Новости за 11.03.2019

BAGHDAD: Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani hit back yesterday against pressure from the “aggressor” United States on Iraq to limit ties with its neighbor, during his first official visit to Baghdad. Shiite-majority Iraq is walking a fine line to maintain good relations with its key partners Iran and the United States which themselves are arch-foes. It […]

Expats blamed for poor services, traffic jams – Govt dithers on increased annual leave KUWAIT: A number of lawmakers yesterday called on the government to adopt serious measures to drastically reduce the number of expatriates and stop what they called “their onslaught on public services”. MP Khalil Al-Saleh, who heads a parliamentary committee to speed […]

KUWAIT: Director General of Residency Affairs Department Brig Abdelqader Al-Shaaban held an inspection tour of residency affairs departments to check the procedures of renewal and issuance of residencies and follow up the implementation of ministerial decision no. 135/2019 cancelling residency stickers. Shaaban met some citizens and expats, explaining the necessity to benefit from online services […]

KUWAIT: Municipality Director Ahmed Al-Manfouhi has issued directives to all cemeteries banning photography there and instructed them to place warning signs everywhere, said informed sources, noting that the decision was effective on issue and that violators will be held legally accountable. – Meshaal Al-Enezi

KUWAIT: The Ministry of Health’s (MoH) electronics and communication control department is currently setting the technical specifications for biometric staff access control devices to be used in various MoH facilities and coordinating with relevant bodies to purchase, install and maintain them. The new devices will use fingerprints and face-recognition and will be monitored by surveillance […]

KUWAIT: A Kuwaiti woman is facing 30 cases filed against her for using fake Twitter accounts with fake names to insult and make groundless accusations against others, including her husband and her boss. One of the plaintiffs used to be the defendant’s lawyer, before he dropped the case after she reportedly slandered him as well. […]

KUWAIT: Two people were killed while nine others were injured when their vehicle was involved in an accident on Kabd Road. Ambulances and a helicopter were dispatched to the site after an emergency call was received on 4:30 pm about an SUV carrying a number of Egyptian workers that flipped over on the road. Most […]

Ministers briefed on Lavrov’s visit; mourn plane crash victims KUWAIT: The Kuwaiti cabinet stressed yesterday that it is the right of MPs to lodge an interpellation motion against ministers, but it should be practiced in the context of constitutional legitimacy. The cabinet said in a statement following its customary weekly meeting that the practice of […]

We need to have more women at center of digital transformation: Kharafi KUWAIT/BEIRUT: Zain Group, the leading mobile telecom innovator in eight markets across the Middle East and Africa, announces its partnership and support of Women in Data Science (WiDS) Conferences held in Kuwait City and Beirut earlier this month. The two events were organized […]