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Curbs on overseas hiring eased
KUWAIT: The Public Authority of Manpower announced on Thursday the reopening of recruitment of expat manpower from outside the country from June 1 in a move aimed at reducing the cost of labor in the domestic market and fighting trafficking in persons. The authority said the decision was taken during a meeting headed by Deputy Prime Minister, Defense Minister and acting Interior minister Sheikh Fahad Al-Yousef Al-Sabah, who also chairs the...
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Assembly ‘opener’ on April 21
KUWAIT: MP Saleh Ashour, the second oldest lawmaker in the National Assembly who will chair the house’s opening session, invited lawmakers on Tuesday to attend the new Assembly’s opener on Sunday, April 21. Ashour said the Assembly’s secretariat contacted former speaker Ahmad Al-Saadoun, who is the oldest member at 90 years old, to chair the opening session, but he apologized because he plans to run for the speaker’s post.As a result,...
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Amir names Sheikh Ahmad Al-Abdullah as new premier
KUWAIT: HH the Amir Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah on Monday appointed Sheikh Ahmad Al-Abdullah Al-Sabah as the new prime minister and asked him to form the new Cabinet. The US-educated Sheikh Ahmad, a veteran member of the Cabinet in the past, replaces HH Sheikh Dr Mohammad Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah, who reportedly declined an offer to form the next Cabinet after barely three months in his post. HH Sheikh Mohammad resigned after the snap...
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41 MPs agree on key issues during informal meeting
KUWAIT: As many as 41 of the 50 new MPs held an informal meeting on Sunday and agreed in principle on a number of key issues that must be approved in the shortened term, MP Saud Al-Asfour said. Asfour said five more lawmakers said they couldn’t attend the meeting because they were outside the country.Asfour said that lawmakers agreed to tackle during the shortened term issues like raising the cost of living allowance for Kuwaitis, amending the...
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Amir delays National Assembly opening session until May 14
KUWAIT: Just a few days after snap parliamentary polls, Kuwait plunged into a political crisis on Monday over the new National Assembly’s opening session, which was scheduled to be held on April 17. An Amiri decree was issued late Monday postponing the opening session until May 14, following media reports that caretaker Prime Minister HH Sheikh Dr Mohammad Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah declined to form the new Cabinet.The new Amiri decree eclipses an...
HH the Amir Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah
Amir sends Eid congratulations
KUWAIT: The Amiri Diwan conveyed on Monday the warmest congratulations of HH the Amir Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah to citizens and residents in Kuwait on the occasion of Eid Al-Fitr, and prayed they would continue to live in love and harmony. The Amiri Diwan, on this occasion, congratulated HH the Amir and HH the Prime Minister Sheikh Dr Mohammad Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah. It also congratulated the Kuwaiti people and all residents in...
KUWAIT: HH the Amir Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah receives former National Assembly speakers Ahmad Al-Saadoun (left) and Marzouq Al-Ghanem (right) as part of consultations ahead of forming a new Cabinet on April 7, 2024. - KUNA photos
Amir receives former speakers
KUWAIT: HH the Amir Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah received Sunday former National Assembly speakers Ahmad Al-Saadoun and Marzouq Al-Ghanem as part of consultations ahead of forming a new Cabinet. HH the Amir earlier on Sunday accepted the resignation of the government, which quit in accordance with the law after the parliamentary elections.An Amiri decree asked HH the Prime Minister Sheikh Dr Mohammad Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah and other...
KUWAIT: The Cabinet holds an extraordinary meeting chaired by HH the Prime Minister Sheikh Dr Mohammad Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah at Bayan Palace on April 6, 2024. — KUNA
Cabinet resigns after election
KUWAIT: The government on Saturday submitted its resignation to HH the Amir as required by the constitution following parliamentary elections. After accepting the resignation, HH the Amir Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah is expected to start customary consultations early next week with former prime ministers and Assembly speakers before naming a prime minister, who could be the present one or a new figure.Under Kuwaiti law, the new...
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KUWAIT HAS SPOKEN
KUWAIT: Kuwaitis have voted back a majority of members of the dissolved parliament in crucial snap polls, the fourth in Kuwait during the past 40 months. HH the Amir Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah sent on Friday a cable of congratulations to the winners of the National Assembly elections. HH the Amir expressed sincere sentiments to all MPs for the trust placed in them by citizens in this election, wishing them success in their duties...
A Kuwaiti woman consults electoral lists before casting her vote.
Kuwaitis turn out in large numbers to elect new National Assembly
KUWAIT: Kuwaiti voters began casting the ballot on Thursdayto elect the fourth National Assembly in less than four years, looking to endpolitical crises that rocked the country during the past two decades, hinderingdevelopment despite a huge oil windfall. Voting started at noon and willcontinue until midnight because of the holy fasting month of Ramadan. Countingof votes will start immediately after the close of polling centers and resultsare...
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Kuwait heads to the polls
KUWAIT: Kuwaiti voters head to the polls on Thursday to elect the fourth parliament in just under 40 months, seeking political stability that has remained elusive for two decades as bitter bickering and disputes took the front seat ahead of much-needed development to utilize abundant oil windfalls. Two hundred candidates, including 13 women, are in the fray for the 50 seats, up seven on the previous June 6, 2023 polls but way below the 320...
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200 candidates remain in fray
KUWAIT: The court of cassation on Sunday upheld a decision to bar four top candidates, all former lawmakers, from contesting the April 4 parliamentary polls because they were convicted of taking part in the outlawed tribal primary elections. The verdict is final and cannot be challenged. This means that only 200 candidates will remain in the fray for the 50-seat National Assembly. These candidates include 46 members of the dissolved Assembly, in...
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RIO DE JANEIRO: Leaders pose for a group photo after the first session of the G20 Leaders' Meeting on Nov 18, 2024. - AFP
Biden out of the picture as world leaders gather
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Amir, Trump reaffirm strong ties
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A Ukrainian serviceman fires a self-propelled howitzer towards Russian positions at an undisclosed location near Chasiv Yar in Donetsk region on Nov 8, 2024. - AFP
Moscow lowers nuclear threshold
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KUWAIT: Cabinet ministers, led by Acting Prime Minister Sheikh Fahad Yusuf Saud Al-Sabah (right) are seen during their weekly meeting on Tuesday. — KUNA
Cabinet approves appointments, supports violation removal efforts
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EU-GCC Business Forum to foster trade with Kuwait