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The Kuwait Interior ministry Tuesday announced the suspension of tourist and family visas until further notice in view of preparing a new mechanism with regulations to organize for visa procedures, reports say. “The move aims to prepare a new mechanism Read more
Kuwait’s Jazeera Airways has secured temporary cash facilities from local banks amounting to 27 million dinars ($88 million) to be used to buy property and equipment and in capital expenses, Zawya reports, citing a statement from the airline. The new Read more
Kuwait’s Crown Prince has dissolved the parliament and called for new elections over the coming months. The decision was announced in a televised speech he delivered this Wednesday. Crown Prince Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah said: “We have decided to dissolve Read more
Morocco’s Supreme Council of Ulema has strongly condemned the content of the film ‘The Lady of Heaven’, expressing its categorical rejection of the blatant falsification of established facts in Islamic history. Here follows the English translation of the statement issued Read more
The Kuwaiti Interior Minister has seized an Iranian vessel carrying 240 tons of smuggled diesel. The ministry, Saudi Dubai-based media Al Arabiya TV indicated Saturday, said it has seized the ship in territorial waters and has arrested its crew members, Read more
The head of Kuwait’s Federation of Domestic Labor Recruitment Offices said the salary of new Ethiopian domestic workers in Kuwait will be set around 90 dinars ($293) per month amid talks about labor agreement between the two countries, Addis Standard Read more
Kuwait has approved the funding for the development of a key residential project, South Saad Al Abdullah Town, as well as the rehabilitation of the historic Souq Al Mubarakiya, reports say. The South Saad Al Abdullah housing project costs a Read more
Kuwait has removed the requirement for PCR test or proof of vaccination before entering the country for visitors, state news agency KUNA has revealed. The Gulf country has eased COVID-19 restrictions. As part of the measures, the Arab country also Read more
Dubai-based Shipa Freight, the digital freight forwarding arm of Kuwait’s logistics and warehouse provider Agility, is merging with Barcelona’s online freight platform, iContainers, Zawya reports. Per the merger deal, Shipa Freight and iContainers will combine technology platforms and operations, which Read more
Egypt is planning to go after the Latin America and Asia tourism markets, the Arab republic’s Deputy Tourism Minister has told Bloomberg in an interview, Arab Finance reports. Ghada Shalaby told US media that the plan comes as an attempt Read more