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Court upholds chamber law

KUWAIT: The constitutional court on Wednesday rejected petitions against a law changing the status of the Kuwait Chamber of Commerce and Industry as an independent body, confirming that the legislation did not violate the constitution. The National Assembly late last year passed a law making the chamber a department under the ministry of commerce and industry. The court, whose rulings are final, said that the legislation “did not breach...

New Chief of Kuwait National Guard Sheikh Mubarak Homoud Al-Jaber Al-Sabah

Cabinet OKs draft residency law, new National Guard chief

KUWAIT: The Cabinet on Tuesday approved a new draft residency law which includes major changes from the existing 60-year-old legislation and toughens penalties on violators, in addition to banning giving shelter to illegal expats, an official statement said. The approval came during the Cabinet’s weekly meeting headed by Acting Prime Minister and Interior and Defense Minister Sheikh Fahad Al-Yousef Al-Sabah. It becomes effective only after HH...

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Kuwait posts midyear surplus

KUWAIT: Kuwait posted a budget surplus of KD 150.4 million in the first half of the 2024/2025 fiscal year, compared to a deficit of KD 1.45 billion in the first six months of last fiscal year, according to figures released by the Ministry of Finance on Tuesday. The return to windfall was the result of a combined increase in revenues and a drop in spending, the ministry figures showed. Revenues realized in the first six months from April 1 to...

KUWAIT: (Left) HH the Amir Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah receives HH the Crown Prince Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah at Bayan Palace on Oct 29, 2024. New Oil MInister Tareq Al-Roumi (center) and new Education Minister Jalal Al-Tabtabaei (right) take the oath of office before HH the Amir. - KUNA

New education, oil ministers named

KUWAIT: An Amiri decree was issued on Tuesday appointing new education and oil ministers to complete the Cabinet line-up, as the two posts were being held by the minister of higher education and minister of finance respectively on a temporary basis. Jalal Al-Tabtabaei, 57, a long-serving bureaucrat at the Public Authority for Applied Education and Training, was appointed education minister after the post was held by the higher education minister...

Assistant Undersecretary for Traffic and Operation Affairs Major General Yousef Al-Khadda

Expats will no longer own more than one vehicle under new law

KUWAIT: Expatriates will no longer be allowed to own more than one vehicle under a new traffic law to be implemented soon, announced a top Interior Ministry official on Thursday, adding that fines and penalties will be increased dramatically to curb rising accidents. “The new law stipulates that expat’s ownership is only one vehicle,” Assistant Undersecretary for Traffic Affairs and Operations, Major-General Yousef Al-Khaddah, told KUNA in...

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21,190 visa violators deported

KUWAIT: The interior ministry said on Monday that detectives of the residency affairs department have arrested 21,190 illegal expats since the start of this year, and all of them have been deported. About 12,000 other expats have legalized their stay in the country after paying the required fines in accordance with legal procedures, the ministry said in a statement. The ministry said that this came as part of a campaign by authorities to crack...

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Commission calls to revoke citizenship of 198 people

KUWAIT: The Higher Commission for Kuwaiti Nationality decided on Thursday to revoke the citizenship of 198 Kuwaitis, the Interior Ministry announced, but gave no reasons for the action and no details. The decision was taken during a meeting headed by Acting Prime Minister, and Minister of Defense and Interior Sheikh Fahad Al-Yousef Al-Sabah. The decision becomes effective only after it is endorsed by the council of ministers, expected to be taken...

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Interior arrests 165 in major campaign

KUWAIT: The Interior Ministry on Thursday launched a major search campaign on Jleeb Al-Shuyoukh, where tens of thousands of expats live, arresting some 165 people for various violations. The area was cordoned off by the national guards and several departments of the Interior Ministry, including the residency department, the traffic department, police and emergency department and others, went into action. Authorities arrested 55 people with...

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Nod to project visa transfers

KUWAIT: Expats working on government projects will be allowed to transfer their residencies from Nov 3 at the end of their contracts and will not be forced to leave the country, according to a decision by Interior Minister Sheikh Fahad Al-Yousef Al-Sabah issued on Monday. Workers on government projects recruited specifically for the project were forced to leave Kuwait at the end of the project and were prevented from moving to other jobs in the...

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Curbs on wives’ citizenship rights

KUWAIT: The Cabinet has approved an Amiri decree which almost entirely scraps the right of foreign women to acquire Kuwaiti citizenship after marrying a Kuwaiti citizen. Under the existing law, which was amended a few years ago, if a foreign woman is married to a Kuwaiti citizen, she has the right to apply for citizenship after several years, provided she has children from her Kuwaiti husband. Previously, the waiting period was around five years,...

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Domestic-to-private transfer ends

KUWAIT: The Public Authority of Manpower announced that a two-month period allowing the transfer of domestic helpers to the private sector ended as of Thursday. The special period was granted from July 14 to allow employers to move domestic helpers under their sponsorship to jobs in the private sector under certain preconditions. At the start of the grace period, the authority said it aimed at reducing the number of expats recruited from outside...

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MoI, MoD defend house evictions

KUWAIT: The interior and defense ministries defended on Monday the withdrawal of hundreds of houses leased to mostly stateless people known as bedoons, saying the action was in line with rules and regulations. The two ministries last week withdrew just under 700 houses that were leased on long-term basis to mostly bedoons serving as military personnel in the two ministries. The two ministries however said in a statement Monday that the action was...

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The sun sets behind electricity pylons in this file photo. -- Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat

10 injured in gas blast as mercury soars, power cut

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KUWAIT: Minister of Commerce and Industry Khalifa Al-Ajeel addresses the Kuwait’s New Era conference on May 21, 2025. – KUNA

Kuwait eyes ambitious reforms

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Prime Minister returns home

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Shaikha Al-Bahar only Kuwaiti on Fortune’s 100 powerful businesswomen in 2025 list

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WASHINGTON: KPC CEO and Deputy Chairman Sheikh Nawaf Al-Sabah, US Interior Secretary Doug Burgum and Kuwaiti Ambassador to the US Sheikha Al-Zain Al-Sabah hold a meeting. - KUNA

Kuwait, US officials discuss strategic ties, energy cooperation