Новости за 08.07.2019

Bader Al-Kharafi stresses role of private sector to achieve Amir’s vision KUWAIT: Kuwait’s stock exchange (Boursa Kuwait) has emerged as the fourth best in the world in 2019 in terms of performance, while it has surpassed all others in the Gulf region since the start of this year, according to a local investment firm. Boursa […]

KUWAIT: Head of the National Assembly’s human rights committee MP Adel Al-Damkhi called the suicide of a young stateless or bedoon man as alarming and dangerous and called for a probe to prevent this from happening again. Twenty-year-old Ayed Hamad Medath was found hanging in his room on Sunday after he was reportedly fired from […]

Ministry operates 5,000 electricity smart meters around Kuwait KUWAIT: Kuwait’s Deputy Foreign Minister Khaled Al-Jarallah said a planned visit of a delegation from the Philippines to discuss the final version of labor contracts had been postponed till the end of July due to other commitments of the Philippine delegation. Jarallah also stressed both sides’ keenness […]

KUWAIT: Kuwait Municipality workers issued 47 citations for violations of housing ‘bachelors’ in private residential areas, and placed 320 eviction notice stickers on other properties during a crackdown that launched last week to evict single expat men from government housing areas. Meanwhile, electricity was disconnected to 43 violating houses and 23 evictions were made during […]

KUWAIT: In an unprecedented step that is expected to create a great deal of controversy, a number of Kuwaitis plan to file an application to the Ministry of Social Affairs next month requesting the proclamation of establishing a Kuwaiti society for homosexuals, claims a newspaper report published yesterday. Speaking to Al-Rai on condition of anonymity, […]

KUWAIT:The Public Authority for Manpower’s national labor sector said 1,500 cases will be filed against Kuwaitis who faked their employment over the past few years and have been unlawfully receiving national labor support allowances, pending referring them to the public prosecution, sources said. The sources added that the national labor sector is currently working on […]

Almost three in five entrepreneurs in Kuwait plan to hire within the year: Bayt.com KUWAIT: Nearly seven in 10 professionals in Kuwait prefer to be self-employed, a recent survey has found. Moreover, 70 percent are currently thinking of starting a business, 15 percent have tried to start their own business in the past, while 8 […]

Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak meets Capital Market Authority, Boursa Kuwait officials KUWAIT: His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah received yesterday at Bayan Palace Minister of Commerce and Industry, and Minister of State for Services’ Affairs Khaled Al-Roudhan, who presented members of the Board of Commissioners of Kuwait Capital Market Authority, Board of […]

KUWAIT: Aerial view of Kuwait City. — Photo by Jassem Al-Motar (KUNA)

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DUBAI: The United Arab Emirates said yesterday it was redeploying and reducing troops across war-torn Yemen and moving from a “military-first” strategy to a “peace-first” plan. The UAE is a key partner in a Saudi-led military coalition which intervened in Yemen in 2015 to back the internationally recognized government of President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi against […]

KUWAIT: The Kuwait National Seismic affiliated with KISR said Monday that tremors felt earlier in the country was caused by a 5.9 magnitude earthquake occurring Western Iran. Head of the Network Dr. Abdullah Al Enizi indicated that the earthquake in Iran at a dept of 10 kms occurred 256 kilometers from Kuwait. The tremor in […]

KUWAIT: A magnitude 5.6 earthquake struck 84 km east of the Iranian city of Ahvaz today, the US Geological Survey reported. There were no immediate reports of damage or casualties. Tremors felt in Kuwait around 10 am, were an aftershock of the earthquake that hit the neighboring state.