Новости за 24.09.2019

MPs make more threats to grill ministers over number of issues KUWAIT: MP Khalil Al-Saleh, who heads a National Assembly committee to find jobs for Kuwaitis, yesterday called on the government to introduce a quota system for expatriates and to tax their remittances to their home countries. The lawmaker said expatriates are spending less in […]

Sheikh Nasser Al-Mohammad congratulates Saudi Arabia on national day KUWAIT: Kuwait shares Saudi Arabia’s optimism over ending the difference in opinion over the divided oil-producing zone “in the near future,” Deputy Foreign Minister Khaled Al-Jarallah said on Monday. The Deputy Foreign Minister mentioned “positive statements” made by the Saudi Energy Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman […]

KUWAIT: The ‘Kuwait in 400 Years’ book, to be released by Sheikha Intisar Salem Al-Ali Al-Sabah’s Lulua Publishing, contains more than 1,320 documents and photos revealed for the first time both Arabic and English. The book’s white-colored cover displays the photos of Kuwait’s leaders in the past 400 years. The introduction pages is filled with […]

KUWAIT: Kuwait has reached an advanced stage in negotiations with the European Union to exempt Kuwaiti nationals from the Schengen visa, said well-informed government sources. The government has been working hard for a while now to secure free travel in European countries by getting the Schengen visa exemption. The sources added that Kuwait’s foreign ministry […]

Lawyer, defendant fight inside courtroom KUWAIT: The criminal court yesterday sentenced a Kuwaiti and an Egyptian businessman to life and four others – two Egyptians, a Saudi and a Syrian – to three years in jail over human trafficking charges. The court accused the defendants of selling visas to 400 expats for KD 1,500 each. […]

KUWAIT: The traffic department carried out a campaign targeting food delivery motorcycles, resulting in issuing 168 citations and impounding 132 bikes. Separately, a woman in her early 20s was lured by a friend to a birthday party. She was then given a Lyrica pill “to have fun”. The woman said she fell unconscious, and later […]

UNITED NATIONS: US President Donald Trump yesterday threatened to intensify sanctions on Iran, despite European leaders’ hopes for a last-minute breakthrough at the United Nations to reduce tensions. The leaders of France, Germany and Japan were all meeting separately with Trump and Iran’s Hassan Rouhani, fanning speculation that the pair – whose nations have been […]

MOSCOW: The Emirati astronaut who will make history by becoming the first Arab on the International Space Station said yesterday he had received support from around the world before his “dream” mission. Hazzaa Al-Mansoori, 35, is set to blast into space accompanied by Russia’s Oleg Skripochka and NASA astronaut Jessica Meir onboard a Soyuz rocket […]

ALGIERS: Eight babies were killed when a fire ripped through a maternity hospital in eastern Algeria before dawn on Tuesday, emergency services said. “We managed to rescue 11 babies, 107 women and 28 staff” after the 3:50 am (0250 GMT) fire in the hospital in Oued Souf, 500 km southeast of Algiers, spokesman Captain Nassim […]

DUBAI: Air strikes allegedly carried out by the Saudi-led coalition fighting Iran-backed rebels in Yemen yesterday killed 16 people including seven children, an official and a doctor said. The raid came days after the Houthi insurgents offered to halt drone and ballistic missile attacks on Saudi Arabia as part of efforts to end a war […]