author

desk search
close
Latest News
arrow2 Kuwait Times
In this Oct. 6, 2015 photo, a foreigner, second from right, walks on a street in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The recent killings of two foreigners in the country - an Italian and a Japanese - has spooked tourists and expatriates in the impoverished South Asian nation, raising alarms about whether Islamic radicals are gaining a foothold and whether foreigners are safe in the moderate, secular nation. (AP Photo/A.M. Ahad)
Expats tense after foreigners gunned down in Bangladesh - Are Islamic radicals getting a foothold?
DHAKA: The cafes and restaurants are empty. The chatter of guests in hotel lobbies has gone quiet. The high-walled embassy compounds are even more closely guarded. The recent killings of two foreigners in Bangladesh - an Italian and a Japanese - has spooked tourists and expatriates in the impoverished South Asian nation, raising alarms about whether Islamic radicals are gaining a foothold and whether foreigners are safe in the moderate, secular...
Eritrean refugees wave as they board an Italian Financial police aircraft which will take them to Sweden, at Rome's Ciampino airport, Friday, Oct. 9, 2015. The aircraft, carrying 19 Eritreans, brings the first refugees to Sweden under the European Union's new resettlement program aimed at redistributing asylum-seekers from hard-hit receiving countries. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
First asylum seekers leave under EU relocation plan - Scheme to ease burden of migrant crisis
ROME: A small group of Eritreans left Italy for Sweden yesterday, the first contingent of asylum seekers to be relocated under a much-contested European Union scheme to ease the burden of the migration crisis on frontline countries. Grinning shyly before the media, 19 young Eritreans-five women and 14 men-waved and blew kisses as they boarded a small propeller plane at Rome's Ciampino airport after hugging members of the Red Cross and UN...
His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah arrives in Kuwait where he was received by His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah. —KUNA photo
Amir returns to Kuwait from positive UN summit
His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah arrives in Kuwait where he was received by His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah. —KUNA photo KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah and the accompanying delegation arrived in Kuwait after attending the UN Sustainable Development Summit 2015 and the UN leaders-level Summit on Countering Violent Extremism 2015 held in New...
No Image
MP plans to grill education minister over syllabus; ‘MP Turaiji criticizes plans for fair grounds sale’
MP Dr Abdulrahman Al-Jeeran KUWAIT: Islamist MP Abdulrahman Al-Jeeran said yesterday that he will submit a request to grill Education Minister Bader Al-Issa over a variety of issues including plans to change school syllabus and administrative decisions. Jeeran's announcement raises the number of ministers threatened with questioning to around six. They include the ministers of social affairs and labor, commerce and industry, finance, oil and...
Kuwait’s Minister of Health Dr Ali Al-Obaidi during the 62nd session of the WHO Regional Committee for the Eastern Mediterranean. — KUNA photos
Obaidi at WHO Committee for Eastern Mediterranean
Kuwait’s Minister of Health Dr Ali Al-Obaidi during the 62nd session of the WHO Regional Committee for the Eastern Mediterranean. — KUNA photos KUWAIT: Kuwait has incorporated psychological health into its network of primary care, said Kuwait's Minister of Health Dr Ali Al-Obaidi in a speech ending the 62nd session of the WHO Regional Committee for the Eastern Mediterranean, held here in Kuwait for the past four days. Health Minister Dr...
No Image
Indian domestic labor still on hold
KUWAIT: Interior Ministry Assistant Undersecretary for Nationality and Residency Affairs Maj Gen Sheikh Mazen Al- Jarrah said a meeting will be held with Ministry Undersecretary Lt General Sulaiman Al-Fahad to discuss the mechanism of bringing in farm workers from abroad. He said that the door is open for Bangladeshi labor to work in Kuwait but according to certain conditions. He said “Indian labor is still on hold as Indian authorities...
No Image
Two policemen jailed for parking in handicapped spot
KUWAIT: The capital security director ordered two policemen jailed for seven days for parking their patrol car in a handicapped place at the Amiri hospital. The action was taken following complaints from citizens. The two claimed they were transferring a prisoner to the hospital and were afraid he may escape from them so they parked close by. Egyptians fight in Hawally An Egyptian man who was ridiculed by four others while smoking shisha and...
No Image
Kuwait threatened with FIFA ban
KUWAIT: Kuwait has been threatened with a ban by FIFA because of government interference in the running of the local football association. World governing body FIFA has given the Kuwait Football Association until next week to avoid the implementation of a new set of sports laws that FIFA believes threaten the autonomy of the KFA when they are due to come into force on Oct 27. At FIFA’s executive committee meeting on September 25, the body...
No Image
South Korea worsen Kuwait’s misery
SINGAPORE: Jordan stunned Asian champions Australia 2-0 yesterday to throw open their World Cup qualifying group after handing the Socceroos their first loss of the campaign. Ange Postecoglou’s side were the big casualties on another tricky night of qualifying for Asia’s elite, with Iran producing a scratchy display before salvaging a 1-1 draw against Oman in Group D, while South Korea only edged Kuwait 1-0 away in Group G. Four-times Asian...
No Image
Life is incompatible here
A lot of people leave their countries in search of better work, more income, greater stability for their families and perhaps a chance for fame as well, when life becomes impossible because of wars and political crises. All these reasons are logical. But, it is not the same in Kuwait, especially in recent years. It has become noticeable that some educated and intellectual Kuwaitis have other reasons for leaving their country and settling...
No Image
Equality is key
The place: A bystreet near a private clinic in Jabriya. The time: Approximately 10 minutes before sunset. A 2012-13 Ford Taurus police patrol pulls over near a power transformer where a man was walking. A police officer steps out of the patrol car, stops the man who from appearance looks to be from Southeast Asia, and asks him for his identification. So far the scene doesn’t seem so very out of the ordinary - at least not in Kuwait. Then while...
Chat Chay taking pictures at Al-kout
Domestic workers learn to shoot
Chat Chay taking pictures at Al-kout Project 189 is an organization that aims to protect and improve the rights of domestic workers in the Middle East, founded in Kuwait by Ekaterina Porras and Lamma Ghannam. “Our vision is for all domestic workers to be equal and free from all forms of exploitation, discrimination and abuse, and that all states recognize in law and practice domestic work under international labor and human rights laws. Our...
arrow
most read
1
DUBAI: The signing of the MoU in the presence of the Chairman of Kuwait's General Administration of Civil Aviation, Sheikh Hamoud Mubarak Hamoud Al-Sabah, and the Chairman of the Dubai Civil Aviation Authority, Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al-Maktoum on Monday. --KUNA
Kuwait Airways, Emirates sign MoU
2
KUWAIT: Kuwait Oil Company (KOC) and Shell officials attend the signing ceremony.
Kuwait Oil Company and Shell renew Enhanced Technical Service Agreements
3
Minister of Commerce and Industry Khalifa Al-Ajeel
Business owners can now use 1 address for 5 licenses in Kuwait
4
NEW DELHI: Indian President Droupadi Murmu presents the Padma Shri award to Kuwait’s Sheikha Shaikha Ali Jaber Al-Sabah on April 28, 2025.
India honors Kuwaiti yoga practitioner
5
KUWAIT: The Cabinet holds its weekly meeting at Bayan Palace on April 29, 2025. - KUNA
Kuwait repeals law absolving abductor if he marries victim