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Smart-app accidents without casualties KUWAIT CITY, Oct 17: MP Mohammed Al- Huwaila has presented a proposal to develop the Ministry of Interior smart phone application such that traffic accidents without casualties can be reported through the application and then receive the police report electronically. Considering that accidents are one of …

KUWAIT CITY, Oct 17: Ministry of Commerce and Industry will not allow gender-mixing in sports clubs and health institutes as it violates Islamic law, commercial laws and public morals in the country, reports Al-Jarida daily quoting informed sources. They added the ministry, based on instructions from Minister Khalid Al-Roudhan, investigated …

KUWAIT CITY, Oct 17: The Ministry of Interior in its continued efforts to cleanse the country of immoral acts, organized surprise inspection campaigns against a number of massage institutes in Hawally because these outlets allowed immoral acts under the cover of massage services, reports Al-Rai daily. The campaign resulted in …

KUWAIT CITY, Oct 17: Customs authorities at the Shuwaikh Port recovered around 3,048 bottles of foreign liquor stashed in a container which had been lying there since 90 days, says Al-Seyassah daily. Manager of the Search and Complaints Department said that the container was taken into control for search after …

ISTANBUL, Oct 17, (Agencies): US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Wednesday that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan had made clear in talks in Ankara that Saudi officials were cooperating with Turkey’s investigation into missing journalist Jamal Khashoggi. “He made clear that the Saudis had cooperated with the investigation …

KUWAIT CITY, Oct 16: The General Department for Residence Affairs at the Ministry of Interior has called on employers of domestic workers to refer their employees for medical examination after they return from vacation for fear they may be carriers of contagious diseases such as hepatitis, AIDS and TB, reports …

Committee set to put finishing touches KUWAIT CITY, Oct 16: In its efforts to limit the rate of expatriates in public sector to 10 percent of the entire workforce, which would be restricted to the medical and educational professions, the Parliamentary Committee on Replacement and Employment will meet soon to …

KUWAIT CITY, Oct 16: The Domestic Workers Department in the Residency Affairs General Directorate at the Ministry of Interior conducted a series of inspection campaigns targeting domestic labor offices in Jahra Governorate, resulting in the arrest of several individuals who committed violations while some offices were found to be providing …

DUBAI, Oct 16, (AFP): The United Arab Emirates has charged a British PhD student with spying in the Gulf country, as his wife Tuesday called on Britain to defend his innocence. Matthew Hedges stands accused of “spying for a foreign country, jeopardising the military, political and economic security of the …

NO-SHOW BLACKROCK NOT TO CUT TIES WITH SAUDI ARABIA RIYADH/ISTANBUL, Oct 16, (RTRS): Saudi Arabia’s crown prince agreed on Tuesday there must be a thorough investigation into the disappearance of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, the United States said, after media reports that Riyadh may acknowledge his death in a botched interrogation. …