Author: Zaheer Ghazi

The first of three demolition phases is under way in one of Kuwait’s most crowded expatriate districts, with almost 500 more properties due to follow within weeks.

The Ministry of Labour says the two days off apply to staff in both the public and private sectors. Together with the Friday and Saturday weekend, they give a four-day break from 25 to 28 November.

B~SERA will give students, teachers and parents their own accounts, with AI tools for revision, quizzes and progress tracking, although no launch date has been set.

Qatar’s education ministry has handed government land to four private operators, who will build and run schools in Al Wukair, Al Mansoura and Al Sailiya. Three of the schools will teach the Indian curriculum and one will follow the Egyptian system.

The Public Authority for Manpower has linked its systems to the Central Bank of Kuwait’s wage platform, and companies that fall behind on pay now risk losing access to key government services.

Fans can now buy tickets for the FIFA U-17 World Cup Qatar 2026, which runs at Aspire Zone from 19 November to 13 December. A single day pass covers several matches and costs QAR 20.

Private sector expatriates will be treated under mandatory insurance packages from this weekend, government hospitals are switching to a new price list, and non-Bahraini patients are being moved towards private providers.

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