Новости за 20.05.2019

KUWAIT: Kuwait’s Deputy Foreign Minister said countries in the Gulf have strengthened coordination to provide oil to global markets amid increased regional tensions. “It is normal amid this escalation that Kuwait and the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries take these steps,” Khalid Al-Jarallah told reporters late Sunday on the sidelines of a Ramadan sit-down organized […]

KUWAIT: Following up the recent death of a Filipina housemaid in Kuwait and claims by the Philippine government that she had been sexually abused and murdered, Kuwaiti security sources stressed that initial examination of the deceased’s body showed that she died of natural causes and that there was no evidence of a crime. The latest […]

KUWAIT: The Interior Ministry’s assistant undersecretary for traffic and operations affairs Maj Gen Jamal Al-Sayegh issued a resolution suspending the impoundment of violating vehicles and only imposing traffic fines till further notice. Security sources said this is a temporary measure meant to reduce pressure on the ministry’s impoundment garages. Heritage village Well-informed sources said the […]

KUWAIT: Farwaniya municipality’s inspection teams inspected ‘bachelor’ residences in Khaitan, Omariya and Rabiya, where they filed 59 warning notices to landlords and responded to four complaints concerning letting houses to bachelors. In other news, the Ahmadi committee at the Municipal Council yesterday approved a request by the awqaf ministry to remove the parking of a […]

KUWAIT: Two Kuwaitis studying in Jordan have died in a car accident, Education Minister and Minister of Higher Education Hamed Al-Azmi said yesterday. The minister expressed his deep sorrow and condolences to the family of the deceased, Abdullah Haidar and Adnan Al-Shouli. Kuwait’s cultural attache in Amman is cooperating with authorities to arrange the transfer […]

KUWAIT: Kuwaiti Deputy Foreign Minister Khaled Al-Jarallah met with US Ambassador to Kuwait Lawrence Silverman yesterday. They tackled during the meeting relations between Kuwait and the US and the latest regional and international developments. The meeting was attended by Assistant Foreign Minister for the Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ambassador Sheikh Dr Ahmad Nasser […]

Minister attends Kuwait Association of Surgeons’ ghabqa KUWAIT: Health Minister Sheikh Dr Basel Al-Sabah said the ministry is ready to face any emergency that may occur in the region, adding that medicines and medical supply reserves are enough for six months. He said medicines protecting against radiation are available for citizens and expats in case […]

Another Ramadan has arrived and almost two billion Muslims around the world abstain from food and drink from dawn until dusk for an entire month. While this is one of the main deeds that characterize Islam, there is one that is superior to the month-long fast: it is the habitual daily prayer. The daily prayer […]

If Tehran attacks, it will be ‘official end of Iran,’ Trump warns BAGHDAD: A rocket was fired into the Iraqi capital Baghdad’s heavily fortified Green Zone, which houses government buildings and diplomatic missions, on Sunday night, falling near the US Embassy but causing no casualties, the Iraqi military said. The attack came two weeks after […]

DUBAI: Qatar has not been invited to two regional summits called to discuss attacks on Saudi oil assets, a Foreign Ministry official said yesterday. Saudi King Salman on Saturday proposed holding the two meetings in Makkah on May 30 to discuss implications of last week’s drone strikes on oil installations in the kingdom and attacks […]