Kuwait has a plan to boost its native population to at least 50 per cent of the total number of people living in the northern Arabian Gulf emirate, a Kuwaiti minister said. The plan includes further reducing the number of foreigners staying illegally in the country. “Under the recently approved development plan, there will...
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MP Rola Dashti Kuwait is determined to end discrimination against women in the workplace, a woman lawmaker has said. “Kuwait is keen on improving its laws and rules to eliminate discrimination against women in the workplace,” Rola Dashti has said. “Despite all the difficulties and challenges there has been some positive progress and we...
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Kuwait’s government will try next week to reach a consensus on proposed amendments to the media law as two ministries have reportedly said that they could not monitor or sue bloggers as a result of limited human resources and a lack of sufficient equipment, a Kuwaiti daily reported. In technical reports submitted to the...
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A Kuwait lawmaker is pushing for including children born to Kuwaiti mothers and non-Kuwaiti fathers in the mandatory education laws. “We want to amend the law that stipulates that education is compulsory for all Kuwaiti boys and girls so that it also includes boys and girls born to Kuwaiti mothers and non-Kuwaiti fathers,” MP...
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A law covering the rights of domestic helpers in Kuwait would be issued before May, the social affairs and labour minister has said. “Kuwait is keen on applying standards compatible with the principles and values of the International Labour Organisation, and this keenness is reflected in the new private sector labour law,” Mohammad Al...
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Kuwait’s National Assembly Speaker Jassem Al Khorafi said that Kuwait would not allow the use of its territories to launch attacks on other countries, Kuwaiti media reported on Friday. “I have not been informed or even heard of this request,” Al Khorafi answered when asked about Western reports claiming that the US has requested...
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The family of a Kuwaiti girl who was stabbed to death has said that they would never forgive her alleged Filipina killer. “We will never give up the right of our daughter, even if the United Nations Security Council holds a session on the case,” a relative was quoted as saying by the Kuwaiti...
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A Jordanian tribe has decided to name all the males born this year “Saddam” and all the females “Raghad”, “Hala” or “Rana” after Saddam’s daughters after their town municipal council shelved a plan to name a street after Iraqi former leader Saddam Hussain. The town cancelled the plan in the wake of a...
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A Kuwaiti political activist has challenged a lawmaker who had accused her of promoting freemasonry in the country to an open debate in the presence of the media. MP Mohammad Al Hayef on Thursday charged Najla Al Naqi of helping facilitate the establishment of a Lions Club in Kuwait after she hosted the general...
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