A Kuwaiti lawmaker has bowed to pressure from colleagues and withdrew a motion to quiz the prime minister. The move by MP Abaid Al Wasmi was supported by some lawmakers, but met resistance from his bloc and from other MPs who said that the government deserved a grace period to fulfill its promises.
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A Kuwaiti newspaper has been suspended for another two weeks for “breaking the publishing laws.” The ruling is the second against Al Dar after it was also suspended for another two weeks earlier this month following a lawsuit by the information ministry, the Al Aannews site reported on Monday.
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Less than one week after the formation of Kuwait’s government and the convening of the newly-elected parliament, a lawmaker has filed a motion to investigate Prime Minister Shaikh Jaber Al Mubarak. MP Abaid Al Wasmi wants an investigation into alleged negative attitude toward tribesmen and the double standards in the application of the law on detainees...
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A Kuwaiti court on Sunday sentenced a Kuwaiti couple to death for the premeditated murder of their Asian domestic helper. According to the court papers, the wife maltreated and punished the helper, thought to be a Filipina, daily with the knowledge of her husband.
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At least 10 Arab leaders will attend the Arab summit in Baghdad, Iraq’s ambassador to the Arab League has said. “The other countries will be represented at the summit on March 29 by officials at various levels, according to their conditions,” Qais Al Azzawi said, quoted by Kuwaiti daily Al Nahar .
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Kuwaiti police are looking for a man who swindled an Indian national of KD 350 ($1,258) after promising him a KD 100,000 ($359,428) prize. The complainant told the police that he had received a telephone call from an unidentified man who informed him that he had won the prize from a telecommunications company, the Arab Times reported.
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A Kuwaiti lawmaker has criticised a fellow MP for calling for a ban on building new churches or non-Muslim places of worship in the country. “It seems that MP Osama Al Munawer was not fully conscious when he said that he was mulling a bill to remove churches from the country,” MP Nabeel Al...
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A Kuwaiti Salafi centre has called for a ban on the country’s national celebrations, claiming they violated religious ethics. Kuwait this week celebrates its National Day and Liberation Day and employees have been given four days off, including the weekend, to mark the occasion.
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When Samer Majali, Gulf Air chief executive officer, closed his eyes and threw the euros with his right hand over his left shoulder for the second time in Rome’s Trevi Fountain, his wish was that not only he would come back to the Eternal City, but also numerous Gulf Air crews, and for years...
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Three children have died in a fire that gutted the basement of their house in Kuwait City on Saturday. The three siblings, all less than 10-years old, were discovered by the firefighters who had been called for the rescue following a phone report about the house on flame.
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