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Crackdown on visa violators
KUWAIT: A number of expats were arrested on Monday in the first day of a crackdown by the interior ministry on residency violators who failed to benefit from a three-month amnesty for illegals, the interior ministry said. The ministry did not specify how many people were arrested but said that they were referred to concerned authorities in preparation to be deported to their home countries.During the amnesty which ended on Sunday, thousands of...
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Top court upholds jail for convicts in 1MDB scandal
KUWAIT: The court of cassation, the top court in Kuwait, on Thursday upheld a 10 year-jail term on a sheikh and his Kuwaiti partner for taking part in the country’s largest ever money laundering case in the so-called Malaysian Fund.The court, whose rulings are final, also confirmed a 10-year jail sentence against two foreign accomplices, a French businessman of Syrian descent and a Malaysian businessman and financier who is the main defendant...
KUWAIT: Maj Gen Abdullah Al-Mulla, Maj Gen Hamad Al-Munaifi and senior security officials from the interior ministry hold a meeting on June 26, 2024. - KUNA photos
MoI gears up for end of amnesty
KUWAIT: Top security officials from the interior ministry held a meeting on Wednesday to coordinate major security and search campaigns against residency violators who have failed to avail a three-month amnesty for illegals which comes to an end on June 30, the interior ministry said. The meeting was chaired by assistant undersecretary for special forces affairs and the head of field campaigns against violators Maj Gen Abdullah Al-Mulla and...
KUWAIT: Minister of Electricity and Water and Renewable Energy Mahmoud Bushehri visits the Al-Zour South power plant after a fire broke out in a unit on June 23, 2024.
Limited power cuts amid Zour fire
KUWAIT: The ministry of electricity and water and renewable energy resorted to limited power cuts on Sunday as temperatures dropped slightly to around 48 degrees Celsius, a statement said. The ministry said on its X account that a two-hour cut was applied to seven non-residential industrial and farming areas despite a small fire breaking out at a small unit at Al-Zour South power plant, which did not affect power production.Minister of...
KUWAIT: The sun sets behind overhead power lines amid soaring temperatures and heightened energy demand. — Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat
Kuwait faces power crunch
KUWAIT: The ministry of electricity and water and renewable energy resorted to programmed power cuts on Thursday for the second day running as government departments took a number of precautionary measures to save energy. The cuts on Thursday were limited to just five areas, mostly industrial, compared to over 40 residential areas on Wednesday, the ministry said on its X account. Earlier in the day, the ministry said that as many as 63 areas...
KOCHI, India: Relatives mourn around coffins containing the bodies of people who died in the Mangaf fire upon their arrival at Cochin International Airport on June 14, 2024. – AFP
8 detained over Mangaf fire amid bldg inspections
KUWAIT: The public prosecution on Wednesday ordered the detention for two weeks of eight people, a Kuwaiti, four Egyptians and three Indians for two weeks in connection with the Mangaf fire that killed 49 people, mostly Indians. The prosecution has interrogated the eight men on charges of manslaughter, wrongful injury and negligence in the building fire that also injured at least 49 others, some of whom have already been discharged.The fire, the...
KUWAIT: Policemen direct traffic at an intersection during a power outage on June 19, 2024. - Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat
Rolling power cuts hit Kuwait
KUWAIT: Massive power outages hit over 40 residential areas on Wednesday as temperatures soared to 52 degrees Celsius in most areas in the country, leading power consumption to rise close to the danger level and prompting authorities to resort to programmed cuts. The ministry of electricity and water and renewable energy said in a statement that the cuts were necessitated as power generation plants were unable to meet rising demand during peak...
KUWAIT: Deputy Prime Minister and Defense and Interior Minister Sheikh Fahad Al-Yousef Al-Sabah and Minister of State for Municipality Affairs Noura Al-Mashaan inspect building violations. - Photos by Yasser Al-Zayyat and KUNA
Amir orders cash payments for families of Mangaf fire victims
Fire caused by short circuit • Landlords warned to remove discarded items KUWAIT: HH the Amir Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah ordered cash handouts for the families of the victims of a Mangaf building fire that killed 50 foreign workers and plunged relatives and friends into mourning. Forty-six of those who died in the fire were identified as Indian nationals. Three other deceased are Filipinos and the identity of one of the victims...
KUWAIT: Firefighters and security forces gather outside a building which was engulfed by fire in Mangaf on June 12, 2024. - Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat
49 KILLED IN MANGAF INFERNO
MoI orders crackdown on violations • Prosecutor launches probe • Municipal officials suspendedKUWAIT: At least 49 workers, mostly Indian, were killed and dozens injured on Wednesday in a huge fire in a building in Mangaf, the worst building fire in Kuwait’s history, triggering calls for action against real estate landlords and company owners who violate the law to house large numbers of foreign laborers in extremely unsafe conditions to cut...
KUWAIT: HH the Crown Prince Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah takes the constitutional oath as Deputy Amir before HH the Amir Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah at a ceremony at Seif Palace on June 2, 2024. – KUNA
New Crown Prince sworn in, vows to serve Kuwait
KUWAIT: HH the Amir Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah on Sunday signed an Amiri order officially appointing HH Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah as the new Crown Prince. The move came after the Council of Ministers endorsed HH the Amir’s nomination of HH Sheikh Sabah. HH Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled took the oath to become the Crown Prince during an extraordinary session of the Cabinet. He was congratulated by HH the Prime Minister...
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Amir nominates Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled as new Crown Prince
KUWAIT: HH the Amir Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah issued an Amiri order on Saturday nominating former prime minister HH Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah as the country’s new Crown Prince. Under the Kuwaiti constitution, the Amir and Crown Prince must be from the descendants of Sheikh Mubarak Al-Kabeer, who ruled Kuwait between 1896 and 1915.HH Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled graduated from Kuwait University in political science and...
KUWAIT: A laborer works outdoors in this illustrative image.
Outdoor work ban from June 1
KUWAIT: The Public Authority of Manpower said on Thursday that an annual ban on working under the sun for companies with outdoor sites will start on June 1 and continue for three months. The ban, which was first introduced in 2015, prohibits working under the sun from 11 in the morning until 4 in the evening daily until the end of August.The ban is aimed at protecting workers from the serious impact of the scorching heat of the sun in summer,...
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Minister of Municipal Affairs Dr Noura Al-Mashaan and Head of the Municipal Council Abdullah Al-Mahari inspect the Darwazat Abdulrazzaq project. – KUNA photos
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