Police arrest sorcerer with VIP clients
Kuwait Times KUWAIT: Criminal detectives put an end to the activities of a Sri Lankan sorcerer, who claimed his customers were VIPs and charged KD 250 for each job. The Sri Lankan became famous and...
View ArticleMan arrested for nurses recruitment scam
Kuwait Times KUWAIT: An Indian national has been arrested for his involvement in a high profile nursing recruitment scam involving Kuwait. The man, who had fled to Abu Dhabi, was arrested at the...
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Man killed, children injured in accident
Kuwait Times . KUWAIT: A bedoon man was killed and three of his children were injured during a car accident on Fifth Ring road yesterday morning. Firemen arrived to the scene shortly after the accident...
View ArticleKuwait anti-corruption authority refers officials to prosecution
Kuwait Times KUWAIT: Kuwait Anti-Corruption Authority has referred six senior civil servants including government officials to the public prosecution for failing to disclose their financial statements...
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Long-running Shuaiba refinery shuts down in April
Kuwait Times KUWAIT: The long-operating Shuaiba refinery owned by the Kuwait National Petroleum Company (KNPC). — KUNA KUWAIT: The long-operating Shuaiba refinery will shut down on April first after...
View ArticlePSC ends health ministry’s hotline service for nonpayment
Kuwait Times KUWAIT: The Public Services Company (PSC) yesterday decided to suspend the Ministry of Health’s inquiry hotline (151) because the ministry did not renew the contract that expired in Oct...
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Award-winning Kuwaiti movie banned from first film festival
Kuwait Times Hashem only female Kuwait filmmaker in international arena The movie’s official poster KUWAIT: In an exclusive interview with Kuwait Times, award-winning Kuwaiti director and producer...
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Amir praised for initiative to boost nations’ development
Kuwait Times Sheikh Sabah hailed for hosting Yemeni talks DEAD SEA, Jordan: Arab leaders including HH the Amir of Kuwait Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah (center right), Jordan’s King Abdullah...
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Kuwaiti director surprised after fest bans movie
Kuwait Times Kuwaiti director and producer Farrah Al-Hashem KUWAIT: Award-winning Kuwaiti director and producer Farrah Al-Hashem’s film ‘Breakfast in Beirut’ was banned from the inaugural Kuwait Film...
View ArticleNew power, water tariffs to be applied from Aug 22
Kuwait Times KUWAIT: The ministry of electricity and water said yesterday that the new power and water charges on apartments will come into effect from Aug 22. Three months earlier, the new rates...
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Ajmi returns to Kuwait
Kuwait Times Saad Al-Ajmi hugs his children upon his return home late on Thursday. — Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat KUWAIT: Saad Al-Ajmi, former spokesman of the opposition Popular Action Movement, returned...
View ArticleAmir invites India PM Modi to visit Kuwait
Kuwait Times Two agencies to run 6 Indian embassy outsourcing centers KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah has extended an official invitation to Indian Prime Minister...
View ArticleWoman held for filming maid’s fall from window
Kuwait Times Employer had hired runaway maid from illegal office KUWAIT: Police have detained a woman for filming her Ethiopian maid falling from the seventh floor in an apparent suicide...
View ArticleMan arrested for police impersonation, theft
Kuwait Times KUWAIT: A Syrian man was arrested in Salmiya for multiple robberies and impersonating as a police detective, said security sources. Case papers indicate that several expats reported being...
View ArticleMentally disturbed kidnapped and raped
Kuwait Times KUWAIT: A citizen was arrested for forcing a mentally-disturbed citizen to join him in abducting a Filipino from Salmiya. He took him to an isolated area in Abdullah Mubarak where he beat...
View ArticleMunicipality employee arrested for taking bribes
Kuwait Times KUWAIT: A 43-year-old citizen working for Kuwait Municipality was recently arrested for taking bribes. Security sources said the case came to light when an Egyptian representative of a...
View ArticleFive ministers invited to attend panel meeting
Kuwait Times KUWAIT: The parliament’s financial affairs committee invited Defense Minister Sheikh Mohammed Al-Khaled Al-Sabah, Interior Minister Sheikh Khaled Al-Jarrah Al-Sabah, Finance Minister Anas...
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Week summary of Kuwait’s humanitarian action across the world
Kuwait Times KUWAIT: The new expansion of the National Assembly’s building. — KUNA KUWAIT: Seeking to mitigate suffering of people affected by global wars and conflicts, Kuwait – a country honored by...
View Article‘Fearful’ families removing wombs of disabled girls
Kuwait Times KUWAIT: Families of some mentally-disabled girls consumed with fear about their daughters’ future and their own reputations have used this as an excuse to remove their wombs as soon as...
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Language barrier still stands between expats and their rights
Kuwait Times Two lawyers raise awareness about Kuwait family law Attorney Najmah Brown and Attorney Atyab Al-Shatti KUWAIT: They did not mind waiting more than 40 minutes before an English seminar on...
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