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Kuwait oil lost $90 since June 2014 - Fuel, electricity subsidies to be slashed
KUWAIT: A Kuwaiti oil analyst said that Kuwaiti oil barrel has lost more than $90 of its price, dropping below USD 20 for the first time since January 2002. Analyst Mohammad Al-Shatti said that the pumping of Iranian oil into the market, expected in February 2016, will have a negative effect on the price of oil this year.He stated that the main reason for the weakness in oil prices was due to the increase in oil supplies which were from outside...
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Kuwait says sticks to F-18 jets despite approval delays
MANAMA: Kuwait's air force is sticking to plans to purchase Boeing's F-18 Super Hornet to replace ageing fighter jets, despite a lengthy congressional approval process in Washington that has frustrated industry players. "The Super Hornet is one of the best solutions for us," Abdullah Al-Foudary, commander of the Kuwait Air Force, said on the sidelines of an industry event in Bahrain. "We have the legacy F-18s that we have to find a solution for...
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Kuwait weather to remain stable
KUWAIT: The weather will be stable for the upcoming days with average temperatures reaching between 21-26 degrees Celsius during daytime and between 7-12 C during early morning and evening, said a meteorologist yesterday.Acting head of the Kuwait Meteorology center Sami Al-Othman said that the stable weather witnessed recently in Kuwait was due to impact of the European high. The weather for today will be partly cloudy with minimum temperature...
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Kuwaiti dialect rich in geographical diversity
KUWAIT: The Kuwaiti dialect is rich with diversity in pronouncing one word in different ways and using different vocabulary to indicate one meaning based on the area. Depending on the dialect, Kuwaitis can tell where a person comes from, be it from the areas of Qibla, Al-Murqab or Sharq. For example, people from Sharq pronounce the word sugar as "shekar", while in Qibla it is pronounced "shakar".There are different reasons that created such...
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Trafficking in babies
In a horrifying incident, police in Kuwait arrested an Asian woman involved with a gang specialized in trafficking in babies. Trafficking in children is a form of human trafficking, and its unclear exactly what fate awaited these babies or how they would lead lives without documents or other necessary paperwork. There is also fear that the babies were being trafficked for illicit purposes not to be sold to desperate would-be parents for adoption....
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Take it in your stride
A university student stabbed in the head by four persons who chased his car. A man arrested for stabbing a fellow motorist in the hand and ramming his vehicle. A man beaten and shots fired at his car. Another motorist beaten, sworn at and threatened by a firearm. A truck driver run over by another. Scores of reports filed at police stations over blows exchanged, insults hurled and obscene gestures made. The common thread linking these traffic...
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MP aims to ban female workers in male-only areas especially in cafes, health clubs etc
KUWAIT: Acting Director General of Manpower Public Authority (MPA), Ahmad Al-Mousa issued a decision banning the issuance of work permits for females who work in areas that serve men only, especially in cafes, health clubs, barbershops or hazardous industries. Meanwhile the decision bans men from working in women's only areas including beauty saloons, women health clubs as well as selling women's intimate clothes.The number of parliament...
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Truck driver arrested for releasing hazardous liquid
KUWAIT: Environment police arrested a truck driver who emptied a tank full of dangerous liquid industrial waste near a farm in Sulaibiya. The illegal action contaminated the soil and air. The driver was sent to the public prosecution as the Environment Protection Authority took samples for further analysis.Fire and petrol meetKuwait Fire Service Directorate held a meeting with senior officials of Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC) to discuss...
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Fake detectives arrested
KUWAIT: Criminal detectives arrested two expats who committed several thefts and robberies, and posed as detectives. The total amount of their thefts is KD 46,500 along with 17 mobile phones. Salmiya detectives received a call about two unknown men breaking into an apartment, and told residents there they were detectives, then they stole gold worth KD 4,000 and KD 1,500 in cash then escaped.Detectives gathered information that led them to the...
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Indians recall Iraqi invasion ahead of Bollywood release - Airlifted to safety
Iraq's invasion of Kuwait on Aug 2, 1990 rewrote history on many levels. Iraq's occupation affected life for Kuwaitis and expats alike. Uncertainty and anxiety were rife and according to many human rights reports, Iraqi forces tortured and killed anyone suspected of opposing their regime, apart from looting homes abandoned in a hurry and generally indulging in large-scale destruction. The entire expat community in Kuwait at the time were also...
Umm Talal at her kiosk.
Kiosk No. 1 and the Souq Al-Hareem - Umm Talal tells the story behind Kuwait's famous women's market
Umm Talal at her kiosk.One of only three female vendors left at the famed Souq Al-Hareem in Kuwait City, Umm Talal arrives early every morning to open her shop. Her assistants usually come a few minutes before, often to find that it's been vandalized by unknown persons, with hateful gifts of feces or urine left near the kiosk for the aging merchant.Umm Talal has run this shop since she took it over from her mother, who opened in the 1940s. The...
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E-Cigs grow in popularity but without regulation
As a growing number of public spaces - restaurants, shopping malls, hospitals, airports - are banning smoking, more and more people in Kuwait are turning to e-cigarettes (also called vapors) to satisfy their desire for nicotine. Some think that it will help them quit smoking regular cigarettes. Others view it as a bulwark against a possible cigarette price increase due to possible tax implementation.The American Lung Association notes that...
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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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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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Kuwaiti pilots learn to fly Turkish Bayraktar drones