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KUWAIT: HH the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah on Tuesday issued a decree forming the new government under the chairmanship of HH the Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah. The decree of the government lineup is as following: Sheikh Hamad Jaber Al-Ali Al-Sabah was appointed as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense; […]

By B Izzak KUWAIT: Opposition lawmaker Abdulkarim Al-Kandari yesterday criticized the interior ministry for reportedly extending a grace period granted to expats living illegally in the country. The ministry has not yet announced the extension, although the grace period – which has already been extended twice since it began on Dec 1, 2020 – expired […]

KUWAIT: The Public Authority for Civil Information (PACI) yesterday said that it will not receive any transactions that can be completed through online services provided on its website www.paci.gov.kw. In a press statement, PACI confirmed its commitment to the instructions of the Cabinet to reduce the percentage of workers in government workplaces to 30 percent. […]

By Nawara Fattahova KUWAIT: If you have a disused vehicle parked in a yard or any other public space for a few months, you risk the vehicle being impounded by the Municipality. Depending on the time your vehicle stays at the municipal garage, the cost to get it back may exceed KD 200. Inspectors regularly […]

KUWAIT: Kuwait Telecommunications Company – stc, a world-class digital leader providing innovative services and platforms to customers, enabling the digital transformation in Kuwait, concluded its month-long campaign ‘Ezhalha’ in celebration of Kuwait’s National and Liberation Days. The campaign included several initiatives launched by stc under the Ezhalha umbrella, such as an exclusive broadcast program on […]

KUWAIT: Foreign Minister Sheikh Dr Ahmad Nasser Al-Mohammad Al-Sabah announced on Monday the State of Kuwait’s pledge of $20 million in aid for Yemen. The announcement came as the Kuwaiti top diplomat headed on his country’s delegation in a virtual donor conference to aid the humanitarian situation in Yemen. The conference parallels with the humanitarian […]

KUWAIT: In celebration of the 60th National Day and the 30th Liberation Day of the State of Kuwait, which both coincide with the 60th anniversary of the founding of Gulf Bank, the Bank surprised fans everywhere with an unforgettable patriotic act. This year, Gulf Bank revived the song, ‘Watani Habibi,’ a patriotic ballad originally sung […]

KUWAIT: Kuwait yesterday recorded 1,341 new coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours, raising the caseload of infections to 193,372, in addition to seven new deaths, taking the death toll to 1,092. The health ministry’s official spokesperson Dr Abdullah Al-Sanad said in his regular daily press briefing that 160 patients are under treatment in intensive […]

GENEVA: It is unrealistic to think the world will be done with the COVID-19 pandemic by the end of the year, the World Health Organization warned Monday. WHO emergencies director Michael Ryan said it might however be possible to take the tragedy out of the coronavirus crisis by reducing hospitalizations and deaths. But the virus […]

MEDAN, Indonesia: An Indonesian volcano erupted yesterday morning, spewing a spectacular column of ash thousands of meters into a powder blue sky. Vulcanologists recorded 13 separate blasts as Mount Sinabung leapt to life, belching debris up to 5,000 m above Sumatra. There was no immediate danger to life or property, authorities said, with a five-kilometer […]