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Suspension of visa issuance from Kuwait purely administrative decision: Ambassador
KUWAIT: Ambassador of Switzerland to Kuwait Aldo de Luca said yesterday that the suspension of the visa issuance from Kuwait is "purely administrative" and does not entail for residents of Kuwait any necessity whatsoever to travel to Qatar in order to submit their visa applications.Swiss Embassy's visa section has closed down and that the processing of visa applications through its services is discontinued as of Dec 1, 2015, he said. The visa...
KUWAIT: Pakistani Ambassador to Kuwait Mohammad Islam Khan is seen during the inaugurating of the Pakistani commercial exhibition.— KUNA
Pakistan keen to enhance economic partnership with Kuwait: Ambassador
KUWAIT: Pakistani Ambassador to Kuwait Mohammad Islam Khan is seen during the inaugurating of the Pakistani commercial exhibition.— KUNAKUWAIT: Pakistan's Ambassador to Kuwait Mohammad Islam Khan asserted yesterday his country's keenness to strengthen economic relations with Kuwait. In a statement to KUNA after inaugurating a Pakistani commercial exhibition in the country, Khan said that bilateral relations with Kuwait have stood the test of...
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Court adjourns Abdali cell session to Dec 8
KUWAIT: The Criminal Court, chaired by Judge Mohammad Al-Duaij, yesterday adjourned its session on case number 55/2015 on the Abdali terrorist cell with 26 defendants to December 8, to hear the final testimony.In a closed-door session on November 5, the court listened to the testimony of defense witnesses. Two days earlier, 3 November, the court listened to testimony of the Public Prosecution, in a session that was turned into a closed-door one....
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Dead child recovered off Salmiya beach
KUWAIT: Salmiya Sea Rescue divers found the body of a dead child after they responded when they heard children screaming for help near a beach. The body was handed to criminal evidence.AccidentTwo women were trapped during an accident between two buses on Fourth Ring Road yesterday. Hawally firemen rushed to the site and freed the two. The injured were taken to Mubarak Hospital by paramedics.Apartment fireFiremen rescued six persons from a fire...
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Ethiopian woman beats up Kuwaiti man when he offered money for sex
KUWAIT: An Ethiopian woman exchanged blows with a 22-year-old citizen when he offered her money for sex, and she lodged a complaint at Nugra police station. A security source said the woman told police that a young man offered her money for sex, and when she refused he insulted her verbally, so she beat him, then after an exchange of blows he escaped in his car, and she gave police the license plate number. The young man was arrested and...
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Fighting terrorism goes through fighting corruption
Following the severe measures Saudi Arabia took after the Mina accident, Qatar also took very strict ones against those responsible for the projects that were recently flooded by heavy rain, and the Prime Minister referred five major engineering companies to the public prosecution. The Qatari public prosecutor also ordered a travel ban against many general managers and advisors working for companies responsible for those projects. Sociology,...
PARIS: US President Barack Obama (right) shakes hands with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan prior to a meeting at the US Chief of Mission’s residence yesterday. —AFP
Obama tells Russia, Turkey to focus on IS - Obama stresses US support for NATO ally Turkey
PARIS: US President Barack Obama (right) shakes hands with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan prior to a meeting at the US Chief of Mission’s residence yesterday. —AFPBRUSSELS: US President Barack Obama led calls Tuesday for Turkey and Russia to end their dispute over the downing of a Russian fighter jet and focus instead on Islamic State, the real enemy. NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg urged key ally Turkey and Russia to change tack and...
RIYADH: Saudi men walk past a candidate’s campaign billboards for the municipal council elections in the Al-Sahafa district of the Saudi capital yesterday. — AFP
Small steps for Saudi women, democracy - Women to vote for first time in local poll
RIYADH: Saudi men walk past a candidate’s campaign billboards for the municipal council elections in the Al-Sahafa district of the Saudi capital yesterday. — AFPRIYADH: Saudi Arabian women are running for election and voting for the first time on Dec. 12, but their enfranchisement marks only a pigeon step towards democracy and gender equality in the autocratic Islamic kingdom. "For 10 years, since men first voted, we have waited for this...
OUAGADOUGOU: Newly-elected president of Burkina Faso, Roch Marc Christian Kabore, waves at supporters after preliminary results showed him to be the winner of recent elections, supporters gather outside Kabore’s campaign headquarters in Ouagadougou yesterday.—AP
New Burkina president vows 'better tomorrow'
OUAGADOUGOU: Newly-elected president of Burkina Faso, Roch Marc Christian Kabore, waves at supporters after preliminary results showed him to be the winner of recent elections, supporters gather outside Kabore’s campaign headquarters in Ouagadougou yesterday.—APOUAGADOUGOU: Burkina Faso's president in waiting Roch Marc Kabore vowed a brighter future for the west African country yesterday after becoming its first newly-elected leader in three...
Anti-Taleban armed Afghan fighters look on as they listen to their unseen commander Naeem during a patrol against Taleban insurgents at Jamshedi, on the outskirts of northern Faryab province. — AFP
Rise of anti-Taleban militias stokes instability fears
Anti-Taleban armed Afghan fighters look on as they listen to their unseen commander Naeem during a patrol against Taleban insurgents at Jamshedi, on the outskirts of northern Faryab province. — AFPJAMSHEDI, Afghanistan: Riding on horseback and motorbikes, commander Naeem's fighters combed a fog-enveloped Taleban infiltration route in Afghanistan's northern badlands, as the government expands anti-insurgent militias across a patchwork of...
Pakistan army and police officers examine a bullet-riddled vehicle of the military police at the site of an incident in Karachi yesterday. — AP
2 Pakistani soldiers killed in targeted Karachi attack - Pakistan denies war crimes in Bangladesh
Pakistan army and police officers examine a bullet-riddled vehicle of the military police at the site of an incident in Karachi yesterday. — APKARACHI: Gunmen killed two Pakistani soldiers in the southern city of Karachi yesterday, the military said, a rare attack on the powerful army that could indicate the beginning of a push-back against a tightening crackdown on violence. The two were shot on a busy road in the center of Karachi,...
MANILA: A protester holds a slogan with a picture of U.S. Marine Lance Cpl Joseph Scott Pemberton outside the courts atnOlongapo city, Zambales province, northwest of Manila yesterday. — AP
US Marine found guilty of killing transgender Filipino - Pemberton sentenced to 6-12 years in jail
MANILA: A protester holds a slogan with a picture of U.S. Marine Lance Cpl Joseph Scott Pemberton outside the courts at Olongapo city, Zambales province, northwest of Manila yesterday. — APOLONGAPO, Philippines: A Philippine court yesterday convicted a US Marine of killing a Filipino last year after he discovered she was a transgender woman in a hotel while he was on a break after participating in joint military exercises in the country. Lance...
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(Left) Mahmoud Al-Aloul, Vice Chairman of the Central Committee of Fatah, China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi, and Musa Abu Marzouk, senior member of Hamas, attend an event at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing on July 23, 2024. - AFP photos
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BAGHDAD: First Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Defense and Minister Interior Sheikh Fahad Yusuf Saud Al-Sabah met with former Iraqi prime minister Nouri Al-Maliki, and leader of the Iraqi National Wisdom Movement Ammar Al-Hakim on Monday. Following his participation in the International Drug Control Conference, Sheikh Fahad Al-Yusuf had friendly discussions with Al-Maliki and Al-Hakim which reflected the deep-rooted brotherly relations between the two nations. – KUNA photos
Kuwait affirms coordination to combat drug trafficking