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By KIP HILL | The Spokesman-Review, Spokane, Wash. | Published: February 26, 2021 SPOKANE, Wash. (Tribune News Service) — Lance Cpl. Brad Hallock woke to a very bad software glitch on Feb. 25, 1991. The just-turned-20-year-old Marine Corps reservist found himself in an M1-A1 Abrams tank as a column of Iraqi tanks rolled along less than 2 miles away from his position. He looked through his sights, but found only a large letter "F" indicating a failure of the 68-ton war machines targeting sys...

Ban on non-Kuwaitis entering the country is still in place until further notice

Kuwaiti and Qatari mediation is effective and welcome February 25, 2021 at 10:30 am | Published in: Article, Kuwait, Middle East, Opinion, Qatar Emir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani (L-2), Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia Mohammed bin Salman (4th L), Deputy Prime Minister of Oman Fahd bin Mahmoud al Said (L-3), Salman, Crown Prince of Bahrain (R-3), Vice President of the United Arab Emirates Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum (R-2) and Emir of Kuwait Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah (L) dur...

news Feature: Kuwaitis celebrate national, liberation days amid COVID-19 restrictions Nie Yunpeng © Provided by N.C.N. Limited Girls holding Kuwaiti flags play at a square in Kuwait City, Kuwait, Feb. 25, 2021. (Xinhua/Ghazy Qaffaf) As nationwide celebrations for national and liberation days have been cancelled due to COVID-19, some Kuwaitis choose to celebrate these holidays with their family or online. KUWAIT CITY, Feb. 25 (Xinhua) -- Kuwaitis celebrate their national and ...

KUWAIT is in a predicament due to a floundering government that does not know how to treat the wounds that it has caused to the country, and a Parliament that does not solve even a single problem and refuses to provide a solution. In between those two is the citizen who is faced with a big burden du

Amir receives congratulations KUWAIT CITY, Feb 24: Kuwait is set to celebrate its 60th National Day on Thursday, marking the efforts of its leadership to develop all sectors and preserve the country’s peace and stability. Sheikh Abdullah Al Salem Cultural Center This year’s celebrations will be the first under the leadership of His Highness the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al- Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah and His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah. During the celebrations, ...

Back in September 22, Kuwait surpassed 100,000 confirmed COVID-19 cases

MP eyes tax on remittances MP Osama Al-Shaheen affirmed that billions of dinars exiting the local economy annually, and has reached nearly KD21 billion according to estimates of the last five years, and mentioned that imposing fees on remittances at a rate of 2.5 percent will possibly save the state at least KD100 million annually. Al-Shaheen said, in a press statement, that MPs Dr. Hamad Al-Matar, Dr. Abdulaziz Al-Saqabi, Khaled Al-Otaibi, and Shuaib Al-Muwaisari, proposed the bill to impose f...

UPI Archives By (0) Iraqi President Saddam Hussein Monday ordered his troops to withdraw from Kuwait, Baghdad Radio said, as allied forces sliced through occupied territory in what one U.S. general said was a tremendous success even in their first brushes with the elite Republican Guard. Earlier Monday, Iraq launched a Scud missile, killing 12 Americans in Saudi Arabia. Advertisement Iraq said the decision to pull out from Kuwait was made by on the basis of the Soviet-brokered peace plan to e...

Kuwait City: On Monday, the Kuwaiti government announced it has submitted a draft law to the National Assembly (parliament) to amend the Future Generations Fund law in order for the government to be able to withdraw up to five billion Kuwaiti dinars from the fund to cover its growing deficit. The KD181 billion ($598.3 billion) fund is currently off limits to the government and has not been tapped into since after the 1990 Iraqi invasion of Kuwait. This is the latest move by the Kuwaiti governme...