US Ambassador to Kuwait Deborah K. Jones has urged her country to send its newly-appointed head of diplomatic mission to Syria. Responding to a question about US-Syrian relations, the ambassador who was contributing to a clean-up of a Kuwaiti beach said that “we need to send our ambassador to Syria because there are serious...
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Kuwait is taking up the controversial dual citizenship issue with another Gulf country in an unprecedented move as it builds up pressure on Kuwaiti dual citizenship holders to select only one nationality. “The interior ministry has drawn up a list of 2,000 Kuwaitis who might also have the nationality of another Gulf country,” unnamed...
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Qatar has secured membership on the United Nations Human Rights Council after Iran withdrew its candidacy for a seat on the 47-nation council responsible for monitoring rights around the globe. The Maldives, Thailand and Malaysia have also secured their place among the 13 Asian countries days before the elections of members for the four...
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The highest Filipino labour market growth rate in the Gulf region is in Qatar, an official has said. “The number of Filipino workers has seen a significant growth in the past few years and their population in Qatar is estimated at 250,000, the third largest among expatriates,” Labour Attache in Qatar Arturo Sodusta said....
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A massive Sri Lankan celebration was interrupted after angry Kuwaitis claimed that the cultural gathering was breaking Islamic rules. More than 5,000 Sri Lankans, including K.S.C. Dissanayake, their ambassador to Kuwait, had to leave the Jahra stadium after Kuwaiti Islamists invaded the field and pressed organizers to suspend the celebration and threatened to escalate...
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Islamic scholar Yousuf Al Qaradawi has criticized Muslims who impose restrictions on women’s mosque attendance and called for lifting them. “I was impressed during a recent trip to South Africa with its Muslim community’s commitment to Islamic rules as well as its unity, but it was the ban on women’s entry into mosques that...
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