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Marwan Boodai, Chairman of Jazeera Airways, Monday revealed that the private carrier headquartered in Kuwait is aiming at increasing its fleet to 60 by 2025. The airline currently has 17 jets in operation according to the latest available data on Read more
A set of Kuwaiti firms have pledged to invest $90.6 million in the Eastern Province Municipality in Saudi Arabia to set up entertainment centers and a commercial mall, reports say. The investments are part of two deals signed with governor Read more
The United Nations Compensation Commission (UNCC), the UN panel set up in 1991 to manage financial compensation owed by Iraq to Kuwait, has submitted its final reports Wednesday in Geneva after Iraq paid $52.4 billion reparation to the Gulf country. Read more
The head of Kuwait’s Public Authority for Manpower discussed Thursday with India’s envoy to the Gulf country the possibility of recruiting skills and Manpower to serve the labor needs in the Arab country, Arab Times reports. Ahmad Al-Mousa told Sibi Read more
Kuwaiti private airline Jazeera Airways has placed orders for 28 passenger jets with Airbus for a value put at $3.4 billion, reports say. The board of directors of the airline, local media Al Rai reported, citing a disclosure published on Read more
Kuwait’s anti-corruption body, Nazaha, Monday referred two senior army officers to the public prosecutor over suspected corruption related to a deal to buy Eurofighter Typhoon jets, reports say. The Gulf country took delivery last month of its first two Eurofighter Read more
Kuwait’s Minister of Education and Scientific Research, Ali Al Mudhaf has presented his resignation, citing “political uneasiness”, Gulf News has reported. Al Mudhaf, appointed less than a month, has reportedly offered his resignation to Prime Minister Sabah Al Khalid after Read more
Kuwait’s Defence Minister Hamad Al Jaber has ordered the suspension of army plan to train the country’s first female soldiers, after public discontent demanding abidance to the Islamic law. Al Jaber, Gulf News reports citing local Al Rai newspaper, made Read more
IHC Food Holding, a subsidiary of International Holding Company (IHC), has acquired 75 per cent of Abu Dhabi Vegetable Oil Company (ADVOC), IHC has announced, Zawya reports. The conglomerate did not provide details on the operation but indicated that the Read more
The Kuwait Investment Authority has ordered a temporary halt to the creation of new companies and the listing of companies on the country’s stock market, citing the prevailing strained economic environment, reports say. Official sources, Arab News notes, told Al-Anba, Read more