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KUWAIT: His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah has commended the armed forces for joining state bodies to confront the spread of coronavirus. Ministry of Defense’s personnel “have been with the government team since day one of the pandemic, starting with operations by the air force, medical authority and navy in disinfection […]

By B Izzak KUWAIT: Minister of Commerce and Industry Abdullah Al-Salman said yesterday that the ministry will refer to the public prosecution domestic helper recruitment offices which overcharge the fees set by the authorities. In response to a parliamentary question, the minister said the ministry has set recruitment fees for domestic maids based on country […]

By Nawara Fattahova KUWAIT: Many people were surprised by researchers from the Central Statistics Bureau (CSB) visiting them at home to take information for the Household Income and Expenditure Survey 2019-2021. Kuwait Times interviewed Khuloud Shuweiker, Supervisor of Work and Living Statistics at CSB, to learn more about this survey. Kuwait Times: What is the […]

By B Izzak KUWAIT: A number of lawmakers yesterday demanded an investigation into how interior ministry officers failed to provide protection to a Kuwaiti woman who was brutally killed despite filing several complaints. The woman, FA, was abducted by a Kuwaiti man on Tuesday, who allegedly stabbed her and then abandoned her outside Adan hospital […]

  MINNEAPOLIS, US: Derek Chauvin, a white former Minneapolis police officer, was convicted Tuesday of murdering African-American George Floyd after a racially charged trial seen as a pivotal test of police accountability in the United States. The jury deliberated less than 11 hours before finding 45-year-old Chauvin guilty of all three charges against him: second-degree murder, […]

JAKARTA: Indonesia’s military said it was searching for a submarine with 53 crew aboard after losing contact with the vessel during naval exercises off the coast of Bali yesterday. The German-built KRI Nanggala 402 was scheduled to do live torpedo exercises when it asked for permission to dive early yesterday morning, authorities said. “After permission […]

N’DJAMENA, Chad: Chad faced an uncertain future yesterday as the son of slain leader Idriss Deby Itno took power in what the opposition called a coup and Western allies that rely on the country’s military might pleaded for stability. Deby had ruled the impoverished desert country for three decades before the army announced his death […]

KUWAIT: Any person over 65 years of age in Kuwait can receive their COVID-19 vaccine directly and without having to book for an appointment, the health ministry announced. This includes both citizens and expatriates. The ministry’s spokesman Dr Abdullah Al-Sanad made that statement during a press conference on Tuesday, during which he announced that nearly […]

KUWAIT: Kuwait has obtained a permanent membership in the World Health Organization’s (WHO) program for international drug monitoring, said the Assistant Undersecretary for Drug and Food Control Affairs at the Kuwaiti Ministry of Health, Dr Abdullah Al-Bader yesterday. In a statement to KUNA, Dr Al-Bader noted that Kuwait was added to the program run by […]

KUWAIT: Kuwait’s Ministry of Communications (MoC) issued a postage stamp titled “Kuwait Fight Coronavirus Pandemic,” in collaboration with the ministry’s Postal Sector and Kuwait Philatelic Society, to document this vital global and historical time and the country’s fight against COVID-19. In a press statement yesterday, the ministry said that the stamp contains a photo of […]

KUWAIT: Gulf Bank launched the first video of its new “Proverbs That Last With Gulf Bank” series as part of an integrated Ramadan campaign aiming to engage with members of the local community both online and in real life. The video garnered 250K views and more than 6,000 comments on Instagram in its first three […]

KUWAIT: Kuwait Red Crescent Society (KRCS) announced the implementation of a number of humanitarian, medical, health and educational projects in Yemen as part of several projects aiming at helping Yemenis who are suffering from difficult humanitarian conditions. In a statement to KUNA yesterday, KRCS Director-General Abdulrahman Al-Oun said the society’s projects in Yemen varied between […]

ISLAMABAD: The embassy of the State of Kuwait in Pakistan distributed over 1,000 food packs among people in the federal capital Islamabad. The embassy in coordination with Kuwait’s Awqaf Affairs Council managed to distribute food packages to 1,000 deserving families for the holy month of Ramadan, as part of the ‘Kuwait is by your side’ […]

THE HAGUE: The global chemical weapons watchdog agreed yesterday to strip Syria of its voting rights in an unprecedented punishment after a probe blamed Damascus for poison gas attacks. Syria will also be banned from holding any offices at the Hague-based Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) over its repeated use of toxic […]

NEW DELHI: Oxygen supplies in Indian hospitals were running perilously low yesterday as daily COVID-19 deaths surged past 2,000 for the first time in one of the world’s most brutal ongoing coronavirus waves. Governments remain fearful of similar surges elsewhere in the world with many vaccine rollouts hampered by low supplies, and a top European […]

MARIB, Yemen: Peering through binoculars, a Yemeni commander scans a forbidding desert moonscape for lurking Houthi rebels, who are ramping up a bloody offensive to seize the strategic oil-rich region of Marib. The outcome of the scorched-earth battles raging around Marib city, the Saudi-backed Yemeni government’s last northern stronghold, could significantly alter the future course […]

LONDRES: The two Milan giants and Atletico Madrid followed all six English Premier League clubs in pulling out of the European Super League yesterday, dealing a fatal blow to the project. The withdrawals by Manchester City, Manchester United, Liverpool, Arsenal, Chelsea and Tottenham came just 48 hours after the league’s unveiling late on Sunday following […]