Новости за 20.08.2019

MAARET AL-NOMAN, Syria: Militants and allied rebels withdrew from a key area of northwestern Syria yesterday, a war monitor said, as President Bashar Al-Assad’s forces pressed an offensive against Idlib region. Turkey warned Damascus “not to play with fire” after the advance saw government fighters almost encircle a patch of countryside including an important Turkish […]

MOSCOW/WASHINGTON: Russia and China warned yesterday that a new US missile test had heightened military tensions and risked sparking an arms race, weeks after Washington ripped up a Cold War-era weapons pact with Moscow. The US and Russia ditched the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) treaty this month after accusing each other of violating the accord. […]

BANGALORE: India’s Chandrayaan 2 spacecraft entered lunar orbit yesterday, executing one of the trickiest maneuvers on its historic mission to the Moon. After four weeks in space, the craft completed its Lunar Orbit Insertion as planned, the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) said in a statement. The insertion “was completed successfully yesterday at 0902 hrs […]

WASHINGTON: A tearful US Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib said on Monday that her Palestinian grandmother told her last week not to visit Israel under conditions demanded by the Israeli government. Tlaib said she had considered accepting Israeli demands to not engage in politics so that she could travel to the West Bank and visit her grandmother, […]

KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah received yesterday a phone call from Qatar’s Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani checking up on him after his recent health problem. Meanwhile, His Highness Sheikh Sabah thanked Sheikh Tamim for his kind feelings, expressing appreciation for his concern which is part of the strong […]

KUWAIT: The government assigned Kuwait Municipality to coordinate with the Finance Ministry and the Public Authority for Manpower (PAM) to establish temporary housing units for workers of companies which execute projects outside suburban areas. It also allowed companies with government contracts to provide housing if they have over 1,000 workers. During its weekly meeting on […]

KUWAIT: The Egyptian central department for mobilization and statistics rejected an announcement by Kuwaiti State Minister for Economic Affairs Mariam Al-Aqeel about the inaccuracy of the Egyptian department’s numbers. It affirmed the credibility of its figures of work permits issued – 230,803 – which reflects the number of permits issued to Egyptians working in Kuwait […]

KUWAIT: Kuwait Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) issued 116 precautionary measures against violating companies, the department of anti-money laundering and counterterrorism said in a statement. The measures include written warnings for 23 real estate companies, three money exchange companies, 11 jewelry companies and two insurance companies. The ministry issued an order to 47 real […]

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