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Lawmaker calls to ban drones for security reasons
KUWAIT: MP Saadoun Hammad yesterday called on authorities to ban the import, purchase and use of drones because of their high risk to national security and stability of the country, saying that drones are capable of obtaining confidential information that could harm the country's national interests. Hammad also called for restricting the import and use of drones for the state only, adding that he is currently preparing a draft law calling to bar...
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MoH imposes new fees for sick leaves, certificates, licenses
KUWAIT: The health ministry has implemented a new fee scheme that includes a KD 2 fee for authentication of sick leaves issued by the private sector. The new fees are for services offered by the medical council to expats, including KD 20 for medical examination for those applying to work in the public and private sectors; KD 5 for medical examination for those seeking disability aid and age estimation; KD 10 for "medically unfit", "to whom it may...
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Ministry rejects proposals to cancel subsidized food cards
KUWAIT: The Ministry of Commerce and Industry (MOCI) has rejected some parliamentary proposals to cancel the subsidized food supplies' cards issued to citizens, GCC nationals and certain categories of bedoons (stateless). The proposals had called for substituting the cards, which entitled their holders to monthly rations of basic food items, with cash allowances given to each Kuwaiti bread-winner. Notably, some MPs had demanded cancelling the...
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Child kicked out of stolen vehicle in Jahra
KUWAIT: Police are looking for a man who stole a vehicle left running outside Jahra Co-operative Society after kicking out a child who was waiting for his father inside it. The car's owner, Syrian, had left his 9-year-old child inside the vehicle to do some quick shopping, but while at the cashier, he looked from the window and saw a man dragging his son out of the car. He rushed outside but the suspect drove away from the scene, so he went to...
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Kuwait’s Amir receives Qatari counterpart, Iraqi president in US
Premier visits Amir, reassures about his health NEW YORK: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah meets with Qatari Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani. — KUNA photos NEW YORK: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah on Sunday received Qatari Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani in His Highness' residence in the United States. Sheikh Tamim reassured about His Highness the Amir's health and recent...
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Regional developments require united Gulf stance: Kuwaiti official
Gulf countries bound to Washington by strategic partnership: Jarallah KUWAIT: Kuwait’s Deputy Foreign Minister Khaled Al-Jarallah and Chinese Ambassador to Kuwait Li Minggang cut the cake during the ceremony. — Photos by Yasser Al-Zayyat KUWAIT: Kuwait's Deputy Foreign Minister Khaled Al-Jarallah said Sunday that the "inflamed" situation in the Middle East requires Gulf countries to "move on from their wounds and stand united." "The situation...
Passengers walk past closed Thomas Cook check-in desks at the South Terminal of London Gatwick Airport in Crawley yesterday. – AFP
600,000 tourists stranded as Thomas Cook collapses
LONDON: British travel firm Thomas Cook collapsed yesterday, leaving some 600,000 holidaymakers stranded and sparking the UK’s biggest repatriation since World War II.  The 178-year-old debt-plagued group, which had struggled against fierce online competition for some time and blamed Brexit uncertainty for a recent drop in bookings, declared bankruptcy after failing to secure £200 million ($250 million) from private investors. Yesterday’s...
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Trump, Modi vow relentless fight on extremists, terror
HOUSTON: US President Donald Trump and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi attend 'Howdy, Modi!' at NRG Stadium in Houston, Texas on September 22, 2019. - AFP HOUSTON: US President Donald Trump and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday declared themselves united in a relentless fight against "terrorism," vowing a close, personal alliance in front of tens of thousands of Indian-Americans. The two leaders, like-minded nationalists fond of...
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Khan presses Trump on Taleban, Kashmir
UNITED NATIONS: Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan yesterday pressed US President Donald Trump to restart talks with Afghanistan's Taleban and said Washington has a "duty" to calm the Kashmir standoff with India. "Stability in Afghanistan means stability in Pakistan," Khan said at the start of a meeting with Trump on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York. He also pleaded for help in Kashmir, a disputed Muslim-majority territory,...
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Thousands still homeless a year after Indonesia earthquake
JAKARTA: Nearly 60,000 people are still living in makeshift accommodation nearly a year after a devastating earthquake and tsunami pounded the Indonesian city of Palu, the Red Cross said yesterday. The magnitude 7.5 quake and subsequent deluge razed swathes of the coastal city on Sulawesi island last September, killing more than 4,300 people and displacing some 170,000 residents. The force of the impact saw entire neighborhoods leveled by...
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Collapse of US-Taleban talks an awkward blow for Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: The collapse of US-Taleban talks is an untimely setback for Pakistan, which had hoped its efforts to bring the militants to the table would be rewarded with an economic boost and American support in its dispute with India over Kashmir. Prime Minister Imran Khan has promised to issue a rallying cry at the United Nations General Assembly in New York next week over India's moves in the disputed Himalayan region, which he has described as...
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Man killed by mob over cow
BHUBANESWAR: A mob in India killed a man after accusing him of butchering a cow, police said yesterday, in the latest case of violence involving the animals considered sacred to the country's Hindu-majority population. ML Meena, a senior police official in eastern Jharkhand state, told Reuters a crowd of 10-15 people attacked three men on Sunday, accusing them of butchering a cow in a forest about 50 km from the state capital Ranchi. The...
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HH the Amir Sheikh Meshal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah arrives in Scotland on the personal invitation of King Charles III of the United Kingdom and Northern Ireland on Jan 14, 2025. - Amiri Diwn photos
Amir’s visit to UK boosts ties
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Britain's King Charles III (L) welcomes Crown Prince of Kuwait Sheikh Mishal al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah, during an audience at Buckingham Palace, in London, on October 25, 2023. (Photo by Jordan Pettitt / POOL / AFP)
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Amir departs to the UK at personal invitation of King Charles III