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Nearly 2.6 million expats in Kuwait
KUWAIT: A security source revealed statistics of expatriates who have valid residency permits at the Interior Ministry’s Residency Affairs Department, headed by Major General Talal Maarafi.The source said the number of expatriates registered in the database with valid residencies reached 2,599,541 expats excluding all violators of residency law, whose number is estimated at 110,000, besides those registered as illegal residents and Gulf...
MP Abdullah Al-Maayouf
Team eyes Gulf support for scrapping Kuwait's football suspension: MP
MP Abdullah Al-MaayoufMANAMA: The current Gulf tour by a Kuwaiti parliamentary sports delegation is mainly intended to rally up Gulf support for dropping Kuwait's football suspension, a visiting Kuwaiti MP said. Making a one-day tour to Manama, the delegation is seeking to drum up support for a FIFA vote due on February 26 against the decision suspending Kuwait's football activities, MP Abdullah Al-Maayouf said yesterday.Maayouf, who is head of...
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Health Ministry keen on providing top medical services in Kuwait: official
KUWAIT: Assistant Undersecretary of Ministry of Health (MoH) for Medical Services Dr Mohammad Al-Khashti confirmed MoH's keenness to provide best medical services for public, and enhance these services to build healthy society.Khashti made his remarks Monday in a speech, on behalf of Health Minister Dr Ali Al-Obaidi, during the inauguration of the third annual Joint Congress of the Asian Musculoskeletal Society (AMS) and the Arabian Gulf Society...
KUWAIT: Vehicles overflow parking lots and left in no parking zones in Kuwait City. The lack of road expansion projects that accommodate with the rapid growth of construction ventures in the nation’s capital has made finding a parking space there a daily struggle. — Photos by Yasser Al-Zayyat
Councilor says abandoned cars used for illicit practices
KUWAIT: Vehicles overflow parking lots and left in no parking zones in Kuwait City. The lack of road expansion projects that accommodate with the rapid growth of construction ventures in the nation’s capital has made finding a parking space there a daily struggle. — Photos by Yasser Al-ZayyatKUWAIT: Municipal Council member and head of Farwaniya committee Nayef Al-Sour said Farwaniya governorate is full of abandoned vehicles in several...
KUWAIT: Minister of Information Sheikh Salman Al-Sabah opens the Islamic Art Gallery. — KUNA
Info Minister opens Islamic art gallery
KUWAIT: Minister of Information Sheikh Salman Al-Sabah opens the Islamic Art Gallery. — KUNAKUWAIT: The Islamic civilization served as a link bringing people with different cultures close to each other, Minister of Information and Minister of State for Youth Affairs Sheikh Salman Sabah Salem Al-Sabah said Monday evening. Sheikh Salman, also president of the National Council for Culture, Arts and Letters (NCCAL), made the comments on the...
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Absconding Sri Lankan and Nepalese maids kidnapped, 'sold' to Indian and Bangladeshi by an Ethiopian woman
KUWAIT: Two absconding maids found themselves victims of an Ethiopian woman who sold them in cahoots with a taxi driver to two men, Indian and Bangladeshi, for KD 100 each. The victims, Sri Lankan and Nepalese, were both forced to get involved in immoral activities. Detectives were able to rescue them and arrested the two men. They are still looking for the Ethiopian and the driver.Human traffickingResidency detectives arrested a citizen who...
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Policeman arrested for releasing detainees in exchange of money
KUWAIT: The Interior Ministry's Relations and Security Information Department said criminal detectives arrested an officer red-handed while receiving money to release detainees from a police station. The officer was referred to the public prosecution in addition to legal and disciplinary action against him. The department said this is an individual case and it will not tolerate anyone who may hurt the interior ministry.Motorists hurtMishref fire...
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The imitation of success
Throughout the diverse walks of life we are taught to raise our hand for presence and participation - as we enter the corporate world we are challenged - remaining in silent mode is an approach viewed and tested to target excellence revealing competitiveness among other individuals in the business or on a macro level viewing the competition amongst organizations. Whether publishing an idea or launching a new product/ project or revealing change...
NORTH CHARLESTON, South Carolina: Former US President George W Bush (right), Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush and former First Lady Laura Bush arrive during a campaign rally on Monday. - AFP
George W Bush stumps for Jeb
NORTH CHARLESTON, South Carolina: Former US President George W Bush (right), Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush and former First Lady Laura Bush arrive during a campaign rally on Monday. - AFPNORTH CHARLESTON: George W Bush, campaigning for his brother for the first time, says Jeb has the backbone and optimism to be president and that Americans should avoid nominating someone who "mirrors and inflames our frustration". The former...
RAMADI: Iraq government troops remove bombs planted in houses and streets in Ramadi’s Husseiba eastern district yesterday, after retaking the city from the Islamic State group. — AFP
Islamic State faces economic crunch - Terror group slashes salaries across the region
RAMADI: Iraq government troops remove bombs planted in houses and streets in Ramadi’s Husseiba eastern district yesterday, after retaking the city from the Islamic State group. — AFPBEIRUT: Faced with a cash shortage in its so-called caliphate, the Islamic State group has slashed salaries across the region, asked Raqqa residents to pay utility bills in black market American dollars, and is now releasing detainees for a price of $500 a...
A young female Elephant is fitted with a geographical positioning system (GPS) collar at the Garamba National Park in north-eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. — AFP
In Congo, a war for Africa's elephants
A young female Elephant is fitted with a geographical positioning system (GPS) collar at the Garamba National Park in north-eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. — AFPGARAMBA NATIONAL PARK: André Migifuloyo and Djuma Uweko lived together, worked together and last October died together fighting to protect Congo's elephants from voracious ivory-seeking poachers. In the continental war to protect Africa's elephants, the rangers of Garamba...
HAVANA: The airplane carrying US Secretary of State John Kerry prepares to depart the airport in Havana, Cuba in this file photo, after the reopening of the US Embassy after 54 years of broken diplomatic relations. — AP
US authorizes up to 110 daily flights to Cuba
HAVANA: The airplane carrying US Secretary of State John Kerry prepares to depart the airport in Havana, Cuba in this file photo, after the reopening of the US Embassy after 54 years of broken diplomatic relations. — APWASHINGTON: The United States and Cuba will sign a bilateral agreement authorizing up to 110 scheduled daily commercial flights to Havana and nine other destinations on the communist island. The deal restores regular flights...
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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