Новости за 28.02.2019

Ministry denies ‘delayed payment of egg suppliers’ reports KUWAIT: Kuwait Municipality Director Ahmad Al-Manfouhi said that new land plots had been allocated as alternative ones for those utilizing land plots intercepting the projected railway route. In a letter he sent to the cabinet’s secretary general concerning the obstacles along the northern road projects and the […]

Kuwait, Iraq affirm ‘solid’ bilateral relations BAGHDAD: Speaker of Kuwait’s National Assembly Marzouq Ali Al-Ghanem, who arrived yesterday in Iraq on an official one-day visit, held official talks later with Iraqi leaders discussing a host of issues of common interest. The parliament speaker, along with his delegation, met with President Dr Barham Salih at Salam […]

KUWAIT: A man died and nine others were injured when a pickup vehicle collided into a tow truck along Wafra farms road and turned on its side due to impact. The Pakistani man’s body was transferred to the coroner after the accident. Firemen from Wafra fire station rushed to the scene, where they rescued the […]

Looked forward to every spring by connoisseurs across the region’ Kuwait’s truffle season has kicked into high gear in the truffle souq in Al-Rai. Desert truffles, known locally as fugga. Truffles are grown locally as well as imported from neighboring Iran, Iraq and Saudi Arabia and prices can rise as high as KD 20 or […]

Sipping tea on a bench in a public park in Kuwait City, Yacoub Yousef Al-Qallaf, a 67-year-old Kuwaiti from Daiya, told Kuwait Times about the ordeal he faced during the Iraqi invasion and occupation of the country in 1990-91. Qallaf had two families – with his first Kuwaiti wife, he has three daughters who are […]

The national holidays are over. People have celebrated the occasion in their own ways. Those who traveled have either returned or are on their way back home. Students and employees eventually have to return back to their schools and jobs, and soon enough business will be back to usual. A lot has been said about […]

Earlier this week, Kuwait marked its 58th National Day and the 28th Liberation Day. The national celebration was closer to a water festival and ended with much grumbling and damage – without solutions or alternatives for the coming years or a call to launch awareness campaigns for families that encourage their children to hurt the […]

KUWAIT: The 17th Annual Fireman’s Day Festival was inaugurated yesterday at Souq Sharq, under the title of ‘Protecting Children is Our Responsibility.’ Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs Anas Al-Saleh attended the inauguration ceremony of the three-day event, along with top Kuwait Fire Service Directorate (KFSD) officials. KFSD announced during the […]

WASHINGTON: As conflict between India and Pakistan escalates to near all-out war, the United States has been thrust into a familiar position of hoping to defuse tensions-but is making no secret it faults Islamabad. US policymakers have grown exasperated with Pakistan for not doing more against Islamist extremists and envision a broad, long-term alliance with […]

SINGAPORE: A horrified Australian traveler discovered a suspected human tooth in a meal on a Singapore Airlines flight, prompting the carrier yesterday to apologize and launch an investigation. Bradley Button was eating rice on the flight on Tuesday when he heard a crunch and spat out what appeared to be a molar. “For the rest […]