Kuwait building fire: At least 49 foreign workers dead

At least 49 foreign workers were killed in a building fire in Kuwait on Wednesday, the country’s Deputy Prime Minister Sheikh Fahad Yusuf Saud al-Sabah confirmed during a visit to the site. Al-Sabah accused real estate owners of violations and greed, suggesting those factors were related to the incident. “Unfortunately the greed of the property owners is what leads to these matters,” he said.