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China top medals table in 13th Asian Shooting Championship
KUWAIT: China continued its dominance of the medals table of the 13th Asian Shooting Championship, and extended the gap in first place - winning 6 gold medals in the Rifle and Pistol events. The winning of world record holder, Chinese Haoran Yang in the 10M Rifle Event proves that he is targeting World Championship. Yang defeated his compatriot Yifei Cao and Iran’s Pourya Noroziyan. The teams event was won by China, followed by South Korea and...
KUWAIT: Kuwaiti Shiite Member of Parliament Abdulhameed Dashti (center) speaks during a parliament session at Kuwait’s National Assembly in Kuwait City yesterday
Sectarian sparks fly again in a debate over 'Iran cell' - Lawmakers urged to focus on development projects, budget deficit
KUWAIT: Kuwaiti Shiite Member of Parliament Abdulhameed Dashti (center) speaks during a parliament session at Kuwait’s National Assembly in Kuwait City yesterdayKUWAIT: Sectarian sparks again marred National Assembly debate yesterday over the Iran-linked cell. Sunni and Shiite MPs traded accusations as Iran came under strong criticism. Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Sabah regretted that four months after manifesting solid national...
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Sheikh Ahmad blamed for sports suspension
KUWAIT: The National Assembly has called on the government to open an immediate investigation into who caused the International Olympic Committee to suspend Kuwaiti sports activities allegedly because Kuwaiti laws breached the Olympic charter.The call came after a special debate called by MPs to discuss the suspension amid accusations that Sheikh Ahmad Fahad Al-Sabah and his brother Sheikh Talal were responsible for the international action. The...
Kuwaiti Interior Minister Sheikh Mohammad Al-Khaled Al-Sabah
'Trouble-makers will be deported'
Kuwaiti Interior Minister Sheikh Mohammad Al-Khaled Al-SabahKUWAIT: "Our brothers the residents are being deeply respected and appreciated in shadow of the law and regulations of the State of Kuwait," affirmed the Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Sheikh Mohammad Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah yesterday."No-one, regardless of the size of the community he (she) belongs to, will be allowed to breach the laws and the regulations in the...
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Mornings exclusive for Kuwaitis at outpatient clinics
KUWAIT: Following a two-year experimental period at Jahra hospital where outpatient clinics only received citizens during morning working hours and expatriates during the afternoon, the health ministry intends to generalize the procedure at outpatient clinics in all public hospitals throughout Kuwait starting the beginning of the next year, said informed health sources. —Al-Anbaa
KUWAIT: Minister of Information and Minister of State for Youth Affairs Sheikh Salman Al-Humoud Al-Sabah speaks during yesterday’s parliament session
Sheikh Salman vows corrective sports package
KUWAIT: Minister of Information and Minister of State for Youth Affairs Sheikh Salman Al-Humoud Al-Sabah speaks during yesterday’s parliament sessionKUWAIT: Minister of Information and Minister of State for Youth Affairs Sheikh Salman Al-Humoud Al-Sabah said yesterday the government would take a package of legal and regulatory procedures to correct, develop and buttress the sports movement in the country.Addressing a National Assembly session...
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Court rejects KAC case
KUWAIT: The constitutional court yesterday rejected a case filed to contest the constitutionality of Kuwait Airways Corporation (KAC), pertaining with the company's privatization deal. The court also said that the financially faltering citizens' fund that had been approved by the parliament was unconstitutional. However, legal sources said that the verdict does not cancel the fund founded in 2010 nor nullifies the settlements it made so far. "The...
Shantayanan Devarajan speaks at the seminar
MENA region in serious economic crisis: expert
Shantayanan Devarajan speaks at the seminarKUWAIT: The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region has a serious economic crisis and countries within it are advised to accept and do something to stop further erosion. Thus says Dr Shantayanan Devarajan, World Bank (WB) Chief Economist, Middle East and North Africa Region, as he was invited to a lecture organized at the Kuwait Economic Society (KES) organized Tuesday night. The lecture, titled...
Undersecretary at the Amiri Diwan and head of the Martyrs Bureau Fatima Al-Amir
Kuwait launches campaign to immortalize country's martyrs
Undersecretary at the Amiri Diwan and head of the Martyrs Bureau Fatima Al-AmirKUWAIT: The Amiri Diwan's Martyrs Bureau is launching a campaign to immortalize the people who have sacrificed their lives to Kuwait, an official said yesterday. Speaking to KUNA, Undersecretary at the Amiri Diwan and head of the Martyrs Bureau Fatima Al-Amir, said that the campaign involves arrangement of a mural consisting of 1,207 pictures of Kuwait's martyrs,...
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Saad Al-Abdullah friend slayer sentenced to death
KUWAIT: A Kuwaiti man was sentenced to death for killing his friend and fellow tribesmen. The victim, Sultan Al-Rashdan, was on duty at Saad Al-Abdullah's Ministry of Emergency and Water's emergency department when the suspect shot him dead in the incident that happened last year. According to case papers, the suspect, 28, prepared a shotgun and drove to the victim's office, where he fired one fatal shot from a one-meter distance. Investigations...
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Trio arrested with weapons, drugs
KUWAIT: Weapons detectives arrested three citizens with possession of unlicensed weapons, ammunitions and drugs. The first suspect was arrested at his home where ammunition and 250 grams of hashish and Shabu were found there. The second suspect was arrested as a pistol and ammunition were found in his house, while the third was arrested with possession of two AK-47 rifles, three pistols, ammunition and 200 grams of Shabu. The suspects were sent...
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Ethiopian woman and Filipina brawl
Kuwait: Police received a call about a fight between an Ethiopian woman and a Filipina in Ishbiliya area. The Ethiopian attacked the Filipina with a sharp object, and both threw hot water at each other. Both were taken to hospital for treatment of burns and wounds. The case was referred to concerned authorities.Lorry stolenA citizen insisted on lodging a complaint against a police officer in Jleeb Al-Shuyouk for negligence, when his half lorry...
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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