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Kuwait’s banking association has decided to postpone repayment of loans and credit card facilitations for small and medium-sized companies (SMEs) to help address the consequences of the coronavirus pandemic, Middle East Monitor (MEMO) reports. The measure, which also includes interest, Read more
Kuwait Wednesday outlawed temporarily the employment of domestic workers as part of a set of measures to curb the spread of Coronavirus, which has infected 148 people in the Gulf country. Major General Talal Marafi, the Interior Ministry’s assistant Read more
Kuwait will from Friday suspend all commercial flights to and from the country as authorities embark on curbing the spread of the “pandemic” which has already infected 80 people in the Gulf country. Authorities also “forbid” meetings in restaurants, cafés Read more
The Kuwait Olympic Committee Tuesday said the Gulf Olympic Games slated to take place in April have been postponed to December owing to the Coronavirus outbreak, which has affected 56 people in the Gulf country. “The decision aims to ensure Read more
Kuwait has airlifted 900 citizens from Iran, which grapples with an increase in the number of infections by the coronavirus. Six aircraft transported the citizens to the Gulf country, which has set up an isolation center at a local hospital, Read more
Kuwait is mulling plans to lay off around 25,000 foreign workers in a move to create job opportunities for citizens. The plan in preparation was announced by parliamentary manpower committee chairman MP Khalil Al-Saleh who reportedly said the committee is Read more
Ali Ubaidi, former health minister has sentenced to seven year in prison for squandering public funds in a case that dates back to 2018. Ubaidi was referred in 2018 to the court for ministers after an investigation accused the former Read more
Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte has said he wants to kill “recruiters of Philippines citizens who are sent to the Middle East where they are treated as slaves,” in a new bout with Kuwait following the death of another Filipina housemaid. Read more
The Iranian foreign ministry Saturday summoned the Kuwaiti ambassador to Tehran to protest Kuwaiti authorities’ meeting with an Iranian separatist movement that Iran views as an interference into its internal affairs. For Iran, the meeting with Arab Struggle Movement for Read more
Saudi Arabia and Kuwait have signed Tuesday an agreement on the resumption of shared production from both on-shore and off-shore oil fields situated in the Partitioned Neutral Zone (PNZ). The agreement divides the Neutral Zone between the two countries and Read more