Новости за 05.11.2019

BAGHDAD: A mounting death toll in Baghdad and across southern Iraq coupled with reimposed Internet restrictions sparked concerns yesterday that anti-government protests would once again trigger chaos. A first wave of protests that erupted on Oct 1 met with brutal violence, with at least 157 people killed over six days, most of them protesters in […]

Finance minister Hajraf resigns – Ex-MP Khannah released from jail after Amiri pardon KUWAIT: The new head of the National Assembly’s financial and economic affairs committee MP Safa Al-Hashem said yesterday lawmakers will push to approve a draft law to impose taxes on expat remittances. The bill was approved by the committee in the previous […]

KUWAIT: Implementing the order of His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, the Cabinet approved a draft regarding dropping the rest of punishment against former MP Fahad Al-Khanna in the criminal case No. 1541/17. This came during the Cabinet’s weekly meeting held on Monday at Bayan Palace under the chairmanship of His Highness […]

Increasing Kuwaiti private sector workers on panel’s agenda KUWAIT: A local court yesterday adjourned hearing a case filed by a lawyer who demanded blocking Twitter in Kuwait, and decided to set a later hearing. A local lawyer had filed a case demanding closing access to Twitter in Kuwait in order to “protect the Kuwaiti society […]

KUWAIT: Criminal detectives arrested an Asian man for taking pictures of women and posting them on social media without their knowledge. The suspect works as a driver and uploaded the pictures on his personal account, the Interior Ministry’s Relations and Security Media Department said in a statement to the press yesterday. The man was sent […]

KUWAIT: KGL announced that it has participated at Kuwait Fire Station Department’s (KFSD) inaugural ceremony of machines’ workshop, which was held in presence of Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs Anas Al-Saleh, General Manager of KFSD Lt Gen Khaled Al-Mekrad and Engineer Suha Ashkanani, General Manager of Public Authority for Roads and […]

Leaders discuss enhancing cooperation between two countries in all fields KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah held official talks at Bayan Palace yesterday with the visiting President of the Republic of Estonia Kersti Kaljulaid. The talks were attended by His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, His Highness […]

KUWAIT: The Arab Air Carriers Organization (AACO) held its 52nd annual general meeting yesterday at Jumeirah Messilah Beach Hotel under the patronage of His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah. The meeting was hosted by Kuwait Airways. “In light of the rapid developments taking place in the world, we look forward to […]

KUWAIT: The sunset captured from Dajeej area. — Photo by Islam Al-Sharaa

RIYADH: Yemen’s internationally recognized government signed a power-sharing deal with southern separatists yesterday, in a Saudi-brokered initiative to end a conflict simmering within the country’s civil war. Unrest in the south, which saw secessionist forces seize control of Yemen’s interim capital Aden, distracted the Saudi-led coalition from its battle against Houthi rebels and raised fears […]