The government and parliament have long been at odds over the law that would allow Kuwait to tap international debt, but the issue has gained urgency in recent months due to the COVID-19 pandemic and …
Crackdown in Kuwait: Undocumented Bangladeshis in trouble
Undocumented Bangladeshi workers in Kuwait are at risk of facing deportation, as authorities in the Gulf country have recently decided to launch drive against illegal foreign workers there.
Strict measures put in place as Kuwait curfew is lifted
File picture shows shoppers at a mall in Kuwait. The curfew will be lifted at 3am on August 30. The lifting of the curfew comes almost two weeks after Kuwait entered Phase 4 of a 5-phase plan to …
COVID-19: Kuwait records 646 new cases, 3 deaths
The ministry announced three more deaths from COVID-19, bringing Kuwait’s total such fatalities to 528, the Kuwaiti news agency KUNA reported. Image Credit: Gulf News archive Cairo: Kuwait has …
Kuwait restaurants strike back against over 60 expat ban, warn business under threat
The Kuwait Restaurants Union has released a memo criticizing the government’s announcement that it would stop issuing work permits for expats aged over 60 without a university degree, saying that the …
Kuwait equities attractively priced as country embarks on structural changes
KUWAIT CITY — The decision by MSCI to postpone the reclassification of Kuwait indices from frontier market status to emerging market, and developments in the country since the coronavirus crisis …
Qatar crisis off the table in Kuwait talks
Last week, the Kuwaiti minister separately met with Qatar’s visiting Foreign Minister Mohammed Bin Abdulrahaman Al Thani and Saudi Ambassador to Kuwait Sultan Bin Saad amid a renewed US push for Gulf …
Kuwait reports 633 new COVID-19 cases, total 83,578
There are 94 patients receiving intensive care treatment for coronavirus in Kuwait. Image Credit: Shutterstock Cairo: Kuwait has confirmed 633 new cases of the novel coronavirus over the past 24 hours …
How are locusts & worms helping with food sustainability in Kuwait?
Since January, many farmers in East Africa have seen their land besieged by swarms of hundreds of billions of locusts.
Bangladeshi woman, daughter found dead in Kuwait apartment
The dead were identified as Momota, 56, and her daughter Shwarnalata, 31. Their village home is in Dhamrai area of Manikganj district. “Only the two of them lived in that flat. I spoke to an officer …