Новости за 31.08.2019

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KUWAIT: Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, accompanied by a delegation of officials, arrived in Kuwait yesterday beginning an official visit during which he would hold talks with His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah. The Egyptian president was welcomed at the airport by His Highness the Amir, His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh […]

WASHINGTON: The United States has blacklisted the Iranian tanker Adrian Darya, saying it had “reliable information” it was transporting oil to Syria in defiance of wide-ranging sanctions on the regime of Bashar Al-Assad. Previously known as Grace 1, the vessel was seized in July by British Royal Marines and held in Gibraltar for six weeks […]

KHARTOUM: Sudan’s ousted president Omar Al-Bashir was charged in court yesterday with illegal acquisition and use of foreign funds, offences that could land him behind bars for more than a decade.  Bashir, who was deposed in April following months of mass protests against his rule, appeared in court in a black metal cage wearing the […]

GUWAHATI: Almost two million people in northeast India were left facing statelessness yesterday after they were excluded from a citizenship list aimed at weeding out “foreign infiltrators”, in a process the central government wants to replicate nationwide. A total of 31.1 million people were included in a National Register of Citizens (NRC), but 1.9 million […]

KUWAIT: The Ministry of Education will not sign contracts with expatriate teachers and will cover shortages by hiring Kuwaiti graduates, children of Kuwaiti women and bedoons who have valid security IDs, official sources said. This decision was made in an attempt to prevent a problem that happened last year when the ministry hired teachers living […]

NEW YORK: Kuwait, Germany and Belgium jointly put forward on Thursday a draft resolution to the UN Security Council calling for an immediate ceasefire in the northwestern Syrian province of Idlib. Kuwait, Germany and Belgium – three UNSC members and the council’s three co-penholders for the humanitarian situation in Syria – would work with other […]

KUWAIT: Starting from the beginning of this year checking and inspecting on restaurants, cafes, and other institutions dealing with food became part of the responsibilities of the Public Authority for Food and Nutrition (PAFN). PAFN is an internationally recognized authority for food and nutrition safety. “It is an independent body that aims to protect consumers’ […]

KUWAIT: Kuwait’s Capital Market Authority (CMA) has requested citizens to update their personal details ahead of the local stock market’s initial public offering (IPO), which allows nationals to own 50 percent of shares. The names of Kuwaiti citizens registered with the Public Authority For Civil Information will be released on September 8th, while the stock […]