Новости за 15.08.2019

KUWAIT: MP Ahmad Al-Fadhl yesterday warned against “too large” expatriate communities, saying they could pose a security threat and also highlighted what he called low qualifications of most expatriates in the country. The lawmaker said he has no problem with expatriates coming and working in Kuwait, but there is a certain risk in the large […]

KUWAIT: Awqaf and Islamic Affairs Minister and State Minister for Municipal Affairs Fahd Al-Shula said his visit to the Ahmadi municipal branch is part of his visits to municipalities in various governorates in order to see firsthand online transactions and services provided, as well as follow work being done for Sabah Al-Ahmad residents following complaints […]

KUWAIT: Zain, the leading digital service provider in Kuwait, organized a social visit to the Palliative Care Center in Al Sabah Medical Area. The company’s team shared the joys of Eid Al-Adha with patients and their families in the center’s various wings by distributing Eid gifts. Zain organizes visits to hospitals several times a year […]

Riding a bus in Kuwait can be exhausting – waiting under the sun for ages wondering when the bus will arrive or what is the number of the bus that will go to your destination! Taking the wrong bus will make you spend hours and more money to reach the place you want to go. […]

KUWAIT: Acting Interior Ministry Undersecretary Lt Gen Sheikh Faisal Al-Nawaf Al-Sabah yesterday toured Jaber Causeway along with other senior officials. Sheikh Faisal checked the mechanism of fixed and mobile patrols and traffic cameras – 576 cameras to monitor traffic flow, 11 speed cameras and 19 mobile cameras. KU won’t lower GPA cutoff Kuwait University rejected […]

MOSCOW: The Kremlin lauded two Russian pilots as heroes and said they would be handed state awards after they landed an airliner carrying 233 people in a cornfield outside Moscow after striking a flock of birds during take-off. Russians have said it was a miracle that no one was killed when the Ural Airlines Airbus […]

MUMBAI: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi delivered an Independence Day speech yesterday that spotlighted a decision to remove the special rights of the disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir among the bold moves of the first 10 weeks of his second term. Modi talked about his aim to turn India into a $5-trillion economy within five […]

LONDON: Gibraltar decided yesterday to free the Iranian oil tanker Grace 1, detained off the British overseas territory six weeks ago by Royal Marines, paving the way for a possible swap for a British-flagged tanker seized by Iran in the Gulf. The two tankers have become pawns in the standoff between Iran and the West, […]