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11,000 treated abroad at cost of KD 230m in 2015 - Numbers jumped 500% in four years
KUWAIT: According to unofficial statistics, the numbers of Kuwaitis sent for treatment abroad jumped by over 500 percent over the past four years. Statistics also showed that 11,825 citizens were treated abroad in 2015 alone. In addition, local and international economic reports showed that Kuwait had spent over KD 400 million on treatment abroad in 2013, when 3,044 citizens were sent abroad to receive medical treatment at the government's...
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Mutual respect between policemen, citizens essential for homeland security: Official
Brigadier Adel Al-HashashKUWAIT: Establishing a mutual respect between policemen and citizens is so essential for the protection of homeland security, a security official said yesterday. Policemen have been and will always be vigilant against all challenges and able to face problems and difficulties, Brigadier Adel Al-Hashash, Director of the General Department of Public Relations and Moral Guidance at the Interior Ministry, said in a press...
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Govt keen on fighting corruption: minister
KUWAIT: The Government under guidance of His Highness the Prime minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah is moving forward in the fight against corruption, said Minister of Justice and Minister of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs Yaqoub Al-Sane yesterday.Speaking to journalists on sidelines of the parliamentary session, he explained that a new relevant law had been presented to the Anti-Corruption Authority and the legislations development...
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Kuwaiti Doctor sentenced to 4-years in jail for torturing maid
KUWAIT: The court of appeal yesterday annulled a previous verdict acquitting a 55-year-old female Kuwaiti doctor from charges of torturing her housemaid, and sentenced her to four years in prison with labor. The doctor had been accused of torturing the maid, causing her permanent disability as the maid lost vision in her left eye. The doctor had also detained the maid for four years, preventing her from leaving her house in Adan and tortured her...
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Somali Dad says stepdaughter raped by five men
KUWAIT: A Somali man told police that his 24-year-old stepdaughter was kidnapped and raped by at least five people. An investigation was opened into the case.Woman swindledAn Egyptian woman told Jahra police that an unidentified person swindled her after her brother was sent for deportation. A friend told her about someone who can help her. The man took KD 550 but did not get her brother released, nor did he return the money.33 suspects...
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Two female fugitives arrested
KUWAIT: A female citizen was arrested over two cases - insulting a public employee and a money-related case. Police stopped the woman and when they checked her ID, she was found wanted by the juvenile police for a KD 1,700 debt. She was sent to concerned authorities. Meanwhile, Capital (Asima) police arrested an Egyptian man wanted to serve a 15-year-jail sentence on drugs charges. The suspect fled as soon as he saw police approaching, so...
Ensaf Haidar holds a picture of her husband Raif Badawi after accepting the European Parliament’s Sakharov human rights prize on behalf of her husband, at the European Parliament. —AFP
Saudi blogger's wife accepts EU prize for jailed husband
Ensaf Haidar holds a picture of her husband Raif Badawi after accepting the European Parliament’s Sakharov human rights prize on behalf of her husband, at the European Parliament. —AFPSTRASBOURG: The wife of jailed Saudi blogger Raif Badawi yesterday accepted the European Parliament's prestigious Sakharov human rights prize on his behalf, urging Arab countries to abandon theocratic diktats and embrace free speech. Ensaf Haidar told the...
SAMAWA, Iraq: A picture taken on Dec 14, 2015 shows a camel standing in this southern desert in an area used by Iraqi herdsmen to graze their stock. - AFP nn
26 Qatari hunters kidnapped in Iraq
SAMAWA, Iraq: A picture taken on Dec 14, 2015 shows a camel standing in this southern desert in an area used by Iraqi herdsmen to graze their stock. - AFPBAGHDAD/KUWAIT: About 100 gunmen kidnapped at least 26 Qatari hunters in southern Iraq, officials said yesterday, the second high-profile abduction of foreigners in the country in three months. Turkey, which like Qatar is at odds with various Iraqi groups over regional issues, had 18 of its...
LAS VEGAS: Donald Trump watches as Ted Cruz speaks during the CNN Republican presidential debate at the Venetian Hotel & Casino. — AP
Multiple clashes sour intense Republican debate - National security, immigration and IS in the spotlight
LAS VEGAS: Donald Trump watches as Ted Cruz speaks during the CNN Republican presidential debate at the Venetian Hotel & Casino. — APLAS VEGAS: Sens Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio clashed sharply over national security and immigration in Tuesday's Republican presidential debate, thrusting their evolving feud to the forefront of the GOP race. Front-runner Donald Trump stood firmly behind his provocative call for banning Muslims from the United...
VAN NUYS: A gate to Birmingham Community Charter High School is locked with a sign stating that school is closed. — AP
Emailed threats highlight worries US schools face - NY, LA schools close due to hoax
VAN NUYS: A gate to Birmingham Community Charter High School is locked with a sign stating that school is closed. — APLOS ANGELES: When it comes to assessing threats, New York City and Los Angeles schools likely have more experience than most other districts in the country. But their reactions were dramatically different Tuesday to the same threat of a large-scale jihadi attack with guns and bombs - LA dismissed all its classes while New York...
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30 killed in Boko Haram raid on Nigeria villages
KANO: Brutal weekend attacks on three villages by Boko Haram Islamists in the restive northeast of Nigeria have left 30 dead and 20 others wounded, a vigilante told AFP. "Most of the victims were slaughtered and most of the wounded (had suffered) machete cuts," Mustapha Karimbe, a civilian helping the Nigerian military fight Boko Haram, said of Saturday's attacks in the villages of Warwara, Mangari and Bura-Shika in Borno state.News of the...
NEW DELHI: In this photograph taken on October 15, 2015, commuters in their vehicles clog the roads. — AFP
Top India court bans diesel cars in capital
NEW DELHI: In this photograph taken on October 15, 2015, commuters in their vehicles clog the roads. — AFPNEW DELHI; India's top court yesterday ordered a temporary ban on large new diesel cars in New Delhi as part of a series of tough measures aimed at cleaning up the world's most polluted capital. The Supreme Court also doubled a tax on diesel trucks entering Delhi and barred those older than 10 years altogether, as scathing public criticism...
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