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90,000 people expected to spend New Year abroad
KUWAIT: Informed sources at Kuwait International Airport said it is expected that nearly 90,000 citizens and expatriates will leave the country during the New Year holiday. They said the number of passengers has been increasing due to the fact that the New Year holidays coincides with the end of the first school semester for intermediate and secondary stages.Courts' roundupThe judge yesterday released Sheikh Abdullah Al-Salem Al-Sabah on a KD...
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Kuwaiti oil barrel to drop to $27 in Feb: Analyst
Mohammad Al-ShattiKUWAIT: A Kuwaiti oil analyst has forecasted the price of Kuwaiti oil barrel would drop to $27 per barrel next February, affected by the pumping of Iranian oil into the markets and the decision to lift the ban on exports of US crude oil.International oil experts all agreed that such factors, mainly pumping about 500,000 Iranian oil barrels daily will lead to a drop in GCC's oil prices, analyst Mohammad Al-Shatti said yesterday....
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Minister Essa under fire over UNESCO Secretary-General post - Army Captain arrested with drugs
Dr Bader Al-EssaKUWAIT: MP Mohammad Tana Al-Enezi threatened to grill Minister of Education and Minister of Higher Education Dr Bader Al-Essa if he bows to pressure to cancel the appointment of Dr Ahmad Al-Enezi as Secretary-General of the Permanent Delegation of the State of Kuwait to UNESCO, while MP Saleh Ashour threatened to grill the minister if the secretary general was not replaced. Enezi, Secretary General of the National Kuwait...
KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir arrives at the scene of the Imam Al-Sadeq Mosque shortly following a terrorist attack which left 26 worshippers dead and 227 others wounded. — KUNA photos
Major local events in 2015 - Part I
KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir arrives at the scene of the Imam Al-Sadeq Mosque shortly following a terrorist attack which left 26 worshippers dead and 227 others wounded. — KUNA photosKUWAIT: The following is part one of a list of major local events that happened in 2015, courtesy of Kuwait News Agency (KUNA):His Highness the Amir:January 9: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah patronized the opening of the Fifth...
Weapons and ammo confiscated during a campaign in Wafra yesterday. (Below Left) A package containing marijuana discovered by airport customs officers (Below Right) The scene after a fire was extinguished at a camp near Saad Al- Abdullah.
Weapons' detectives search Wafra farms
Weapons and ammo confiscated during a campaign in Wafra yesterday. (Below Left) A package containing marijuana discovered by airport customs officers (Below Right) The scene after a fire was extinguished at a camp near Saad Al- Abdullah.KUWAIT: Weapons detectives obtained a warrant from the public prosecution to search block 3 of Wafra farms, based on article one of law 6/2015. The campaign began yesterday with the help of general security,...
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Officer arrested for robbing expats in Jleeb Al-Shuyiukh
KUWAIT: A citizen working for the Ministry of Interior was arrested in Farwaniya for robbing several expats in Jleeb Al-Shuyiukh, said security sources, noting that many of the victims identified the robber in a lineup. Case papers indicate that an Asian man reported that he had been robbed by a man in police uniform driving an SUV in Jleeb. A few minutes later, another expat showed up at the police station filing a similar complaint, giving the...
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'Pregnant' African maid arrested
KUWAIT: A citizen handed in his African housemaid to Sulaibikhat police station after finding out that she was pregnant, said security sources, noting that the man had taken the maid to Sabah Hospital with some health complaints that turned out to be pregnancy-related.MP insultedA parliamentarian filed a case at Naeem police station in Jahra, accusing seven bloggers of insulting him on their Twitter accounts, said security sources, noting that...
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Mercy, chickenpox years
Kuwaitis have always 'dated' years, giving them certain names according to major incidents. Thus, they have historically known the year 1918 as the year of 'mercy' due to the great number of people who died in that year, namely children who were killed when a flu epidemic spread in Kuwait. The term 'mercy' (Rahma in Arabic) comes from Islamic traditions of praying to Almighty Allah to bestow his mercy on the souls of dead people, that was done...
RAMADI: Smoke rises as Iraqi security forces attack the government complex in central Ramadi, 70 miles west of Baghdad, Iraq. Iraqi military forces on Monday retook a strategic government complex in the city of Ramadi from Islamic State militants who have occupied the city since May. - AP
IS 'fatwa' outlines who can have sex with slaves - Islamic State establishes 'war spoils' department to manage slavery
RAMADI: Smoke rises as Iraqi security forces attack the government complex in central Ramadi, 70 miles west of Baghdad, Iraq. Iraqi military forces on Monday retook a strategic government complex in the city of Ramadi from Islamic State militants who have occupied the city since May. - APWASHINGTON: Islamic State theologians have issued an extremely detailed ruling on when "owners" of women enslaved by the extremist group can have sex with them,...
nnTEXAS: A destroyed apartment complex is seen in the aftermath of a tornado in Garland, Texas. The southern US state of Texas reeled from rare December tornados, as days of storms battering a vast region stretching from the southwestern US to Canada claimed at least 43 lives. - AFP n
Storms threaten rare winter tornadoes; flights cancelled - Chicago-area airports worst hit
TEXAS: A destroyed apartment complex is seen in the aftermath of a tornado in Garland, Texas. The southern US state of Texas reeled from rare December tornados, as days of storms battering a vast region stretching from the southwestern US to Canada claimed at least 43 lives. - AFPCHICAGO: Snow, sleet and hail snarled transportation across swaths of the United States on Monday during one of the busiest travel weeks, after dozens died in US storms...
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Saudi executes Filipino - 153rd death sentence in 2015
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia yesterday executed a Filipino man convicted of murder, bringing to 153 the number of people put to death this year in the ultra-conservative kingdom. Joselito Lyda San was found guilty of killing Sudanese national Saleh Imam Ibrahim with a hammer following a dispute, the interior ministry said in a statement published by the official SPA news agency. He was executed in Riyadh on Tuesday, it said. According to AFP tallies,...
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Pakistan hangs four
PESHAWAR: Pakistan yesterday hanged four men sentenced to death by military courts for assisting in suicide bombings and attacks on soldiers, officials said. The executions were carried out at a prison in the northwestern garrison town of Kohat and the bodies were handed over to relatives, a prison official said. A senior security official confirmed the hangings and identified those executed as Noor Saeed, Murad Khan, Inayat Ullah and Israr...
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KUWAIT: People wander around Souq Al-Mubarakiya during Kuwait's national celebrations in this 2023 file photo. — KUNA
New Mubarakiya markets coming to Ahmadi and Jahra
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KUWAIT: Kuwaiti officials meet with a delegation from the World Health Organization (WHO) to discuss turning Shaab into a United Nations healthy city. — KUNA
Shaab on path to becoming Kuwait’s next healthy city
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BELGRADE: This photograph shows a sign for Naftna Industrija Srbije AD (NIS), and the company's owner OAO Gazprom Neft outside the headquarters in Belgrade, on January 8, 2025. -- AFP
US and Britain announce sweeping sanctions against Russia’s oil sector
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KUWAIT: Hawalli Governor Ali Al-Asfar and a World Health Organization (WHO) delegation meet to discuss the requirements for turning Shaab and other Hawalli governorate areas into a healthy city. — KUNA
What Kuwait’s vision for expanding healthy cities means for people