Новости за 07.11.2019

KUWAIT: The Kuwaiti government is currently preparing a list of names of up to 4,000 non-Kuwaitis to be granted Kuwaiti citizenship, well-informed sources said, noting that the list would be announced sometime before the end of the year. The naturalization process will be made according to a law passed in parliament and stipulates that the […]

KUWAIT: Firemen spent six hours before successfully freeing a child’s hand that became stuck in a meat mincer yesterday. The child was medevaced from Wafra to Adan hospital shortly after the incident was reported. A Kuwait Fire Service Directorate rescue team then worked to free the child’s hand without causing him harm. They were able […]

KUWAIT: A decree was issued yesterday accepting the resignation of Kuwaiti Minister of Finance Nayef Al-Hajraf. Another decree appointed Mariam Al-Aqeel as the Acting Minister of Finance, in addition to her post as Minister of State for Economic Affairs. The decree indicated that the prime minister would inform the National Assembly of the decision, effective […]

Kuwait has deported more than 18,000 expatriates from the beginning of this year until the end of September. The 12,000 men and 6,000 women sent back to their countries were deported for various reasons, including violating residency and work laws, infectious diseases that made them unfit for work, criminal cases and other violations of state […]

KUWAIT: Sadu weaving is one of the traditional handicrafts that were popular among women who used to live in the desert in the past, a genuine reflection of their surrounding environment. “Sadu weaving is an ancient handicraft in which Bedouin women excelled, and it is a handicraft that requires physical effort and high concentration,” said […]

KUWAIT: Kuwaiti artist Sabah Asad has been creative in painting on egg shells since he was still 15 years of age. He is one of the few people who engage in this hobby in Kuwait. His artworks include pieces made using guineafowl and ostrich eggs, using wood and dentist drills, as well as soft feathers. […]

Curator of the Al-Sabah Collection Salam Kaoukji and Head of the National Council for Culture, Arts and Letters Kamel Al-Abduljalil jointly inaugurated an exhibition of the renowned Al-Sabah Collection at Amricani Cultural Centre on Tuesday. “This will be the temporary home of the collection until the National Museum is ready,” said Kaoukji. “The venue is […]

Vessels will be escorted through Strait of Hormuz MANAMA: A US-led naval coalition officially launched operations in Bahrain yesterday to protect shipping in the troubled waters of the Gulf, after a string of attacks that Washington and its allies blamed on Iran. The coalition, aimed at warding off the perceived threat to the world’s oil […]

TEHRAN: Iran resumed uranium enrichment at its underground Fordow plant south of Tehran yesterday in a new step back from its commitments under a landmark 2015 nuclear deal, raising alarm from Western powers. Engineers began feeding uranium hexafluoride gas into the plant’s mothballed enrichment centrifuges in “the first minutes of Thursday”, the Iranian Atomic Energy […]

Use in a criminal justice system risks greater abuse NEW DELHI: As India prepares to install a nationwide facial recognition system in an effort to catch criminals and find missing children, human rights and technology experts yesterday warned of the risks to privacy from increased surveillance. Use of the camera technology is an effort in […]