Security chief, US official discuss common issues
Kuwait Times KUWAIT: National Security Bureau chief Sheikh Thamer Al-Ali Al-Sabah meets with head of a delegation from the Center for American Progress Ambassador John Craig. — KUNA KUWAIT: National...
View ArticleMPs to debate economic reforms on January 10
Kuwait Times KUWAIT: National Assembly Speaker Marzouq Al-Ghanem yesterday said that a request by several MPs to debate the government’s economic reform package has been placed on the agenda of the Jan...
View ArticleKuwaiti youths’ combat of radical ideologies ‘amazing’: US diplomat
Kuwait Times Nicole Chulick, Deputy Coordinator for Products in the Bureau of International Information Programs at the US State Department. KUWAIT: Kuwaiti youths’ creativity in combating...
View ArticleKuwait urges Security Council be responsible toward Aleppo
Kuwait Times State calls for emergency Arab meeting KUWAIT: Kuwaitis hold placards during a demonstration outside the Russian embassy to condemn Moscow’s support for the Syrian regime besieging...
View ArticleKuwait raises $500,000 for Aleppo
Kuwait Times The Kuwait Red Crescent Society KUWAIT: The Kuwait Red Crescent Society (KRCS) said it has raised a sum of $500,000 in humanitarian and relief aid to the residents of the besieged Syrian...
View ArticleDeal signed with China to build 2 expat hospitals
Kuwait Times KUWAIT: Kuwait’s Health Insurance Company (Daman) has signed a contract worth KD 162 million ($530.85 million) with China Metallurgical Group Corporation (MCC) to build two hospitals in...
View ArticleRights group calls to end kafala system
Kuwait Times KUWAIT: A Kuwaiti rights group yesterday called on the government to abolish its “kafala” system for foreign workers, which has long been criticized as a form of bonded labor or even...
View ArticleDemonstrators march to protest Aleppo carnage
Kuwait Times Assembly to debate Aleppo on Dec 28 KUWAIT: Protesters hold placards during a demonstration yesterday outside the Russian Embassy to condemn Moscow’s support for the Syrian regime...
View ArticleForty Days of Winter
Kuwait Times Seasonal food sweep dining and coffee tables. Chestnuts are among the most popular winter fruits. Truffles aren’t called the White Gold for nothing. Children play in the desert under the...
View ArticleFarmworker dies after burning coal indoors
Kuwait Times KUWAIT: Despite warnings by Kuwait Fire Services Directorate to avoid using coal heaters in enclosed areas, some people are still not heeding the warnings, as the case was at a Mutlaa...
View ArticleBlackmailer beaten
Kuwait Times KUWAIT: A policeman told interrogators that he beat a tourist guide was because the guide blackmailed him when he was undergoing treatment in Germany. A source said that a tourist guide...
View ArticleFilipina maid raped
Kuwait Times KUWAIT: Jahra prosecutor ordered the arrest of a citizen who was accused by his Filipina domestic helper of raping her. A security source said the Filipina told Qairawan police that she...
View ArticleEgyptian Doctor arrested
Kuwait Times KUWAIT: An Egyptian doctor was arrested to serve a five-year jail sentence after being convicted of killing a fetus through an abortion. The doctor disappeared after the conviction, but...
View ArticleSecurity, municipal raids held in Jleeb
Kuwait Times municipal raids in Jleeb KUWAIT: A security campaign was held in Jleeb Al-Shuyoukh and details of 3,500 persons were checked. Police arrested 185 people without IDs, 12 absconders, 20...
View ArticleKuwait, Britain ink extradition accord
Kuwait Times Speaker hails pact, warns embezzlers KUWAIT: First Deputy Foreign Minister Khaled Al-Jarallah and UK Minister for Middle Eastern and North African Affairs Tobias Ellwood are seen during...
View ArticleKuwait Airways B777-300ER makes maiden commercial flight to Dubai
Kuwait Times Kuwait Airways B777-300ER makes maiden commercial flight to Dubai KUWAIT: Following its arrival in Kuwait, on Dec 9, and undergoing its flight and technical testing, the official national...
View ArticleGovt files fraud charges against several businesses
Kuwait Times KUWAIT: The ministry of commerce and industry referred to the commercial prosecution department a number of irregularities and fraud cases recently detected at coffee shops, restaurants...
View ArticleAdasani urges PM to return citizenships, end austerity
Kuwait Times 16 jailed for repeating Barrak’s speech KUWAIT: Opposition MP Riyadh Al-Adasani said yesterday that if the prime minister and the government want a fresh, clean start with the National...
View ArticleFour Kuwaitis arrested in Iran
Kuwait Times KUWAIT: The Kuwaiti Ministry of Foreign Affairs said Friday it is closely monitoring the detention of four Kuwaiti citizens at Iran’s Ahavaz area, and coordinating with relevant...
View ArticleZain receives four titles as part of Advertising Creativity Award 2016
Kuwait Times Zain receives four titles as part of Advertising Creativity Award 2016 KUWAIT: Zain, the leading telecommunications company in Kuwait, proudly received four titles as part of the...
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