Govt withdrew KD 28.5bn in 3 years amid oil slump
Kuwait Times Future gen fund main beneficiary – Finance ministry mulls imposing VAT KUWAIT: The government has withdrawn KD 28.5 billion from the general state reserve over the past three fiscal years...
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Drug dealers caught
Kuwait Times KUWAIT: Criminal security men busted a network of people on charges of drug trafficking. Detectives verified the authenticity of information received about the suspects’ activity, then...
View ArticlePolice deny inmates assault reports
Kuwait Times KUWAIT: Informed sources at the Interior Ministry denied social media rumors which speculated that central prison police attacked some jailed bloggers. The sources said the claims were...
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Jahra, Abdul Nasser road projects to be completed by end of next year: Minister
Kuwait Times KUWAIT: Minister of Public Works Abdulrahman Al-Mutawa speaks to reporters during the ceremony. — Photos by Fouad Al-Shaikh KUWAIT: The development of Al-Jahra and Jamal Abdul Nasser main...
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Kuwait’s energy output expected to hit 14.3 thousand MW: Official
Kuwait Times KUWAIT: Al-Safat Square’s tunnel sprinkles water to cool pedestrians. — Photo by Athoob Al-Shuaibi KUWAIT: Local power consumption could reach 14.3 thousand megawatts, while any less than...
View ArticleHealth Ministry sues lawyer over false ‘fake doctor’ claim
Kuwait Times KUWAIT: The Ministry of Health (MOH) has lodged a complained with the public prosecutor against a lawyer who it accuses of making up a false claim that an unqualified person has...
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Govt looks to ‘uproot’ extremist ideologies
Kuwait Times Minister Mohammad Al-Jabri KUWAIT: Minister of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs, State Minister for Municipal Affairs Mohammad Al-Jabri yesterday headed a meeting of the higher committee to boost...
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Cabinet assesses efforts to resolve Gulf crisis
Kuwait Times KUWAIT: Acting Premier and Minister of Defense Sheikh Mohammad Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah chairs the cabinet’s meeting yesterday. —KUNA KUWAIT: The Cabinet yesterday mulled over the...
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FM meets Sisi; Egypt insists on demands
Kuwait Times CAIRO: Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi (right) meets Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Al- Khaled Al-Sabah (center) as Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry looks on...
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‘Abdaly cell’ fugitives flee
Kuwait Times Islamist opposition MP Waleed Al-Tabtabaei KUWAIT: Islamist opposition MP Waleed Al-Tabtabaei yesterday questioned Interior Minister Sheikh Khaled Al-Jarrah Al-Sabah over reports that 14...
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MP Safa Al-Hashem proposes 10-year cap for expats, ban on dependent visas
Kuwait Times MP Safa Al-Hashem KUWAIT: MP Safa Al-Hashem continued her anti-expatriate proposals by demanding a 10-year cap on the stay of foreigners in the country and a ban on dependent visas, except...
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Man attempted to sell dead body
Kuwait Times crime-scene KUWAIT: An Egyptian man whose job is to transport dead bodies to Kuwait International Airport was arrested and taken to state security after he was caught with the body of a...
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Multiple drug-related arrests made around Kuwait
Kuwait Times Crimes KUWAIT: Farwaniya security directorate officers arrested an Arab man with possession of 26 envelopes suspected of containing shabu (meth), along with 107 Tramadol pills and three...
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Kuwaiti beach cleanup campaign nears end
Kuwait Times KUWAIT: Kuwait is wrapping up an environmental cleanup campaign through protecting the Bay of Kuwait and making sure that its beaches are kept pristine. Speaking at a press conference...
View ArticleDomestic help company operates in September
Kuwait Times KUWAIT: Chairman of Ishbelia Cooperative Society Bussam Al-Mutairi said the Al-Durra Domestic Help Company will start work in September, adding that the society will provide all possible...
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Heat wave strikes Kuwait, Middle East
Kuwait Times KUWAIT: A record heat wave struck Kuwait and the Middle East region, bringing the maximum temperatures to over 50 Degrees Celsius. The heat wave will last for 52 days, from mid-July until...
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Public Authority of Industry wins int’l award for GIS app
Kuwait Times Engineer Eman Fairoz KUWAIT: Kuwait’s Public Authority Of Industry (PAI) announced yesterday that it had won a distinguished achievement award in the field of geographic information...
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Sisi appreciates Amir’s efforts to solve Gulf row: spokesman
Kuwait Times CAIRO: Kuwait’s Acting Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah meets with Egypt’s President Abdelfatah Al-Sisi in Cairo on Monday. – KUNA CAIRO: Egypt’s...
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MP Hayef demands official statement over ‘Abdaly cell’
Kuwait Times MP Mohammad Hayef KUWAIT: Islamist opposition MP Mohammad Hayef yesterday called on the interior minister to issue a statement as soon as possible about the reported escape of 14 members...
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Kuwaiti authorities appeal for info on missing convicts
Kuwait Times Al-Abdali terror cell KUWAIT: Kuwait’s Ministry of Interior said today that anyone withholding information on the whereabouts of convicts involved in a terror cell known as ‘Al-Abdali’...
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