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Figuring it out: official talks statistical bureau's role, future
KUWAIT: Many public departments and institutions do important work, but are not well known. For instance, census and other official statistics are very important for public and private institutions and even individuals. The Central Statistical Bureau is one of the institutions in charge of producing important official data. It used to be part of the Ministry of Planning, but in 2007 became an independent body.Kuwait Times spoke to Mona Khalaf...
TOPSHOT - A member of Iraq's counter-terrorism forces monitors his surrounding in a street in Ramadi's Dhubbat neighberhood, adjacent to Hoz neighbourhood, on December 25, 2015. Elite forces from the counter-terrorism service (CTS) faced limited resistance when they punched into central Ramadi four days earlier, in a final push to retake the city they lost to the Islamic State (IS) group in May. AFP PHOTO / STR / AFP / STR
Iraqi forces in fierce battles in Ramadi - Troops close in on Islamic State redoubt
TOPSHOT - A member of Iraq's counter-terrorism forces monitors his surrounding in a street in Ramadi's Dhubbat neighberhood, adjacent to Hoz neighbourhood, on December 25, 2015. Elite forces from the counter-terrorism service (CTS) faced limited resistance when they punched into central Ramadi four days earlier, in a final push to retake the city they lost to the Islamic State (IS) group in May. AFP PHOTO / STR / AFP / STRBAGHDAD: Iraqi forces...
Zahran Alloush, head of the Jaish al-Islam (Islam Army) Syrian rebel group, speaks during the wedding of a fighter in the group on July 21, 2015, in the rebel-held town of Douma, on the eastern edges of the Syrian capital Damascus. Alloush, head of the powerful Jaish al-Islam Syrian rebel group, was killed along with five other commanders on December 25, 2015, east of Damascus, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights and Syria's opposition said. AFP PHOTO / AMER ALMOHIBANY
Syria rebel group names successor to slain leader
Zahran Alloush, head of the Jaish al-Islam (Islam Army) Syrian rebel group, speaks during the wedding of a fighter in the group on July 21, 2015, in the rebel-held town of Douma, on the eastern edges of the Syrian capital Damascus. Alloush, head of the powerful Jaish al-Islam Syrian rebel group, was killed along with five other commanders on December 25, 2015, east of Damascus, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights and Syria's opposition said....
A car drives through flood waters at Mytholmroyd in Calderdale, West Yorkshire, England, Saturday Dec. 26, 2015. Parts of northwest England already hit hard by flooding in recent weeks were under severe flood warnings Saturday because of forecasts for more heavy rain, with some areas being evacuated. (Peter Byrne/PA via AP) UNITED KINGDOM OUT NO SALES NO ARCHIVE
Homes evacuated, cars submerged as flooding hits UK
A car drives through flood waters at Mytholmroyd in Calderdale, West Yorkshire, England, Saturday Dec. 26, 2015. Parts of northwest England already hit hard by flooding in recent weeks were under severe flood warnings Saturday because of forecasts for more heavy rain, with some areas being evacuated. (Peter Byrne/PA via AP) UNITED KINGDOM OUT NO SALES NO ARCHIVELONDON: Homes were evacuated, cars were submerged and boats were brought in to help...
In this Sunday, Dec. 20, 2015 photo, a Skycrane helicopter drops a load of water as it works to hold back a wildfire from the hamlet of Claredon in Victoria, Australia. More than 100 homes have been destroyed by the Christmas Day wildfire that tore through a stretch of coastline popular with tourists in southern Australia. (David Crosling/AAP Via AP) AUSTRALIA OUT, NEW ZEALAND OUT, PAPUA NEW GUINEA OUT, SOUTH PACIFIC OUT, NO SALES, NO ARCHIVES
More than 100 homes lost in Australia Xmas bushfires
In this Sunday, Dec. 20, 2015 photo, a Skycrane helicopter drops a load of water as it works to hold back a wildfire from the hamlet of Claredon in Victoria, Australia. More than 100 homes have been destroyed by the Christmas Day wildfire that tore through a stretch of coastline popular with tourists in southern Australia. (David Crosling/AAP Via AP) AUSTRALIA OUT, NEW ZEALAND OUT, PAPUA NEW GUINEA OUT, SOUTH PACIFIC OUT, NO SALES, NO...
