Today In Kuwait's History

(MENAFN- Kuwait News Agency (KUNA)) KUWAIT, Sept 24 (KUNA) --

1961 -- The English-language news daily "Kuwait Times" published its first edition, becoming the first newspaper of its kind in the Gulf region.
1990 -- United Nations Security Council unanimously adopted Resolution 669 for aiding nations suffering from economic hardships resulting from their compliance with embargo on Iraq for its aggression of the State of Kuwait.
1992 -- Kuwait exported the first shipment of oil extracted from the crude puddles, formed when the Iraqi occupation forces torched oil fields.
1996 -- First Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah signed the international treaty for prohibiting nuclear tests. The signing took place on sidelines of the UN General Assembly's 51st Session.
2010 -- Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development gave Rwanda a KD 4.1 million (some USD 13.4 million) loan for renovating the integrated regional technical institute that advocates boosting development in the country.
2010 -- Kuwait declared hiking its annual contributions, five times, to a number of UN funds and agencies.
2014 -- Kuwait Red Crescent Society (KRCS) dispatched 33 truckloads of aid to Gaza.
2024 -- Kuwait Government approved a draft decree amending the Decree 15 of 1959 regarding Kuwait's citizenship, whereby a foreigner who gets Kuwaiti nationality does not mean his wife becomes a Kuwaiti, and a foreign woman who gets married to a Kuwaiti man is not allowed to get Kuwaiti citizenship.
The aforementioned draft decree law allowed withdrawing Kuwaiti nationality from a Kuwaiti who acquires it in some specific cases like fraud or Forgery, and also if convicted by a final ruling in crimes of honor or trust, or offence-related crime to Allah the Almighty, prophets or the Amir personality. Nationality could be withdrawn if the case related to national interest, national security or dismissed from job for honor or trust issues. (end)
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