Thousands of expats have left Kuwait this year and have been unable to return to the country due to the pandemic …
2 Kuwaitis accused of laundering funds for Hezbollah, Iran’s Revolutionary Guards
The US Treasury Department imposed sanctions on a new network to support, finance, and launder money for the Lebanese Hezbollah and the Iranian Revolutionary Guards, operating in full cooperation and …
2 Kuwaitis accused of laundering funds for Hezbollah, Iran’s Revolutionary Guards
The US Treasury Department imposed sanctions on a new network to support, finance, and launder money for the Lebanese Hezbollah and the Iranian Revolutionary Guards, operating in full cooperation and …
Kuwait’s 1st oil minister Al Kazemi dies at 84
Cairo: Kuwait’s first oil minister Abdulmutallab Al Kazemi, who was a witness to the 1975 assassination of Saudi king Faisal bin Abdulaziz, has passed away after long struggle against illness, local …
Kuwait Covid-19 Impact In-depth PESTLE Insights Analysis 2026
Latest published market study on Kuwait In depth PEST Insights Market provides an overview of the current market dynamics in the Kuwait In depth PEST Insights space as well as what our survey …
Treasury Sanctions International Financial Networks Supporting Terrorism
Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is designating members of a network of Lebanon- and Kuwait-based financial conduits that fund Hizballah. …
SKC forges ties with Kuwait to expand eco-friendly plastic business
SKC, the chemical affiliate of SK Group, will cooperate with Kuwait’s state-operated petrochemical giant Petrochemical Industries Company to expand its environment-friendly plastic business in Kuwait, …
US issues fresh sanctions on Hezbollah, Iran-linked firms
A raft of new punitive measures has been announced by the US Treasury Department targeting entities providing “financial conduits” supporting Hezbollah and Iran based in Lebanon, Kuwait and China.
US sanctions seven Hong Kong-based companies over Iran, Hezbollah
The designations came as part of a broader action by the US Treasury Department that targeted Lebanon and Kuwait-based financial conduits that fund the Lebanese Shiite group Hezbollah as well as …
Kuwait cracks down on fake labour office
Cairo: Kuwaiti police had arrested an expatriate of an Arab nationality running a phantom labour office amid a stepped-up clampdown by authorities in the country on illegal recruitment agencies. The …