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Pistorius lawyers battle to avoid murder charges
BLOEMFONTEIN: Oscar Pistorius’s lawyers yesterday fought to keep him from returning to jail as state prosecutors argued for a murder conviction in a combative appeal hearing held just two weeks after he was released.The Paralympic sprinter was found guilty last year of culpable homicide-a charge equivalent to manslaughter-after shooting dead his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp on Valentine’s Day in 2013. During sharp exchanges between his lawyer...
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Cabinet tasks FM with legal action to terminate agreement with OCA
KUWAIT: The cabinet yesterday entrusted the Foreign Ministry and other relevant bodies with taking necessary legal procedures to break off the agreement between the Kuwaiti government and the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA), of Law 6/2006. The decision was made during the routine cabinet meeting held at Bayan Palace under chairmanships of His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah.The meeting reviewed the sports scene...
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Kuwait sentences five IS suspects to 10 years in jail - Assembly panel to probe Iran-linked cell claims
KUWAIT: The criminal court yesterday sentenced five men to 10 years in jail each for financing the Islamic State group known as Da'esh and ordered that two of the convicts to be deported for being foreigners. The court also acquitted two other men from the charges which included raising funds for the jihadist group which is fighting in Syria and Iraq and training members on the use of arms.The men were accused of raising around KD 400,000 and...
KUWAIT: The expat who was run over following a group fight outside a mall in Hawally on Saturday night.
5 citizens, 16 Egyptians in custody - Hawally mall brawl and macabre murder
KUWAIT: Five Kuwaitis and 16 Egyptians were in custody yesterday in connection with the raging brawl that resulted in the death of an Egyptian expat outside a shopping mall in Hawally on Saturday night, the Ministry of Interior's Relations and Security Media Department said yesterday. The statement said investigations are currently underway and two Kuwaitis and ten Egyptians were arrested yesterday taking the total number of suspects to 21 for...
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Kuwait to probe plane stowaway
KUWAIT: The Ministry of Interior has formed an investigation committee to uncover how an Asian man was able to stow away on a plane that was carrying the Ministry's Undersecretary General Sulaiman Al-Fahad and his accompanying delegation to an Interpol General Assembly meeting in Rwanda.Deputy Premier and Interior Minister Sheikh Mohammad Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah has ordered the formation of the committee immediately after the stowaway was...
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Awqaf to tackle unlicensed mosques
KUWAIT: Minister of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs Yaqoub Al-Sane said Sunday the ministry has started tackling unlicensed mosques that were built on stateowned lands, thus violating “sanctity of public funds.” The ministry has formed a special committee to solve ‘the dilemma’ of the unlicensed mosques, usually built from tin, Sane, also Minister of Justice, told reporters on sidelines of a reception held by the Algerian Embassy on occasion of...
KUWAIT: Sri Lankan Ambassador to Kuwait Kandeepan Bala (first from left), businessmen and media representatives attend the gathering
Kuwait consumes 12.3 million kilograms of tea from Sri Lanka - '$1.65 billion tea business thriving'
KUWAIT: Sri Lankan Ambassador to Kuwait Kandeepan Bala (first from left), businessmen and media representatives attend the gatheringKUWAIT: The Embassy of Sri Lanka in Kuwait hosted a gathering of businessmen and media representatives to introduce Sri Lanka's growing $1.6 billion tea business contributing 15 percent to the nation's foreign exchange. Kuwait imported around 12.3 million kilograms of tea in 2014 and 16.1 million kilograms in...
Dr Mohammad Al-Hashel and Christine Lagarde
Kuwait hosts Islamic Financing Conference - In cooperation with International Monetary Fund
Dr Mohammad Al-Hashel and Christine LagardeKUWAIT: Kuwait will host the World Islamic Financing Conference, organized by Kuwait Central Bank (CBK) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF), with the participation of the IMF Center for Financing and Economy in the Middle East and Thomson Reuters as strategic partner for knowledge.The conference will be held on November 11, 2015 under the patronage of His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad...
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Bachelors evacuated from 500 houses
KUWAIT: Engineer Ahmed Al-Manfouhi stressed that 500 houses which had been inhabited by bachelors were evacuated so far, adding that a report was submitted to the cabinet in this regard. Manfouhi added that the cabinet extended the evacuation project for further six months.Former MPs’ case adjournedThe Court of Appeal adjourned a case filed against four former lawmakers over promoting former MP Musallam Al- Barrak’s speech till January...
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1.5 million expats work in private sector
KUWAIT: The total number of expatriates working in the private sector reached 1.485 million compared to only 63,000 citizens as per the end of October 2015, Director of Labor Market Research at the Manpower Public Authority Samira Mandani said.Around 197,000 laborers entered Kuwait this year including 542,000 Arabs, 888,000 Asians, 34,000 Europeans and 9000 Africans, she added. —Al-Qabas
Dr Mohamed Al-Zuhair
Fake employment, rental of licenses crackdown
Dr Mohamed Al-ZuhairKUWAIT: Chairman of the National Fund to support small and medium enterprises, Dr Mohamed Al-Zuhair, said in remarks published yesterday that there are procedures and laws that are applied to prevent fake employment or rental of licenses for projects under the umbrella of the Fund.Zuhair said, in an interview with the local Al- Rai newspaper, there is full coordination with government bodies that have judicial jurisdiction...
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'No Kuwait Airways flights over Sinai'
KUWAIT: Kuwait Airways stressed that its flights had no routes over the Egyptian peninsula of Sinai, adding that it was the company's general policy to avoid flying over dangerous territories so as to protect the lives of its passengers. The statement came two days after a Russian passenger jet crashed over the Egyptian peninsula, which prompted several airlines around the world to suspend air travel over the area.Prisoners of warKuwait's foreign...
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KUWAIT: Security officers process the data information as residents submit their biometrics.- Photos by Yasser Al-Zayyat
Expats require biometrics to exit
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Lieutenant General Sabah Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, Deputy Chief of Staff of Kuwait’s Army, welcomes Turkish General Metin Gürak as the Kuwait Army Band delivers a performance. — KUNA photos
Kuwait, Turkey strengthen military relations during official meetings
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KUWAIT: A map provided by the Communication and Information Technology Regulatory Authority (CITRA) shows Kuwait’s new international gateway for connectivity and transit.
CITRA launches new int’l gateway for faster, secure connectivity
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Civil ID card prohibited for travel between Kuwait and GCC countries without a valid passport
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KUWAIT: Cabinet ministers, led by HH the Prime Minister Sheikh Ahmad Abdullah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, convene for their weekly meeting on Wednesday January 8, 2025. — KUNA
Plan to reform Kuwait’s education system gets green light from Cabinet