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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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Kuwait executes six convicts
KUWAIT: A Kuwaiti woman convicted of murdering her friend was saved from the gallows early on Thursday after a last-minute pardon by the victim’s relatives as authorities executed six male convicted murderers in the first hangings in the country in two years. The hanged men included two Kuwaitis, three Iranians and a Pakistani. Some of the men were on death row for as long as five years. Two hours before the woman was supposed to be hanged,...
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27% of expat workers domestics
KUWAIT: A statistical report said on Sunday that domestic workers in Kuwait increased 1.1 percent at the end of the first quarter of 2024 to 789,000 and formed 26.9 percent of the expat workforce in the country. Citing official figures by the Central Statistics Bureau, Al-Shall Economic Consultants said female domestic helpers numbered 423,000, while males totaled 366,000. Filipinas topped the list of female domestic helpers at the end of the...
KUWAIT: HH the Amir Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, in the attendance of HH the Crown Prince Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah, receives HH the Prime Minister Sheikh Ahmad Al-Abdullah Al-Sabah and four newly appointed ministers on Aug 26, 2024. – KUNA
Amir calls for good governance
KUWAIT: Four newly appointed ministers took the constitutional oath on Monday before HH the Amir Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, who urged them to place national interests “above all” and help improve government performance. HH the Amir also called on the four ministers to help face challenges to achieve the aspirations of the Kuwaiti people and work hard to find practical solutions to all issues. The four ministers were added to...
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Four new ministers in Cabinet
KUWAIT: A decree was issued by HH the Amir Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah on Sunday reshuffling the government, appointing new finance and commerce ministers and amending some of the existing portfolios. Four new faces were added to the Cabinet while two others were left out, according to the Amiri decree. The current government was formed in May. Noura Al-Fassam, a top banker, was appointed as minister of finance and minister of state...
The sun sets behind electricity pylons in this file photo. -- Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat
Power restored to all areas of Kuwait after cuts
KUWAIT: Power was restored to all areas after limited cuts that affected nine industrial and agricultural areas, the interior ministry said Monday, after two days of power cuts that covered almost all residential areas due to disruption in gas supplies. A number of generation units operated by natural gas halted production at two power plants after gas processing units at Kuwait National Petroleum Co malfunctioned and provided low quality gas to...
The sun sets behind electricity pylons in this file photo. -- Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat
Kuwait swelters amid power cuts
KUWAIT: The ministry of electricity, water and renewable energy announced on Sunday brief but comprehensive power cuts that affected some 60 residential and industrial areas after natural gas supplies to power plants were disrupted. Electricity was cut to over 50 residential areas covering all six governorates, in addition to nine industrial and agricultural areas after several generation units at Subiya and West Doha power plants stopped...
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MoI: No transactions without biometrics
KUWAIT: The interior ministry warned on Tuesday that Kuwaitis and expats who have not submitted their biometrics once the deadline passes will be barred from doing transactions with government bodies. The ministry had earlier said all Kuwaitis must submit their biometric data before Sept 30, while expats have until the end of the year to submit their biometrics.Once these deadlines pass, people who fail to submit their data will be barred from...
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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
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KUWAIT: Kuwait Oil Company (KOC) and Shell officials attend the signing ceremony.
Kuwait Oil Company and Shell renew Enhanced Technical Service Agreements
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Minister of Commerce and Industry Khalifa Al-Ajeel
Business owners can now use 1 address for 5 licenses in Kuwait
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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
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KUWAIT: HH the Amir Sheikh Meshal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah receives Shell CEO Wael Sawan at Bayan Palace on April 28, 2025. – Amiri Diwan/KUNA photos
Kuwait, Shell renew cooperation