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KUWAIT: After four weeks of consultations, HH the Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Sabah yesterday announced his 14-member almost technocrat Cabinet which included seven new faces. The Cabinet was immediately sworn in by HH the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, but the first day of the new government did not pass without threats by […]

KUWAIT: Decreed by His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, the new Kuwaiti cabinet makeup consists of a total of 14 ministers, including seven new ones. The government is led by His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah. The following are profiles the Kuwaiti Cabinet’s new members: His Highness the […]

Next week meeting sets jurisdiction over govt authorities KUWAIT: Sheikha Al-Zain Al-Sabah, the former undersecretary of the Ministry of Youth Affairs, was summoned to Seif Palace Monday where she met His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah, said high-ranking ministerial sources, noting that the Prime Minister offered her a portfolio in the […]

KUWAIT: Kuwait Municipality emergency teams showed a great deal of readiness and capability to immediately handle flooding resulting from Monday’s heavy rains, said the municipality’s public relations department, noting that the emergency teams responded to all distress calls received on its hotline 139. The municipality added that its teams hoovered 111 truckloads of water, removed […]

KUWAIT: Finance Minister and Acting State Minister for Economic Affairs Mariam Al-Aqeel said the number of citizens targeted for appointment in the private sector during the next two years in 10,000, adding that a decision in this regard will be issued at the start of the new year. Aqeel, answering a parliamentary question by MP […]

KUWAIT: A colorful view of Salmiya’s seafront at night. — Photo by Abdullah Ahmadi (KUNA)

NEW DELHI: Protests across Indian cities entered a sixth day yesterday, with police firing tear gas during clashes in the nation’s capital as outrage grew over a new citizenship law critics say is anti-Muslim. In what has become a major challenge to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, tens of thousands of people have taken to the […]

DOHA: Qatar’s large Egyptian community is clamoring to welcome their country’s “icon” Mohamed Salah as Liverpool kick off their Club World Cup campaign. But a regional diplomatic crisis has frustrated travel plans for fans based in Egypt and complicated the desire of expats in Doha to celebrate their country’s best-known player. The Egyptian diaspora in […]

ISLAMABAD: Exiled former Pakistan military leader Pervez Musharraf was sentenced to death yesterday after being found guilty of treason, a verdict that drew swift condemnation from the country’s armed forces which have ruled the country for almost half its 72-year history. The court’s decision marks the first time a former leader of the armed forces […]

WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump’s administration said yesterday it does not consider the mass killings of Armenians in 1915 to be genocide, seeking to placate Turkey which was angered that the US Congress recognized it as such. “The position of the administration has not changed” after the votes by Congress, State Department spokeswoman Morgan Ortagus […]

Sheikh Sabah signs decree of new Cabinet KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah urged new ministers Tuesday to join hands with His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah against “whoever wants to undermine your stability.” Addressing the ministers after taking oath, His Highness the Amir said: “you will […]