Новости за 04.02.2019

Sheikh Tamim attends funeral of media personality KUWAIT: HH the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah held official talks with visiting Amir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani at Bayan Palace yesterday. The talks were attended by HH the Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah and HH the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak […]

Kuwait Post-Graduate Assembly in Surgery underway KUWAIT: On behalf of Health Minister Sheikh Dr Basel Al-Sabah, Undersecretary Dr Mustafa Redha affirmed the ministry’s commitment to keeping up with the latest international developments in surgical performance. In his speech on Sunday during the opening of the 17th annual Kuwait Post-Graduate Assembly in Surgery (AKUPAS) and 6th […]

KUWAIT: Kuwait’s development plans revolve around efforts to localize the country’s burgeoning private sector, said Minister of State for Economic Affairs Mariam Al-Aqeel. These efforts aim to create more job opportunities for nationals in the private sector, the minister told the press on the sidelines of an industrial conference in Kuwait yesterday. Once that goal […]

KUWAIT: The overuse of mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets and lack of parental control could have detrimental effects on lives of children, a group of Kuwaiti experts have concurred. The usage of electronic devices have led to a remarkable surge in the number of children who suffer from neck and shoulder pains, headache, […]

Bidding extended for retired citizens’ health insurance program KUWAIT: The Gulf Cooperation Council Interconnection Authority (GCCIA) CEO Ahmad Al-Ibrahim said the GCC grid had an extra 60,000 megawatts of electricity during the winter, noting that GCC states are working on exporting the extra power to European countries as soon as interconnection is made between Saudi […]

KUWAIT: Kuwait is vying to claim a place in the Guinness Book of World Records through the world’s longest national flag, which comes within the framework of Kuwait’s national celebrations. In this regard, Mubarak Al-Kabeer Educational Directorate of the Ministry of Education is preparing to enter the Guinness Book of World Records by organizing a […]

Last week we celebrated His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah’s 13th anniversary of assumption to power, and although there are many things to be grateful and proud of about being a Kuwaiti, our Amir is whom we are proudest of the most. We are blessed as Kuwaitis and citizens of Kuwait to […]

KUWAIT: Jleeb Al-Shuyoukh firemen led by Major Abdelaziz Al-Kandari fought a blaze reported at a makeshift warehouse in the area yesterday. The warehouse contained tires, tents, refrigerators and air conditioners. No injuries were reported. Meanwhile, firemen put out a blaze reported in a makeshift chalet used by the security department in Naseem. No injuries were […]

ISLAMABAD: Five policemen raise their guns and fire dozens of times into a parked car at point-blank range in Pakistan. Then they reach inside, around the bodies of the dead, to pull out three crying children. The footage filmed by shocked witnesses to the killing went viral, sending Prime Minister Imran Khan scrambling to quell […]

OMAR OIL FIELD: Among thousands fleeing the crumbling dream of an Islamic State group “caliphate” in eastern Syria are alleged jihadists but also survivors of some of their worst atrocities. “I’ll never forget,” 40-year-old Bissa says softly, as she recounts being “bought and sold” by six different jihadists. “We did everything they wanted to do […]