Blackmailing Egyptian journalist arrested
Kuwait Times Blackmailing journalist arrested KUWAIT: Residency detectives arrested an Egyptian man who claimed to be a journalist for an online news website. He was arrested for allegedly blackmailing...
View ArticleAnother 55 candidates Join the electoral race
Kuwait Times KUWAIT: Some 55 candidates joined the electoral race on the ninth day of registration yesterday, a month away from parliamentary elections slated for November 26th. The First Constituency...
View ArticleInterior Ministry to ‘penalize’ vehicles impeding traffic flow
Kuwait Times KUWAIT: Vehicles found disrupting the flow of traffic will have their registration plates annulled starting on Sunday, the Ministry of Interior’s Assistant Undersecretary for Traffic...
View ArticleDashti registers but still faces appeal
Kuwait Times ‘Prominent opposition figures throw hats into ring’ Abdulhameed Dashti KUWAIT: The administrative court yesterday rejected a government objection to its ruling to allow former Shiite MP...
View Article454 hopefuls sign for polls as opposition makes a comeback
Kuwait Times Kuwaiti candidate Salah al-Muhawesh (L) registers on the final day of candidate’s registration for the upcoming parliamentary elections, at the election’s department, in Kuwait City on...
View ArticleFamily attacker ‘not extremist’: police
Kuwait Times Weapons KUWAIT: The Ministry of Interior’s relations and security information department said a 35-year-old Saudi and his mother told Sulaibiya police they were attacked by his brother...
View ArticleReckless driver arrested
Kuwait Times KUWAIT: A Saudi juvenile was arrested for driving without a license, stunt driving and endangering his life and the lives of others. Security sources said the suspect resisted arrest and...
View ArticleDrug dealer arrested
Kuwait Times Drug dealer arrested KUWAIT: An Asian man was arrested with possession of three kilograms of heroin, a kilogram of ice (methamphetamine) and 10,000 illicit pills, said security sources,...
View ArticleIndian working for an airline arrested for facilitating the entry of people...
Kuwait Times . KUWAIT: An Indian working for an airline was arrested for facilitating the entry of people who had been deported from Kuwait and helping them get residency visas for money, said security...
View Article9,696 people granted citizenship in 6 years
Kuwait Times KUWAIT: Ministry of Interior statistics show that 9,696 people have been granted Kuwaiti citizenship in the period of 2010-2016, according to various citizenship articles. Meanwhile, the...
View ArticleNo jammers in jails
Kuwait Times KUWAIT: The interior ministry also denied a press report claiming that there are jamming devices with health risks for inmates at the Central Jail. “This (claim) is utterly untrue,” the...
View ArticleKuwait not isolated from Mideast turmoil, challenges: Ambassador
Kuwait Times LONDON: Kuwaiti Ambassador to the UK Khaled Al- Duwaisan speaks during the meeting. — KUNA LONDON: The current turmoil and tension in the Middle East is affecting all regional countries...
View ArticleCandidate defends expats’ rights: We can’t live without foreigners
Kuwait Times Faridoon tackles environment, labor rights, education Candidate Hussein Faridoon KUWAIT: Hussein Faridoon is a candidate from the second district running in the National Assembly elections...
View ArticleGovt mulls no public sector jobs for expats
Kuwait Times No nationality quotas KUWAIT: The special report on adjusting Kuwait’s demographic structure is almost complete, with 12 recommendations that do not include reduction of the numbers of...
View ArticlePlates of violating cars to be removed
Kuwait Times Brig Adel Ahmed Al-Hashash KUWAIT: The ministry’s relations and security media director Brig Adel Ahmed Al-Hashash announced that effective today, Sunday, Oct 30, all vehicles blocking or...
View ArticleMOI rejects reports of Iraqi Military moves near border
Kuwait Times KUWAIT: The Ministry of Interior yesterday rejected local reports on unusual Iraqi military moves near the Kuwaiti-Iraqi border. Commenting on such news, the ministry’s Undersecretary Maj...
View ArticleMan robbed of KD 6,000
Kuwait Times KUWAIT: A robbery took place in the scrap area in Nayaem, when several persons stopped an expatriate claiming to be detectives and robbed KD 6,000 from him, before escaping. Another Indian...
View Article20% of divorced women got married this year
Kuwait Times KUWAIT: Twenty percent of the total number of women who got married this year were previously divorced, according to official biannual statistics pertaining with marriage and divorce....
View ArticleTransportation allowance canceled
Kuwait Times KUWAIT: Kuwait Petroleum Corporation plans to cancel special transportation allowances paid to Kuwait Gulf Oil Company employees working at the Khafji joint project. The Ministry of Oil...
View ArticleNew investment housing units to be built on Sawaber land
Kuwait Times Unionist charged with forgery KUWAIT: The Sawaber Complex (right) in downtown Kuwait City. —Photo by Athoob Al-Shuaibi KUWAIT: According to a study on Al-Sawaber Complex, a high-quality...
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