Новости за 09.02.2019

KUWAIT: Just a few days before one of the world’s largest health and medical conferences – Arab Health – took place, Kuwait scored an important medical milestone with the first cardiac ablation treatment done in the private sector. Cardiac ablation is a complex cardiac procedure used to treat abnormal electrical activity in the heart. Given […]

AMMAN: Kuwaiti Prime Minister His Highness Sheikh Jaber Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah’s visit to Jordan, due tomorrow at invitation of Prime Minister Omar Razzaz, reaffirmed deep-rooted multi-faceted relations. The visit coincide with the joint committee meeting, which would co-chaired by the foreign ministers and is expected to result in a number of economic, trade and investment […]

GENEVA: Kuwait National Assembly Speaker Marzouq Al-Ghanem Friday called for amending bylaw of Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) in a way that imposed penalties on any member failing to comply with this bylaw. He was speaking to reporters after a preparatory meeting for the Fifth World Conference of Speakers of Parliament, which concluded yesterday. He said they […]

KUWAIT: MP Khalaf Dumaitheer recently donated the sum of $10,000 plus a monthly salary to the family of Lebanese man George Rozaiq, who killed himself outside his children’s private school in Lebanon. Notably, Rozaiq self-immolated in protest over depriving his daughter the right to get a score sheet because he had not paid the school […]

KUWAIT: Ahmadi detectives, in cooperation with Fintas police, sent out patrols to check for persons seen in a video circulated on social media gambling and drinking in Mahboula. Police arrested three persons in an area surrounded by trees and plants. Ahmadi detectives also arrested 14 Asians, including several who appeared in the video clip. The […]

KUWAIT: Ahmadi and Jahra traffic department carried out a surprise inspection campaign in Amghara after discovering an industrial land allocated to repair sports cars was used by violators for reckless behavior. Residency violators who were repairing the cars illegally were arrested. The area was raided and 18 vehicles were found, some with Gulf plates, others […]

The issue of corruption is not a new story or a solo incident of someone who uses his authority to seize state lands or public funds. In a press conference held by Kuwait Transparency Society announcing the results of the global Corruption Perceptions Index 2018 issued by Transparency International, it showed Kuwait ranked 78th in […]

LONDON: Britain has urged all social media platforms to join Instagram and curb self-harm posts after a UK teen who went online to read about suicide took her own life. The Facebook-owned picture sharing platform’s ban on “graphic” content was announced following a meeting Thursday between its global chief Adam Mosseri and UK Health Secretary […]

BEIJING: Fifteen people were killed in China on the night of the Lunar New Year in two family tragedies, after one man started a fire and another went on a knife rampage. As people celebrated to welcome in the Year of the Pig Monday night, a man surnamed Lu set fire to the home of […]

NEW YORK: Deputy of Kuwait’s Permanent Delegate to the UN Counselor Bader Al-Munayyekh urged world communities to boost UN peacekeeping operations, including women’s empowerment in post-conflict situations. It is important to back peacekeeping missions in war-torn countries, particularly with holding sexual assault perpetrators accountable and bringing them to justice, Munayyekh said during a UNSC session […]