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Kuwait’s power consumption up 3.7% in summer
KUWAIT: Kuwaiti Minister of Oil and Minister of Electricity and Water Khalid Al-Fadel said yesterday there is now a pressing need to use smart grids to launch mega development projects. Addressing Kuwait Smart Grid Conference and Exhibition, the minister said in a speech delivered on behalf of him by Assistant Undersecretary of the Ministry of Electricity for Smart Grids Jassem Al-Nouri that the event aims at saving power, promoting economic...
KUWAIT: MP Safa Al-Hashem speaks during a National Assembly session yesterday. - Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat
Panels elect office bearers as MP Hashem warns of grilling
Minister Bushehri denies allegation by griller File Photo: MP Safa Al-Hashem - Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat KUWAIT: Various newly-elected national assembly panels yesterday elected their heads and rapporteurs as pro-government lawmakers consolidated their control over key committees. The legal and legislative committee, which must clear all draft laws before concerned panels could debate them, elected MP Khaled Al-Shatti as its chairman and MP...
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Customs department launches e-services
KUWAIT: Director of the Kuwait General Administration of Customs Jamal Al-Jalawi yesterday launched a number of interactive e-services on the authority's website, such as company registration. The new services were launched in a special ceremony held at the customs headquarters in Shuwaikh. Border affairs general coordinator and head of the automation and security systems team Talal Al-Eidan stressed that the customs department always interacts...
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Maid accuses Kuwaiti family in US of human trafficking
CLEVELAND: A domestic worker has accused a Kuwaiti family of human trafficking in the United States. The worker, from Gambia, escaped from her employers' apartment in Cleveland, Ohio, after calling a human trafficking advocate and the police. The woman, whose name has not been released, told police that she had been sold to a family in Kuwait, held captive for four years and then brought to America to take care of the family's elderly relative,...
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20 mini-market locations approved for campsites
KUWAIT: Kuwait Municipality allocated 20 sites where co-operative societies and other parties can provide services for campers during the upcoming camping season. This came during a meeting for the municipality's committee for studying and updating the locations temporary allocated for camping yesterday. The meeting was held to discuss allowing various co-ops to have mini-markets at campsites. The meeting was headed by deputy director for...
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Travel ban on expats not paying health fees
KUWAIT: While the State Audit Bureau reported that there are non-Kuwaiti patients who still receive treatment and leaving hospitals without paying any fees, the health ministry said in case of non-payment of deposit and treatment fees, the patient signs an undertaking to pay the fees, while the interior ministry is told to ban the travel of expats who do not pay. The Audit Bureau also confirmed the continuation of weak supervision by the ministry...
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A seagull flies as Kuwait Towers are seen in the background
KUWAIT: A seagull flies as Kuwait Towers are seen in the background. — Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat
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Lebanon protesters turn on leaders, breaking taboos
NABATIYEH, Lebanon: In the protests sweeping Lebanon, nothing is sacred. Political leaders, who a few weeks ago enjoyed the loyal support of core followers despite worsening economic conditions, are now the target of many of those people’s ire. That show of irreverence towards senior figures who have long commanded respect has broken taboos, setting these demonstrations apart from previous waves of dissent. Saad Al-Hariri stepped down as prime...
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Kuwait, US, Gulf sanction Hezbollah-Iran network
Pointing to Iraq, Lebanon, Khamenei recalls how Iran put down unrestKUWAIT/WASHINGTON: The United States and six Gulf allies including Kuwait announced sanctions yesterday on 25 entities associated with Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and Lebanon's Hezbollah, in a move to tighten controls on both group's finances. The sanctions were set by Riyadh-based Terrorist Financing Targeting Center (TFTC), a two-year-old group that includes Saudi...
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Saudi to stage women's wrestling
RIYADH: The first ever women's wrestling match in Saudi Arabia will be held today, organizers said, the latest unlikely event staged in the kingdom as it attempts to shrug off an ultraconservative image. World Wrestling Entertainment Inc (WWE) said that its "superstars" Natalya and Lacey Evans will face off in the pay-per-view event which will also feature former boxing champion Tyson Fury as he takes on Braun Strowman. The bout at King Fahd...
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US House recognizes Armenian 'genocide'
ANKARA: President of Turkey and leader of Turkey's ruling Justice and Development (AK) Party Recep Tayyip Erdogan waves during AK's parliamentary group meeting at the Grand National Assembly of Turkey yesterday. - AFP WASHINGTON: Armenia rejoiced but Turkey was furious yesterday after the US House of Representatives passed a historic resolution recognizing mass killings of Armenians a century ago as genocide. With tensions already high over...
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Iraqi PM's future on the line
Demonstrators smell change; protests leave over 240 dead BAGHDAD: The future of Iraq's embattled premier was in the hands of his onetime parliamentary backers yesterday, as they deliberated over his ouster after mass anti-government protests that have left over 240 dead. Massive rallies broke out in Iraq's capital and south this month against corruption and unemployment, spiralling into angry calls for a total overhaul of the political system....
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Kuwait opens visa 20 to visa 18 transfer from July 14 to September 12
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Iranian reformist candidate Masoud Pezeshkian raises his arms to greet his supporters as he arrives for his campaign rally, two days before a presidential election runoff following a first round marked by a historically low turnout, at a stadium in Tehran on July 3, 2024.—AFP
Iran reformist Pezeshkian wins presidential election
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KUWAIT: Interior ministry officials have monitored and conducted several inspection campaigns across the country.
MoI continues crackdown on traffic, residency law violators
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Scholarship acceptance rates: By the numbers
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HATHRAS, India: Mourners gather as the deceased who died in a stampede during a sermon are kept at a mortuary at Hathras in India's Uttar Pradesh state on July 3, 2024. -- AFP
‘Miracles’ and hope: Fatal stampede spotlights India’s craze for godmen