Новости за 13.05.2019

Education ministry lays off third batch of expats effective July KUWAIT: The Ministry of Commerce and Industry (MoCI) issued a decision mandating all insurance companies, insurance brokers, companies practicing real estate brokerage, real estate offices dealing with gold and precious metals and money exchange companies to appoint Kuwait auditors effective Jan 1, 2020 to fight […]

KUWAIT: 15,558 Filipinos in Kuwait casted their votes in the Philippines midterm election through overseas absentee voting which culminated yesterday in line with the Election Day in the Philippines. There are 96,423 Filipino registered voters in Kuwait. Voters are allowed to elect 12 senators and one party list representative. Philippine Embassy’s Charge d’Affaires Mohammad Noordin […]

KUWAIT: Kuwaitis remember with grief the terrorist suicidal attack against Imam Al-Sadeq Mosque in Kuwait City, but also remember how national unity prevailed. A suicide bomber identified as Fahad Al-Qabba, on the 9th day of Ramadan, corresponding June 26, 2015, detonated explosives he was wearing among Muslim worshippers performing Friday prayers at Imam Al-Sadeq Mosque. […]

KUWAIT: A soldier escaped an attempt to kidnap him by an unidentified person, and was injured while resisting. The soldier was exercising in Jahra when a man attacked him in an attempt to kidnap him, but his resistance thwarted the suspect, who fled. The victim was taken to Jahra Hospital, where he was treated, then […]

KUWAIT: The national assembly is set to discuss today whether to go ahead with debating a grilling against Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah over alleged government failure to implement development programs and other charges. The grilling was filed by opposition MP Abdulkarim Al-Kandari who charged the prime minister of failing to perform his job […]

KUWAIT: The President of the Iraqi National Wisdom Coalition Ammar Al-Hakim is visiting Kuwait to meet His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah and other officials to discuss the challenges in the region and bilateral relations between Kuwait and Iraq. He has been […]

KUWAIT: The Kuwaiti-Iraqi joint committee held its seventh session in Kuwait on Sunday under the chairmanship of Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah and Iraqi Foreign Minister Dr Mohammad Ali Al-Hakim. The session resulted in the signing of a number of agreements, memorandums of understanding and executive programs […]

Ramadan is a time of worship, a time to return our focus to Allah and His blessings. To remember all that we have been blessed with. To remember those who are less fortunate than ourselves. During this time, Muslims fast from before sunrise until sunset. During the fasting period, Muslims abstain from eating, drinking, smoking, […]

Kuwait condemns the ‘criminal attack’ . UAE launches probe – Iran calls incident ‘worrisome’ DUBAI: Saudi Arabia said yesterday that two of its oil tankers were among those attacked off the coast of the United Arab Emirates and said it was an attempt to undermine the security of crude supplies amid tensions between the United […]

Schools across valley shut along with shops and businesses SRINAGAR, India: Large parts of Indian-administered Kashmir erupted in protest yesterday over the rape of a three-year-old child, leaving at least a dozen people injured in clashes with government forces, police said. Last Wednesday, a car mechanic – a neighbor of the victim’s family – allegedly […]

GAZA: Qatar began distributing millions of dollars in aid in the Gaza Strip yesterday in a fresh bid to restore calm after a flareup with Israel, a Qatari official said. Gaza’s Islamist rulers Hamas, along with an allied militant group, fired hundreds of rockets at Israel on May 4 and 5, saying they were frustrated […]