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MoI seizes 3 million Captagon pills
Kuwait Times KUWAIT: Packets of Captagon pills and a suspect are seen after the shipment of the drug was busted yesterday. (Inset) Interior Minister Sheikh Mohammad Al-Khaled Al-Sabah examines a packet...
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Govt to launch separate hospitals for expatriates – Limit on residency period...
Kuwait Times Ali Al-Obaidi KUWAIT: Health Minister Ali Al-Obaidi said yesterday that the government’s legal agency – the fatwa and legislative department – has given its approval for setting up an...
View ArticleEgyptian worker dies after falling into manhole; 3 Syrian thieves caught
Kuwait Times KUWAIT: An Egyptian man lost his life as he suffocated while working in a manhole, while his colleague was taken to the ICU. Police and firemen rushed to the scene and the two victims were...
View ArticleYour son has not been kidnapped but detained for breaking law; Indian robbed
Kuwait Times KUWAIT: “Your son has not been kidnapped; rather he is a lawbreaker and is detained at the traffic department holding cell.” This is what operations told a citizen who called them to say...
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Four Syrians arrested for mugging in Jleeb
Kuwait Times KUWAIT: This photo released by the Interior Ministry yesterday shows four persons arrested for mugging in Jleeb Al-Shuyoukh. KUWAIT: A statement by the Interior Ministry’s Relations and...
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Former Chief Justice drops charges against Barrak
Kuwait Times Musallam Al-Barrak KUWAIT: Former Chairman of the Supreme Judicial Council Chancellor Faisal Al-Mershed yesterday dropped defamation charges he had pressed against former MP Musallam...
View ArticleCourt reviews request to suspend petrol prices’ hike
Kuwait Times KUWAIT: The administrative court is scheduled to review a case filed by a local lawyer demanding undoing the decision to increase petrol prices that already took effect on Sept 1. In his...
View ArticleSacrificial animals at average price: Union
Kuwait Times KUWAIT: The sacrificial meat is at an average price this year compared to previous years, circling between KD 80 to 130, according to Kuwait’s Livestock Union. Since the beginning of 2016,...
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Kuwait, India discuss boosting ties
Kuwait Times KUWAIT: First Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah meets with Indian Minister of State for Foreign Affairs General Vijay Kumar Singh. — KUNA...
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Ban on Bangladeshi workers’ recruitment reintroduced
Kuwait Times Major General Sheikh Mazen Al-Jarrah Al-Sabah KUWAIT: The Interior Ministry reintroduced a ban on recruitment of workers from Bangladesh after months from reopening it under certain...
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MP demands ‘sorting’ expat population
Kuwait Times MP Dr Abdurrahman Al-Jeeran KUWAIT: A lawmaker proposed a ‘roadmap’ to help address Kuwait’s demographic imbalance problem by ‘sorting’ the expatriate population based on expats’ financial...
View ArticleAmir pardons prisoners, may ‘include political activists’– No ban on Twitter;...
Kuwait Times KUWAIT: HH the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah yesterday issued a pardon for a number of prisoners who have served part of their jail terms and reduced the terms of others, on the...
View ArticleFugitive attempts suicide
Kuwait Times KUWAIT: A bedoon attempted suicide by slashing his throat to escape a two-year jail sentence, but his family rescued him. The young man, who became frustrated with detectives pursuing him,...
View ArticleSearch for Bangladeshi who repeatedly raped 8yr old Jordanian boy
Kuwait Times KUWAIT: A Bangladeshi man repeatedly raped an eight-year-old Jordanian boy after he tricked him. A security source said the child’s father went to Hawally police and told them what...
View ArticleInspectors bust 150 used tires sold as new – Houbara hunter arrested
Kuwait Times KUWAIT: Through its emergency team in Siddeeq, the Ministry of Commerce and Industry raided a warehouse in Shuwaikh industrial area, where a large quantity of used tires was stored and...
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Indian minister unveils Gandhi statue at embassy
Kuwait Times KUWAIT: India’s Minister of State for External Affairs Gen V K Singh inaugurates a statue of Mahatma Gandhi at the Indian Embassy, Kuwait yesterday. —Photos by Yasser Al-Zayyat KUWAIT:...
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No one above the law: Interior Minister
Kuwait Times KUWAIT: Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Sheikh Mohammad Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al- Sabah meets with newly appointed Deputies Director Generals in the Investigation Department....
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Court adjourns petrol prices increase halt plea – MPs inquire about prices’...
Kuwait Times Yousef Al-Zalzalah and Ali Al-Khamees KUWAIT: The administrative court adjourned a hearing held yesterday demanding suspending the new petrol prices until the government provides a copy of...
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Kuwait keen on protecting expats’ rights: Minister
Kuwait Times KUWAIT: Minister of Social Affairs and Labor Hind Al-Subaih meets with the UN ‘s Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons Maria Grazia. —KUNA KUWAIT: Kuwait pays great attention to...
View ArticleMPs demand increasing fees on expats, others call for no hikes – Remittances...
Kuwait Times KUWAIT: Some MPs have called for increased fees on expats, especially since oil prices keep on dropping, but added they should not be heavy. Others are calling for not increasing fees on...
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