Foreigners account for nearly 3.4 million of Kuwait’s 4.8 million population. Image Credit: AFP Cairo: The number of expatriates working in Kuwait, who have failed to renew their residency permits for …
Kuwait government proposes bill to address budget deficit
KUWAIT – Kuwait Finance Minister Barrak Al-Shaitan said Tuesday a proposed draft law to amend Future Generation Law would contribute to addressing the State budget deficit. The proposed bill aims …
Kuwait parliament rejects no-confidence motion against Fin. Min.
The National Assembly, or parliament, in Kuwait rejected Wednesday a no-confidence motion against Minister of Finance Barrak Al-Shaitan with 32 members supporting him.
Al-Shaitan was opposed by …
Al-Shaitan was opposed by …
New residency law to come into effect in Kuwait
KUWAIT CITY – The new residency law will come into effect as soon as it is published in the official gazette. Among the articles of the new law is an expat can stamp residence upto 5 yrs and for a …
COVID-19: Kuwait records 668 new cases, 4 deaths
Kuwait has confirmed 668 new cases of the novel coronavirus over the past 24 hours, taking the country’s overall infections to 73,068, the Kuwaiti news agency KUNA reported Tuesday. The latest cases …
Kuwait pension fund plans to triple infrastructure investments
Kuwait pension fund will also ‘slightly increase’ investments in hedge funds and real estate Kuwait’s $112 billion pension fund is looking to more than triple investments in infrastructure as part of …
Masked man ‘mystery thefts’ solved in Kuwait
The accused confessed to having committed many thefts and also admitted that he sends part of these funds through people to his family in Pakistan. Image Credit: AFP Dubai: Kuwait’s Criminal …
Explosions hit U.S. coalition supply convoys in Iraq – sources and military say
At least two explosions have hit convoys supplying U.S.-led coalition forces in Iraq in the last 24 hours, security sources said, the first on Monday evening near the southern border with Kuwait and …
COVID-19: Bangladeshis call on government to help speed up Kuwait return
According to the Bangladeshis newspaper, Daily Star, a group of 50 Bangladeshis. They fear that their presence outside of Kuwait could result in their visas expiring and job losses, The Daily Star …
Kuwait mulling plan that could see 360,000 expats deported in the ‘short-term’
A new plan proposed by Kuwait’s government to ‘rebalance’ its population could see as many as 360,000 expatriates deported in the “short-term”. The plan, which outlines short-term, medium-term and …