Nod to visitor health insurance – Doctors reject MP Safa Al Hashem’s proposal
Kuwait Times KUWAIT: The parliamentary health affairs committee endorsed a report recommending imposing health insurance on foreigners visiting Kuwait for various reasons following the committee...
View ArticleConcern over ‘bachelors’ living in residential areas
Kuwait Times KUWAIT: Chairman of the structural planning committee at the Municipal Council Ali Al-Moussa warned what he described as the phenomenal spread of “bachelors” in residential areas,...
View ArticleCross-dresser caught
Kuwait Times KUWAIT: Patrol officers pulled over a car in the Rehaya desert and thought at first that the driver was a female wearing heavy makeup who was in an abnormal condition. The discovered later...
View ArticleDrunk policeman arrested at seafront
Kuwait Times KUWAIT: A drunken policeman in uniform danced by the seafront with families and women around. A police patrol was sent to the area and arrested the policeman, despite resistance. He was...
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Housing welfare a priority in Kuwait Vision 2035
Kuwait Times KUWAIT: An aerial view of the Saad Al-Abdullah housing project. — KUNA photos KUWAIT: Providing housing for citizens is considered one of the main goals for Kuwait Vision 2035, through...
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Halfway there! Fifth B777-300ER aircraft joins Kuwait Airways fleet
Kuwait Times 58 percent seat capacity increases on key long-haul routes ‘Warbah,’ the latest Boeing 777-300ER to join Kuwait Airways’ fleet KUWAIT: Kuwait Airways, the official national carrier of the...
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Organizers ask Amir to help save Invasion museum
Kuwait Times Electricity cut two days before National Day Students tour the Kuwait House for National Works Museum. — Photos by Joseph Shagra KUWAIT: The Kuwait House for National Works Museum is still...
View ArticleSports temporary committees extended
Kuwait Times KUWAIT: Kuwait’s official gazette Al-Kuwait Al-Youm yesterday published a decision extending the tenures of the temporary committees running Kuwait Football Association (KFA) and Kuwait...
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Jaber Hospital to serve citizens from all over Kuwait: Minister
Kuwait Times Municipality can close shops noncompliant with sharia KUWAIT: This Jan 25, 2017 photo shows the new KD 304 million ($997 million) Jaber Hospital. — AP KUWAIT: Health Minister Jamal...
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MoH orders probe into liposuction video
Kuwait Times Health Minister Dr Jamal Al-Harbi KUWAIT: Health Minister Dr Jamal Al-Harbi yesterday said he has ordered the medical license committee of his ministry to interrogate a surgeon involved in...
View ArticleLeftover cluster bomb kills child, guts house
Kuwait Times KUWAIT: A child was killed and his brother was injured in Qusoor while they were playing with a BLU61 type cluster bomb, a remnant from the 1990 Iraqi invasion. The interior ministry said...
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MP threatens to grill premier, three ministers
Kuwait Times MP Shuaib Al-Muwaizri KUWAIT: Leading opposition MP Shuaib Al-Muwaizri yesterday threatened that he will file to grill the prime minister and three Cabinet ministers after 30 days if a...
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Kuwait Financial Forum to be held next month
Kuwait Times ‘Banking Sector in GCC against a Backdrop of Economic Change’ Finance Minister Anas Al-Saleh KUWAIT: Under the patronage of His Highness the Amir of Kuwait, Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber...
View ArticleFive companies compete for park maintenance contract
Kuwait Times KUWAIT: Five local companies qualified by the Central Tenders Committee (CTC) are currently competing to win a tender for landscaping, maintenance and irrigation at Al-Shaheed Park, while...
View ArticleCabinet instructs energy efficiency
Kuwait Times KUWAIT: The Kuwaiti cabinet has asked the Ministry of Electricity and Water to work with other concerned bodies to put the country’s energy efficiency program in place. It has also asked...
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Kuwait, Germany ink visa exemption agreement
Kuwait Times KUWAIT: Deputy Foreign Minister Khaled Al-Jarallah and the Ambassador of Germany to Kuwait Karlfried Bergner sign a visa-exemption agreement yesterday. —KUNA KUWAIT: Kuwait’s Foreign...
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Pilot describes the day Sheikh Jaber returned to Kuwait after liberation
Kuwait Times KUWAIT: This March 14, 1991 file photo shows then Amir His Highness Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah praying shortly after returning to Kuwait following the state’s liberation from...
View Article‘Barrak attacker’ commits suicide in solitary cell
Kuwait Times KUWAIT: The interior ministry’s security media and public relations department said a 28-year-old non-Kuwaiti inmate committed suicide at the Central Jail yesterday using his blanket. He...
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Twelve recommendations to solve demographic imbalance
Kuwait Times Court orders treatment for expat girl KUWAIT: His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah chairs the cabinet’s weekly session yesterday. —KUNA KUWAIT: A study...
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Bad weather disrupts marine traffic – Aviation traffic normal despite dusty...
Kuwait Times KUWAIT: Cars crawl during a heavy dust storm in Shuwaikh yesterday after wind speed hit over 40 km/h and visibility level fell below 500 m in some areas in Kuwait. Marine traffic at...
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