Kuwait

Two million expatriates living in the country will no longer have to travel abroad for treatment, after a public-private partnership healthcare system has been established to meet the needs of expatriates and their families

Thousands of newly recruited Indian nurses are expected to arrive in Kuwait soon amid growing cooperation between the two countries in the health sector

Nearly 6.000 road accidents were reported in the first 15 days of Ramadan, an average of 400 accidents per day; speed ups especially occur before the Maghreb call to prayer

The country has launched the Immunity Passport Service aimed at confirming the medical status of people who have received the required vaccine doses

Today begins the holy month of Ramadan of 1443, as declared by the moon-sighting committee yesterday after the appearance of the crescent of the month

The country has determined that it will hire 1.000 new foreign teachers to alleviate the shortage in 11 different subjects including English, French, mathematics, science, physics

Anyone seen destroying graves or photographing funerals in the cemetery could be fined up to KD 5.000 (more than $16.000), declared the director of the Kuwait municipality's funeral department, said that

A committee has been formed to verify the identity of people living abroad who claim to be Kuwaiti citizens; it will visit the countries where they live to subject them to a paternity test to verify their claims before they can enter the country

'Your life is dear' anti-suicide campaign was launched, offering psychological and social support, after the country registered a significant increase of the suicide rate particularly among young people last year

The Amiri Diwan has asked all ministers who are not members of the ruling family to remove the title 'sheikh' from their names, in implementation of the Amiri decree, which was issued in May 2017 to recognise and fix the Al Sabah family tree

The training of the army’s first women batch, who have recently registered to enlist in the country’s army, has been postponed, pending approval from Islamic authorities