Новости за 02.10.2019

KUWAIT: As part of the interior ministry’s plans to replace expatriate employees with Kuwaitis, it issued internal instructions to make lists of all expat employees pending terminating their contracts, said informed sources. The sources explained that many expat administrative employees at the traffic, citizenship and passport departments will be laid off in view of the […]

KUWAIT: Motorists were stuck for hours during the evening rush hour on Fourth Ring Road yesterday as two out of three lanes were closed due do road maintenance works. The ministry of public works is rushing to complete roadworks before the start of the rainy season. Partial road closures began in two phases from April […]

KUWAIT: His Highness Deputy Amir and Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah received at Bayan Palace yesterday National Assembly Speaker Marzouq Al-Ghanem. His Highness the Deputy Amir and Crown Prince received as well Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah. Also at Bayan palace, His Highness Sheikh Nawaf […]

KUWAIT: Expressing our love for His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, the staff of Kuwait Times participated in the message of love and loyalty campaign. The campaign is organized by the Ministry of Education and aims to collect the highest number of signatures of Kuwaitis and expats expressing their happiness that His […]

Student faces legal action after spreading ‘holiday’ rumors KUWAIT: The Municipal Council’s Capital committee yesterday put on hold a decision to allocate unused and unmaintained locations on Failaka Island – part of the island’s development efforts – pending the presence of representatives from the Cabinet and the island’s development team. The committee also postponed discussing […]

KUWAIT: Interior Ministry Undersecretary Lt Gen Essam Al-Naham, accompanied by Public Works Ministry Undersecretary Ismail Ahmad, Interior Ministry Assistant Undersecretary for Traffic Affairs and Operations Maj Gen Hatim Al-Sayegh, Public Authority for Roads and Transportation’s (PART) Acting Director General Suha Ashkanani, Public Works Ministry Assistant Undersecretary for Maintenance Sheikh Abdelaziz Al-Sabah and other officials, inspected […]

Outrage as prime minister blames violence on ‘aggressors’ BAGHDAD: Popular protests multiplied across Iraq yesterday as demonstrators braved live fire and tear gas from security forces in rallies that have left seven dead in the past 24 hours. The demonstrations are the first major challenge to Prime Minister Adel Abdel Mahdi, who formed his government […]

WASHINGTON: Donald Trump and Congress traded threats yesterday in a growing impeachment scandal that threatens to engulf the White House in what the president claimed is a “coup”. The power struggle between Trump – accused of leaning on Ukraine’s president to dig up dirt on one of his main 2020 election rivals – and congressional […]

MUMBAI/DHAKA: From Kathmandu to Colombo, it’s a kitchen nightmare: Onion prices have gone crazy. That’s because India, the world’s biggest seller of the Asian diet staple, has banned exports after extended Monsoon downpours delayed harvests and supplies shrivelled. And dedicated buyers across the region, like Nepalese housewife Seema Pokharel, are flummoxed. “This is a terrible […]

Most provocative test since talks with US began SEOUL: North Korea fired what may have been a submarine-launched ballistic missile from off its east coast yesterday, a day after it announced the resumption of talks with the United States on ending its nuclear program. If confirmed, it would be the most provocative test by North […]