Новости за 11.12.2019

Panel says appointment in legal department should be changed KUWAIT: Two lawmakers yesterday submitted a request to National Assembly Speaker Marzouq Al-Ghanem urging him to resume the Assembly sessions which have been suspended since the resignation of the government about a month ago. MP Abdullah Al-Kandari said he submitted the request along with MP Bader […]

Bid to achieve gender equality in obtaining marriage loans denied KUWAIT: The constitutional court yesterday rejected a contest filed by a citizen demanding considering as unconstitutional the penalty of drinking and eating in public during the holy month of Ramadan of a fine up to KD 100 and/or one month imprisonment. In its verdict, the […]

KUWAIT: In collaboration with Interior Ministry personnel, Kuwait Municipality’s Farwaniya inspection teams recently launched a cleaning campaign in Jleeb Al-Shuyoukh where the team used special installations to prevent using open yards as truck parking areas or garages for auto repair, changing oils and tires and dumping wastes. In this regard, Farwaniya Municipality Manager Mohammad Sarkhouh […]

KUWAIT: Kuwait customs officers foiled an attempt to smuggle 70 kilograms of hashish found in an animal feed shipment that arrived from Iran yesterday. Doha Port customs officers confiscated the drugs and contacted concerned authorities for further legal action. Director General of Kuwait Customs Department Jamal Al-Jalawi said Kuwait customs work according to an integrated […]

Badly organized immigration subjects people to abuse: Jarallah KUWAIT: Kuwaiti Deputy Foreign Minister Khaled Al-Jarallah yesterday reiterated his country’s respect for international commitments to human rights. Addressing a seminar on contract workers’ rights co-organized by the Foreign Ministry and the UN Mission in Kuwait, Jarallah said Kuwait would continue its efforts to ensure the ensuing […]

I am extremely proud of all the entrepreneurs in the region that are making a difference with their technology startups, or ‘tech startups’. You are making a difference by making our lives simpler with technology, and you have provided jobs for others and yourself. We are very proud of that community that you have created. […]

KUWAIT: Sunrise view at a beach in Fintas. — Photo by Mohammad Rasheed (KUNA)

GUWAHATI: India’s parliament yesterday passed a contentious bill that seeks to grant citizenship to non-Muslim immigrants from some countries, as hundreds of troops were deployed in the northeast which has been hit by violent protests. The bill will let the Indian government grant citizenship to millions of illegal immigrants who entered India from three neighboring […]

SUR: “We have water, and it’s the most important thing in a house,” says Abdullah Al-Harthi from the port city of Sur in Oman, a country that relies on desalination plants. But for Oman and the other Gulf countries dominated by vast and scorching deserts, obtaining fresh water from the sea comes at a high […]

DUBAI: Iran has foiled a major cyber attack on its infrastructure that was launched by a foreign government, the Iranian telecoms minister said yesterday, two months after reports of a US cyber operation against the country. US officials told Reuters in October that the United States had carried out a secret cyber strike on Iran […]