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Cabinet raises penalties for visa trading
KUWAIT: The Cabinet yesterday approved key amendments to the labor law in the private sector to stiffen penalties against visa traders and for trafficking in expatriate workers.A statement issued after the weekly Cabinet meeting said the council of ministers approved the amendments which aim at “toughening penalties against the violations of employers in order to curb these violations and to control the labor market in the private sector”.The...
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Thousands arrested as police raid Farwaniya Governorate
KUWAIT: Security authorities carried out a campaign in Farwaniya Governorate led by Interior Ministry Undersecretary Suleiman Al-Fahad, Assistant Undersecretary for General Secretary Major General Abdelfattah Al-Ali and Assistant Undersecretary for Operations Major General Jamal Al-Sayegh. Police closed Khaitan surroundings from 5 am to 7 am.Lt General Al-Fahad deployed the teams across the streets. Some suspicious places were also raided....
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Message for US citizens
Kuwait National and Liberation Days will be Thursday, February 25, and Friday, February 26. Festive celebrations, large crowds, and heavy traffic congestion are expected in downtown areas. Expect heavy traffic congestion and pedestrian traffic from early afternoon to evening hours around Gulf Road and in Salmiya. In years past, the police have blocked U-turn lanes on Gulf Road forcing traffic to the next intersection or roundabout to turn around....
In this Nov 4, 1990 file photo (responding to Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait), troops of the US 1st Cavalry Division deploy across the Saudi desert during preparations prior to the Gulf War. Twenty five years after the first US Marines swept across the border into Kuwait in the 1991 Gulf War, American forces find themselves battling the extremist Islamic State group, born out of Al-Qaeda, in the splintered territories of Iraq and Syria. —AP
Echoes of 1991 Gulf War linger on - 25 years after, American forces battle Islamic State
In this Nov 4, 1990 file photo (responding to Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait), troops of the US 1st Cavalry Division deploy across the Saudi desert during preparations prior to the Gulf War. Twenty five years after the first US Marines swept across the border into Kuwait in the 1991 Gulf War, American forces find themselves battling the extremist Islamic State group, born out of Al-Qaeda, in the splintered territories of Iraq and Syria....
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Gulf banks under pressure - Low oil prices hit GCC banks
DUBAI: Banks in the six-nation Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) are being increasingly challenged by a liquidity squeeze resulting from low oil prices, Moody's Investor Services said yesterday. A sustained loss in oil revenue is likely to reduce government and government-related deposits in banks and could eventually reduce state support for the banking system, the ratings agency said. Government willingness and capacity to support GCC banks has...
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Kuwait Towers to open March 8
KUWAIT: Kuwait Towers' manager Mubarak Abdul Aziz Al-Enezi said that an urgent change was made to the date of officially reopening the Kuwait Towers after renovations and maintenance. Enezi added that the Towers had been scheduled to reopen today (Feb 23), but due to visitors' safety during fireworks, the Amiri Diwan deferred the opening until March 8, three days after a mega fireworks festival is due to be held there on March 5.Enezi said that...
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Syrian couple arrested over forged passport
KUWAIT: An attempt by a Syrian couple to leave the country using forged passports was foiled by the vigilance of Acting Interior Ministry Assistant Undersecretary for border security Maj Gen Faisal Al-Sinen. An employee at the airport passports department who was supposed to help the couple leave was also sent to the public prosecution. A security source said information was received by Sinen on the attempt by a Syrian couple to leave the country...
QTAIFEH, Syria: Syrian volunteers take part in paramilitary training conducted by the Syrian army 50 km north of the capital Damascus yesterday. — AFP
US, Russia announce Syria truce - Ceasefire to go into effect on Saturday, Feb 27
QTAIFEH, Syria: Syrian volunteers take part in paramilitary training conducted by the Syrian army 50 km north of the capital Damascus yesterday. — AFPBEIRUT: Washington and Moscow announced yesterday that a cessation of hostilities in war-torn Syria will go into effect on Feb 27, as fierce clashes raged in the country's north. The announcement comes just one day after the deadliest jihadist attack in the nearly five-year war, with 134 people -...
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Riyadh tries 32 from Iran-linked ‘spy’ ring
RIYADH: Thirty Saudis from a Shiite-majority region of the kingdom have gone on trial for allegedly spying for Iran, local media reported yesterday. An Iranian and an Afghan are also accused, the reports said.The allegations come after Saudi Arabia and some of its allies cut diplomatic ties with Tehran in January during a crisis between the regional rivals. The decision came after demonstrators burned the Saudi embassy in Tehran and a consulate...
MOSCOW: In this Dec 17, 2015 file photo, Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during his annual end of year news conference. — AP
Russia wants to fly over US with advanced digital cams - US intelligence, military officials concerned
MOSCOW: In this Dec 17, 2015 file photo, Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during his annual end of year news conference. — APWASHINGTON: Russia was to ask permission yesterday to start flying surveillance planes equipped with high-powered digital cameras amid warnings from US intelligence and military officials that such overflights help Moscow collect intelligence on the United States.Russia and the United States are signatories to the...
KAMPALA: A Ugandan riot policeman blocks the gate of the party headquarters of opposition leader Kizza Besigye, shortly after raiding the premises for the second time in a week, in the capital Kampala yesterday. —AP
Ugandan oppn leader arrested as election outcry grows
KAMPALA: A Ugandan riot policeman blocks the gate of the party headquarters of opposition leader Kizza Besigye, shortly after raiding the premises for the second time in a week, in the capital Kampala yesterday. —APKAMPALA: Police arrested Uganda's main opposition leader, Kizza Besigye, for the fourth time in eight days yesterday, after an election that the United States and European Union have criticised and the opposition reject as...
UDHAMPUR: The mother of Indian Army Captain Tushar Mahajan cries next the coffin of his son before performing last rites in Udhampur yesterday.—AP
Indian troops kill 3 militants to end 3-day standoff
UDHAMPUR: The mother of Indian Army Captain Tushar Mahajan cries next the coffin of his son before performing last rites in Udhampur yesterday.—APSRINAGAR: Indian forces yesterday killed the last three militants who had holed up for three days in a building in India's portion of Kashmir, the army said, raising the standoff's toll to nine dead. The troops recovered a huge quantity of arms and ammunition as they secured each floor of the...
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KUWAIT CITY: Jassim Al-Awadhi waits at a bus stop as a bus approaches in this file photo.
Disorganized bus network behind lacking transit system
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Kuwait's fencer Yusuf Al-Shamlan
Shamlan leaves Olympic Games
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KUWAIT: Young girls participate in Girl Up Kuwait's first conference which focused on the role of women in Kuwaiti society and politics.
Girl Up Kuwait: Young trailblazers give girls a voice
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Air Force carries out aeromedical evacuation exercise
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Kuwaiti pilots learn to fly Turkish Bayraktar drones