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GCC to cut roaming rates by 40 percent
KUWAIT: The Gulf Cooperation Council states will cut mobile phone roaming rates by 40 percent for users traveling through the six member states from April 1. The GCC General Secretariat made the announcement on its official Twitter account yesterday.The new rules will reduce the rates providers can charge for roaming - both making and receiving calls - and sending texts within the GCC. It’s unclear how the new regulations will be implemented or...
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Commerce Minister Dr Youself Al-Ali received a parking ticket for parking in a handicapped parking space
KUWAIT: Commerce Minister Dr Youself Al-Ali received a parking ticket yesterday after parking his car in a handicapped parking space while making a tour of the electricity and water branch offices in Ishlibiya. Afterwards, Commerce Ministry Undersecretary Khalid Al-Shamali sent a letter of appreciation to the Interior Ministry, thanking him for applying the law on all equally. — Photo from social media.
Kuwait International Airport
Kuwait Airport security beefed up
KUWAIT: Security sources said that a meeting by high ranking Kuwait International Airport officials, was held recently following the Belgium terror attacks. The source added that the officials decided to spread 100 officers to checkpoints around the airport and inside, to stop any suspected individuals. Officers will also be fully armed, and ready to use them if necessary. There will also be police dogs to detect any suspicious material. - Al...
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Kuwaiti flees to UAE
KUWAIT: A 20-year-old Kuwaiti secretly fled to UAE - leaving her mother's home. Her mother filed an absconding complaint. A security source said a citizen in her 60s told Adan police that her daughter left home and did not return, and she gave them her details. Detectives began working on the case and discovered that she left the country to UAE. The sources said the girl will be arrested upon her return to find out why she ran away.KD 13,800-car...
Dhari Al-Rashed
Kuwaitis face discrimination too
Dhari Al-Rashed It may surprise some to learn that Kuwaitis face a range of discriminations in their own country. These range from not being able to rent an apartment, hotel room to being discriminated against over jobs. Kuwait is a great country. It benefits it's nationals and non-nationals arguably more than any other country on the globe. What other country has 70 percent of its population being foreigners? What other country hands out...
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For the sake of love
Muna Al Fuzai All religions forbid murder and many set extremely harsh punishments for those who break this basic human taboo. But extreme emotions can often override societal taboos, especially in the case of love and violence. Such seems to have been the case recently in Kuwait, when a woman killed her husband's alleged paramour. In the end, neither will get what they want as the killer will end up in jail and possibly facing the death...
Indian barbers
A cut above: Indian barber thrives in Kuwait
Indian barbersSunil Gehlot was born with a cleft palate, but this didn't stop him from pursuing his dreams. Sunil is a barber who works with his brother in Kuwait. His wife and three children live in India. Since his childhood, his father taught to survive since he knew it would be difficult for him to lead a normal life, especially since his condition affects communication with others.Sunil learned many skills, from farming to cutting hair,...
Mesayel
Getting to know Mesayel - Quiet, friendly neighborhood still under development
MesayelAs part of our occasional series exploring various areas of Kuwait, Kuwait Times visited Mesayel to discover the main features of this area.Mesayel is a new area which is still under construction. It is a residential area and part of the Mubarak Al-Kabeer governorate. It is called Mesayel (which means water stream), because the area collects a large amount of rainwater in winter. The area used to be a cattle farm and part of Messila. Now...
Students from BSK participate during the event. — Photos by Athoob Al-Shuaibi
'Junior Creations in Islamic Arts' - Khalifa Qattan Art Workshop
Students from BSK participate during the event. — Photos by Athoob Al-ShuaibiWithin the activities of Future Generations Festival (The 27th) which is nestled by the National Council for Culture, Arts and Letters (NCCAL), the 10th annual anniversary of Khalifa Qattan Children & Youth Fine Arts competition was launched yesterday under the theme "Junior Creations in Islamic Arts". The workshop will continue until tomorrow - in two sittings. The...
GENEVA: Syrian government’s delegation and the UN Syria envoy are seen during a round of negotiations on Syrian peace talks at the United Nations Office in Geneva yesterday.—AFP
US vows to work with Russia for Syria peace - Battle rages for Palmyra
GENEVA: Syrian government’s delegation and the UN Syria envoy are seen during a round of negotiations on Syrian peace talks at the United Nations Office in Geneva yesterday.—AFPGENEVA/MOSCOW: US Secretary of State John Kerry, ahead of a meeting with Vladimir Putin, said the United States and Russia must work together to end the war in Syria despite their differences, and called for a further reduction in violence and more aid...
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Belgium hunting third suspect caught on film - French PM leads calls for a ‘strong European response’
BRUSSELS: People gather to pay tribute to the victims of the Brussels attacks on the Place de la Bourse (Beursplein) in central Brussels yesterday two days after a triple bomb attack.—AFPBRUSSELS: Belgian police were yesterday hunting for a third man filmed with two Islamic State suicide bombers at Brussels airport as evidence piled up that the same jihadist network was involved in the deadly Paris attacks last November.With pressure mounting...
TUCSON, Arizona: In this photo, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally in Tucson, Arizona.—AP
From Russia with love: Why the Kremlin supports Trump - State TV lauds Trump, casts him as brave maverick
TUCSON, Arizona: In this photo, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally in Tucson, Arizona.—APMOSCOW: Donald Trump is a brave pro-Putin political maverick who would end US foreign wars and perhaps lift sanctions on Moscow. Hillary Clinton, however, is a warmonger beholden to the military-industrial complex. Russian state TV, which hews closely to the Kremlin's world view, leaves little doubt about who...
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Overstayers, sponsors to be deported
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Kuwait under unsteady northern and northwesterly winds triggering dust. - KUNA
Kuwait weather to remain unstable
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MAJDAL SHAMS: Druze elders and mourners surround the coffins of 10 of the 12 people killed in a rocket strike from Lebanon a day earlier, during a mass funeral in this Druze town in the Zionist-annexed Golan Heights on July 28, 2024. - AFP
Mideast seethes amid carnage
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KUWAIT: Photo provided by the Al-Zour oil Refinery shows a view of the facility, in Al-Zour, south of Kuwait City. – AFP
The impact of oil discoveries
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Official commends Kuwait and China military cooperation