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Salah Al-Sayer
Petrol between loyalty and ungratefulness
Salah Al-Sayer After increasing petrol prices in Kuwait, all social media networks roared with jokes and comments about the matter. Some offered a donkey for sale to be used instead of vehicles, others offered a horse-drawn wagon. Some were looking for bicycles for sale and some kept talking about the benefits of walking as a sport. Many remarks and comments were made expressing anger and dissatisfaction with the decision. Some even confused...
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MPs demand increasing fees on expats, others call for no hikes - Remittances leaving Kuwait ‘beyond imagination’
KUWAIT: Some MPs have called for increased fees on expats, especially since oil prices keep on dropping, but added they should not be heavy. Others are calling for not increasing fees on citizens and expats, while some pointed to the KD 5 billion expats remit abroad every year, with the possibility of investing it inside Kuwait.Meanwhile, some believe that there should be differentiation between Arab expats and non-Arabs, who are mostly unskilled...
KUWAIT: Minister of Social Affairs and Labor Hind Al-Subaih meets with the UN ‘s Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons Maria Grazia. —KUNA
Kuwait keen on protecting expats’ rights: Minister
KUWAIT: Minister of Social Affairs and Labor Hind Al-Subaih meets with the UN ‘s Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons Maria Grazia. —KUNAKUWAIT: Kuwait pays great attention to protecting rights of expat workers and their employers in line with international terms, Minister of Social Affairs and Labor Hind Al-Subaih said yesterday.Kuwait signed cooperation protocols with source countries of expat workers, and has established...
Yousef Al-Zalzalah and Ali Al-Khamees
Court adjourns petrol prices increase halt plea - MPs inquire about prices' freeze
Yousef Al-Zalzalah and Ali Al-KhameesKUWAIT: The administrative court adjourned a hearing held yesterday demanding suspending the new petrol prices until the government provides a copy of the decision and whether it has been published in the official gazette. In this regard, lawyer Nawaf Al-Fuzai, who filed the case, argued that petrol belongs to both the state and the people, and that the government is not free do whatever it wants with...
KUWAIT: Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Sheikh Mohammad Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al- Sabah meets with newly appointed Deputies Director Generals in the Investigation Department.
No one above the law: Interior Minister
KUWAIT: Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Sheikh Mohammad Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al- Sabah meets with newly appointed Deputies Director Generals in the Investigation Department.KUWAIT: Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Sheikh Mohammad Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah stressed yesterday that there is no one above the law and that justice “does not discriminate.”According to a press release by the Security Media Department at the...
KUWAIT: India’s Minister of State for External Affairs Gen V K Singh inaugurates a statue of Mahatma Gandhi at the Indian Embassy, Kuwait yesterday. —Photos by Yasser Al-Zayyat
Indian minister unveils Gandhi statue at embassy
KUWAIT: India’s Minister of State for External Affairs Gen V K Singh inaugurates a statue of Mahatma Gandhi at the Indian Embassy, Kuwait yesterday. —Photos by Yasser Al-ZayyatKUWAIT: India's Minister of State for External Affairs Gen V K Singh yesterday inaugurated a life-size bronze statue of Mahatma Gandhi, India's Father of the Nation, at a solemn ceremony at the Indian Embassy. Addressing the gathering after paying a floral tribute to...
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Inspectors bust 150 used tires sold as new - Houbara hunter arrested
KUWAIT: Through its emergency team in Siddeeq, the Ministry of Commerce and Industry raided a warehouse in Shuwaikh industrial area, where a large quantity of used tires was stored and ready for sale. Informed sources explained that over 150 used tires of various sizes had been stored in an attic to be sold as new ones. The owner was arrested and immediately referred to the public prosecution.HoubaraMeanwhile, the Environment Police arrested a...
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Search for Bangladeshi who repeatedly raped 8yr old Jordanian boy
KUWAIT: A Bangladeshi man repeatedly raped an eight-year-old Jordanian boy after he tricked him. A security source said the child's father went to Hawally police and told them what happened, and the child explained what the suspect did to him. The case was sent to the prosecution.Resisting arrestA citizen who owes KD 15,000 resisted arrest and attempted to escape. A special patrol stopped the man and asked him for his ID, but he claimed he left...
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Fugitive attempts suicide
KUWAIT: A bedoon attempted suicide by slashing his throat to escape a two-year jail sentence, but his family rescued him. The young man, who became frustrated with detectives pursuing him, decided to commit suicide using a knife, but his family's intervention saved him. A security source said the young man said after regaining consciousness that he fought with some identified men, but the investigator did not believe him and asked that he be put...
MAKKAH: Pilgrims touch the golden door of the Kaaba, Islam's holiest shrine, at the Grand Mosque in this holy city yesterday. - AFP
Pain lingers a year after hajj tragedy
MAKKAH: Pilgrims touch the golden door of the Kaaba, Islam's holiest shrine, at the Grand Mosque in this holy city yesterday. - AFPMAKKAH: Despite being emotionally scarred by the death of two childhood friends during last year's hajj stampede, Muhammad Sani has still returned to Saudi Arabia for another pilgrimage. The Nigerian pharmacist, 46, says his faith remains unshaken even after the deaths of at least 2,297 pilgrims during the hajj...
AL-AYYAT, Egypt: Egyptians check the wreckage of a train after it derailed near this village in Giza on the southern outskirts of the capital Cairo yesterday. - AFP
27 dead in Egypt bus, train accidents before holiday
AL-AYYAT, Egypt: Egyptians check the wreckage of a train after it derailed near this village in Giza on the southern outskirts of the capital Cairo yesterday. - AFPCAIRO: At least 22 people were killed in a bus collision and five died when a train derailed in separate accidents south of Cairo yesterday during a busy holiday travel time. The bus collided with a truck in the southwestern province of Wedi El-Gedid, the Egyptian health ministry...
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Mobile wars as Indian tycoon pledges free 4G
.MUMBAI: Outside a tiny Reliance store in a trendy Mumbai neighborhood, residents queued for hours this week for a new SIM card promising free data - and a dramatic reshaping of the Indian mobile landscape. Mukesh Ambani, India's richest man, announced his long-awaited Reliance Jio 4G network with an audacious free service for the rest of 2016, followed by vastly cheaper data plans and free voice calls for life.Anticipating the shake-up, rival...
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(Left) Demonstrators brandish placards and flags of Palestine during a rally in Rabat on Aug 3, 2024, protesting the killing of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh. (Right) Protesters rally in London during the "National March for Gaza", calling to end the genocide, stop arming the Zionist entity and no Middle East war on Aug 3, 2024. - AFP photos
Fears of Middle East war grow
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Shereeda Al-Maousherji
CSC’s faceprint attendance rule sparks debate
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MOGADISHU: Relatives carry the body of a woman killed during an attack on Aug 3, 2024. - AFP
Somalia beach attack kills 32
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Stop smoking, Quit smoking for health.
Many smokers quit as ‘chests cannot stand two fires’
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LIVERPOOL: Police officers face protesters outside the Liver Building in Liverpool on August 3, 2024 during an 'Enough is Enough' anti-immigrant rally. — AFP
Fearful UK mosques on alert over far-right protests