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Kuwait Airways to receive new planes
KUWAIT: Kuwait Airways Company (KAC) will is set to receive two more A330 aircraft, as part of a contract with Airbus to lease 22 aircrafts. The new aircrafts will support the new hubs to be opened in September. KAC had received the 10th new aircraft on Thursday, an A330 wide body aircraft, and it was given the name 'Sabahiya.'In February 2014, Kuwait Airways announced the lease of 12 Airbus aircraft including 7 A320ceo and 5 A330-200s in...
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Jaber hospital divided into several departments
KUWAIT: The Health Ministry will divide Jaber Hospital into several departments within a strategy to attract world hospitals to run each department to enhance the hospital work. Sources said the ministry's decision will be made in agreement with the council of ministers, after the Ministry of Health failed to attract any international hospital or company to run the hospital due to its size and because its management constitutes a huge burden on...
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Kuwait govt approves series of projects worth KD3 billion - Government plans to generate 15% of energy via renewable sources
KUWAIT: Kuwait has approved the construction of a series of power plants, desalination facilities and other infrastructure projects worth a total of around 3 billion Kuwaiti dinars ($9.9 billion), the finance ministry said yesterday. Like neighboring Gulf countries, Kuwait is struggling to meet soaring demand for electricity and the planned projects will add around 3,580 megawatts of capacity, as well as waste treatment and developments for the...
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Fake policeman caught in Andalus
KUWAIT: A police patrol in Andalus arrested a Lebanese man for posing as a member of the police Special Forces. The patrol stopped him after suspecting the car he was driving which belongs to a car lease company. He gave police a fake name and claimed to be a Kuwaiti, telling police he did not have his ID with him. Police also noticed a Special Forces uniform in the car, and he said it belongs to a friend of his. The suspect was taken to Andalus...
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Kuwaiti boy stabbed to death in shopping Mall
KUWAIT: A 16-year-old Kuwaiti boy died after he received a fatal stab wound during a fight at 360 Mall on Thursday night. The teenager succumbed to his injuries - a stab wound in his chest and lung as soon as he arrived at the Mubarak Hospital. Another 16-year-old Kuwaiti boy was injured in the fight and has been admitted to the hospital.He is in stable condition. Meanwhile, police reportedly identified the suspect; a Kuwaiti teenager with...
Syrian migrants arrive on an overcrowded dinghy to the coast of the southeastern Greek island of Kos from Turkey, on August 15, 2015. A ferry boat has been sent by the Greek government to the resort of Kos to speed up the registration process of hundreds of Syrian refugees, docked on August 14 afternoon at the harbour. The Eleftherios Venizelos will stay moored in Kos for some two weeks, during which time authorities will register newcomers to the island, which is already overflowing with refugees and migrants. AFP PHOTO /LOUISA GOULIAMAKI
At least 40 migrants die in Mediterranean - Second tragedy this week
Syrian migrants arrive on an overcrowded dinghy to the coast of the southeastern Greek island of Kos from Turkey, on August 15, 2015. A ferry boat has been sent by the Greek government to the resort of Kos to speed up the registration process of hundreds of Syrian refugees, docked on August 14 afternoon at the harbour. The Eleftherios Venizelos will stay moored in Kos for some two weeks, during which time authorities will register newcomers to...
Migrants and refugees walk to board an Athens-bound ferry at the southeastern island of Kos, Greece, Saturday, Aug. 15, 2015. The International Organization for Migration said the number of migrants and asylum-seekers who have crossed the Mediterranean to Europe this year will pass the quarter-million mark by the end of the month, more than half of them arriving in Greece. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
Migrant, refugee chaos at a train station in Macedonia - 2,000 a day cross from Greece into Macedonia
Migrants and refugees walk to board an Athens-bound ferry at the southeastern island of Kos, Greece, Saturday, Aug. 15, 2015. The International Organization for Migration said the number of migrants and asylum-seekers who have crossed the Mediterranean to Europe this year will pass the quarter-million mark by the end of the month, more than half of them arriving in Greece. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)GEVGELIJA: Small children are pushed...
From left, European Commissioner Valdis Dombrovskis, Dutch Finance Minister and Chairman of the Eurogroup Jeroen Dijsselbloem, and Managing Director of the European Stability Mechanism Klaus Regling attend a media conference after a meeting of Eurozone finance ministers at the EU Council building in Brussels, Friday, Aug. 14, 2015. (AP Photo/Francois Walschaerts)
IMF role in Greek rescue raises risks for Merkel - Bild daily says up to 120 conservatives could rebel
From left, European Commissioner Valdis Dombrovskis, Dutch Finance Minister and Chairman of the Eurogroup Jeroen Dijsselbloem, and Managing Director of the European Stability Mechanism Klaus Regling attend a media conference after a meeting of Eurozone finance ministers at the EU Council building in Brussels, Friday, Aug. 14, 2015. (AP Photo/Francois Walschaerts)BERLIN: German Chancellor Angela Merkel will ask lawmakers to back an 86 billion...
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Japan emperor expresses 'deep remorse' over WWII - South Korea wants Japan to resolve 'comfort women' issue
Emperor Akihito (2nd R) and Empress Michiko (R) offer silence prayers before the altar during the annual memorial service for war victims in Tokyo on August 15, 2015. Japan's emperor Akihito said on August 15 that he felt "profound remorse" over World War II -- a conflict that Tokyo fought in the name of his father Hirohito. Japan marked the 70th anniversary of the end of the World War II on August 15 under criticism from neighbours China and...
People watch as a wildfire in the Wood Ranch area of Simi Valley, Calif., about 60 miles northwest of Los Angeles, Friday, Aug. 14, 2015. No evacuations had been ordered Friday afternoon. Wildfires racing through drought-stricken Southern California have burned hundreds of acres of land and multiple cabins as the region roasted under a summer heat wave. (Joseph Garcia/Ventura County Star via AP) LOS ANGELES DAILY NEWS OUT; MANDATORY CREDIT
Western wildfires: Wind, heat, dry land fueling large blazes
People watch as a wildfire in the Wood Ranch area of Simi Valley, Calif., about 60 miles northwest of Los Angeles, Friday, Aug. 14, 2015. No evacuations had been ordered Friday afternoon. Wildfires racing through drought-stricken Southern California have burned hundreds of acres of land and multiple cabins as the region roasted under a summer heat wave. (Joseph Garcia/Ventura County Star via AP) LOS ANGELES DAILY NEWS OUT; MANDATORY...
Yemanis look at the wreckage of a vehicle at the site of a car bomb attack in the capital Sanaa late on August 13, 2015. AFP PHOTO / MOHAMMED HUWAIS
Gulf-backed Yemen forces extend gains in the south - Exiled government's troops retake fifth province
Yemanis look at the wreckage of a vehicle at the site of a car bomb attack in the capital Sanaa late on August 13, 2015. AFP PHOTO / MOHAMMED HUWAISADEN: Gulf-backed forces loyal to Yemen's exiled government retook a fifth southern province yesterday, extending recent territorial gains against Iran-backed rebels who control the capital. The advance by the forces backing President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi has been aided by weapons and troops from...
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Kuwaiti Hezbollah!
Hezbollah is a page that Kuwait wanted to fold in history, but the seizure and confiscation of an arsenal of weapons in Kuwait last week by citizens who admitted to belonging to Hezbollah in Lebanon was a very awkward incident, both to people in power and many of the businessmen, politicians and even some activists here. Timing is certainly bad, and speculations behind the objectives of this cell were endless. It was a slap on the Kuwaiti cheek...
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The Minister of Health listens to an explanation of how the new system works. – KUNA photos
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