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EDINBURGH: This file photo shows Dolly, the cloned sheep at the Edinburgh Institute. —AFP
Australia resumes live sheep exports after ban lifted
SYDNEY: Australia has lifted a temporary ban on controversial live sheep exports, with the first ship due to depart for the Middle East this week with about 60,000 animals on board. The live export trade has been under scrutiny since horrific footage of dead and dying heat-stressed sheep on vessels bound for the Middle East was released in April 2018, prompting a public outcry and forcing sweeping reforms to the industry. Though the government...
KUWAIT: Acting Prime Minister and Defense Minister Sheikh Nasser Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah meets top military officials at Seif Palace yesterday. - KUNA
Speaker says Amir to return soon; Assembly term begins on Oct 29
Defense minister vows impenetrable security - 5 MPs demand debate on situation KUWAIT: National Assembly Speaker Marzouq Al-Ghanem said yesterday that HH the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah is in good health and will return to the country from the United States following a period of recuperation. HH the Amir travelled to the US a few weeks ago for medical tests and is currently recuperating there before returning to Kuwait. Ghanem,...
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Kuwait Amir congratulates Saudi King on national day
Sheikh Sabah commends 'noticeable development' in the kingdom His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah and King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah addressed a cable of congratulations to the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud on the 89th anniversary of the kingdom's national day. His Highness the Amir, in the cable, commended the...
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MoE, MoH to sack hundreds of expatriates
KUWAIT: The Civil Service Commission urged the education and health ministries to report the names of expat employees they wish to terminate before the end of the year so that it could complete the needed procedures and replace them with Kuwaitis in the new fiscal year. In this regard, informed sources said statistics had shown that MoE and MoH have the largest numbers of expats, and that the former is expected to terminate 450 employees, while...
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Ministries must pay airline tickets for deported employees: Interior
Woman seduced victims to steal their moneyKUWAIT: The interior ministry wrote to another ministry with regards to paying for airline tickets of its employees who are being deported, Al-Rai daily reported yesterday. Informed sources said the 10 are of Syrian, Indian, Egyptian and Bangladeshi nationalities. It said ministries and government departments bear the cost if their employees are deported. The sources said the interior ministry demanded...
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Card skimming gang sentenced
KUWAIT: The court of cassation yesterday sentenced an international gang with members from Kuwait, UAE, Syria, Jordan and Egypt to 10 years in jail with labor and fined them KD 198,000 for the sums they had illegally withdrawn from some bank accounts and money laundering operations they had conducted using fake credit cards and special equipment they had imported for this purpose. - Meshaal Al-Enezi
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Kuwait City’s landscape
KUWAIT: High-rise buildings spread across Kuwait City’s landscape. — Photo by Fouad Al-Shaikh
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Iran slams foreign forces for raising Gulf ‘insecurity’
TEHRAN: President Hassan Rouhani yesterday denounced the presence of foreign forces in the Gulf and said Iran will put forward a peace plan, after arch-foe the United States ordered reinforcements to the tinderbox region. “Foreign forces can cause problems and insecurity for our people and for our region,” Rouhani said before a massive military parade marking the Iran-Iraq war. Rouhani also said Iran would present a peace plan to the United...
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UAE to open synagogue
DUBAI: Construction on the United Arab Emirates’ first official synagogue will begin next year and be completed by 2022, according to local media reports. The synagogue will be part of the multi-faith “Abrahamic Family House” complex in Abu Dhabi, which will also feature a mosque and church of which full construction will be completed in 2022, Abu Dhabi newspaper the National reported yesterday. – Reuters
UKHIA: Rohingya refugee volunteers walk along Balukhali refugee camp in Ukhia district near Cox’s Bazar. — AFP
Rohingya 'bandit' couple shot dead in Bangladesh gunfight
Latest killings amid growing tensions between refugees and authoritiesDHAKA: A Rohingya couple was shot dead during a gunfight in a border town camp hours after they were detained by Bangladesh police, officials said yesterday, the latest killings amid growing tensions between the refugees and authorities. Police in Teknaf town said the refugee couple - Dil Mohammad, 32, and his 26-year-old wife Jaheda Begum - were members of a Rohingya "bandit...
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Tanzania not sharing information on suspected Ebola, says WHO
NAIROBI: The World Health Organization has accused Tanzania of failing to provide information on suspected cases of Ebola in the country, potentially hindering efforts to curb the spread of the deadly virus. East African nations have been on high alert over an outbreak of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo, which has left 2,103 people dead. Four people were diagnosed with the virus in Uganda and later died. The WHO said it had learned on...
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No-deal Brexit: How EU members are preparing
PARIS: With the spectre of a no-deal Brexit looming on October 31, EU members are taking measures to cushion their economies, safeguard trade with Britain and protect citizens' rights. The prospect of trade barriers being re-erected on November 1 between Britain and its EU neighbors has led to fears of nightmarish tailbacks at borders, with potentially huge losses for exporters. An end to freedom of movement could also spell anguish for some of...
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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)
Amir’s visit to UK... a significant milestone in Kuwaiti British relations
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Amir departs to the UK at personal invitation of King Charles III