Новости за 20.02.2019

FM reiterates stance a major pillar of Kuwait’s foreign policy KUWAIT: Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Sabah told the National Assembly’s foreign relations committee that Kuwait totally rejects any normalization of relations with Israel, the head of the panel said. MP Abdulkarim Al-Kandari said after an expanded meeting of the committee that the foreign minister […]

First Deputy Prime Minister meets British Minister of Defense Procurement KUWAIT: Security in Kuwait and the entire Arabian Gulf region is inextricably linked to the safety of Britain, a British minister said yesterday, reminiscing about how Britain stood ‘shoulder to shoulder’ with Kuwait during the 1990 Iraqi invasion. British Minister for Defense Procurement Stuart Andrew’s […]

KUWAIT: Commenting on fears concerning rumors about people infected with bird flu, Ministry of Health (MoH) Undersecretary Dr Majeda Al-Qattan denied any such cases and stressed that all poultry products and birds in the local market had been examined and that none of them pose any threat. Qattan also explained that eight cases had been […]

KUWAIT: A Kuwaiti man yesterday reported that his wife; a professor at Kuwait University’s College of Education in Kaifan, was assaulted by one of her female students. On rushing his wife to hospital, initial medical reports suspected that her nose was broken. A case was filed and the assailant was referred to relevant security authorities. […]

KUWAIT: At least 29 people were hurt in a fire reported in a Mahboula building yesterday, including 21 who were hospitalized with burns. The fire reportedly started in a laundry before the flames spread to an adjacent residential building, trapping 100 occupants inside. Firefighters rushed to the scene and evacuated the building before extinguishing the […]

Project to link Kuwait City with the future Silk City KUWAIT: The Sheikh Jaber Causeway is one of the major infrastructural projects aimed at creating a bridge leading Kuwaitis toward a bridge future. The Sheikh Jaber Causeway, which is currently in its final stages, will link Kuwait City with Al-Subiya area and the future Madinat […]

KUWAIT: Zain, the leading digital service provider in Kuwait, announced that its latest National Day televised commercial, ‘Al-Zain Yihlalik Helo’, reached over one million views on its official YouTube channel during the first few days of its launch on February 16, 2019. Zain’s National production for the year 2019 was launched to mark the company’s […]

The response will be ‘asymmetric,’ Russian leader says MOSCOW: Russia will respond to any US deployment of short or intermediate-range nuclear weapons in Europe by targeting not only the countries where they are stationed, but the United States itself, President Vladimir Putin said yesterday. In his toughest remarks yet on a potential new arms race, […]

BAGHOUZ: A convoy of trucks evacuated dozens of people including women and children from the Islamic State group’s last Syria redoubt yesterday, bringing US-backed forces closer to retaking the last sliver of the “caliphate”. The implosion of the jihadist proto-state which once spanned swathes of Syria and neighboring Iraq has left Western nations grappling with […]

LONDON: Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said yesterday relations with the United States had rarely been so bad and that sanctions imposed by the Trump administration targeting Tehran’s oil and banking sectors amounted to “a terrorist act”. Animosity between Washington and Tehran – bitter foes since Iran’s 1979 revolution – has intensified since US President Donald […]