Новости за 26.05.2019

Efforts to regulate medical ads to prevent commercial fraud KUWAIT: Following up reports about the Ministry of Education’s (MoE) decision to cancel the termination of 400 expatriate employees, MoE’s assistant undersecretary for administrative affairs Fahd Al-Ghaiss strongly refuted the report, noting that it is nothing but rumors. Ghaiss stressed that MoE fully respects Civil Service […]

KUWAIT: Well-informed sources at the Public Authority for Manpower said the annual ban on laborers working outdoors during the hot summer will go into effect starting June 1 and will last until the end of August – a period during which working outdoors will be banned between 11 am and 5 pm. The sources added […]

KUWAIT: Hawally Police Patrols Director Colonel Rashed Al-Hajeri said driving licenses will be withdrawn for 13 traffic violations including speeding, running traffic lights, reckless driving, driving on the wrong side of the road on highways, blocking traffic, racing, using private vehicles as taxis, driving a vehicle without license plates, violating general ethics, endangering drivers, driving […]

KUWAIT: The Ministry of Interior held a funeral on Saturday for Abdullah Al-Failakawi who was martyred while on duty in a Coast Guard boat accident. On behalf of Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior Lt Gen Sheikh Khaled Al-Jarrah Al-Sabah, Undersecretary of the Ministry Lt Gen Essam Al-Nahham expressed sincere condolences for the family […]

Dr Bahr Al-Oloom grateful for Kuwait’s supportive stance to Iraq KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah received His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah at Bayan Palace yesterday. His Highness the Amir also received His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah. Among His Highness the […]

KUWAIT: Ramadan is a joyful time of year in the Muslim world as fasters gather at sundown to break their fast with family and friends. In Kuwait, there are many traditions and activities that take place every year. To commemorate Ramadan and the experiences of our readers, this year the Kuwait Times is asking readers […]

Supplication or invocation (duaa) to Allah (to Whom belongs all might and majesty) is part and parcel of worshipping Allah (God Almighty). In whatever problem you find yourself, just resort to Allah in supplication. Allah says in the Holy Quran what can be translated as: “And your Lord says: call on Me; I will answer […]

Iraq warns of ‘danger of war’ as Iranian FM visits BAGHDAD: Iran will defend itself against any military or economic aggression, Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said yesterday, calling on European states to do more to preserve a nuclear agreement his country signed. Speaking at a Baghdad news conference with his Iraqi counterpart Mohammed Al-Hakim, […]

AMMAN: Turkey has equipped an array of mainstream Syrian rebels it backs with fresh supplies of weaponry to help them try to repel a major Russian-backed assault, senior opposition officials and rebel sources said. Russia is backing the Syrian army’s large aerial and ground assault as it seeks to gain control of the last big […]

NEW DELHI: The leaders of India and Pakistan spoke by phone yesterday, their offices said, in their first conversation since before tit-for-tat air strikes in February, their worst bust-up in years. Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan congratulated his counterpart Narendra Modi on his recent election victory, the two nuclear-armed arch foes said in separate statements. […]