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Saudis commute Palestinian poet's death sentence
DUBAI: A Saudi court has commuted the death sentence against a Palestinian poet convicted of apostasy, to eight years' jail and 800 lashes, his lawyer said. Ashraf Fayadh was detained by the religious police in 2013. His conviction was based on evidence from a prosecution witness who claimed to have heard him cursing God, Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) and Saudi Arabia. He was also prosecuted for the contents of a poetry book he had written years...
KUWAIT: (From left) Belkis Wille, Researcher Middle East and North Africa at Human Rights Watch, Mohammad Al-Humaidhi, Director of Kuwait Human Rights Society and Joe Stork, Deputy Director for Middle East and North Africa at Human Rights Watch attend the press conference. — Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat
Limited progress for Kuwait's human rights: Human Rights Watch
KUWAIT: (From left) Belkis Wille, Researcher Middle East and North Africa at Human Rights Watch, Mohammad Al-Humaidhi, Director of Kuwait Human Rights Society and Joe Stork, Deputy Director for Middle East and North Africa at Human Rights Watch attend the press conference. — Photo by Yasser Al-ZayyatKUWAIT: Human Rights Watch (HRW) noted some important improvements and setbacks for human rights in Kuwait this past year. Improvements in...
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Schools start after Eid holiday next year
KUWAIT: Education Minister Badr Al-Essa confirmed that the coming school year would commence after the Eid Al-Adha holiday. He added that the ministry has already adjusted the dates to make school start on Sept 18 for all staff, Sept 21 for kindergarten and grade one, Sept 22 for other primary grades and Sept 25 for intermediate and secondary schools.Speaking to reporters on attending a ceremony at Sharifa Al-Awadhi School that was held jointly...
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New asphalt mix to address ‘flying pebbles’
KUWAIT: Ministry of Public Works Undersecretary Awatif Al-Ghunaim said a trial surface was laid on Jassim Al- Kharafi Road (Sixth Ring Road) with a new asphalt mix that was designed by a British laboratory to solve the problem of ‘flying pebbles.’ She said this mix will be added to all future tenders for road maintenance.She said that the trial road that was paved is located from station 10 to station 9 towards the east on Jassim Al-Kharafi...
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Kuwait puts on hold Eurofighter purchase
KUWAIT: An $8.7 billion deal for Kuwait to purchase 28 Eurofighters from Italy has been put on hold for “procedural” reasons, an unnamed Italian Defense official told Defense News website. According to the report published this week, the contract which was based on a memorandum of understanding signed in September of last year, was supposed to be signed on Sunday.But the signing didn’t happen due to “internal procedural problems” in...
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KPC leaders hand over cars to cut down expenses
KUWAIT: Three Kuwait Petroleum Corporation(KPC) officials recently handed over vehicles that had been allocated for them by KPC, with the aim of cutting down expenses, said informed sources. These include Nizr Al-Adsani, KPC CEO, Hashim Hashim, the managing director of Al-Zour refinery integrated petrochemicals complex, Bader Al-Sharad, the managing director for training and administrative affairs.The sources noted that KPC had made several...
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Education vital for Syrian children
UNICEF's call to raise $2.8 billion to help 43 million children suffering because of human crises worldwide and allocating the largest portion of this aid for education is a must in the 21st century that has been afflicted by many threats, wars and human disasters, which makes these funds a necessity to protect entire populations in many countries worldwide. Allocating one quarter of these donations for child education in afflicted areas, and...
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Prosecution denies Human Rights Watch request to meet Barrack
KUWAIT: The said the lawyers of jailed opposition leader Musallam Al-Barrak had informed the public prosecution that a visiting Human Rights Watch delegation wanted to meet Barrak, but the request was denied, said Awwad Al-Nasafi, Acting Secretary General of the Popular Action Bloc (PAB).Court roundupThe administrative court yesterday ordered paying a group of ministry of commerce and industry employees special incentives for working in distant...
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Crocodile found in stable in Kabd farm
KUWAIT: Weapons detectives were surprised while carrying out raids in Kabd to find a crocodile inside a stable, prompting them to call the Public Authority for Agricultural Affairs and Fish Resources (PAAAFR). The source said specialists tranquilized the reptile and moved it to the zoo. PAAAFR said it is not legal to raise and keep these types of reptiles according to international treaties ratified by Kuwait.Maid threatens sponsorAn Asian expat...
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Bangladeshi paint thieves caught; Ten Workers deported for cutting plants & trees
KUWAIT: Ahmadi police arrested four Bangladeshi nationals for stealing paint and construction material from houses under construction and were sent to Mina Abdullah police station.Workers deportedTen workers from an agricultural company were deported for violating the environmental law, as they cut irrigated plants and trees near the airport bridge in Farwaniya, and were caught by environment police.Vehicles removedThe city cleanliness center of...
A vehicle seen broken in half following an accident at the Seventh Ring Road yesterday.
Driver survives horrific accident
A vehicle seen broken in half following an accident at the Seventh Ring Road yesterday.KUWAIT: A citizen narrowly escaped death and was left with minor injuries following an accident that happened when her car collided with a lamppost and was broken in half. The accident took place on Seventh Ring Road yesterday near Subhan cemetery. Mubarak Al-Kabeer rescue and hazardous material teams responded and dealt with the accident. The woman was taken...
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The golden cheque
Kuwait Airways has a special importance for every Kuwaiti citizen, even expatriates living on this good land, as it is the one that sees us off if we decide to travel, and receives us when we return to our homeland. It is a moving Kuwaiti territory that carries the flag of my country, and this alone is enough for it to remain as one of the most important establishments in the country. Today, I am not going to talk about lands in Ardiya that...
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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