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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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Citizen arrested with AK-47 rifles
KUWAIT: Detectives of the weapons inspection department arrested a citizen with two AK-47 rifles following information that he keeps the illegal weapons at his home. He was sent to concerned authorities.Citizens trapped in buildingThree citizens were trapped in a smoke-filled room after a fire broke out in a two-story building. Six citizens were also inside the same building when the fire broke out. Jahra fire center responded to the call and...
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Bogus companies busted
KUWAIT: Residency Affairs Department detectives ended the activities of 15 bogus companies in various areas of Kuwait. A security source said Interior Ministry Assistant Undersecretary for Nationality and Passport Affairs Major General Mazen Al-Jarrah asked detectives to launch a campaign against bogus and violating companies. Inspection campaigns took place in malls, and were able to uncover 15 bogus companies which were shut down.Body...
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An Idiot Interviewer
His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah rushed to the Al-Sadeq mosque shortly after the largest explosion Kuwait has ever witnessed took place and never hesitated to inspect the site while it was still on fire, and while his tears fell on saying: "Those are my children!" The Saudi monarch, King Salman Bin Abdulaziz went around the Kaaba with all pilgrims coming from all Muslim countries. He did not carry his crown along but rather...
GAZA CITY: Masked Palestinian youths place slogans near pictures of Palestinians who died during violence between Palestinians and Israel, as they gather in front of the UNDP (United Nations Development Program) offices to support Palestinians living in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. — AFP
Palestinian teen killed after alleged stabbing attempt
GAZA CITY: Masked Palestinian youths place slogans near pictures of Palestinians who died during violence between Palestinians and Israel, as they gather in front of the UNDP (United Nations Development Program) offices to support Palestinians living in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. — AFPJERUSALEM: Israeli troops shot dead a Palestinian who they say tried to stab a soldier in the West Bank yesterday, in the latest such incident in more than...
MOSCOW: People pass by the portraits of seven crew members, victims of the Russian passenger jet crash, at the headquarters of Kogalymavia charter airline. — AFP
Airline blames crash on 'external' factors - 'No technical failures could account for accident'
MOSCOW: People pass by the portraits of seven crew members, victims of the Russian passenger jet crash, at the headquarters of Kogalymavia charter airline. — AFPMOSCOW: The Russian passenger jet that crashed in Egypt killing all 224 people on board came down due to "external" factors, the airline said yesterday, as relatives began identifying their loved ones in Saint Petersburg. Senior Kogalymavia executive Alexander Smirnov said that "no...
MACEDONIA: Migrants and refugees prepare to enter a registration camp after crossing the Greece-Macedonia border near Gevgelija. — AFP
Self-inflicted wounds hamper EU attempts to manage crisis - Ambitions exceed capabilities, promises broken
MACEDONIA: Migrants and refugees prepare to enter a registration camp after crossing the Greece-Macedonia border near Gevgelija. — AFPBRUSSELS: The European Union's struggle to staunch the flow of hundreds of thousands of people across its borders represents the continent's biggest refugee emergency in over half a century. But far from being insurmountable, many of the EU's challenges are self-inflicted, the bloc's own chief executive admits....
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Bangladesh publishers burn books in protest of killings
DHAKA: Angry publishers burnt books and closed their businesses in Bangladesh yesterday, in the third day of protests over the latest gruesome attacks on secular writers and publishers by suspected hardline Islamists. Hundreds of people, including book-shop owners, took to the streets of Dhaka to protest perceived government inaction over a string of attacks including the machete murder on Saturday of a publisher of secular books."This is not an...
BIRGUNJ: Nepalese police walk protesters throwing rocks during clashes near the Nepal-India border at Birgunj, some 90 km south of Kathmandu. —AFP
Nepal police shoot border protesters, Indian killed - Anger over new constitution boils over
BIRGUNJ: Nepalese police walk protesters throwing rocks during clashes near the Nepal-India border at Birgunj, some 90 km south of Kathmandu. —AFPKATHMANDU: Nepal police yesterday fired into a crowd of protesters trying to block a key border checkpoint and killed an Indian civilian as anger over a new constitution boiled over. The violence came hours after police forcibly broke up the blockade in the southern town of Birgunj on the border with...
NEW DELHI: In this Oct. 23, 2015 file photo, an Indian writer assists another with tying a black band around her mouth as a mark of protest before participating in a silent protest march outside Sahitya Akademi, or National Academy of Letters. —AP
Modi faces tight election, hits Back at ‘intolerance’ criticism
NEW DELHI: In this Oct. 23, 2015 file photo, an Indian writer assists another with tying a black band around her mouth as a mark of protest before participating in a silent protest march outside Sahitya Akademi, or National Academy of Letters. —APNEW DELHI: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, battling to win power in the big heartland state of Bihar and push his stalled economic reforms, hit back at his critics yesterday for trying to paint a...
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Reporter shot dead in new Philippines media murder
MANILA: A Philippine radio reporter has been shot dead, police and colleagues said yesterday, in the latest attack in a country known for dozens of unsolved killings of journalists.Jose Bernardo, 44, was shot repeatedly by one of two suspects aboard a motorcycle outside a Manila restaurant late Saturday and died later in hospital, police said. He had told his family he was meeting an unnamed person, according to authorities.No suspects have been...
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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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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
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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