Europe can’t host huge number of refugees: Croatian President
Kuwait Times Croatian President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic tours the Scientific Center. KUWAIT: Croatian President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic yesterday said the world should understand Europe did not have...
View ArticleSri lankan maid not fully paid for 11 years
Kuwait Times KUWAIT: Escorted by a lawyer from her country’s embassy, a Sri Lankan housemaid reported that she had not received the majority of her salary for 11 years, said security sources. The maid...
View ArticleBangladeshi workers hold sit-in over unpaid salaries, alleged cheating
Kuwait Times Bangladeshi workers KUWAIT: About 300 Bangladeshi workers staged a peaceful sit-in protest yesterday at their accommodation camp in Mangaf over unpaid salaries and what they claim to be...
View ArticleRoof works cause cultural center blaze
Kuwait Times Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmad Cultural Center KUWAIT: The fire department yesterday said construction work on the titanium roof of the Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmad Cultural Center caused the fire that...
View ArticleKuwait to recruit Palestinian teachers after eliminating last standing hurdle
Kuwait Times For the first time in decades KUWAIT: The Interior Ministry gave a green light to the Education Ministry to recruit Palestinian teachers months after Kuwait officially recognized the...
View ArticleKuwait Cabinet lauds Info Minister’s replies to grilling
Kuwait Times Grilling contained ‘controversial and irregular points’ KUWAIT: His Highness Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah chairs the Cabinet’s meeting yesterday. —KUNA KUWAIT: The...
View ArticleFarms removed to make way for railway project
Kuwait Times KUWAIT: Forty three land plots in Wafra and Abdali were withdrawn and their lease contracts were terminated because they are on the route of the planned railway line and regional road,...
View ArticleInfo Minister ‘Resigns’ After Grilling Over Sports Ban
Kuwait Times No citizenship revocation without court ruling: Panel KUWAIT: Information and Youth Minister Sheikh Salman Al-Hmoud Al-Sabah yesterday submitted his resignation to the Cabinet two days...
View ArticleSaudi ‘deports’ Kuwaiti man and a Pakistani national
Kuwait Times KUWAIT: Saudi land border authorities deported a Kuwaiti man and a Pakistani national back to Kuwait after finding the latter hiding in the back seat of the citizen’s vehicle. Security...
View ArticleCommerce inspectors bust perfume counterfeiting
Kuwait Times KUWAIT: A photo circulated on social media allegedly showing a man filling bottles with counterfeit perfume. KUWAIT: Ministry of Commerce and Industry inspectors raided a store in...
View ArticleKuwait to receive Russian tanks soon: Solomatin
Kuwait Times Ambassador talks relations with Kuwait, Syria, Iran KUWAIT: Russian Ambassador to Kuwait Alexey Solomatin speaks during a press conference yesterday. — Photo by Joseph Shagra KUWAIT:...
View ArticleRecent vaccinations safe: Health Ministry
Kuwait Times KUWAIT: Assistant Undersecretary for Public Health Affairs at the Ministry of Health (MoH) Dr Majida Al-Qattan held a press conference yesterday to refute rumors questioning the safety of...
View ArticlePhilippines names new labor attache to Kuwait
Kuwait Times MANILA/KUWAIT: The Philippines government has named Alejandro Padaen as the new labor attache to its embassy in Kuwait. He is set to arrive in mid-February and has previously served in...
View ArticleBangladeshi workers back to work after 3-day sit-in protest
Kuwait Times KUWAIT: Hundreds of Bangladeshi workers who staged a protest are returning to work after their demands were considered. “The problem is resolved. We are back to work now and some will be...
View ArticleAmir urges unhampered completion of airport terminal
Kuwait Times Project to finish within six years KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah meets with curators of new passengers building project. — KUNA photos KUWAIT: His...
View ArticleSheikh Mohammad gets info portfolio, Roudhan youth
Kuwait Times Amir accepts Sheikh Salman’s resignation KUWAIT: HH the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah (left) presents HH the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah the...
View ArticleEgyptian man on travel ban fails to flee
Kuwait Times KUWAIT: An Egyptian man on the travel ban list failed in his attempt to leave the country undetected when he hid in the truck of a compatriot after paying him 10,000 Egyptian pounds. The...
View ArticleCompany owner forged work permits
Kuwait Times Forged work permits KUWAIT: Residency detectives discovered forgery in official documents as well as in the files of work permits of a company. Detectives received tips about the forgeries...
View ArticleFrench Embassy celebrates Sharekh’s top accolade
Kuwait Times First Kuwaiti to be adorned with ‘French National Order of Merit’ KUWAIT: French Ambassador Christian Nakhla decorates Dr Al-Anoud Al-Sharekh with the French National Order of Merit....
View ArticleKuwait has low security risk forecast, according to study
Kuwait Times . KUWAIT: Kuwait has low security risk and medium political risk forecasts according to the Risk Map forecast; an annual guide published by Control Risks. It shares similar forecasts with...
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