Новости за 31.01.2019

KUWAIT: The Ministry of Interior’s Assistant Undersecretary for Residency Affairs Major General Talal Maarafi recently ordered the cancellation of extra health insurance fees paid when issuing or renewing visas for dependents others than wives and children, said informed sources. According to regulations that were in effect since 2017, expats applying to issue or renew residency […]

In the past few weeks, reports of teenage girls fleeing from Gulf countries and demanding political asylum abroad attracted the world’s attention. It has become a matter of discussion, criticism and a little sympathy. I think this issue must be studied seriously, as it has very negative social and media consequences. Revealing the reason behind […]

KUWAIT: Minister of Public Works and State Minister of Housing Jenan Bushehri said yesterday that she has referred a case against MP Shuaib Al-Muwaizri to the public prosecution for investigation. The issue was raised by Muwaizri two days ago when he claimed that the minister had provided false and forged information in an answer to […]

KUWAIT: A court yesterday adjourned a case filed by a number of government employees demanding cancellation of the biometric access control system unless their superiors were also obliged to use it. The employees argued that imposing the system only on employees, while giving exceptions to their superiors, constitutes a sort of ‘unconstitutional discrimination’ amongst public […]

KUWAIT: The criminal investigation department said that the juveniles protection department investigated a video circulated on social media and showing an Asian driver abusing a child. The department managed to identify and summon the driver, the maid seen in the video accompanying him and the child’s parent, said security sources. The sources added that both […]

KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah sent yesterday cables of thanks to Chairman of the Board of Directors of Zain Group Ahmed Al-Tahous and Vice Chairman and Group CEO Bader Al-Kharafi. In the cables, His Highness the Amir thanked Zain group for naming its network ‘Sabah Al-Kuwait’ marking the 13th anniversary […]

What is it like to be an expat university student in Kuwait? Heba Tareq shared her experiences with Kuwait Times of her almost four years at the American University of the Middle East (AUM). She is now 21 and a graduate student from the IT department, pursuing a bachelor’s degree in Information System Technology. She […]

Bayan Botanical Gardens celebrates the beauty of green spaces The Bayan Botanical Garden, located in the Bayan Palace Grounds, is a lush, verdant space that celebrates the diversity of the earth’s biosphere. Open to the public on Thursdays from 9am-1pm, the greenhouses include a wide array of native and foreign plants and foliage including palm […]

Worst freeze to grip the region in a generation CHICAGO: A brutal cold wave moved eastward yesterday after bringing temperatures in the US Midwest lower than those in Antarctica, grounding flights, closing schools and businesses and raising fears of hypothermia. The extreme weather has now been blamed for as many as eight deaths, US news […]

HARARE: Sekai Hwangwa was asleep when soldiers carrying guns burst into her home in Zimbabwe’s capital during a deadly crackdown on anti-government protests this month and beat and raped her. The 21-year-old, who was too afraid to report the attack to police, said the soldiers told her she was being punished for joining protesters who […]