Category: Kuwait News
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UAE for Arab strategic food reserve
The UAE minister for food and agriculture, Rashid Ahmed Bin Fahad, Friday said the Gulf Arab desert state is committed to support joint Arab efforts to set up a strategic food reserve in response to the world food crisis, WAM news agency reported. Bin Fahad also emphasised the need to establish and implement Arab-wide mechanisms…
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Arab countries support US on ISIS mission
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Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Bahrain, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have promised to stand alongside the US “until the end” in its fight against the Islamic State (IS) Sunni radical group, a day after launching coordinated attacks on the group in Syria. US President Barak Obama received the support in a meeting Tuesday…
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Bin Laden’s son-in-law gets life in prison
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A son-in-law of Osama bin Laden was Tuesday sentenced to life in prison after being convicted on terrorism charges. US district judge Lewis Kaplan sentenced Suleiman Abu Ghaith, a 48-year-old Kuwaiti imam, for conspiracy to murder Americans and conspiracy to provide material support to a terrorist group. Abu Ghaith, who was extradited last year after…
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Jordan confirms its part in Syria airstrikes
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Jordan announced that its warplanes took part in the US-led air operation against the Islamic State (IS) jihadis in northern Syria. In a statement reported by the official news agency Petra, a source at army headquarters said that the Jordanian air force destroyed “several targets”. Without mentioning Syria, the statement said that the strikes…
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Kuwait beefs up security against ISIS threat
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Kuwait has undertaken new security measures to combat the militants of Islamic State (IS) Sunni extremist group in the Gulf nation, media reported. Kuwaiti Deputy PM and Interior Minister Shaikh Mohammed al-Khalid announced a new security team comprising 80 officers from the criminal investigation department and national security sector, to pursue the extremist group, MENA…
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More jobs in Gulf
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As more and more women in Middle East countries step outside their homes for work, the opportunities for Asians to work as cooks, nannies and drivers in the region are likely to go up, said a migration expert. S. Irudayarajan, who heads the migration unit attached to the ministry of overseas Indian affairs at the Centre…
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Portal to track mortal remains
To alleviate the mental trauma of families whose kin die abroad, especially among the millions of expatriates living in the Middle East, the government Tuesday launched an online system for “facilitating transportation of the mortal remains” of such Indians. Launching the portal, which can be accessed at the Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs (MOIA) website…
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Kuwaiti expats feel inflation’s heat
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Rising rents in Kuwait rival the weather as the hottest topic of debate in Kuwait this summer. Landlords often ignore the five-year rule and raise rents against the law. Many tenants are ignorant or unsure of what to do but a growing number of both local and expat renters in Kuwait are not ready to…
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Modi spells hope for Indians in Gulf
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There have been mixed reactions among expatriate Indians living in the Gulf countries following the landslide victory of the BJP, led by Narendra Modi, in the Indian general elections. While some expressed hope and enthusiasm, for others, there was disappointment. The United Arab Emirates (UAE)-based Kerala Muslim Cultural Committee (KMCC), which had anticipated a Congress-led…
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NRI guards’ killers held in Kuwait
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in Kuwait NewsThree members of a gang that killed two Indian guards during an armed robbery in Kuwait last month have been arrested, a media report said Monday. Sharangdharan, 55, and Mohammad Rashid Jamalullali Thangal, 25, were shot from close range by two armed assailants while they were walking towards their security van after collecting 13,000 Kuwaiti…