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Mentally ill man murders his mother in Zahra
Kuwait Times crime-scene KUWAIT: A female citizen was killed by her psychologically disturbed son. The body was recovered by the coroner. Police responded to a call about a murder in Zahra. When they...
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Amir receives Sultan ul-Bohra
Kuwait Times KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah meets with the visiting Sultan ul-Bohra Dr Mufaddal Saifuddin. – Amiri Diwan photos KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir...
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261 prisoners released on pardon
Kuwait Times KUWAIT: Maj Gen Abdullah Al-Muhanna (center) speaks during a press conference yesterday. KUWAIT: An Amiri decree was issued to pardon the remaining period on 1,207 prison inmates....
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Health insurance company’s contract extended for six months
Kuwait Times Health Minister Dr Jamal Al-Harbi KUWAIT: The Ministry of Health’s contract with the General Services Health Insurance Company for expats was extended for six months, which will help...
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Ghanem calls for emergency AIPU session on Al-Aqsa Mosque
Kuwait Times KUWAIT: National Assembly Speaker Marzouq Al-Ghanem meets with the Mexican Ambassador to Kuwait Miguel Angel Isidro. – KUNA KUWAIT: National Assembly Speaker Marzouq Al-Ghanem received at...
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Kuwait downgrades ties with Iran
Kuwait Times KUWAIT: Kuwait yesterday expelled Iranian diplomats and closed some embassy missions after the state’s top court convicted a “terror” cell of links to the Islamic republic, the foreign...
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Customs foils bid to smuggle drugs in gloves
Kuwait Times crime-scene KUWAIT: Air cargo customs officers foiled an attempt to smuggle one-and-a-half kilogram of heroin hidden in cricket gloves via courier. A customs source said the drugs arrived...
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Yacht on fire at Sharq marina
Kuwait Times Khaitan fires KUWAIT: Firemen put out a fire in a 50-ft yacht at Souk Sharq marina. The yacht was isolated before fire fighters tackled the blaze. No injuries were reported. Separately,...
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US envoy lauds Kuwait’s support of regional peace
Kuwait Times KUWAIT: Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior Sheikh Khaled Al-Jarrah Al-Sabah meets US Ambassador to Kuwait Lawrence Silverman. – KUNA KUWAIT: US Ambassador to the country...
View ArticleIraq airports open to Kuwaiti flights
Kuwait Times BAGHDAD: All of Iraq’s airports are open to Kuwaiti commercial flights, which will offer facilitations for the arrival of jets from the neighboring country, Iraq’s Transportation Ministry...
View ArticleUS ends laptop ban on Middle East carriers
Kuwait Times DUBAI: The United States has ended a four month ban on passengers carrying laptops onboard US bound flights from certain airports in the Middle East and North Africa, bringing to an end...
View ArticleThatcher mulled plan to resupply embassy during Iraqi invasion
Kuwait Times KUWAIT: British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher weighed the idea of sending special forces to Kuwait during the 1990-1991 Iraqi occupation. According to an article in the Guardian...
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Why a Saudi woman’s skirt sparked an outcry
Kuwait Times Historical re-enactors walk among the crowd at the Souk Okaz Festival in the Saudi city of Taif on July 19, 2017. The 10-day cultural festival, a revival of the ancient Arabian market...
View ArticleMPs demand action over escape of terror convicts
Kuwait Times KUWAIT: MPs began yesterday signing a request to hold an emergency session of the National Assembly to discuss the developments surrounding the escape of several members of a pro-Iran...
View ArticleMan questioned over hoax bomb report
Kuwait Times KUWAIT: The Ahmadi prosecutor ordered detectives to arrest a man who claimed to be an Australian national named Deshoka and charged him with false information. Deshoka told police that...
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Duo held with drugs
Kuwait Times Drugs KUWAIT: Two expatriates were arrested yesterday with possession of 30,000 Tramadol tablets, a banned substance in Kuwait, and a small of bag of shabu (methamphetamine). The two were...
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Retro gaming in Kuwait alive and kicking
Kuwait Times KUWAIT: Retro video game consoles and cartridges displayed at a shop in Kuwait. – KUNA KUWAIT: The video-gaming industry have evolved in the last few decades, transforming itself into a...
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Ramp servers drivers from Sixth Ring Road to Farwaniya Hospital
Kuwait Times KUWAIT: A 700-meter ramp will be opened today for drivers coming from the Sixth Ring Road to Farwaniya Hospital and Ardhiya as well as the institutions and colleges’ in Ardhiya, Public...
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Ooredoo Kuwait hosts ‘Tomorrow’s Leaders’ in their seventh season
Kuwait Times KUWAIT: Ooredoo Kuwait hosted a special training workshop for ‘Tomorrow’s Leaders’, a summer program aimed at training and developing the skills of law graduates in cooperation with the...
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Firefighters douse large fire in Sharq Industrial
Kuwait Times KUWAIT: The Kuwait Fire Service Directorate (KFSD) said it has put out a large fire which broke out at several garages in Sharq Industrial yesterday. The fire, which first engulfed four...
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