Новости за 06.01.2019

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KUWAIT: Interior Minister Sheikh Khaled Al-Jarrah said expats hold a total of 1,664,000 valid driving licenses, while those issued to Kuwaitis only number 624,000. Responding to an inquiry by MP Ahmed Al-Fadhl about roaming taxis and the driving licenses given to each sector, Sheikh Khaled said the total number of vehicles registered to Kuwaitis is […]

Early retirement law delayed for two more weeks KUWAIT: Five opposition lawmakers yesterday submitted a draft law calling to abolish the constitutional court and create a similar new court to “stop the existing court from interfering in the affairs of the National Assembly”, MP Thamer Al-Suwait said. The move, which is unlikely to be accepted […]

KUWAIT: Some people in northern Kuwait felt an earthquake that struck an area near the Iran-Iraq borders yesterday, Director of the Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research’s National Seismological Network said. Dr Abdullah Al-Enezi said people in northern Kuwait felt the tremor at 5:15 pm. No one was hurt and no material damage was reported. The […]

Committee to investigate audit report on ministry’s deals in 2015-2016 and 2016-2017 KUWAIT: First Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Sheikh Nasser Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah issued a ministerial resolution yesterday to form a committee to investigate the report made by the State Audit Bureau on military enforcement contracts the defense ministry made in 2015-2016 and […]

KUWAIT: The Ministry of Health’s assistant undersecretary for medicine control Dr Abdullah Al-Bader announced taking legal measures against a private clinic that had been selling medicine to its patients, which is a clear violation of law number 28/1996 and ministerial resolution number 395/1997 that grant pharmacies exclusive permission to sell medicine. The decision was made […]

Over 1,000 warning letters given to illegal camps KUWAIT: Due to the heavy rains and floods, the camping season was postponed this year. Instead of licensing the camps from the beginning of November, registration for licenses only opened on Jan 1, 2019 by Kuwait Municipality. But many people did not wait to get the licenses […]

KUWAIT: Custom inspectors at Kuwait International Airport’s Terminal 4 (T4) arrested an arriving passenger with possession of 160 illicit pills and seven pieces of hashish hidden in his luggage, said security sources. A case was filed and the suspect was referred to relevant authorities. The sources added that another passenger was also arrested with possession […]

CAIRO: Egypt’s president was to inaugurate the country’s biggest cathedral on Coptic Christmas Eve yesterday, a day after a deadly bomb blast near a church in a country where jihadists have repeatedly targeted Christians. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for Saturday’s explosion on the eastern edge of Cairo that killed a policeman who […]

BANGKOK: A Saudi woman held at Bangkok airport said she would be killed if she was repatriated by Thai immigration officials, who confirmed the 18-year-old was denied entry to the country yesterday. Rahaf Mohammed M Alqunun told AFP she was stopped by Saudi and Kuwaiti officials when she arrived in Suvarnabhumi airport and her travel […]