Новости за 30.10.2019

KUWAIT: HH the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah yesterday held official talks with King Abdullah II of Jordan. Talks were held in presence of HH the Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, HH the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah and senior state officials from both countries. The two sides addressed the […]

KUWAIT: Kuwaiti Minister of Oil and Minister of Electricity and Water Khalid Al-Fadel said yesterday there is now a pressing need to use smart grids to launch mega development projects. Addressing Kuwait Smart Grid Conference and Exhibition, the minister said in a speech delivered on behalf of him by Assistant Undersecretary of the Ministry of […]

Minister Bushehri denies allegation by griller KUWAIT: Various newly-elected national assembly panels yesterday elected their heads and rapporteurs as pro-government lawmakers consolidated their control over key committees. The legal and legislative committee, which must clear all draft laws before concerned panels could debate them, elected MP Khaled Al-Shatti as its chairman and MP Mohammad Al-Dallal […]

KUWAIT: Director of the Kuwait General Administration of Customs Jamal Al-Jalawi yesterday launched a number of interactive e-services on the authority’s website, such as company registration. The new services were launched in a special ceremony held at the customs headquarters in Shuwaikh. Border affairs general coordinator and head of the automation and security systems team […]

CLEVELAND: A domestic worker has accused a Kuwaiti family of human trafficking in the United States. The worker, from Gambia, escaped from her employers’ apartment in Cleveland, Ohio, after calling a human trafficking advocate and the police. The woman, whose name has not been released, told police that she had been sold to a family […]

KUWAIT: Kuwait Municipality allocated 20 sites where co-operative societies and other parties can provide services for campers during the upcoming camping season. This came during a meeting for the municipality’s committee for studying and updating the locations temporary allocated for camping yesterday. The meeting was held to discuss allowing various co-ops to have mini-markets at […]

KUWAIT: While the State Audit Bureau reported that there are non-Kuwaiti patients who still receive treatment and leaving hospitals without paying any fees, the health ministry said in case of non-payment of deposit and treatment fees, the patient signs an undertaking to pay the fees, while the interior ministry is told to ban the travel […]

KUWAIT: A seagull flies as Kuwait Towers are seen in the background. — Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat

NABATIYEH, Lebanon: In the protests sweeping Lebanon, nothing is sacred. Political leaders, who a few weeks ago enjoyed the loyal support of core followers despite worsening economic conditions, are now the target of many of those people’s ire. That show of irreverence towards senior figures who have long commanded respect has broken taboos, setting these […]

Pointing to Iraq, Lebanon, Khamenei recalls how Iran put down unrest KUWAIT/WASHINGTON: The United States and six Gulf allies including Kuwait announced sanctions yesterday on 25 entities associated with Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and Lebanon’s Hezbollah, in a move to tighten controls on both group’s finances. The sanctions were set by Riyadh-based Terrorist Financing […]