Although I am Indian, I have always thought of Kuwait (and the Middle East) as my home, my people. What you said in your short piece is very humane. You're absolutely right. If expats aren't needed, they can be given notice and sent home....
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Crimes drop by 9% in 2015: Ministry
KUWAIT: Crime rates have dropped by nine percent in 2015 compared to 2014; a good indicator of the efforts exerted by the Interior Ministry to fight and limit different types of crimes, the ministry’s Relations and Security Media Department said in a press statement yesterday. A statistical report issued by the ministry shows that drugrelated crimes have dropped by 17 percent, while suspects arrested in relation to drugs dropped by 15...
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Indian Embassy calls on community to help contact deceased’s family
KUWAIT: The Indian Embassy in Kuwait released the following statements concerning difficulties faced in transporting the body of Indian national who passed away in Kuwait back to her home country: It has come to our notice that the body of the Late Kumadam Lalita Kumari (Passport No. F-1051441), an Indian National of Andhra Pradesh, is lying at a local mortuary since early January 2016. For transportation of the body to her relatives in India,...
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Teen arrested for reckless driving
KUWAIT: A teenager was recently arrested for driving without driver's license, driving a dark-shaded vehicle and trying to escape arrest along Abdaly highway, said security sources. The boy also violated traffic regulations by driving a vehicle with windows tinted over the allowed percentage.Meanwhile, the source noted that search is on for five unknown persons who damaged a patrol vehicle and assaulted policemen to help the teenager escape. Case...
GREENVILLE, South Carolina: Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush addresses the crowd at a campaign rally on Friday. - AFP
Bush's tale of unforced errors, miscalculations - Jeb misjudges mood of Republican base
GREENVILLE, South Carolina: Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush addresses the crowd at a campaign rally on Friday. - AFPCHARLESTON, South Carolina: Before Donald Trump's putdowns and the stumbles in presidential debates, and before the profound frustration of voters became so unmistakably apparent, Jeb Bush appeared to be best positioned to win back the White House for Republicans in 2016. He amassed a $150 million war chest in 2015,...
BRUSSELS: British Prime Minister David Cameron addresses a press conference at end of an European Union (EU) summit late Friday. - AFP
Britain sets June date for historic EU referendum
BRUSSELS: British Prime Minister David Cameron addresses a press conference at end of an European Union (EU) summit late Friday. - AFPLONDON: Britain will vote on its membership of the European Union on June 23, Prime Minister David Cameron said yesterday as he began the daunting challenge of persuading the country to stay. He announced the date for the referendum after a two-hour cabinet meeting where he briefed ministers on the deal he struck...
Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic
US air strike on Libya killed abducted Serbs - Belgrade to send protest note to Washington
Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar VucicBELGRADE: A US air strike believed to have killed an Islamic State group operative behind the mass murder of tourists on a Tunisian beach also killed two kidnapped Serbian embassy employees, Belgrade said yesterday. The attack on Friday targeted a jihadist training camp near the Libyan coastal city of Sabratha, killing dozens of people. But Belgrade said the victims of the strike also included two employees...
KAMPALA: Uganda’s long-time President Yoweri Museveni waves to supporters from the sunroof of his vehicle as he arrives for an election rally at Kololo Airstrip in Kampala, Uganda. — AP file photo
Uganda's Museveni wins election, oppn cries foul - EU, Commonwealth observers slam handling of poll
KAMPALA: Uganda’s long-time President Yoweri Museveni waves to supporters from the sunroof of his vehicle as he arrives for an election rally at Kololo Airstrip in Kampala, Uganda. — AP file photoKAMPALA: Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni extended his 30-year rule yesterday, winning an election that international observers said lacked transparency and his main opponent, who was placed under house arrest, denounced as a sham.One of Africa's...
ROHTAK: Indian Army and security personnel patrol following fatal caste protests in Rohtak yesterday. — AFP
Lockdown in north India state as violence flares - At least one killed in caste protests in Haryana
ROHTAK: Indian Army and security personnel patrol following fatal caste protests in Rohtak yesterday. — AFPNEW DELHI: Indian authorities issued shoot-on-sight orders and deployed thousands of troops in a northern state neighboring New Delhi yesterday, after escalating caste protests left at least one dead, officials said.Television images showed mobs wielding sticks rampaging through the streets in northern Haryana state, setting fire to a...
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Pakistan troops kill five militants - School blown up
ISLAMABAD: Pakistani security forces yesterday killed at least five militants in a gunfight in a restive northwestern tribal district bordering Afghanistan, the military said. Troops encountered the militants near Ghalanai, the main town of Mohmand, one of the seven tribal border districts which have been home to Al-Qaeda and Taleban-led militants."Five terrorists were killed by security forces in Mohmand early morning today," a military...
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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