Новости за 29.05.2019

Government urged to free jailed activists, lawmakers KUWAIT: A group of senior activists, including former opposition MPs, yesterday called on authorities to cooperate to issue a General Amnesty Law for dozens of activists and ex-MPs who were handed jail terms for storming the National Assembly building in 2011. The group said in a statement that […]

KUWAIT: The Civil Service Commission (CSC) announced yesterday that Eid Al-Fitr holidays will begin on Tuesday June 4, ending Thursday June 6. Official working hours shall resume on Sunday June 9, whether Eid fell on Tuesday or not, CSC said in a press statement. State authorities with special working hours should arrange their work timing […]

KUWAIT: The Directorate General for Civil Aviation (DGCA) announced yesterday its readiness to serve passengers at the national airports and furnish them with various facilities. Yousuf Al-Fozan, the DGCA General Director, said in a statement that passengers’ movement is expected to reach some six million people, between June and September, higher by eight percent compared […]

Wanted citizen left and reentered Kuwait repeatedly KUWAIT: Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Sheikh Khaled Al-Jarrah Al-Sabah ordered the suspension of several officers of various ranks, the highest of which is a major general, as a precautionary measure to investigate a tender for the border sector. Cameras were installed, but when they were operated, […]

KUWAIT: Kuwait Food and Relief Bank distributed iftar meals in various areas around Kuwait, including the Mubarakiya Market as part of its iftar campaign in collaboration with the Awqaf General Secretariat, Kuwait Times, Warba Bank and other companies. Speaking during the event, the Food Bank’s board vice chairman Meshaal Al-Ansari thanked Kuwait Times and other […]

KUWAIT: Firemen put out a minor fire in the Sabah Hospital elevators’ control room. Kuwait Fire Service Directorate’s Public Relations Department said there was no need for evacuation, and work was not interrupted. Meanwhile, Farwaniya firemen put out a fire in a vehicle on Airport Road. No injuries were reported. The efforts were led by […]

Several civil aviation-related developments have recently taken place. It is worth to take them into consideration, especially when we are about to start the high travel season and the Eid Al-Fitr vacation, followed by the long summer vacation that most Kuwaitis spend abroad. The developments include a US warning to all commercial flights flying over […]

We often offer silent or audible prayers, asking for help from our Creator, for succor from our problems, for blessings on our loved ones, and for forgiveness for our mistakes. We also – unfortunately less often – thank Him for our sustenance and surroundings, our families and abilities. We communicate with God, and we may […]

ABU DHABI: US National Security Advisor John Bolton said yesterday that Iran was almost certainly behind oil tanker attacks that sent Gulf tensions soaring – an accusation Tehran dismissed as “laughable”. The new war of words came on the eve of emergency Arab and Gulf summits called by Iran’s regional rival Saudi Arabia to discuss […]

BEIRUT: Flipping the hot coals on his green hookah in a crowded Beirut cafe, Abbas Nasreddine says Lebanon’s new austerity budget has spoilt his daily treat of smoking a water pipe. “It’s how we deflate stress,” says the 26-year-old university student, a long drag of mint-scented smoke rising overhead. “But now our tool for coping […]