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Kuwait Police Raid Uncovers Hidden Marijuana Farm Inside Home
KUWAIT CITY, Oct 24: In a dramatic late-night raid, Kuwait’s security forces uncovered a fully equipped marijuana farm hidden inside a residential house in Sabah Al-Salem, exposing an stateless (Bedoun) elaborate operation to cultivate and...
Saudi, Kuwaiti investors serve $2bn legal notice in K-Electric dispute
ISLAMABAD: In a significant development with potential to escalate into an international arbitration case, a consortium of Saudi and Kuwaiti investors in K-Electric has served a formal notice of dispute to the Government of Pakistan, seeking $2...
Cruz slams Trump's Kuwait ambassador pick over Muslim Brotherhood comments
Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, joins ‘Jesse Watters Primetime’ to discuss Antifa, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth bringing back the warfighting culture and the looming government shutdown. NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas,...
Pakistan, Muslim nations condemn Israel’s plan to annex West Bank
Pakistan, alongside a broad coalition of Arab and Muslim nations and international organizations, has strongly condemned Israel’s recent legislative attempts to impose its so-called “sovereignty” over the occupied West Bank. In a joint statement...
Türkiye, Gulf countries set $15B trade target: Turkish Trade Ministry
ANKARA Türkiye and Gulf countries set a trade target of $15 billion after Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s visit to Kuwait, Qatar, and Oman, according to a statement by the Turkish Trade Ministry on Friday. Trade Minister Omer Bolat...
Oil heads for weekly gain on supply fears due to US sanctions on Russian companies
HOUSTON: Oil prices edged up on Friday, extending the previous day’s surge and on track for a weekly gain as U.S. sanctions on Russia’s two biggest oil companies over the war in Ukraine spurred supply concerns. Brent crude futures rose 50 cents,...
Kuwait crude oil up $4.48 to $69.01 pb - KPC
KUWAIT -- The Kuwaiti crude oil price rose by USD 4.48 during Thursday's trading to reach USD 69.01 per barrel (pb) compared with Wednesday's USD 64.53 pb, Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC) said on Frdiday. Globally, brent futures went up by USD...
Iraq condemns Israeli Knesset bid to annex West Bank
Iraq condemns the Israeli Knesset’s approval of bills to impose control over the occupied West Bank, calling it a violation of international law. Iraq’s Foreign Ministry has strongly condemned the Israeli Knesset’s approval of two draft laws...
Government Employee Accused of Defrauding Kuwaiti Woman in KD 5,400 Car Sale
KUWAIT CITY, Oct 24: A Kuwaiti citizen employed as a manager in a government agency has been accused of fraud and deception after admitting that he received KD 5,400 from a woman for the sale of a vehicle but failed to deliver the car or return...
He Duped a Kuwaiti Woman For KD 180,000 in a House Purchase; Police Foiled His Escape
KUWAIT CITY, Oct 24: In a swift and coordinated operation, detectives from the Salhiya Investigation Department foiled an attempt to defraud a woman of KD 180,000, arresting the suspect just moments before he tried to flee the country through the...
Kuwait issues important guidelines for employers
KUWAIT CITY: The Public Authority for Manpower (PAM) of Kuwait has instructed all employers to submit detailed information on daily working hours, rest periods, weekly days off, and official holidays through its electronic system Ashal, starting...
Kuwait oil minister: GCC environmental meeting marked with consensus
KUWAIT -- Minister of Oil and President of the Supreme Environmental Council Dr. Tareq Al-Roumi on Thursday said the 27th meeting of the GCC environment officials concluded with full consensus and 18 recommendations related to international...
Kuwait, Muslim world rap Israel move on West Bank
KUWAIT CITY, Oct 23: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs strongly expressed Kuwait’s condemnation of the Israeli Knesset’s approval of two bills aiming to impose sovereignty over the West Bank and a settlement. In a statement, the Ministry said the...
‘Annexation not going to happen’: Marco Rubio after Trump said ‘don’t worry about West Bank’
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Friday reiterated the Donald Trump administration’s position on Israel’s attempts to annex parts of the occupied West Bank. Rubio, who is currently in Israel, said the vote in Knesset this week to advance the...
'Don’t worry about the West Bank', says US President
US President Donald Trump on Thursday brushed off concerns that Israel might try to annex the occupied West Bank after the Israeli parliament backed a bill proposing the takeover. “Don’t worry about the West Bank,” he told reporters at the White...
UAE, Arab, Islamic States condemn Israeli Knesset approval of West Bank annexation bills
ABU DHABI (WAM) The United Arab Emirates, The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, the Republic of Indonesia, the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, the Republic of Türkiye, the Republic of Djibouti, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the Sultanate of Oman, the...
Oman, Islamic nations jointly denounce Israeli ‘Sovereignty’ Laws for occupied West Bank
Muscat: The Sultanate of Oman, along with fourteen other Arab and Islamic nations, the League of Arab States, and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), has issued a strong joint condemnation of the Israeli Knesset's approval of two draft...
West Bank annexation ‘is red line’
Arab and Muslim countries have condemned in the strongest terms Israel’s plan to annex the occupied West Bank and impose its sovereignty on it. Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Indonesia, Pakistan, TÜrkiye, Djibouti, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Kuwait, Libya,...
Senators grill Trump’s pick for Kuwait ambassador over anti-Israel stances
JTA — After Amer Ghalib became the most prominent Muslim politician in the country to endorse Donald Trump for president last year, he did so on pro-Palestinian grounds. And he was rewarded with a plum position: the administration’s ambassadorship...