Новости за 02.12.2019

Qatar, Saudi and Bahraini teams in semifinals DOHA: Bahrain national football team defeated yesterday the Kuwaiti counterpart 4-2, as part of group B in the 24th Gulf Cup at Doha’s Khalifa International Stadium. The Bahraini team looked more in control and calm, and was able to score first at 46 minute by Ali Jaafar. Bahrain […]

Manpower authority refused transfer despite acknowledging abuse KUWAIT: Despite frequent inspections by the Public Authority for Manpower (PAM), labor violations are still taking place. Shirin is a Syrian saleswoman whose labor rights have allegedly been denied and she was even beaten at her workplace. The desperate woman told her story to Kuwait Times, as she […]

KUWAIT: A special committee formed to inspect commercial stores inspected a number of stores in the Capital governorate areas, and discovered hundreds of workers sponsored by businesses which had their licenses suspended. Committee chairman and acting manpower authority director Mubarak Al-Azmi said the committee comprises of elements from the manpower authority, interior and commerce ministries, […]

KUWAIT: Two Indian women were allegedly trafficked to Kuwait by a compatriot in India, local Indian newspapers reported yesterday. The two women, a 24 year old woman and her 45 year old mother, were promised well-paying office jobs by a recruitment agent in Tamil Nadu. But upon arrival in Kuwait, they both had their passports […]

Sheikh Sabah congratulates King Salman on winning Gulf Basketball Championship KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah received at Bayan Palace yesterday the Secretary-General of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Dr Abdullatif bin Rashed Al-Zayani, where he handed in an invitation from Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud to attend the […]

KUWAIT: Allan Villiers’ ‘Sons of Sinbad’ exhibition was inaugurated yesterday at Dar Al-Athar Al-Islamiyyah. The event is held under the auspices of the Australian Embassy in Kuwait, National Council for Culture, Arts and Letters, Council for Australian-Arab Relations and the Australian National Maritime Museum. The opening was attended by Sheikha Hussa Al-Sabah and Australian Ambassador […]

AMMAN: Thirteen Pakistanis including eight children died early yesterday when a blaze tore through their corrugated metal home in a rural area of western Jordan, authorities said. Rescue services said “13 people died and three others were injured when fire broke out in a corrugated metal house” on a farm in South Shona, around 50 […]

NEW DELHI: Hundreds of Indian protestors took to the streets yesterday as public anger grew over the brutal gang-rape and murder of a female veterinary doctor, with one MP calling for the perpetrators to be “lynched”. The demonstrations in New Delhi, Hyderabad, Bangalore and elsewhere took place as police found the semi-naked body of a […]

LONDON/NEW YORK: Global reinsurers are stepping up their warnings to life insurer clients about the potential risks of vaping, putting pressure on underwriters to charge certain vapers higher rates than smokers, or even exclude them altogether. US authorities said last month that there had been 47 deaths this year from a lung illness tied to […]

Greece to ask for NATO support over Turkish-Libyan military agreement ANKARA: Turkey is not blackmailing NATO with its rejection of a defense plan for the Baltics and Poland, and has full veto rights within the alliance, a Turkish security source said yesterday ahead of a NATO alliance summit in London. Reuters reported last week that […]

Prince William, Duke of Cambridge visited the Jahra Pools natural reserve, 35 km North of Kuwait City today. The Duke arrived in Kuwait last night for an official visit. — Photos by Kuwait Times