Police arrest murderer on way out of Kuwait
Kuwait Times KUWAIT: Police arrested the suspected killer of a Ukrainian man whose body was found in his car in Fahaheel. The suspect, Russian, was arrested while attempting to leave the country and...
View ArticleCouple kill three-and-a half-year-old daughter daughter, stuff body in freezer
Kuwait Times KUWAIT: A couple who killed their young daughter and kept her body in a freezer were arrested yesterday. The interior ministry’s security media and relations department said the body of...
View ArticleBedoon, Egyptian arrested over torture video
Kuwait Times Suspect arrested KUWAIT: MOI’s security media and relations directorate yesterday announced that security forces arrested a bedoon named Ali Abdullah Al-Shemarri (born 1976) who appeared...
View ArticleMaids ‘ads’ on the rise ahead of Ramadan
Kuwait Times KUWAIT: Local papers and the Internet are currently full of ads offering services of housemaids for ‘sale’ or transfer as Ramadan is approaching. Informed sources said that there is a...
View Article76 Fake companies referred to the public prosecution
Kuwait Times KUWAIT: The Manpower Public Authority referred 76 fake companies to the public prosecution since the beginning of 2016, Inspections Director Sultan Hassan said, adding that 789 workers are...
View ArticleCourt orders reconnecting power to violating buildings
Kuwait Times KUWAIT: A court yesterday compelled Kuwait Municipality to reconnect power to various buildings found in violation of municipality rules. Notably, lawyer Mohammed Al-Ansari had filed...
View ArticleKuwait supports ILO’s efforts in protecting laborers’ rights: Subaih
Kuwait Times GENEVA: Minister of Social Affairs and Labor and Minister of State for Planning and Development Hind Al-Subaih and Kuwait’s permanent envoy to the UN Ambassador Jamal Al-Ghunaim. — KUNA...
View ArticleSheikh Salman stresses social responsibility in private sector
Kuwait Times KUWAIT: Minister of Information and Minister of State for Youth Affairs Sheikh Salman Sabah Salem Al- Humoud Al-Sabah speaks during the Kuwait Banking Association forum. — KUNA KUWAIT:...
View ArticleKNPC seeks $6.4bn loan – KD 34.5bn to be spent on oil projects
Kuwait Times KUWAIT: The oil sector is expected to spend about KD 34.5 billion over the next five years for the implementation of large development projects, the representative of the acting oil...
View ArticleRights body slams mistreatment of worker, urges amending laws – Authorities...
Kuwait Times KUWAIT: This image combo shows suspects Ali Abdullah Al-Shemmari (left) and Mohammed Owais (center), and victim Ashraf Abu Al-Yameen (right). KUWAIT: The interior ministry’s security media...
View ArticlePolice arrest 11 more suspects in homosexual activities’ case – Suspects...
Kuwait Times This handout photo shows eight person that police said they arrested inside a massage parlor where homosexual activities were being practiced. (Left) Two other suspects arrested yesterday...
View ArticleFilipinos in Kuwait now 220,000, up by 14 percent compared to 2014: Envoy –...
Kuwait Times KUWAIT: Philippine Ambassador to Kuwait Renato Pedro Villa and Kuwait’s Deputy Foreign Minister for Asian Affairs Ambassador Ali Al-Saeed cut the ceremonial cake KUWAIT: In celebration of...
View ArticleMinistry Of Public Works signs Limak to build state-of-the-art terminal –...
Kuwait Times These two pictures show the project’s site before (top) and after the terminal is built. KUWAIT: Limak Construction was officially awarded the tender for the construction of the new...
View ArticleNoon work ban announced
Kuwait Times KUWAIT: Acting Director General of the Manpower Public Authority Ahmad Al-Mousa officially announced a decision to ban employers from forcing their employees to work in open areas from...
View ArticleAmir meets UK’s Foreign Secretary
Kuwait Times KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah meets with British Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs Philip Hammond, in presence of His Highness...
View Article3 royals jailed for insulting Amir, judiciary
Kuwait Times KUWAIT: The criminal court yesterday sentenced five men, including three members of the Al-Sabah ruling family, to five years in jail each for allegedly insulting HH the Amir and accusing...
View ArticleKuwait signs KD 1.3bn airport deal
Kuwait Times KUWAIT: Minister of Public Works and Minister of State for National Assembly Affairs Ali Al-Omair and Vice Chairman of Limak Holding Sezai Bacaksiz exchange documents during the signing...
View ArticleIS challenged on the ground, social media – UK FM hails Yemen talks ‘progress’
Kuwait Times Philip Hammond KUWAIT: UK Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond described the UN-brokered Yemeni peace talks, which are being held in Kuwait, as “making progress”, with cautious optimism...
View ArticleTop court upholds death for mosque blast convict – Eidan had aided bomber,...
Kuwait Times KUWAIT: The court of cassation yesterday upheld a death sentence against the main convict who drove a Saudi suicide bomber to the Imam Al-Sadiq Mosque where he blew himself up, killing 26...
View ArticleFiremen control Shuwaikh industrial area blaze
Kuwait Times KUWAIT: Seven fire brigades joined forces and succeeded to control a fire that broke out at carpentry in Al-Shuwaikh industrial area, Kuwait Fire Service Directorate (KFSD) said yesterday,...
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