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Death sentence upheld over mosque bombing - Turaiji questions businessman's citizenship
KUWAIT: The appeals court yesterday upheld the death sentence against the man who drove a Saudi bomber to a Shiite mosque, but reduced the capital penalty against the alleged leader of the Islamic State group in Kuwait. The court did not look into the cases of five other men who were sentenced to death by the criminal court in September for their roles in the June suicide bombing at the Imam Al-Sadeq Mosque that left 26 people dead and 227 others...
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No stoppage of visa transfers this year - No project-to private transfer
KUWAIT: Well-informed sources at the manpower authority said the authority will not suspend visa transfers this year in view of the automated system currently being used that can provide statistics about visa transfers to other sponsors. Notably, transfers were suspended every year in the last week of December for inventory purposes. "The new system used for the first time since the authority was established is part of a plan to develop its...
KUWAIT: Executive Director of the Capital Markets Authority (CMA) Dr Nayef Al-Hajraf (center) speaks during the press conference. —Photo by Fouad Al-Shaikh
Kuwait Bourse Company to manage KSE in April
KUWAIT: Executive Director of the Capital Markets Authority (CMA) Dr Nayef Al-Hajraf (center) speaks during the press conference. —Photo by Fouad Al-ShaikhKUWAIT: Kuwait Bourse Company will begin managing the Kuwait Stock Exchange (KSE) as of April 25, Executive Director of the Capital Markets Authority (CMA) Dr Nayef Al-Hajraf announced yesterday. In a press conference, Al-Hajraf said that the CMA met with the KSE committee in the presence of...
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No fuel subsidies for expats, deserving citizens to exempted
KUWAIT: The government's expected decision to lift fuel subsidies after several studies in this regard is expected to have negative impacts on the private sector by increasing its production costs, and thus increase the prices of various goods and services.Commenting on this controversial issue, official government sources stressed that energy and product subsidies would not be lifted from 'deserving' citizens with low and medium incomes. The...
Minister of Health Dr Ali Al-Obaidi
Minister of Health warns violators of state lands
Minister of Health Dr Ali Al-ObaidiKUWAIT: Minister of Health Ali Al-Obaidi stressed yesterday that the ministry is having zero tolerance and imposing laws on all companies, bodies and public societies exploiting state-owned lands surrounding governmental hospitals and clinics, besides any facilities of the Ministry without legal document.He added in press statement that in protection of the states' rights and public money, the ministry adopted...
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New affidavit form to 'protect patients from medical errors' - MP denies human trafficking accusations
KUWAIT: Minister of Health Dr Ali Al-Obaidi has approved a new patients' affidavit form that would protect patients' rights and safety as well as protect them from medical errors, Assistant Undersecretary For Legal Affairs Dr Mahmoud Abdul Hadi said. Abdul Hadi added that according to the new decisions, doctors will be mandated to brief patients about medical protocols and options concerning each case before having them sign written affidavits to...
Attorney Fajer Ahmed
How to handle harassment at work
Office politics are not always pleasant and can be very stressful at times, especially when sexual, emotional or physical abuse is involved. Thankfully, the law has put regulations, restrictions and punishments to avoid uncomfortable situations especially in order to protect the weaker party. Kuwait Penal Law and Kuwait Labor Law have multiple articles that protect the parties involved in such situations, yet it is not always easy to take...
KUWAIT: The Commercial Bank of Kuwait (CBK) participated in the 4th Childhood Festival, which took place recently at the Kuwait International Fairground in Mishref under the patronage of Minister of Education and Minister of Higher Education Dr Bader Al-Essa.
Education, health ministries act against child abuse
KUWAIT: The Commercial Bank of Kuwait (CBK) participated in the 4th Childhood Festival, which took place recently at the Kuwait International Fairground in Mishref under the patronage of Minister of Education and Minister of Higher Education Dr Bader Al-Essa.KUWAIT: A mother pours hot water on her daughter, and another burns her daughter's body with cigarettes, while a third child cannot sit properly because her back has burns all-over due to...
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Temperatures to drop again tomorrow
KUWAIT: Kuwait will be affected by a low pressure front blowing from Sudan, leading to the weather becoming partly cloudy with moderate to fresh southeasterly to westerly winds with speeds of 20-45 km/h, a local meteorologist said. The strong winds would cause rising dust with a chance of rain that might be thundery at times during daytime, said Sami Al-Othman, Acting Director of Kuwait Meteorology Center. Othman added that clouds would decrease...
KUWAIT: Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Finance and Acting Oil Minister Anas Al-Saleh and Kyrgyz Foreign Minister Erlan Abdyldeav sign an agreement in presence of His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, Kyrgyz President Almazbek Atambayev, His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah and First Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Sabah. – Amiri Diwan photosn
Amir receives Kyrgyz President, Tunisian FM - Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan sign cooperation agreements
KUWAIT: Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Finance and Acting Oil Minister Anas Al-Saleh and Kyrgyz Foreign Minister Erlan Abdyldeav sign an agreement in presence of His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, Kyrgyz President Almazbek Atambayev, His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah and First Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah...
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US Embassy message
KUWAIT: The US Embassy in Kuwait sent the following message to US citizens living in the country concerning the elimination of US passport extra pages:Effective January 1, 2016, the Department of State will eliminate the addition of supplemental visa pages for passports. To mitigate the impact of this change, applicants for new passports have started receiving 52-page passports as of October 1, 2014. Please note that requests for extra pages on...
Eight people arrested yesterday for running a fake domestic helpers’ recruitment office
Three killed in accidents; Asians arrested for running fake maids' office
Eight people arrested yesterday for running a fake domestic helpers’ recruitment officeKUWAIT: An elderly woman, a young man and an Ethiopian maid were killed, while a citizen and a driver were injured in two accidents reported yesterday. Policemen received a call about a collision on Nuwaiseeb Road between a car driven by an Indian man and another driven by a citizen, which led to the deaths of the old woman and the maid. The other accident...
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LOS ANGELES: Smoke and flames from the Palisades Fire burn behind Mulholland drive towards the Encino neighborhood in Los Angeles, California, January 10, 2025. -- AFP
Big Los Angeles wildfire switches direction; toll 13
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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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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
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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
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