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Engineers' visas revoked
KUWAIT: The Public Authority for Manpower refused to renew work permits of 4,809 expat engineers who did not pass the professional efficiency test, while it is waiting for the evaluation committee's decision regarding 1,591 others. Official spokesperson of the authority Aseel Al-Mazyad said no transfers will be made for technical and educational jobs without passing the efficiency test, which is a precondition for transfer, according to...
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Municipal Council chief inquires about consultancy deal
KUWAIT: Municipal Council Chairman Osama Al-Otaibi inquired from the Minister of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs and Minister of State for Municipal Affairs Fahad Al-Shoula about the use of having a consultancy agreement with the World Bank on managing solid waste in Kuwait. Otaibi demanded a copy of the 24-month agreement signed in May 2018 with a total value of KD 573,806 and a report of what has been so far done in this regard. Meanwhile, Kuwait...
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KFSD denies receiving collapse report
KUWAIT: Firemen did not receive any call with regards to an incident of a man falling into a road collapse created by rain as claimed in a video clip on social media, Kuwait Fire Services Directorate (KFSD) said in a statement yesterday, adding that it did not deal with any such incident. Separately, the traffic department will auction several vehicles placed under impoundment at Kuwait Gulf Link garage in Jahra. The department had announced the...
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Zain embraces competent young people to open new horizons in front of them: Roudhan
Zain to renovate 'historic' NUKS UK headquarters in London LONDON: Kuwaiti Ambassador to the UK Khaled Al-Duwaisan and Zain Kuwait CEO Eaman Al-Roudhan with Zain and NUKS officials at the conference LONDON: Zain, the leading digital service provider in Kuwait, participated in the opening ceremony of the 55th annual conference of the National Union of Kuwaiti Students in the United Kingdom (NUKS UK) as part of its Official and Main sponsorship of...
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Iraq students join protests
BAGHDAD: Iraqi students joined anti-government protests in Baghdad yesterday, ramping up the street pressure on Prime Minister Adel Abdel Mahdi who also faced a sit-in from parliament's largest bloc. The capital and country's south have been rocked by a second wave of demonstrations since Thursday, with protesters digging in despite tear gas, curfews and violence that has left more than 60 dead. Yesterday morning, students could be seen joining...
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Trump confirms death of IS chief Baghdadi in US raid
Islamic State leader killed himself by igniting suicide vest, identified by DNA tests WASHINGTON: This handout picture taken yesterday shows US President Donald Trump (center) watching in the Situation Room of the White House as US Special Operations forces close in on IS leader Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi. - AFP WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump yesterday said that elusive Islamic State leader Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi was killed, dying "like a dog" in...
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Protesters form human chain across Lebanon
BEIRUT: Tens of thousands of Lebanese protesters successfully formed a human chain running north-south across the entire country yesterday to symbolize newfound national unity. Demonstrators joined hands from Tripoli to Tyre, a 170-km chain running through the capital Beirut, as part of an unprecedented cross-sectarian mobilization. Tension has mounted in recent days between security forces and protesters, who have blocked roads and brought the...
IZKI, Oman: An Omani woman casts her ballot at a polling station in this northeastern town during consultative council elections yesterday. - AFP
Omanis elect new consultative council
MUSCAT: Omanis yesterday elected an 86-member consultative council whose powers are limited. Around 714,000 Omanis headed to the polls in the early hours of yesterday morning to elect members of the new Majlis Al-Shura from 737 candidates, including 40 women. Oman, which is strategically located at the entrance to the oil-rich Gulf, has a population of around four million, of whom more than 40 percent are foreigners. Authorities are yet to...
(FILES) In this file photo taken on March 22, 2018 This photo illustration shows Whatsapp logos on a screen in Kuala Lumpur. - Facebook-owned mobile messaging platform WhatsApp announced on January 21, 2019 it was restricting how many times any given message can be forwarded in an effort to boost privacy and security. (Photo by Manan VATSYAYANA / AFP)
WhatsApp an essential but controversial tool
NICOSIA: From organizing mass protests in Baghdad and Beirut to coordinating rescue missions amid grinding conflict in Syria, WhatsApp has become an indispensable connector for millions across the Arab world. In Lebanon, where telecommunications are highly regulated and expensive, citizens have increasingly relied on WhatsApp for free calls. When the government announced a tax on these calls on Oct 17, it sparked protests that grew to an...
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Vatican synod proposes ordaining married men as priests in Amazon
Conservatives oppose change, fearing slippery slope of changeVATICAN CITY: An assembly of Roman Catholic bishops from the Amazon on Saturday proposed that married men in the remote area be allowed to be ordained priests, which could lead to a landmark change in the Church's centuries-old discipline of celibacy. The proposal, made in a final document from a three-week assembly, known as a synod, passed by 128 votes in favor to 41 against. Pope...
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Police, Catalan separatists clash as day of protest ends in violence
Independence movement at risk of fragmentingBARCELONA: Clashes between police and militant elements in a thousands-strong crowd of demonstrators transformed part of central Barcelona into a battleground late on Saturday as another day of pro-independence protests turned violent. Projectiles were fired, at least six people were hospitalized with injuries, and barricades were set alight after officers charged ranks of demonstrators - many young and...
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Pakistan denies use of airspace to Indian PM
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan yesterday said it denied India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi permission to fly through its airspace due to "ongoing grave human rights violations" in Indian-administered Kashmir. The decision came with tensions simmering between the two nuclear-armed arch rivals over the disputed Himalayan region. It is the third time in recent weeks that Islamabad has refused to allow Indian leaders to use its airspace. Requests by Indian...
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Kuwait opens visa 20 to visa 18 transfer from July 14 to September 12
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KUWAIT: Interior ministry officials have monitored and conducted several inspection campaigns across the country.
MoI continues crackdown on traffic, residency law violators
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Iranian reformist candidate Masoud Pezeshkian raises his arms to greet his supporters as he arrives for his campaign rally, two days before a presidential election runoff following a first round marked by a historically low turnout, at a stadium in Tehran on July 3, 2024.—AFP
Iran reformist Pezeshkian wins presidential election
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HATHRAS, India: Mourners gather as the deceased who died in a stampede during a sermon are kept at a mortuary at Hathras in India's Uttar Pradesh state on July 3, 2024. -- AFP
‘Miracles’ and hope: Fatal stampede spotlights India’s craze for godmen