Новости за 13.03.2019

KUWAIT: Well-informed parliamentary sources said some lawmakers discussed the increase in expat numbers in Kuwait during a meeting with the government and how some communities make up more than half of the total number of citizens, which threatens both security and public services. The sources added that lawmakers expressed dissatisfaction with what they described as […]

Including 130 without IDs, 51 in violation of residency law, 26 absconders KUWAIT: The Interior Ministry’s general security department carried out two campaigns against makeshift markets and ‘suspicious’ apartments in Jleeb Al-Shuyoukh and Fahaheel under the leadership of Assistant Undersecretary Maj Gen Sheikh Faisal Nawaf Al-Sabah. The campaigns resulted in arresting 459 persons – 130 […]

KUWAIT: Scores of citizens who recently graduated with degrees in petroleum specialties yesterday gathered outside Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC) headquarters in Shuwaikh in protest of being excluded from the admission exams to apply for jobs in the oil sector. Chairman of the oil sector employees syndicates union Mohammed Al-Hajri said the union had repeatedly urged […]

KUWAIT: The Directorate General for Civil Aviation (DGCA) announced Tuesday the suspension of operations of all Boeing 737 MAX 8 jets from Kuwait’s airspace after two planes of the same type crashed in five months. DGCA said in a statement all Boeing 737 MAX 8 flights, including those in transit, were suspended until further notice. […]

KUWAIT: Airport detectives yesterday arrested an Indian man who had stolen jewelry and precious stones worth KD 3 million of from a ruling family member, said security sources. The source explained that the sheikh had reported the theft without pressing charges against anyone. However, detectives found that the Indian who works for the sheikh was […]

KUWAIT: The interior ministry’s PR and security media department said a young Arab girl reported missing in Fintas last Friday was found with someone she had willingly run away with. The department said that the girl’s father had reported that his daughter was kidnapped from his vehicle while he was praying in a mosque. The […]

KUWAIT: The administrative court yesterday rejected a petition calling to postpone a by-election to elect two MPs in the second and third constituencies, which fell vacant after two lawmakers were stripped of their seats. The petition asked the court to postpone the election scheduled for Saturday until another court rules in a case challenging the […]

KUWAIT: A high-profile medical services exhibition titled ‘Best of Indian Healthcare Expo 2019’ will be held by the Embassy of India in Kuwait, in association with the Indian Doctors Forum (IDF), Kuwait Medical Association (KMA), Indian Business and Professional Council (IBPC) and Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), disclosed Indian Ambassador to Kuwait Jeeva Sagar at […]

Amir youth honoring to involve them in development: Advisor KUWAIT: The National Youth Project ‘Kuwait is Proud’ concluded at a ceremony under patronage and with attendance of His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah at Bayan Palace’s Liberation Hall yesterday. His Highness the Amir was welcomed and greeted by Minister of Information and […]

Washington drops reference to ‘Israeli-occupied’ Golan Heights WASHINGTON: The US State Department yesterday slammed human rights violations in China, saying the sort of abuses it had inflicted on its Muslim minorities had not been seen “since the 1930s”. US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo highlighted abuses in Iran, South Sudan, Nicaragua and China in the […]