Kuwait army allows women in combat roles, but without gunsActivists have decried the policy as "one step forward, two steps back" after the defence ministry also decided that women in the armed for...
17 Feb, 2022, 09.51 AM IST
Ex-premier's graft case a test of justice in oil-rich KuwaitKuwait's justice system is testing government pledges to hold ministers accountable for $790 million gone missing from the Defense Ministry...
29 May, 2021, 11.53 AM IST
Expats struggle to get vaccines in Kuwait, citizens come 1stUnlike other Gulf Arab states that have administered doses to masses of foreign workers in a race to reach herd immunity, Kuwait has come u...
06 Apr, 2021, 10.15 AM IST
Kuwait swears in new government amid mounting crisesPrime Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al Hamad Al Sabah swapped out four ministers whose selections had angered various lawmakers for less ...
03 Mar, 2021, 05.05 PM IST
In Kuwait, lavish election campaign events off the menuLambs on spits, mountains of rice, and platters of sweets usually attract hordes of potential voters to campaign events in the small Gulf s...
01 Dec, 2020, 12.32 PM IST
Oil-rich Kuwait faces reckoning as debt crisis looms"COVID, low oil prices and the liquidity crisis have all come together in a perfect storm," said Bader al-Saif, an assistant professor of h...
24 Nov, 2020, 12.53 PM IST
Kuwait's late emir body flown home as his successor is sworn inA Kuwaiti government Airbus A340 bearing his remains landed in the capital, where the authorities blocked roads to allow passage of a convo...
30 Sep, 2020, 07.35 PM IST
Kuwait may scrap sponsorship system soon: reportThe new system would help efforts to fight visa trafficking by preventing job providers from issuing work permits they can sell to workers.
20 Jun, 2013, 02.16 PM IST
Kuwait defends barring expats from morning treatmentKuwait said that barring foreigners from attending public hospitals in the mornings was aimed at resolving the problem of "overcrowding" at...
05 Jun, 2013, 03.33 AM IST
Kuwait defends barring expats from morning treatmentKuwait said today that barring foreigners from attending public hospitals in the mornings was aimed at resolving the problem of "overcrowdi...
04 Jun, 2013, 11.03 PM IST
- ISI, CIA agreement required to carry forward coop: Pasha
One report quoted lawmakers as saying that Pasha had claimed he had a "shouting match" with Panetta during the recent meeting in the US.
15 May, 2011, 04.34 PM IST
- Kuwait scraps 15 billion dollars refinery project
Kuwait National Petroleum Company (KNPC) confirmed press reports that it had scrapped plans to built a fourth refinery at Al Zour, at an es...
30 Mar, 2009, 11.26 AM IST
- Kuwait cancels $17 bn JV with Dow Chem
Kuwait's cabinet has cancelled a deal to form a $17.4 bn petrochemical joint venture with US firm Dow Chemical, which has met with oppositi...
28 Dec, 2008, 07.56 PM IST
- Kuwait budget sees record spending, deficit
Kuwait's 2008-09 budget sees a record spending and massive deficit.
26 Jun, 2008, 03.11 PM IST
- Kuwaiti MPs file bill to cut oil output
Opposition MPs filed a bill on Sunday that could effectively slash Kuwait's oil output if it is found that the Gulf state's proven reserves...
15 Jun, 2008, 03.39 PM IST
- Kuwait Airways to go private within 10 months
State-owned Kuwait Airways Corp (KAC) is expected to be privatised within 10 months, its chairman Hamad al-Falah said on Thursday.
12 Jun, 2008, 06.15 PM IST
- Kuwaitis seek fresh start as they choose new Parliament
Kuwaitis voted on Saturday to elect a new parliament in this oil-rich Gulf state which has been rocked by political turmoil, with many sayi...
17 May, 2008, 03.00 PM IST