author

desk search
close
Latest News
arrow2 Kuwait Times
In this March 2, 2014 file photo, Harvey Weinstein arrives at thenOscars in Los Angeles. — AP/AFP photos
Decades in the making, Weinstein's fall comes swiftly
Harvey Weinstein is terminated, effective immediately In this March 2, 2014 file photo, Harvey Weinstein arrives at theOscars in Los Angeles. — AP/AFP photosThe allegations against Harvey Weinstein spanned three decades. His downfall came in three days. That was all it took to topple one of Hollywood's most high-profile and sharp-elbowed moguls - a combative power player who, like few ever have, regularly dominated the Academy Awards. But it...
No Image
Columbus Day
No Image
Egypt qualify for World Cup; Amir congratulates feat
Salah goals take Egypt to RussiaCAIRO: Liverpool striker Mohamed Salah converted a stoppage-time penalty to give Egypt a dramatic 2-1 win over Congo Brazzaville yesterday and a place at the 2018 World Cup in Russia. Salah put Egypt ahead during the second half in Alexandria only for Arnold Bouka Moutou to equalize two minutes from the end of regular time. Victory gave Egypt an uncatchable four-point lead over Uganda in Group E with one round of...
No Image
Visit visas to be issued to 7 restricted nationalities
KUWAIT: Well-informed sources said Deputy PM and Interior Minister Sheikh Khalid Al-Jarrah has instructed the citizenship, passports and residency affairs sector to prepare a full study on the total numbers of expats belonging to seven nationalities on whom entry restrictions have been imposed, pending granting visit visas to their first-degree relatives.The sources added that the office of the interior ministry's assistant undersecretary for...
Health Ministry
More health fee exemptions announced
KUWAIT: Following up the increase in health fees for expats, several 'explanatory decisions' have been issued to exempt expats from the fees or from the fee increases, to include husbands of Kuwaiti women holding valid residency visas. The decisions also include collecting the old fees from domestic helpers without any increases.Another decision exempted patients admitted to ICUs based on medical reports from their doctors, a recommendation from...
KUWAIT: Members of Kuwait's women's ice hockey team take part in a training session at the ice-skating rink on Sept 29, 2017. - Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyatn
Kuwait 'ice ladies' lace up for world hockey tourney
KUWAIT: Members of Kuwait's women's ice hockey team take part in a training session at the ice-skating rink on Sept 29, 2017. - Photo by Yasser Al-ZayyatKUWAIT: In their red, white and blue uniforms, Kuwait's first female ice hockey team is training hard in the desert ahead of their debut world tournament later this month. Affectionately dubbed the "ice ladies" by local media, athletes in hijab or with their hair hastily tied in topknots pull on...
MOCI - Ministry of the Commerce and Industry
New law to tackle monopoly
KUWAIT: The minister of commerce and industry has laid out executive regulations of a law seeking to break long-standing commercial monopolies, paving the way to economic reforms. The law seeks to "establish a closer rapport between agents and clients" through eliminating a monopoly in place since 1964, which in turn would lead to economic development, a statement by Khaled Al-Roudhan said. Roudhan, who is also acting minister of state for youth...
KUWAIT: His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak is seen shortly after his return back home from New York. — KUNA
Prime minister returns home
KUWAIT: His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak is seen shortly after his return back home from New York. — KUNAKUWAIT: Representative of His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah returned home Saturday after chairing Kuwait's delegation to UN General Assembly's (UNGA) 72nd Session, held in New York. His Highness the Prime Minister was...
KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah meets with Speaker of the National Assembly Marzouq Ali Al-Ghanem and MP Yousef Saleh Al-Fadhalah. — KUNA
Speaker briefs Amir on visits to US, Geneva
Amir condemns terror attack on Saudi forces- Kuwait stands behind Saudi Arabia in confronting terrorism KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah meets with Speaker of the National Assembly Marzouq Ali Al-Ghanem and MP Yousef Saleh Al-Fadhalah. — KUNAKUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah received yesterday at Seif Palace Speaker of the National Assembly Marzouq Ali Al-Ghanem. Ghanem...
No Image
Ministry hiring teachers to cover shortages
KUWAIT: The Ministry of Health (MoE) will open local hiring today to cover shortages in teaching staff members in subjects such as English, Arabic, Mathematics, Music and Craft for both male and female teachers. In addition, MoE still has shortages in male biology and physics teachers and female physical education teachers. Applications will be open for bedoons, GCC nationals and all other nationalities provided they hold valid residency visas in...
No Image
Zain Great Idea (ZGI) Boot Camp underway
Over 130 entrepreneurs submitted their ideasKUWAIT: Zain, the leading telecommunications company in Kuwait, announced the launch of the first phase of its Zain Great Idea (ZGI) accelerator program in its fourth edition, the ZGI Boot Camp. The program aims at identifying and fostering hi-tech entrepreneurs in Kuwait.The accelerator program, launched last September, is a Zain initiative in partnership with Brilliant Lab, a startup accelerator...
No Image
Mystery behind container theft resolved
KUWAIT: Farwaniya detectives solved the mystery behind the theft of a container loaded with electric equipment worth over KD 50,000, as a Syrian man was arrested and the name of a Pakistani national was placed on the wanted list as he had fled to his country. The Syrian had sold 30 percent of the container's contents at prices 60 percent cheaper than the actual price. Detectives became involved when a bedoon complained to Jleeb Al-Shuyiukh police...
arrow
most read
1
Kuwait Integrated Petroleum Industries Company (KIPIC)
Massive fuel shortage forces electricity cuts in Kuwait
2
EL KFOUR: Lebanon: People inspect the damage to a building after a Zionist airstrike in the southern town of Kfour, in the Nabatiyeh district, on August 17, 2024, amid the ongoing cross-border clashes between Zionist troops and Hezbollah fighters. – AFP
Hezbollah reveals its military muscle
3
KUWAIT: His Excellency the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Oil Dr Imad Mohamed Al-Ateeqi (center) is greeted by Prime Minister His Highness Sheikh Ahmad Al-Abdullah Al-Hamad Al-Sabah (second right) and other officials. — KUNA
Oil minister returns to Kuwait after treatment in Turkey
4
JAHRA: Part of the Al-Shagaya Concentrated Solar Power Project is seen in this photo taken from the Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research website.
KAPP shortlists companies for Dabdeba, Shagaya
5
No Image
Interior Minister orders removal of violations in Failaka