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DUBAI: A worker fills up a car at a petrol station on Tuesday. — AFP
Gulf braces for austerity as oil income slump bites - GCC states face record deficit of $180bn in 2015
DUBAI: A worker fills up a car at a petrol station on Tuesday. — AFPKUWAIT: Faced with heavy losses from low oil prices, Gulf states have embarked on belt-tightening measures to cut spending and boost non-crude revenues, but analysts warn much more needs to be done. After more than a decade of abundant surpluses thanks to high oil prices, the six Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states are projected to post a combined record budgetary shortfall...
KUWAIT: Health Minister Dr Ali Al-Obaidi meets British Ambassador to Kuwait Matthew Lodge during a joint steering committee meeting yesterday.
Obaidi oversees key health initiatives
KUWAIT: Health Minister Dr Ali Al-Obaidi meets British Ambassador to Kuwait Matthew Lodge during a joint steering committee meeting yesterday.KUWAIT: Health Minister Dr Ali Al-Obaidi attended a joint steering committee meeting yesterday, which is part of a government-to-government agreement between Britain and Kuwait to increase collaboration in trade between the two countries in multiple sectors including healthcare. In an exclusive interview...
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Fighting terrorism requires 'battle of ideas': Ghanem - GCC top legislators conclude 9th meeting
Marzouq Al-GhanemRIYADH: The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Speakers of Shura, House of Representatives and National Assemblies concluded their 9th regular meeting yesterday. The final communiqué embraced many decisions, most importantly: combating terrorism, which will be the focal point of discussion in future meetings.Participants in the meeting unanimously expressed a strong condemnation of terrorism everywhere, stressing the importance of...
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New mechanism to handle absconding labor soon
Sheikh Mazen Al-Jarrah Al-SabahKUWAIT: A new mechanism to solve absconding labor problems will be submitted to the Interior Ministry's Assistant Undersecretary for Citizenship and Residency Affairs Major General Sheikh Mazen Al-Jarrah Al-Sabah soon, said well-informed sources at the Manpower Public Authority. "The committee entrusted with studying absconding reports has come up with a new vision to end this phenomenon, whether the reports turn...
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Domestic violence discussed at Kuwait Human Rights Society
KUWAIT: The speakers are pictured during the seminarKUWAIT: The Kuwait Human Rights Society held a seminar yesterday on domestic violence and its effect on women and the society. The seminar was titled 'Domestic Violence in Kuwait: Reality and Aspirations'. It was held in cooperation with the Women Cultural and Social Society, Kuwait Society of Lawyers, Kuwait Social Work Society, National Association of Domestic Security (Rwasi) and the...
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US Embassy Kuwait: Security Message for US Citizens
KUWAIT: The United States embassy in Kuwait sent the following message to US citizens in Kuwait:The following Worldwide Travel Alert was distributed by the State Department on 23 November, 2015. The US Embassy in Kuwait is forwarding the message to ensure all STEP registrants in Kuwait are aware of its contents. This message is separate and distinct from the Worldwide Caution issued 29 July, 2015.The State Department alerts US citizens to...
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Consultants to lose jobs
KUWAIT: The Cabinet has asked all ministries to rationalize spending on consultant positions. Consultants are paid according to a reward system or based on individual projects and there are currently more than 5,700 such consultants working for Kuwait government departments and ministries. An official source quoted but unnamed by Al-Anbaa said that all ministries will be informed and payments for those employees will be stopped before the end of...
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Spring camps inspected in search for IS elements
KUWAIT: Kuwait Municipality is currently coordinating with the interior ministry to inspect some suspected spring camps with the goal of preventing IS elements from infiltrating through Kuwaiti deserts, well-informed sources said.The sources explained that a special integrated team is set to be formed to deal with various security as well as organizational matters related to camps. "The interior ministry is responsible for implanting security...
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Finance Ministry considers soda, tobacco tax
KUWAIT: Official sources at the finance ministry said the ministry plans to impose additional tax on soda and energy drinks, and tobacco by nearly 100 percent. The sources said the decision is expected at the start of next year.Informed sources said the taxes on products will be selective, especially those that are bad for health, because the ministry may not face popular opposition to such move. The sources said Kuwait is considered one of the...
This handout photo shows a man arrested yesterday with possession of marijuana he planted with the intention to sell.
European national arrested for planting, selling marijuana
This handout photo shows a man arrested yesterday with possession of marijuana he planted with the intention to sell.KUWAIT: Mubarak Al-Kabeer detectives arrested a European national who planted marijuana for sale. Detectives learned earlier that the suspect sold drugs, and when they raided his home, they found a protected plantation area and marijuana seeds. He confessed to planting and selling marijuana. He was sent to concerned...
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Senior official files defamation charges
KUWAIT: The head of the standards department at the Traffic General Department was insulted and defamed by anonymous persons on the internet. He filed a complaint at Rumaithiya police station. The complaint was forwarded to the electronic crimes detectives to find out the identity of the suspects.Man swindledA man fell victim to a swindler who made him believe that an industrial lot belonged to him, and took KD 120,000 from the him and escaped....
DOHA: A general view shows the entrance to the Doha City Center shopping mall in the Qatari capital on Tuesday. - AFP
'Bachelor ban': Qatar mulls family mall days
DOHA: A general view shows the entrance to the Doha City Center shopping mall in the Qatari capital on Tuesday. - AFPDOHA: Qatar's only directly elected body is to discuss introducing family-only days at major shopping malls in a move dubbed a "bachelor ban" that is likely to restrict access for foreign laborers. What sounds like an innocuous idea is proving highly contentious and threatens once more to expose the 2022 football World Cup host's...
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Kuwait posts KD 1.6bn deficit
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Defense praises Arifjan, Beuhring military chief
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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
Palestinians to form unity govt
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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