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Kuwait's huge cash reserves allow it to move ahead with reforms: IMF - 'Citizens will understand' budget adjustment strategies
Christine LagardeKUWAIT: International Monetary Fund's Chief Christine Lagarde said in remarks published yesterday that Kuwait is privileged with enormous financial reserves, which allow the country to conduct gradual economic reforms, especially by directing surpluses to productive spending.She added in an interview with daily newspaper Al-Qabas that there is a dire need for the government to take serious steps towards economic reforms,...
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Shrimp prices rising again
KUWAIT: The prices of local shrimp shot up to KD 90 per basket compared to KD 60 when shrimping season open two months ago. The drastic rise in price are due to low supply and excessive demand, say shrimp merchants especially demand from restaurants and hotels throughout Kuwait.The Public Authority for Agricultural Affairs and Fish Resources (PAAAFR) manages shrimping season so as to give the shrimp enough time to resupply. Shrimp harvesting is...
Kuwaiti Interior Minister Sheikh Mohammad Al-Khaled Al-Sabah
Minister rocks airport security following flight infiltration
Kuwaiti Interior Minister Sheikh Mohammad Al-Khaled Al-SabahKUWAIT: Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Sheikh Mohammed Al-Khaled Al-Sabah has penalized a number of high ranking officials at Kuwait International Airport over a huge security beach which saw an Aisan national infiltrate into the flight of the ministry's Undersecretary Lieutenant General Suleiman Al-Fahad.The list includes the airport's security director and his assistant,...
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Foreign labor recruitment to be closed... again; Manpower and labor transfer fees
KUWAIT: Kuwait plans to suspend issuing work permits to recruit labor forces from outside less than a year after it lifted a ban on foreign workers' recruitment, a local daily reported yesterday. The Manpower Public Authority is planning to take that step after discovering that opening foreign recruitment for private companies has allowed nearly 10,000 workers to enter Kuwait in less than six months. As a result, the authority believes that the...
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Kuwait 'transit station' to smuggle weapons
KUWAIT: Investigations in a case involving an international network which used Kuwait as a transit station to smuggle weapons and ammunition has revealed several surprises, as the suspects confessed that they succeeded in smuggling large quantity of weapons during successive operations through the Iraqi border without being discovered.Information and investigations led to the network members, as two citizens, a bedoon and an Iraqi national were...
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Hawally fight: prime suspect remanded in custody, 6 released
KUWAIT: The public prosecution yesterday ordered the detention of the prime suspect accused of murdering a killing a man during a fight in Hawalli two weeks ago for 10 days pending investigations, and referred him to the central prison. The prosecution also released six others, three Kuwaitis and three expats who were arrested in the same case on KD 300 bail each. In this regard, lawyer Zaid Al-Khabbaz said that the public prosecution released...
Eight people arrested inside a liquor factory in Sabah Al-Salem yesterday.
Drunk man arrested at police station; Raid on liquor factory
Eight people arrested inside a liquor factory in Sabah Al-Salem yesterday.KUWAIT: A man was charged with damaging state property and drunkenness. A security source said that the citizen had first entered Nugra police station, very nervous, so he was asked to meet the officer in charge, there he raised his voice. Then when the officer asked him to calm down, he broke the glass of the officer's desk. It was found out he was extremely drunk.Three...
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Indian Hindu Puja celebrators still under arrest
Kuwait: Eleven Indian nationals remain in detention after being arrested for celebrating a 'puja' (Hindu religious ceremony) without having a permit. Noise from the puja reportedly attracted the attention of several citizens who filed a complaint with police. The Indian Embassy in Kuwait has reached out to authorities regarding the men but so far has not been able to secure their release.By Meshaal Al-Enezi
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Neighbors fight over parking spot
KUWAIT: A man beat his neighbor in Rabiya following a dispute over a parking spot. The man, bedoon, went to the local police station and lodge a complaint against the Kuwaiti national.FightCapital police are investigating video footage for a fight that allegedly took place in a restaurant in Sharq. Those involved in the fight are believed to be adolescents. The restaurant's owner opted against lodging a complaint.Fugitive arrestedFintas police...
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He was not alone!
How terrible it is when rights are helplessly and unfairly usurped. When bad and evil boost around freely and brag with its control and the number of its followers! Our time is so ugly and full of human monsters that look down upon people's blood, lives and dignity and hauler loudly for death and killing. The real IS-followers are not those bearded man-slaughtering butchers who appear waving their knives and selling women as slaves. The real...
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Tweeter gets five years - Black slick spotted off Shaab beach
KUWAIT: The criminal court yesterday sentenced blogger Musaed Al-Musaileem to five years with labor over a state security case filed against him for slandering the late Saudi king, Abdullah Bin Abdul Aziz on his Twitter account. In similar cases, the criminal court yesterday adjourned a hearing in the state security case filed against former lawmaker Waleed Al-Tabtabae over charges of spreading false news about the position of His Highness the...
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Tariq Al Qallaf bags 3 gold in US Fencing Championship
KUWAIT: Burgan Bank is proud to announce today that Tariq Al Qallaf, Kuwait’s Wheelchair Fencing Champion, won three gold medals along with the title of ‘Best Fencing Champion’ during his participation in the US Fencing Championship for the Disabled. Burgan Bank is pleased to have sponsored the champion in this competition as part of its social responsibility strategy and will continue helping local athletes reach greater heights.Al Qallaf,...
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BAGHDAD: Iraqi Prime Minister Mohamed Shia Al-Sudani poses with ministers and delegates from the region, including Kuwaiti Deputy PM and Interior and Defense Minister Sheikh Fahad Al-Yousef Al-Sabah, attending an anti-drug trafficking conference on July 22, 2024. - AFP
Iraq becoming major drug conduit
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The Petrochemical Industries Company (PIC) CEO Nadia Al-Hajji. KUNA
Petrochemical Industries Co.: KD 39 mln net profit 2023-24 fiscal year
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KOLKATA: Students take part in a demonstration in Kolkata on July 22, 2024, demanding an end to government crackdowns against protesters in Bangladesh. — AFP
Bangladesh students suspend protests
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Councilmembers approve projects and specifications
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Undersecretary of the Kuwaiti Ministry of Higher Education, Lamia Al-Melhem holds talks with the Omani Minister of Higher Education, Scientific Research, and Innovation, Dr Rahma Al-Mahruqiya. - KUNA
Kuwait, Oman discuss education, research