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MPs, activists blast gag on senior cleric - UAE 'jails' ex-MP Duwailah

KUWAIT: Several MPs and activists yesterday blasted a decision by Minister of Justice and Awqaf and Islamic Affairs Yacoub Al-Sane to reportedly ban senior Sunni preacher Othman Al-Khamees from the ministry. The decision to suspend Khamees from giving Friday sermons and religious lectures at mosques has not been officially announced yet, but was widely reported on social media and harshly criticized by activists.Khamees, a leading cleric, was...

KUWAIT: His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah chairs the cabinet’s weekly meeting yesterday. — KUNA

Cabinet hails security personnel for arresting terrorist cell

KUWAIT: His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah chairs the cabinet’s weekly meeting yesterday. — KUNAKUWAIT: The cabinet yesterday hailed the Ministry of Interior for arresting recently a terrorist cell and uncovering their subversive goals. During its weekly meeting held at Bayan Palace under chairmanship of His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah, the cabinet voiced full confidence in...

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Teachers’ hiring depends on professionalism: Minister

KUWAIT: Minister of Education and Minister of Higher Education Dr Bader Al-Essa dismissed rumors spreading in social media that the ministry stopped hiring non-Kuwaiti teachers. The ministry is still hiring people in any job it needs regardless of nationality of teacher because "the important thing is the professionalism and performance," Essa said in a statement yesterday. He was reacting to social media rumors that the ministry stopped hiring...

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'Spending receipt' halts expats loans

KUWAIT: Several banks have found confusing a number of instructions recently given by the Central Bank of Kuwait, pertaining with mandating bank clients who get consumer loans to provide receipts which prove how the loans were spent, sources said. The major problem about such condition is how to receive receipts from expats who get loans to spend them abroad, the sources explained. "The central bank left this point unclear in terms of who to hold...

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E-crimes law takes effect January 12: Attorney General

Dherar Al-AsousiKUWAIT: Attorney General Chancellor Dherar Al-Asousi stressed that the media and information prosecution, which is part of the Public Prosecution, would be responsible for investigating all the cases included in the new 'Electronic Crimes Law' number 63/2015 that is due to take effect by January 12, 2016.Asousi explained that the media and information prosecution would be responsible for handling and investigating such crimes to...

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Chaos creates opportunities-II

Badrya Darwish Guys, yesterday I told you chaos creates opportunities. Today, the government is not wasting any time since global oil prices fell a little over a year ago. Luckily for us in Kuwait, we have a wise government that sets our budget at $55 per barrel, though we sold it for many years for more than $100 and we accumulated more than 15 years of multibillion-dollar budget surpluses. Thank God oil did not collapse completely, and on...

Sheikh Abdullah Al-Salem Al-Sabah receives a draft of the Constitution of Kuwait from Abdullatif Al-Ghanem

Kuwaitis recall late Sheikh Abdullah Al-Salem Al-Sabah - 'Father of Independence, Constitution'

Sheikh Abdullah Al-Salem Al-Sabah receives a draft of the Constitution of Kuwait from Abdullatif Al-GhanemKUWAIT: Kuwaitis nowadays recall with distress the crucial reign of the late Amir Sheikh Abdullah Al-Salem Al-Sabah who passed away on November 24, 1965, after a life full of accomplishments namely establishment of modern Kuwait's foundations.The number-one architect of the State of Kuwait's Constitution had passed away at the age of 70. He...

Officials from the Indonesian embassy, Kuwait Zoo and BOS Foundation bid farewell to ‘Zafrana.’

Another smuggled orangutan safely repatriated to Indonesia

Officials from the Indonesian embassy, Kuwait Zoo and BOS Foundation bid farewell to ‘Zafrana.’KUWAIT: The Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia in Kuwait in cooperation with the Kuwait Zoo and Directorate General of Natural Resources and Ecosystem Conservation Ministry of Environment and Forestry of the Republic of Indonesia as well as the Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation have again successfully and safely returned home the orangutan,...

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Twitter offender remanded in custody; Expat Teachers sentenced

KUWAIT: The public prosecution yesterday remanded in custody a number of suspects charged in a case related in operating a Twitter account under the handle 'Chabreet Seyassi 2' (political matches 2) and using it to slander His Highness the Amir and other Kuwaiti figures. The court also summoned lawyer Falah Al-Ajmi and media figure Bader Abdulaziz for the same case. Police had arrested a man who allegedly operated the controversial account, and...

Electric cables and ammunition found with the suspects

Egyptian gang busted for electric cables' theft

Electric cables and ammunition found with the suspectsKUWAIT: Jahra detectives busted a gang of five Egyptians, including one who is currently outside the country, and an Iranian who stole electric cables from various areas. Detectives also found old ammunition they melted for copper. The arrest was made when detectives noticed three men trying to steal cables from a transformer. When their car was searched, several cutters of various sizes were...

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Man busted in heroin import scheme

KUWAIT: A man was caught when received a package containing heroin. The man was arrested when customs detectives discovered the illicit drugs in a parcel sent from Pakistan and the man admitted he had received four similar parcels previously. He was sent to Drugs Control General Department. The amount of heroin found is estimated at 500 grams. 100 more pure heroin were found in the suspect's house. In another drug-related incident, airport...

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Regional hidden, proxy wars

The modern alternative of traditional military wars that aim at destroying the enemy, spreading division amongst its lines and defaming it before other peoples in order to achieve political, economic and security gains at their expense, is highly sophisticated intelligence wars that mainly depend on conspiracies, deception and implanting secret agents who claim antagonizing their 'bosses' in order to achieve the very same goals of destroying the...

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KUWAIT: Minister of Public Works Dr Noura Al-Mashaan chairs a meeting on Thursday to review the latest developments in the implementation of the new airport project (T2). -- KUNA phots

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KUWAIT: Vehicles move at snail pace on a rainy evening in downtown Kuwait. --KUNA

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