Новости за 03.10.2019

KUWAIT: Kuwait Lawyers Society is leading a public movement to apply pressure on authorities to solve the issue of bedoons (stateless), to go parallel with a proposed law that is reportedly being prepared by a team of led by National Assembly Speaker Marzouq Al-Ghanem, Central Agency for Remedying Illegal Residents’ Status President Saleh Al-Fadalah, and […]

KUWAIT: The Kuwaiti Ministry of Foreign Affairs closely followed up on the case of a number of citizens who had gotten involved in an “incident” in Cyprus, a ministry official affirmed yesterday. Assistant Foreign Minister for Consular Affairs Sami Al-Hamad, in a statement, was commenting on reports on information outlets and social media regarding condition […]

KUWAIT: The water produced by the Al-Adailiya station is drinkable and suitable for human consumption, said the Environment Protection Authority (EPA) yesterday, refuting online news claims of contamination. A press release by the EPA revealed that the source of the news in regards to contamination was based in outdated information from 1984. Since then, measures […]

“Renters cannot renew ID because address doesn’t exist’ Illegal constructions or negligence by the landlord can result in serious problems for tenants. Robin is one of hundreds if not thousands of tenants who have faced a problem registering their new addresses. “Two months after I moved from my old building in Salmiya to a new […]

Commuters in Kuwait endured hours of excruciating traffic this past week, as road crews closed lanes in several main roads for much-needed, yet ill-timed maintenance. The Interior Ministry announced the lane closures due to roadwork including on the Fourth Ring Road, which ran from 6:00 pm Wednesday night to 6:00 am yesterday morning. But as […]

‘Gaelic football combines skills of soccer, scores of basketball with rough and tumble of rugby.’ The suspense and skill of soccer, the high scoring of basketball and the impact of rugby can all be found in Gaelic football, a popular sport in Ireland. Kuwait Times spoke with Chelsea Ellis, Chairperson of Kuwait Harps, the only […]

StopTheWaste is a global movement to fight food waste. You may wonder how desperately we need such initiatives. The answer is simple – because we produce enough food to feed everyone, yet one in nine people goes to sleep hungry every night and one-third of food produced for human consumption is lost or goes to […]

Iraqis rally against corruption and unemployment BAGHDAD: The death toll from mass rallies in Iraq against corruption and unemployment rose to 19 yesterday, as the leaderless protest movement spread to virtually all of the south. Braving live fire, tear gas and local curfews, Iraqis flooded the streets for a third day in the biggest challenge […]

Evidence of the growing threat to Kosovo’s ‘moderate Islam’ PRISTINA: When not leading prayers in his village mosque in western Kosovo, imam Drilon Gashi was scribbling some unorthodox thoughts on social media – like his belief in the theory of evolution. Eventually, the embrace of both Islam and Darwinism cost him his job. The 31-year-old […]