Kuwait will not allow the use of its territories to launch attacks against any country, the Arabian Gulf country’s defense minister said, in an apparent reference to neighbouring Iran. Shaikh Jaber Al Mubarak said that the purchase of the Patriot missiles, valued at $900m, was part of the ministry’s plans to improve its military...
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Qatar’s schools will re-open on September 19, the education minister said on Wednesday. The decision applies to all private, independent and government schools as well as students and teachers. The date of the new academic year, eight days after Eid Al Fitr, , will allow expatriate teachers to spend the feast that marks the...
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Qatar’s Emir has pardoned 15 Bahraini amateur fishermen who had been held in Doha for straying into Qatari waters. The decision to free the Bahrainis was made following an intervention from the Emir of Kuwait, Qatar News Agency (QNA) said. “Shaikh Hamad Bin Khalifa Al Thani ordered the pardon of all the Bahraini prisoners...
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A Kuwaiti lawmaker has requested the country’s foreign minister to explain the nature of the assurances Kuwait had received from Iran and Russia about the high level technology used in Iran’s Bushehr nuclear reactor. “You have issued a statement last week about Kuwait receiving assurances from Iran and Russia about environmental threats from Bushehr...
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Kuwait’s Emir Shaikh Sabah Al Ahmad has pledged zero-tolerance towards moves to undermine his country’s stability and social cohesion. Urging his fellow citizens to keep up good traditions inherited from their ancestors, he said that he will not accept any attempt to divide society under any reason. “God has given us a lot of...
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Qatar’s Supreme Council of Health (SCH) is working on securing international accreditation for all primary healthcare centres as well as private clinics and hospitals in the country, a senior health official has said. Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC), the leading healthcare provider in the country, has been successful in getting all its hospitals accredited by...
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