TOPSHOT - Indian workers adjust electricity cables set up temporarily on the banks of the river Ganga in preparation for the annual Hindu religious fair of Magh Mela in Allahabad on December 26, 2015. The Magh Mela is held every year on the banks of Triveni Sangam - the confluence of the three great rivers Ganga, Yamuna and the mystical Saraswati during the Hindu month of Magh which corresponds to mid January - mid February. AFP PHOTO/ SANJAY KANOJIA / AFP / Sanjay Kanojia
India closing in on deal to build 6 nuke reactors
TOPSHOT - Indian workers adjust electricity cables set up temporarily on the banks of the river Ganga in preparation for the annual Hindu religious fair of Magh Mela in Allahabad on December 26, 2015. The Magh Mela is held every year on the banks of Triveni Sangam - the confluence of the three great rivers Ganga, Yamuna and the mystical Saraswati during the Hindu month of Magh which corresponds to mid January - mid February. AFP PHOTO/ SANJAY...
A man passes over a metal gate to receive his voter registration card in the PK5 Muslim district in Bangui on December 25, 2015 during a voter card distribution ahead the country's presidential elections.nThe transition authorities in the Central African Republic proposed on December 24, 2015 delaying the presidential and legislative elections set for this weekend until next week, during a meeting broadcast on national radio. The authorities suggested delaying December 27 elections by three days until December 30, citing the preparations for the voting and in particular the need to better train poll workers. / AFP / ISSOUF SANOGO
Security tight for volatile CAR's landmark elections
A man passes over a metal gate to receive his voter registration card in the PK5 Muslim district in Bangui on December 25, 2015 during a voter card distribution ahead the country's presidential elections.The transition authorities in the Central African Republic proposed on December 24, 2015 delaying the presidential and legislative elections set for this weekend until next week, during a meeting broadcast on national radio. The authorities...
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Property to witness decline 2016: experts
KUWAIT: Property experts predict the year 2016 will witness decline of prices of investment and residential units but believe those for commercial purposes will firm. Recent interest raise on the Kuwaiti dinar and ongoing decline of oil prices are among main factors that will push property rates down.Tariq Al-Ateeqi, former director-general of Property Clearance Company, said residential units' prices declined 20 percent, early this year,...
KUWAIT: National Assembly Speaker Marzouq Al- Ghanem (right) and other mourners carry the bier during the burial of MP Nabil Al-Fadhl yesterday.
PM, speaker lead Fadhl funeral
KUWAIT: National Assembly Speaker Marzouq Al- Ghanem (right) and other mourners carry the bier during the burial of MP Nabil Al-Fadhl yesterday.KUWAIT: HH the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah and National Assembly Speaker Marzouq Al-Ghanem led the funeral of late MP Nabil Al-Fadhl, who died on Tuesday. MPs, ministers and a large number of people took part in the funeral at Sulaibkhat cemetery, where Fadhl's body was laid to...
KUWAIT: Police officers round up people during a massive raid in Jleeb Al- Shuyoukh yesterday. — KUNA
Scores arrested in Jleeb raid
KUWAIT: Police officers round up people during a massive raid in Jleeb Al- Shuyoukh yesterday. — KUNAKUWAIT: A major security campaign was launched on the instructions of Deputy Premier and Interior Minister Sheikh Mohammad Al-Khalid Al-Sabah and in the presence of Interior Ministry Undersecretary Lt Gen Suleiman Al-Fahd to arrest suspects and wanted persons as well as law violators in Jleeb Al-Shuyoukh.The area was divided into five security...
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Ministry to reintroduce companies' law
KUWAIT: The Constitutional Court's decision a few days ago annulling the anti-corruption law because it was unconstitutional caused chaos in most ministries and government establishments that were issued similar "urgent decrees." On that regard, the commerce ministry has reportedly sought to pass the companies' law no. 25/2012 during the same time the annulled anti-corruption law was approved.Sources said that the commerce ministry is taking...
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Awqaf to terminate 1,500 expat employees
KUWAIT: Minister of Justice and Minister of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs Yaqoub Al-Sane is seeking to end the practice of hiring expatriates on monthly payments, said official sources at the ministry, noting that 3,600 expats were currently hired by the ministry and that it was expected to terminate 1,500 of them.The sources explained that there was too much controversy over hiring expats at the ministry, and accordingly, the minister formed a...
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