Police have arrested an unidentified Bangladeshi for kidnapping a 20-year-old female compatriot and raping her, reports Al-Rai daily.

The Court of Cassation chaired by Judge Ahmad Al-Ajeel ruled in favor of the Court of Appeals to execute a Kuwaiti man accused of beating and torturing a child to death in a vehicle, and to imprison the mother of the child for 10 years with hard labor.

The border security of the coastguard was able to foil a second attempt to smuggle in drugs into Kuwait for the second straight day, when two persons were arrested yesterday after submerging 29 pieces of drugs and four bags containing suspicious substances into the gulf waters.

State-run Kuwait News Agency (KUNA) has referred the case of its Twitter account being hacked to the public prosecution, the agency’s Director General and Chairman Sheikh Mubarak Duaij Al-Sabah said yesterday.

The statistics issued by the Ministry of Justice show 1,254 felony cases – bullying and defamation – during the past 5 years from Jan 1, 2015 until Nov 30, 2019 were looked into by the courts, reports Al-Qabas daily. The statistics, a copy of which has been obtained by the daily, indicate in 2015 there were 343 cases, while in 2016, there were 307 cases in 2017 and 214 in 2018 and 173 cases in 2019.

Kuwait is set to commemorate the 14th anniversary of the passing away of former Amir Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah on January 15.

The price of gold surged to $1,559 per ounce, rising as much as 16 percent in the wake of rising tensions between Iran and the United States. The price of an ounce of gold is fluctuating between $1,611 to 1,559, according to a report issued by ‘Kuwait Sabaek Company,’ citing predictions over a dip in gold prices as a result of geopolitical and economic drivers.

The Court of Appeals, presided over by Judge Nasr Salem Al Hayd, overturned the Criminal Court’s decision to refrain from issuing verdict against a Bangladeshi and then sentenced the latter to five years in prison with hard labor for molesting a minor.

The Ministry of Interior said strict action will be taken against violators of traffic laws, including those who park their vehicles in no parking areas, stopping in forbidden areas and those who endanger the lives of others, reports Al-Anba daily.

Philippine Labor Attache to Kuwait Nasser Mustafa expressed full support on the recommendation of Department of Labour and Employment (DOLE) Secretary Silvestre Bello III to implement a total deployment ban for Filipino workers to Kuwait following the autopsy result of Filipina household service worker Jeanelyn Villavende who was allegedly tortured to death by her Kuwaiti employers.