Kuwait
- Middle East
Kuwait considers issuing family visas for certain expat categories in 2024
Kuwait: The Kuwait Ministry of Interior (MoI) is considering opening a Article 22 visas, for family members or dependents for certain category of expatriates starting from 2024, local media reported. The certain…
- Middle East
Kuwait suspends appointments & promotions in state agencies
Kuwait has temporarily suspended appointments and promotions at all state agencies due to public interest requirements. The decision, published in the official daily ‘Kuwait Today’, issued by Crown Prince Meshal Al Ahmad…
- Middle East
Kuwait announces two long weekend holidays for 2024
Kuwait has announced dates for two long weekend holidays on the occasion of Al-Isra Wal-Miraj National Day, and Liberation Day. The holidays fall in February 2024, resulting in two long weekends during…
- India
Embassy issues advisory for Indian drivers coming to Kuwait
Kuwait: The Indian embassy in Kuwait has issued an advisory for all Indian drivers coming to Kuwait on employment or work visas. The advisory comes on Monday, December 4, on the X platform…
- Middle East
Haj 2024 prices expected to decrease in Kuwait
Kuwait: The prices of Haj packages from Kuwait are expected to decrease for the upcoming pilgrimage season, according to the Head of Kuwait Haj Caravans Union Ahmad Al-Duwaihi. Al-Duwaihi attributed the expected…
- Middle East
Kuwait sentences ex-defence minister to seven years in prison
Kuwait’s Court of Cassation has sentenced former defense and interior minister Sheikh Khalid al-Jarrah al-Sabah to seven years in prison on charges related to misuse of money from the Army Fund. In…
- Middle East
Kuwait bans export of used cooking oil for one year
The Kuwaiti authorities have imposed a one-year ban on the export of used cooking oil and its waste, local media reported. The announcement was made as the Minister of Trade and Industry…
- Middle East
Kuwait detonates bombs dating back 1990 invasion
Kuwait: The Kuwaiti authorities detonated bombs dating back to Saddam Hussein’s 1990 invasion of the country on Salmiya Beach, local media reported. On November 22, Kuwait’s Ministry of Interior (MoI) successfully defused…
- Middle East
Kuwait: Govt official, expat face 7-year jail in salary fraud
Kuwait: The Criminal Court of Kuwait has sentenced a government official and Iranian expatriate to seven years in jail in a salary fraud case, Kuwaiti media reported. The official, whose identity has…
- Middle East
Kuwait oil price falls by USD 2.44 to reach USD 82.27 pb
Kuwait: The price of Kuwaiti oil went down by USD 2.44 to reach USD 82.27 per barrel on Friday, compared to USD 84.71 per barrel the day before, said the Kuwait Petroleum…
- Middle East
Watch: Lebanon seizes 800 kgs of Kuwait-bound narcotics
The authorities in Lebanon seized about 800 kilograms of drugs that were on their way to Kuwait, the Kuwait News Agency (KUNA) reported. The move came as part of joint intensive security…
- Middle East
Kuwait: High house rents squeeze low-income expats wallets
Kuwait: A low-income expat workers in Kuwait face significant financial burdens when renting an apartment due to the average rent accounting for 30 percent of their total income, local media reported. The…
- Bollywood
Salman Khan’s Tiger 3 in trouble: Movie banned in Qatar, Oman?
Mumbai: Salman Khan’s Tiger 3 is the most anticipated Bollywood film currently and fans across the globe are excited to watch it. Salman Khan will be seen as Tiger and Katrina Kaif…
- India
Mahzooz draw: Two Indian expats become Rs 22L richer overnight
Two Indian expatriates won the grand prize of Dirham 100,000 (Rs 22,66,178) each in the 153rd Mahzooz draw. The winners Sherien and Bhagavath— had matched five out of the six winning numbers…