Pakistan elections: Imran Khan and the charge of the lights-out brigade
Energy shortages, inflation and insecurity are concentrating the minds of a generation about to vote for the first time. But do the country’s young people really have the will to recast its politics?...
View ArticleTraffic raids continue
KUWAIT CITY, May 7: Traffic officers from the Capital Governorate on Tuesday continued a campaign against motorists who violate traffic regulations under the supervision of Assistant Undersecretary for...
View ArticlePhilippine Embassy & POLO create composite legal team
KUWAIT CITY, May 7: The Philippine Embassy together with the Philippine Overseas Labour Office (POLO) in Kuwait have formed a Composite Legal Team composed of embassy and POLO officials and case...
View ArticleBreakdowns force imports of … petrol
KUWAIT CITY, May 7: Kuwait intends to import petrol to cover the shortage caused by the breakdown of petrol production units in some refineries and to meet the rising demand in the local market,...
View ArticleCall for reciprocity on visas, fees with Britain
KUWAIT CITY, May 7: The Finance and Economic Affairs Committee agreed on Tuesday to raise housing loans for citizens from KD 70,000 to KD 100,000 as well as to increase rent allowance from KD 150 to KD...
View ArticleKuwait pays $2.2bn in damages to Dow
KUWAIT CITY, May 7, (AFP): Kuwait’s state-owned Petrochemical Industries Co (PIC) said on Tuesday it has reached a final settlement with US giant Dow Chemical to pay around $2.2 billion (1.7 billion...
View ArticleAsian woman held in drugs buy-bust move
KUWAIT CITY, May 7: An Asian woman was arrested recently for drug trafficking and in possession of drugs. According to security sources, when the Directorate General for Drug Control received...
View ArticleSri Lankan maid abducted, robbed
KUWAIT CITY, May 7: Police are looking for two unidentified persons for kidnapping a Sri Lankan housemaid and robbing her money (KD 200) and cell phone, reports Al-Shahed daily. The incident happened...
View ArticleIndian houseboy hangs himself to death
KUWAIT CITY, May 7: An Indian houseboy hanged himself with a piece of cloth tied to the staircase at his sponsor’s house in Abdullah Mubarak area. The sponsor called the Operations Room to report the...
View ArticleDutch woman loses honour in wedding pledge
KUWAIT CITY, May 7: A Dutch woman has filed a complaint with police against a Kuwaiti man who allegedly raped her. The complainant told police she exchanged SMS messages several times with the man...
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