Новости за 10.12.2019

Sheikh Sabah: Riyadh Declaration ‘gateway to our future’ – Hajraf appointed new GCC chief KUWAIT: HH the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah yesterday said the Riyadh Declaration is “the gateway to our future”. Speaking during the concluding session of the 40th GCC summit in Riyadh, HH the Amir hoped that the coming meetings will […]

KUWAIT: Kuwait’s private sector is an ‘integral part’ of the country’s development plans, a minister said yesterday, placing great emphasis on an increasingly significant part of the economy. Addressing the New Kuwait 2019 Summit on behalf of HH the Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah at the Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmed Cultural Center in Kuwait […]

Eurofighter Typhoon maker among participating companies KUWAIT: Two hundred and twelve leading international companies in the fields of defense and armament from 32 countries are participating in the 5th Gulf Defense and Aerospace (GDA) exhibition and conference, which kicked off yesterday in Kuwait. The three-day event is open to the public from 10:00am – 5:00 […]

Fourth Ring Road repair to be completed by year’s end KUWAIT: The Public Authority for Manpower said it is currently working on linking all labor departments and investment branches at co-operative societies through an automated system. The authority added that both the authority and co-op administrations are currently discussing mandating that all laborers working in […]

KUWAIT: The National Assembly’s legal and legislative committee yesterday rejected a request by two of its members to accord priority to the discussion of a draft law proposing a general pardon for people jailed over expressing opinion. Member of the committee MP Khalil Abul said the committee preferred that the National Assembly should vote to […]

GCC 40th summit concludes with ‘Riyadh Declaration’ RIYADH: The 40th Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Summit concluded yesterday with Secretary General Abdulatif Al-Zayani reading the ‘Riyadh Declaration’. It emphasizes necessity to protect maritime of the Arabian Gulf from any threats, as the council notes measures taken by Saudi Arabia to protect its oil facilities, which stems […]

WASHINGTON: Democrats unveiled two articles of impeachment yesterday against US President Donald Trump after weeks of arguing there is overwhelming evidence that the US leader abused his office and deserves to be removed. If the charges – abuse of power and obstruction of Congress – are approved by the full House of Representatives in a […]

GUWAHATI, India: Protestors in northeast India set fire to tyres and cut down trees to block roads yesterday in a shutdown across the region hours after lawmakers approved the government’s new citizenship bill. The legislation, set to go before the upper house today, will fast-track citizenship claims from immigrants from three neighboring countries – but […]

THE HAGUE: Nobel peace laureate Aung San Suu Kyi faced calls for Myanmar to “stop the genocide” of Rohingya Muslims as she personally led her country’s defense at the UN’s top court yesterday. Myanmar’s civilian leader sat through graphic accounts of mass murder and rape as the west African state of The Gambia set out […]

EU welcomes Ukraine talks, urges concrete progress PARIS: Russian leader Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky on Monday held their first face-to-face talks at a summit in Paris which agreed some measures to de-escalate the Ukraine conflict but clinched no major breakthrough on ending the five-year war. Host French President Emmanuel Macron, joined by […]