The Kuwait's State run news agency KUNA's Twitter account along with their website got hacked for a brief time today in the late morning Kuwait time.

The parliamentary session on Tuesday, Jan 7, began with the National Assembly Speaker Marzouq Al-Ghanim announcing the death of former MP Dr Yaqoub Hayati, followed by the State Minister for National Assembly Affairs Mubarak Al-Harees reading the condolences.

Zain, the leading digital service provider in Kuwait, announced its main sponsorship of the 9th edition of the Kuwait Motor Show 2020, the biggest show for automobiles, vehicles, and motorcycles in the State of Kuwait. The event, which offers a comprehensive platform for local dealerships to engage with the public, is held from 16 – 25 January at 360 Mall.

His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah received at Bayan Palace yesterday Prince Turki bin Mohammad Al Saud, the Minister of State and member of the Saudi cabinet. Prince Turki relayed to His Highness the Amir a verbal message from Saudi Arabian King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud. In the message, King Salman hoped to strengthen ties, enhancing and developing them in all fields.

National Assembly Speaker Marzouq Al-Ghanem held talks yesterday with the US and Iranian envoys in the country in separate meetings in the wake of tensions between Washington and Tehran following the US killing of top Iranian general Qasem Soleimani. Ghanem said the talks covered wide-ranging subjects, adding he will talk about some of them during a special session to be held on Thursday.

The Municipal Council said the Public Prosecution has summoned a number of senior officials of the Kuwait Municipality and the Municipal Council against the background of accusing a secretary for manipulating fingerprints attendance system for the benefit of an employee who is holding a supervisory position in the council, reports Al-Qabas daily.

The Director General of the Jahra Security Directorate has ordered the deportation of an Indian who threatened to commit suicide by jumping from a pedestrian bridge in Al-Naeem at dawn on Jan 1, reports Al- Anba daily.

UCCS prepared for any emergency in light of developments in ‘region’. Union of Consumer Cooperative Societies (UCCS) Chairperson Meshaal Al-Sayyar has confirmed that the union is fully prepared for any emergency in light of developments in the region, asserting all precautionary measures have been taken to maintain food security in the event of partial or all-out war in the region and that cooperative societies play pivotal and fundamental roles in any crisis, reports Al- Anba daily.

The parliament’s human resource committee urged the government to make recommendations to cancel exemptions the Civil Service Commission (CSC) makes to recruit non-Kuwaitis with C and D graduation grades in the public sector, and use the same conditions on hiring non-Kuwaitis in jobs excluded from the replacement policy.

The Philippine Embassy in Kuwait yesterday clarified the imposition of a ban on Filipino domestic helpers to Kuwait from Jan 3, 2020. The ban was issued amid reported cases of maltreatment and deaths involving overseas Filipino workers in Kuwait, specifically the death of Jeanelyn Padernal Villavende last month.