Новости за 27.04.2019

Expats can verify their data before the issuance of civil IDs KUWAIT: Director General of the Public Authority for Civil Information Musaed Al-Assousi said expats will be able to check and correct their names in Latin online starting today (Sunday), before the issuance of the civil ID. He said the launch of this service was […]

5,792 workers on more than 200 expired contracts face deportation KUWAIT: Some Kuwaiti companies have begun reorganizing their workers registered on completed government contracts, and asked the workers to correct their situation and find valid government contracts to transfer their residencies, or be ready to cancel them and return home. The law in Kuwait does […]

KUWAIT: Water filling stations are currently working around the clock as they prepare to face a possible pressure during the summer season and provide necessary needs to meet the growing demand for fresh water. A number of major sectors in the country benefit from buying fresh water, which is transported to them through water tank […]

KUWAIT: An arrest warrant was issued against a taxi driver who sexually assaulted a nine-year-boy while bringing him back from school. The boy’s father was hysterical as he told police that his son was assaulted. He gave police the driver’s phone number and car details. Separately, a Kuwaiti woman told police that an unidentified person […]

KUWAIT: Four people were injured in a fire that gutted a Salmiya apartment on Friday. Firemen from the Bidaa and Salmiya fire stations responded to an emergency call reporting the blaze, which had started in a second-floor apartment of the eight-storey building. The building was evacuated and the fire was put out. Four people suffered […]

17 South Korean companies currently implementing $30 million-worth projects in Kuwait KUWAIT: The trade volume between Kuwait and South Korea has totaled $14 billion in 2018, up by 33 percent, compared to 2017’s, which was divided between $12.7 billion as Kuwaiti exports and $1.3 billion as South Korean imports. Kuwaiti exports of crude oil and […]

DOHA: Qatar is set to abolish its controversial exit visa system for all foreign workers by the end of the year, the UN’s International Labor Organization said Friday. Qatar has introduced a series of labor reforms since its selection to host the 2022 World Cup, which set in motion a huge construction program employing foreign […]

COLOMBO: Fifteen people including six children died in a battle between Sri Lankan security forces and suicide bombers who blew themselves up in the latest fallout from the Easter attacks, police said yesterday. Three men set off explosives that killed themselves, three women and six children inside what was believed to be a militant hideout […]

NEW DELHI: Thousands of Air India passengers were stranded at airports across the world yesterday, after a software “glitch” left those travelling with the state-run airline unable to check in, officials said. More than 80 domestic and international flights were delayed for six hours because of a problem with the company’s check-in software that brought […]

BEIRUT: Attacks by two jihadist groups killed at least 22 Syrian government troops and militiamen in the northern province of Aleppo early yesterday, a war monitor said. Thirty others were wounded in the assaults by Al-Qaeda’s former Syria branch, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), and its ally Hurras al-Deen, which remains affiliated to the global jihadist […]

COLOMBO: Fifteen people including six children have died during a Sri Lankan security forces operation in the aftermath of the Easter attacks, as three cornered suicide bombers blew themselves up and others were shot dead, police said today. The three men set off explosives, also killing three women and six children inside what was believed […]