Новости за 30.09.2019

Animal rights groups claim conditions dire on Kuwaiti livestock ship PORT ELIZABETH, South Africa: Animal rights activists in South Africa are trying to stop over 60,000 goats, sheep and cows being shipped to a Kuwaiti abattoir, saying many of them would die en route. An inspection of the Al Shuwaikh vessel revealed miserable and crammed […]

CHENNAI: As producer of a long-running television show that spotlights the problems faced by Indians working in the Gulf, Rafeek Ravunther is used to hearing their heart-rending stories of exploitation. But a few years ago, he started noticing something new. Migrant workers, many of them women, were calling the show from Gulf countries saying they […]

Acting PM chairs weekly Cabinet session, reviewing various issues KUWAIT: Ministers were briefed yesterday about a recommendation included in minutes of the meeting of the government’s economic affairs committees regarding reports of the economic development commission of the Supreme Council of Planning and Development, with regards to the proposed state budget for 2019-2020, as well […]

KUWAIT: Informed sources said the public prosecution’s investigations into the border security cameras deal, based on a memo from the interior ministry, revealed that several of them were not operated since they were installed in 2014, and others were not completely installed. Moreover, several of those cameras malfunctioned only days after installation and were not […]

KUWAIT: Justice ministry statistics over the past five years showed 2018 saw the highest number of Kuwaitis marrying non-Kuwaiti women. Stats showed 2,500 marriages of Kuwaitis with non-Kuwaiti women, compared to 2,253 cases in 2017, 2,316 in 2016, 2,306 in 2015 and 2,276 in 2014, a total of 11,651 such marriages in five years. – […]

KUWAIT: Traffic statistics raised a red flag towards increased violations reaching 15,000 per day, ie 645 traffic violations per hour. The traffic planning and research department recorded 4 million violations since the start of the year until Saturday. It was noticed that women were more compliant with the traffic law, as 500,000 violations were recorded […]

KUWAIT: The Municipal Council yesterday approved a proposal to ban smoking hookah in indoor areas of cafes and restaurants. The decision will now be referred to Minister of Municipal Affairs Fahd Al-Shoula for final approval. The council also approved another proposal to seek retirees’ services for preserving marine life and public parks. Moreover, it agreed […]

WASHINGTON: Saudi Arabia’s crown prince warned in an interview broadcast on Sunday that oil prices could spike to “unimaginably high numbers” if the world doesn’t come together to deter Iran, but said he preferred a political solution to a military one. Speaking to the CBS program “60 Minutes”, Mohammed bin Salman also denied ordering the […]

MANCHESTER: Britain’s Boris Johnson is known for his colorful love life but the accusation he grabbed a young woman’s thigh when he was a magazine editor risks a scandal as he seeks to unite his party over Brexit. The prime minister, who is attending his Conservative party’s conference in Manchester, northwest England, is accused of […]

TEHRAN/BAGHDAD: The commander of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said yesterday that destroying archrival Israel has become an “achievable goal” thanks to his country’s technological advances. “This sinister regime must be wiped off the map and this is no longer… a dream (but) it is an achievable goal,” Major General Hossein Salami said, quoted by the Guards’ […]