Angry lawmakers from two major parliamentary blocs have criticized both the country’s largest bloc and the British ambassador to Bahrain for holding a meeting allegedly on the political situation in Bahrain. MPs from Al Asala accused Al Wefaq, which has 17 of the 40 seats in the lower chamber, of plotting a constitutional coup...
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Kuwait’s government is reported to announce an end to the recruitment of foreigners in the public sector, a local paper said. The move is attributed to a keenness to control expenditures and to offer greater employment opportunities to Kuwaitis wishing to join the government sector, Al Jareeda daily said on Monday. Kuwait, like the...
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The former UK ambassador to Kuwait had been recalled to London following news that he had an affair with a married junior colleague and that she was pregnant, a British newspaper has reported. Michael Aron, 50, a married father of four, had been in the Kuwait job for only a year when he abruptly...
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