Новости за 13.11.2019

Tabtabaei: Roads broken like biscuits – Interior minister grilled behind closed doors KUWAIT: In a dramatic turn of events, Minister of Public Works and Minister of State for Housing Affairs Jenan Bushehri yesterday announced her resignation from the government at the end of a lengthy grilling in the National Assembly, which she accused “influential” contractors […]

KUWAIT: The Kuwaiti Cabinet touched on the legal measures recently taken by the legal team assigned by the Fatwa and Legislation Department regarding public funds’ squandering at the Public Institution For Social Services. Upon the documents and arguments presented by the team, the British higher court issued a verdict, suspending assets of the defendant Fahad […]

KUWAIT: The acting secretary general of the Kuwaiti National Committee for Education, Science and Culture, which is part of the UNESCO program, affirmed Kuwait’s keenness on acquiring latest technological and industrials innovations and employing them in diverse local sectors. Nadia Al-Wazzan, who was addressing ‘the regional forum on solidarity among academic quarters and partners of […]

KUWAIT: The Interior Ministry’s Assistant Undersecretary for General Security Lt Gen Faisal Al-Nawaf issued a decision to take back traffic ticket books from all non-commissioned officers and policemen of the sector and hand them to the traffic department. Sources said the decision was taken after an increasing number of complaints from citizens and expats against […]

KUWAIT: The defense ministry refused to accept the children of Kuwaiti women married to non-citizens other than bedoons or GCC nationals, well-informed sources said yesterday. The sources added that a parliamentary proposal had been made to the ministry in this regard but was rejected due to reasons “deemed necessary by the Kuwaiti army.” “Only in […]

Head of Adan Hospital’s gynecology and birth department Dr Abeer Al-Thayedi announced launching the first gynecology and birth doctors’ club in Kuwait with members from both the public and the private sectors. Thayedi added that the club will follow international treatment protocols to ensure the best treatment for every patient. Blood donation The women’s activity […]

KUWAIT: Customs officers foiled an attempt to smuggle in around 4,608 liquor bottles into Kuwait. The contrabands were found in 384 cardboard boxes that were in a shipment that arrived from an Asian country at Shuwaikh Port. Fight Following a video clip that went viral on social media showing a fight between two persons, with […]

Protesters demand a complete overhaul of the political system BEIRUT: Lebanon’s embattled leaders tried to buy time Monday, dodging mounting public pressure over the country’s unprecedented economic and political crises. Nearly four weeks into nationwide protests calling for the ouster of the ruling elite, radical changes demanded by demonstrators have not been implemented. The peaceful […]

BEIRUT: A Lebanese flag flutters in the protest-hit Iraqi capital. More than 900 km away, a revolutionary Iraqi chant rings out from a bustling protest square in Beirut. “Don’t trust the rumors, they’re a group of thieves,” sings a group of Lebanese musicians in Iraqi dialect, referring to political leaders they deem incompetent and corrupt. […]