Kuwait’s deputy prime minister and minister of foreign affairs is in Washington on a three-day visit for talks with senior officials and congress members, Kuwait News Agency (KUNA) said. Talks with US officials will include various issues, but will focus on bilateral ties, the status of the Kuwaitis detained in Guantanamo, Shaikh Mohammad Sabah...
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Tehran has suggested that Kuwait and Iran drop the visas required from their nationals when they visit each other’s country, a Kuwaiti newspaper reported. The Iranian request was made during a meeting between officials from the foreign ministries of both countries. The Kuwaitis promised to look into the suggestion and report their decision to...
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The impact of current financial and economic trends on local, regional and international relations and security will be examined at an international conference in Bahrain next month. London-based International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) said that the Bahrain Global Forum on May 14-16 would bring together finance ministers, treasury officials, leading economists and finance...
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Qatar’s labour ministry is set to launch a massive crackdown on companies violating the provisions of the Labour Law, Qatari media reported. Inspectors will tour company premises and labour accommodations to check whether they comply with the provisions of the labour law. The campaign follows the stringent regulations issued by the ministry recently on...
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Israel’s Knesset may withdraw parliamentary immunity from six lawmakers who traveled to Libya to meet the country’s leader Moammar Gadhafi, the chairman of the chamber’s House Committee Yariv Levin has said. “Knesset immunity is not a license to inflict continual damage on the state and make a mockery of parliament and the public,” Levin...
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Online and multi-language productions should be the new focus of the Arab media, media specialists have agreed. “The Arab media should be more creative and should invest heavily in the use of new technology and the Internet while stressing the drive to disseminate digital content,” the Arab Media Forum recommended at the end of...
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The head of a popular committee defending Kuwaiti nationals held in Guantanamo has blasted the US administration for seeking to impose restrictions on former prisoners before it could consider the release of the remaining detainees. “The US wants to impose new security conditions on former detainees because it was unable to detain or condemn...
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