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KUWAIT: HH the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah on Wednesday congratulated HH the Deputy Amir and Crown Prince Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah on the first anniversary of assuming his post. In a letter sent to HH Sheikh Mishal, HH Sheikh Nawaf extolled the achievements of HH the Deputy Amir and Crown Prince in […]

By B Izzak KUWAIT: The government’s legal body, the Fatwa and Legislation Department, yesterday announced that a decision to ban expats aged 60 and above without university degrees from renewing work permits is “illegal”, and accordingly, older residents can renew their work permits and residencies as usual. Head of the Fatwa Department Salah Al-Mesad said […]

By Chidi Emmanuel As the health and human toll of the COVID-19 pandemic grows, so does the financial fallout. The economic consequences of the pandemic have resulted in unprecedented job losses across the globe. The repercussions of the pandemic are widespread, but Kuwait’s foreign workers have been particularly impacted. COVID-19 affected businesses and disrupted trade, […]

By Ben Garcia A decision to ban motorbike delivery riders from almost all major roads was pushed back from Oct 3 to Nov 7 to give authorities more time to prepare an app that helps riders find suitable routes while avoiding restricted roads. The ban, which includes the First, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth and Seventh Ring […]

KUWAIT: Senior Kuwaiti journalists have commended the “leading” role of Kuwait News Agency (KUNA) as a “national professional institution”, which conveys Kuwait’s voice to the entire world. The journalists, in statements to KUNA a day after the agency celebrated its 45th anniversary, said the national news agency is a “media icon”. They said they get […]

KUWAIT: The Cabinet, in its extraordinary meeting on Wednesday, instructed the Public Authority for Agricultural Affairs and Fish Resources (PAAAFR) to work out a plan to open public parks and spaces in residential areas for investment. The Cabinet also ordered the PAAAFR to coordinate with other relevant bodies to allocate plots of lands for organizing […]

DUBAI: Kuwait’s pavilion at Dubai Expo, the first world fair in the region, organized on Wednesday workshops demonstrating the country’s sustainability efforts, including measures it has taken to limit greenhouse gas emissions. These workshops are highlighting Kuwait’s “path towards sustainability”, chronicling the nation’s history of solar energy projects, the first of which came to light […]

The Sheikh Abdullah Al-Salem Cultural Centre (ASCC) is the largest museum complex in the world. It comprises of six museums related to natural history, science and technology, Arab and Islamic science and space. The center is home to some 22 world-class galleries, with over 3,000 exhibits. This week we head to the Transportation and Robots […]

HARNAI, Pakistan: A young man with a jet-black beard crouches, grief-stricken, next to the body of his baby, swaddled in a blanket, as his other children look on in shock. “I tried to take out my children, but the jolt was so strong,” Rafiullah, a farmer in the mountainous Pakistani district of Harnai, told AFP. […]

TRABZON, Turkey: A commerical airliner coming from Kuwait made an emergnecy landing at Trabzon Airport in Turkey following a bomb threat. Passengers were evacuated and a bomb disposal team has begun a search of the plane. A bomb threat was made against an Airbus A320-type passenger plane with flight number J-9313, while it was in […]