Israel’s Public diplomacy minister Yuli Edelstein on Monday said that the assassination of Hamas leader Mahmoud Al Mabhouh should not be considered as murder. In a blatant “smiling PR drive”, the minister told the Henry Jackson Society think tank at the House of Commons in London that it would be wrong to become “overly...
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A Bahraini man is trying to use the hit “My Name is Khan” to help his country’s lawmakers overcome the sectarianism that has gripped the parliament and threatened to divide society. Khalid Al Khayyat, a Bahraini who works for a bank, has offered the 40 MPs tickets to watch the movie in Manama and...
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Bahrain’s main political society has come under the fire of the upper chamber, the government, several lawmakers and a national company who accused it of overstepping the bounds of political correctness. Al Wefaq, holders of 17 of the 40 seats in the lower chamber, was rapped by the Shura Council at its weekly session...
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Kuwait’s health ministry has warned against the consumption of “Green Coffee 500″ and “Slimming Bag Green Tea”, two tea and coffee drinks promising successful diets, saying that they could have negative effects on the heart. Dr Omar Al Sayed Omar, assistant deputy of Drugs and Medical Supplies Affairs, told Kuwait News Agency (KUNA) that...
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Kuwaiti intellectuals and academics have warned of the growing dangers of tribal and sectarian tendencies within the society, saying that they were having ominous effects on society. According to a study presented at a forum on citizenship in Kuwait, 70 per cent of Kuwaiti students tended to look at issues through the prism of...
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Kuwait’s new private labour law that includes the establishment of an independent authority that will bring and hire foreigners took effect on Sunday following its publication in the official gazette. Its implementation will spell better benefits for thousands of foreign workers, but not for domestic helpers who are not covered by the law. The...
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