Kuwait has third freest press in Arab world
Kuwait Times KUWAIT: The Freedom House has ranked Kuwait highly in its annual freedom of the press report. According to the report issued on Thursday, Kuwait stands third amongst Arab countries after...
View ArticleMunicipality confirms infected chicken reports
Kuwait Times KUWAIT: Municipal director of Capital and Mubarak Al-Kabeer governorate affairs Faisal Sadiq Al-Juman said reports on social media about chicken infected with salmonella are correct. He...
View ArticleMotorists switch to premium gas – Kuwait to restudy petrol prices in...
Kuwait Times KUWAIT: Fuel prices in the country will be revalued early December, as people have started consuming premium-grade petrol instead of super-grade fuel, said a senior official at Kuwait...
View ArticleMoI working on new draft bill to amend DNA test law – Court allows Dashti to...
Kuwait Times KUWAIT: The interior ministry is working on a new draft bill amending DNA law 78/2015, responding to directives by HH the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah. Deputy Prime...
View ArticleFifth Youth Empowerment Symposium ‘Tmkeen’ concludes
Kuwait Times Fifth Youth Empowerment Symposium KUWAIT: The second and final day of the fifth annual Youth Empowerment Symposium (Tmkeen) yesterday witnessed a host of activities to provide...
View Article16-year-olds trialed as adults from Jan 1
Kuwait Times KUWAIT: Teenagers as young as 16 years of age will be tried as adults in criminal cases starting from January 1, 2016, security sources said, urging legal guardians to take extra caution...
View ArticleUnlawful consultations will be stamped out: Interior Minister
Kuwait Times 36 more candidates join race KUWAIT: Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Sheikh Mohammad Khaled Al-Sabah is pictured during his visit to the administration of elections affairs....
View ArticleYoung people must become aware of challenges: Marafi
Kuwait Times Candidate focuses on youth, healthcare, national unity KUWAIT: First constituency candidate Dr Kazem Marafie speaks to Kuwait Times. —Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat KUWAIT: Dr Kazem Marafie, a...
View ArticleAmir meets religious leaders
Kuwait Times KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah meets with the Coptic Metropolitan of Jerusalem and the Near East Anba Antonious. — Amiri Diwan photos KUWAIT: His...
View ArticleSubsidized food
Kuwait Times KUWAIT: Ministry of commerce and industry’s official spokesperson Khaled Al-Abdul Hadi said that out of the ministry’s keenness on public health and consumers’ safety, it made sure...
View ArticleMore Kuwaitis receive treatment in US: Envoy
Kuwait Times KUWAIT: US Ambassador to Kuwait Laurence Silverman, center, poses with the Health Connections speakers yesterday at the KCCI. — Photo by Joseph Shagra KUWAIT: The number of Kuwaitis...
View ArticleExpat teachers’ allowance cut sovereign decision: minister
Kuwait Times KUWAIT: Minister of Social Affairs and Labor and Minster of State for Planning and Development Hind Al-Subaih said Kuwait is ready to discuss decreasing expatriate teachers’ rent...
View ArticleFuel price hike impacts delivery services in Kuwait
Kuwait Times KUWAIT: The fuel price hike had impacted the standards of living in Kuwait with many people paying double or triple to “fill the tank.” Owners of delivery businesses said that the...
View ArticleZain participates in youth symposium
Kuwait Times Bader Al-Kharafi: Kuwaiti youth have their print in entrepreneurial innovation Zain Group’s Vice Chairman Bader Nasser Al-Kharafi KUWAIT: Zain, the leading telecommunications company in...
View ArticleReal estate slump lowers rents
Kuwait Times . According to an economic expert, rents in Kuwait are falling, and the decline will continue until early 2018. Dr Hajjaj Bu Khudoor, also a former Kuwait University professor, told Kuwait...
View ArticleAbraj Al-Kuwait
Kuwait Times Kuwait Towers Abraj Al-Kuwait will be nominated as a single monument. It is to be noted that this building is considered to be part of a nation-wide network of infrastructural water supply...
View ArticleKuwait seeks to list local landmarks in World Heritage
Kuwait Times . PARIS: Kuwait is diligently seeking to enlist some of its landmarks, namely Kuwait Towers, Failaka Island and Sheikh Jaber Al-Abdullah Palace, in the World Heritage. They have already...
View ArticleMan cheated over flat he rented via photos
Kuwait Times KUWAIT: A Lebanese man paid for the rental of an apartment that he had only seen via photos. A Lebanese man working in Kuwait saw an ad about an apartment in Salwa so he called the owner...
View Article‘Smuggling attempt foiled, rape thwarted’
Kuwait Times KUWAIT: An Asian expatriate was arrested attempting to smuggle 2.5 kg of heroin into Kuwait. Airport customs officers discovered the drugs inside the lining of the man’s suitcase. He was...
View ArticleThieves and absconders arrested
Kuwait Times Items confiscated KUWAIT: General Security Department continued its companies and arrested several wanted people in all governorates, under the direct supervision of Assistant...
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