Новости за 15.06.2019

KUWAIT: The number of unemployed citizens dropped by 14,200 in the past six years, ie 73 percent compared to 2013, according to statistics issued by the Central Statics Bureau. According to statistics, unemployed citizens dropped due to the policies the government has been following in recruiting citizens in both the government and the private sectors, […]

KUWAIT: A number of Kuwaiti political movements recently urged the government to put an end to speculations and rumors concerning Kuwait’s participation in the unveiling the economic component of a new US peace plan to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in Bahrain. A joint statement made by the Islamic Constitutional Movement (ICM), Kuwait Democratic Forum (KDF), […]

KUWAIT: A Kuwaiti oil tanker had a minor collision with a Singaporean container ship at the Port of Chittagong in Bangladesh, Kuwait Oil Tanker Company (KOIC) said on Friday. The collision took place at the outer anchorage of Chittagong Port after the Kuwaiti tanker Burgan’s shipment was unloaded in a normal and safe way, the […]

Minister welcomes KJA board member reelection to IFJ executive committee TUNIS: Kuwait Journalists Association (KJA) board member Dehiran Aba Al-Khail has won a seat in International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) Executive Committee elections. The Kuwaiti journalist garnered 225 votes in the process held on the sidelines of the 30th IFJ Congress held in Tunis. KJA […]

KUWAIT: A teenager drowned on Friday evening while swimming off a popular restaurant along the seafront in Shaab, said security sources. According to eyewitnesses, the boy jumped from the wave breakers to swim, but soon started to struggle, before drowning. It took four coastguard boats and scuba divers 42 minutes to retrieve the body. Fatal […]

A video clip on social media of a PAAAFR team killing stray dogs in Kabd by poisoning them provoked angry reactions by viewers. The video shows five stray dogs struggling to death after consuming poisoned food in a scene that is bereft of humanity. On Twitter, some expressed their disapproval of what had happened, referring […]

KUWAIT: Colorful display of Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmad Cultural Center’s fountain. — Photo by Saleh Al-Jufairah (KUNA)

Stricken tankers head to port – Trumps says US video shows Iran ‘did it’ DUBAI: Saudi Arabia and the UAE yesterday called for decisive action to protect energy supplies amid a tense US-Iran standoff as two tankers attacked in a vital Gulf shipping channel headed to port. The United Arab Emirates’ Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah […]

LONDON/BAGHDAD: Insurance costs for ships sailing through the Middle East have increased by at least 10 percent after attacks on two tankers in the Gulf of Oman on Thursday, with the potential for costs to rise further as regional tensions escalate, ship insurers said. The attacks have already stoked concerns about reduced flows of crude […]

Tensions around the Gulf shipping channel soar DUBAI: Amid an intensifying war of words following dual tanker attacks in the Gulf, Iran is not seeking open conflict with the United States but is sending a warning to Washington, analysts say. Tensions around the Gulf shipping channel, vital to the transportation of crude, soared after two […]