Новости за 01.06.2019

We are in pain because efforts are not successful towards solving Palestinian cause: Sheikh Sabah MAKKAH: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah condemned attacks on Saudi Arabia and affirmed solidarity with the Kingdom to defend its security and stability, while denouncing assaults on ships off UAE which threatened maritime navigation and oil […]

KUWAIT: Ordering online is not always satisfying. People should be careful when ordering online, especially from an untrustworthy or unknown website, as they may end up paying for something they do not want or even lose their money. This reporter was a victim of one of such websites. Although it claims to be an Australian […]

KD 821 million for spending on 85 energy projects KUWAIT: Ministry of Health (MOH) undersecretary Dr Mustafa Redha urged all his assistants and department, health zone and hospital directors to list the names of employees assigned to work overtime outside official working hours, the tasks they do and how much they get paid for them. […]

KUWAIT: Minister of State for Economic Affairs Mariam Al-Aqeel on Friday denied reports about planned employment of 1,200 Egyptians in the country. The minister said in a statement that the Public Authority for Manpower does not intervene in works of private companies and does not ask for employment of workers of certain nationalities. The labor […]

KUWAIT: Firefighters battled a blaze which engulfed nine vehicles parked at a square in Salmiya on Thursday. No injuries were reported in the incident. An investigation was opened into the case. Meanwhile, Kuwait Fire Service Directorate said Qurain and Mubarak Al-Kabeer hazardous materials stations responded to a call about a fire at Adan health center. […]

I just read a meme that said, “The scariest thing about Ramadan is that you find out that it’s you and not the jinn.” As a Muslim, this was both funny and actually scary. Why? Basically, Muslims believe that at the beginning of Ramadan, the Gates of Heaven are opened and the Jinn are chained. […]

Any war against Iran would engulf the region, Hezbollah warns MAKKAH: A Saudi-hosted Islamic summit yesterday threw its support behind Palestinians ahead of a US-led peace plan suspected to be skewed in favor of Israel, as Muslim states rallied around Saudi Arabia over tensions with Iran. The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) meeting, the third […]

VIRGINIA BEACH: A disgruntled public utility employee opened fire with a handgun on co-workers at a municipal building in Virginia on Friday afternoon, killing 12 people and wounding at least four before he was fatally shot by police, authorities said. The mass shooting in the coastal resort of Virginia Beach was the deadliest instance of […]

NEW DELHI: Temperatures pushed towards 50 degrees Celsius across much of India yesterday as an unrelenting heatwave triggered warnings of water shortages and left locals fearing for their livelihoods. The western, desert state of Rajasthan recorded 49.6 Celsius on Friday – India’s hottest day of the year so far, the weather department said. Water and […]

Velayat-e faqih theocratic principle forms cornerstone of Iranian system TEHRAN: Thirty years ago millions of mourners crowded the streets of Tehran for the funeral of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, and today the founder of the Islamic republic remains a guiding figure in Iran. The image of the black-turbaned cleric who brought down the monarchy in 1979 […]