Новости за 20.10.2019

MP Tabtabai files to grill Public Works Minister KUWAIT: National Assembly Speaker Marzouk Al-Ghanem yesterday downplayed speculations that the Assembly could be dissolved, especially with more grilling – saying that there were no indications for the Assembly dissolution. Ghanem said reports about an imminent plan to dissolve the Assembly are mere baseless rumors and something […]

Over 260,000 Filipinos work in Kuwait, of whom 60 percent are domestic laborers KUWAIT: There have been no changes on the ground in the treatment and conditions of many Filipino domestic helpers in Kuwait despite a new working arrangement between the Philippines and Kuwaiti government being reached in 2019. A dispute between Kuwait and the […]

156 species of birds sighted in Kuwait in one day KUWAIT: eBird is jointly coordinated by the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology and National Audubon Society and is a real-time, online checklist program that has revolutionized the way the international birding community reports and accesses information about birds. The Cornell Lab of Ornithology arranges two Global […]

KUWAIT: Officials from Kuwait’s Public Authority for Manpower are expected to meet soon with Indonesian officials discuss the regulations of recruiting Indonesians as domestic helpers in Kuwait, to resume a protocol that had been suspended for 11 years, well-informed sources said. The meeting could be held before the end of the year or by the […]

KUWAIT: Detectives identified a man whose pictures dressed up as ‘Joker’ circulated on social media recently, and apprehended him for questioning. Several pictures had went viral on social media recently showing a man dressed up as the main character of the ‘Joker’ movie roaming around streets of Kuwait. Detectives were notified to investigate the matter. […]

KUWAIT: The court of cassation yesterday acquitted former MPs Musallam Al-Barrak, Mubarak Al-Waalan, and Salem Al-Namlan, as well as activist Abbas the Shaabi from accusations of slandering King Abdullah II of Jordan. Meanwhile, the court of appeal yesterday upheld a first degree court ruling which acquitted all 32 Public Authority for Sports employees and others […]

KUWAIT: Expatriates working in Kuwait will no longer have the option to sponsor their parents, according to a new Interior Ministry decision. Informed sources said the Residency Affairs Department stopped the transfer of workers’ article 18 residency visas to dependent visas (article 22) on their children’s sponsorship. This new decision also affects the employee’s mother […]

WASHINGTON: Kuwait’s Central Bank Governor Mohammad Al-Hashel was given a Grade A rating amongst his global counterparts for the second year in a row by Global Finance, a magazine specialized in banking and finance. In recognition of their efforts, Hashel along with other governors were handed awards at the magazine’s annual ceremony, held in Washington […]

KUWAIT: Skyline of Kuwait City just before sunrise. — Photo by Sudhish Sumanath (KUNA)

TAL TAMR: US forces withdrew from their largest base in northern Syria yesterday, a monitor said, as Turkey accused Kurdish forces of killing one of its soldiers in fighting that tested a fragile truce. Ankara launched a cross-border attack against Syria’s Kurds on October 9 after the United States announced a military pullout from the […]

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