Новости за 18.02.2019

Govt keen on equality among citizens over consumer loans KUWAIT: The government reaffirmed yesterday keenness on enforcing justice and equality among all citizens, while also preventing any measure that would undermine the national economy, following a briefing by the state’s top banker. The government was reacting to a briefing by Governor of the Central Bank […]

KUWAIT: Those holding forged Kuwaiti citizenship and those who got it using fake documents are being exposed one by one, informed sources told Al-Rai daily. The sources explained that the latest case involves 308 people belonging to the same tribe of Iraqi origins who hold forged citizenships, adding that residency detectives had been working on […]

KUWAIT: The issue of bedoons seems to be nearing a decisive solution following more than four decades of arguments, well-informed sources told Al-Qabas daily, noting that the original nationalities of over 90 percent of bedoons have been identified, and thus they will no longer be considered as stateless. On the other hand, the sources stressed […]

Lawmaker proposes establishing new governorate KUWAIT: Opposition MP Khaled Al-Otaibi yesterday questioned why the government did not raise the cost of living allowance for the past decade despite a steep rise in prices. In a question to Finance Minister Nayef Al-Hajraf, the lawmaker said that the council of ministers decided in 2008 to grant Kuwaitis […]

Graduates to join police force and protect Kuwait’s security: Sheikh Mazen Al-Jarrah KUWAIT: The 45th batch of police cadets graduated yesterday from the Saad Al-Abdullah Academy for Security Sciences. The graduation ceremony of 402 cadets – including 23 from Arab countries – was held under the patronage and attendance of His Highness the Amir and […]

KUWAIT: A blind Kuwaiti named Abdul Rahman Ghareer Al-Adwani launched volume one of an audio copy of Kuwait’s constitution after he managed to record it all with his voice. Speaking at a press conference in Kaifan, Adwani expressed a desire to present his creative idea to HH the Amir himself. Allegations refuted Deputy director of […]

KUWAIT: A drug dealer was arrested yesterday with possession of 15 kilograms of drugs found inside his Fahaheel residence. Detectives had obtained a warrant to raid the suspect’s apartment following investigations in which detectives found evidence of his activity in trading drugs. Ten kilograms of heroin, three kilograms of hashish and two kilograms of shabu […]

Deputy FM reasserts Kuwait’s stance against normalization with Israel KUWAIT: Deputy Foreign Minister Khaled Al-Jarallah has stated that US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo would visit Kuwait next month to partake in the third session of the Kuwaiti-US Strategic Dialogue. Jarallah made the announcement while speaking to reporters on the sidelines of his participation in […]

PESHAWAR: Pregnant, desperate, and poor, Pakistani mother Zameena faced a stark choice: Risk her life by having a secret abortion, or risk her life bearing her husband a sixth child. In the end, she opted for the former, one of more than two million women a year to do so in a country where religious […]

‘Farcical case based on malicious propaganda’ THE HAGUE: Islamabad should be ordered to free an Indian man sentenced to death for alleged spying in Pakistan, India’s lawyers told the UN’s top court yesterday, saying his military trial was a “farcical case” based on “malicious propaganda”. The hearing concerning Kulbushan Sudhir Jadhav at the International Court […]