Новости за 28.04.2019

KUWAIT: An informed source said an estimated 120,000 expats of both genders are in violation of the residency law in Kuwait. These include those who had valid residencies earlier and those who came to Kuwait on visit or work visas and violated the law. The source said security efforts are in progress to curb their […]

KUWAIT: All traffic departments in Kuwait’s six governorates are no longer authorized to renew driving licenses of holders of dependent visas (article 22), especially those issued after 2014. All such licenses should be sent to the interior ministry’s assistant undersecretary for traffic affairs, whose office will make sure that they were obtained according to the […]

KUWAIT: Health Ministry Assistant Undersecretary for Technical Affairs Dr Abdelrahman Al-Mutairi said Indian doctors are being recruited to work in specialized ministry hospitals and health centers in the fields of internal medicine, ICU, gynecology, pediatric orthopedics, pediatric surgery and tumors, liver surgery, blood vessels, glands, organ transplant, premature births, intervention radiology and primary care. He […]

KUWAIT: MPs yesterday stepped up pressure against Information Minister Mohammad Al-Jabri ahead of his grilling that may be debated tomorrow. At the same time, the minister demanded explanation of certain points included in the grilling, which require additional details. The grilling is on top of the agenda tomorrow, but the minister has the right to […]

Temperatures to rise in Ramadan; ‘hot, dusty’ Eid predicted KUWAIT: Kuwait experienced rain showers yesterday, and rainy weather is expected to continue until Wednesday, according to a veteran local meteorologist, who noted that fluctuations in weather conditions happen due to the ‘Sarayat’ season. Dr Saleh Al-Ujairi advised the public to be cautious as the sarayat […]

KUWAIT: The criminal court adjourned a case in which a number of former interior ministry officials face embezzlement charges until May 12, while refusing to release the suspects. During a court session yesterday for the case publicly known as the ‘interior ministry hospitality scandal’, a former senior ministry official offered to pay KD 10 million, […]

KUWAIT: Kuwait Diabetes Society (KDS) organized an awareness day on the occasion of the upcoming month of Ramadan at The Avenues Mall. The event included blood sugar and blood pressure tests and nutrition and medical advice. Doctors were at hand and answered the public’s questions, particularly those with diabetes. KDS president, endocrinologist and head of […]

TEHRAN: Iran’s top general warned yesterday Tehran could close the strategic Strait of Hormuz shipping route if it faces more “hostility”, news agency ISNA said, as the US tightens up sanctions. “We are not after closing the Strait of Hormuz but if the hostility of enemies increase, we will be able to do so,” armed […]

Catholic leadership suspends all public services, fearing new attacks COLOMBO: Church bells tolled mournfully at Colombo’s devastated St Anthony’s Shrine yesterday, as scores of Christians wept but defiantly prayed and lit candles for the victims of the horrific Easter bombings. The bells rang out at 8:45 am, the moment a jihadist suicide bomber detonated his […]

COLOMBO: Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena yesterday announced a ban on face covering, a week after Islamist militants carried out coordinated suicide bombings that killed 253 people. Sirisena said he was using emergency powers to ban any form of face covering in public. The restriction will take effect from today, his office said in a […]