Kuwait’s education ministry is grappling with a delicate situation after only slightly more than half of the foreign teachers expected to take up positions in the country have arrived. According to Kuwaiti media, the ministry is now seeking quick solutions after only 546 out of 1,006 Arab teachers have arrived in Kuwait, a few days ahead...
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A student at the Palestinian School in Doha has urged US President Barack Obama not to veto the Palestine bid for full membership of the United Nations. In an open letter addressed to the US president, Rand Yahya Al Agha reminded Obama of his speech at Cairo University where he pledged to work out...
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Qatar’s traffic department has warned driving schools of stern action, including closure, if they fail to upgrade their services and facilities in line with the new regulations. All driving schools in the country had been given until August 1 to meet the new requirements and the traffic department has intensified inspections to ensure that...
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The Annual Research Forum (ARF), organised by Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development, is taking on a new international dimension in its second edition with the theme “Globalization of Research,” organisers have said. The forum will showcase the latest research being conducted in and for Qatar that can also benefit developing countries.
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A national vocational centre should be set up in Qatar to help in the rehabilitation process of mentally ill patients and to prevent a relapse, a leading psychiatrist said. “There are still no vocational centres in the country where the mentally ill can be referred to after receiving treatments from our department,” Dr Suhaila...
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A Yemeni mechanic working in Saudi Arabia has been drinking engine oil for years, saying that they were “natural juice”, a local daily reported. Mohammad Omar, known as Ibn Omar, told Okaz newspaper that he had been drinking two to four cans of various brands of car engine oil since he was 17. The...
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In Sitra, a town south of Manama, the Bahraini capital, it is again two tales of one death. A Sitra resident, Sayyed Jawad Ahmad, 35, died on Wednesday. His relatives said that the death occurred after he inhaled tear gas fired by security forces during clashes with protesters the night before.
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An elementary school in a village west of Manama, the Bahraini capital, was targeted in a Molotov cocktail attack promptly condemned by the education ministry. The attack on Khamis elementary school occurred on Thursday morning, four days after classes resumed in all government schools in Bahrain following the summer vacations.
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A total of 46 distressed Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWS) have been repatriated from Kuwait to the Philippines this week. The move was part of the series of mass repatriation by the Philippine embassy and the Philippine Overseas Labour Office (POLO) in coordination with the Kuwait Ministry of Interior.
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Kuwait on Thursday pledged to contribute $50 million to the World Bank-administered multi-donor Trust Fund to support the Palestinian Reform and Development Programme (PRDP). The agreement was signed by Sri Mulyani Indrawati, the World Bank (WB) Managing Director, and Abdullah Al Jaber Al Sabah, Kuwait’s ambassador in Washington.
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