author

desk search
close
Latest News
arrow2 ahmadomar
No Image
Covid no longer a global health emergency: WHO
Geneva: The Covid-19 pandemic, which for over three years has killed millions of people, wreaked economic havoc and deepened inequalities, no longer constitutes a global health emergency, the WHO said Friday.It is "with great hope that I declare Covid-19 over as a global health emergency", WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told reporters, estimating that the pandemic had killed "at least 20 million" people -- nearly three times the official...
Kuwait's election watchdog
30 candidates submit applications for "23" parliament election
Kuwait: At least 30 Kuwaitis including a single female citizen submitted on Friday their candidacy documents to the election affairs department affiliated to the Ministry of Interior to run for the 2023 National Assembly election set on June 6.The candidates, who submitted their documents in the first day of receiving applications which will last until May 14, are 29 males and one female. The first constituency includes three candidates; Ahmad...
Kuwait Amir's rep, Crown Prince arrives in London to attend King Charles coronation.
Kuwait Amir's rep, Crown Prince arrives in London to attend King
Kuwait: His Highness the Amir's Representative, His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah arrived in the UK on Thursday to attend the coronation of King Charles III.Receiving His Highness was UK government representive Nicholas Hopton and Kuwait's Ambassador to the UK Bader Al-Awadhi.
No Image
Naval Forces, Cost Guard carry out joint shooting exercise
Kuwait: The Naval Force, in cooperation with the General Department of Coast Guard, carried out on Thursday a joint shooting exercise with live ammunition, upon the directives of the First Deputy of the Prime Minister, Interior Minister and Acting Defense Minister Sheikh Talal Khaled Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah.This exercise comes within the framework of the military and security institution's keenness to raise the level of combat readiness and the...
Kuwait Municipality accepts election campaigns HQ applications
Kuwait Municipality accepts election campaigns HQ applications
Kuwait: Director General of Kuwait Municipality Ahmad Al-Manfouhi announced on Thursday receiving candidate applications for election campaign's headquarters permits, starting May 5.Al-Manfouhi expressed in a press release, following the municipality's election committee's first meeting that they will work on the success of the upcoming elections by providing all assists needed. He called on candidates to apply with all necessary documents for...
Kuwait Foreign Minister Sheikh Salem Abdullah Al-Jaber Al-Sabah
Kuwait aid to Sudan reflects solidarity with brotherly countries
Kuwait: Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Sheikh Salem Abdullah Al-Jaber Al-Sabah said Thursday Kuwait's four-day aid airlift comes upon direction of the political leadership and reflects its solidarity with brotherly and sisterly countries.He said the initiative was at the behest of His Highness the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah and the cabinet, for sending relief aid...
Kuwaiti Assistant Foreign Minister meets with Indian Minister of State for External Affairs
Kuwait Assistant FM, Indian State Min. discuss bilateral relations
New Delhi: Kuwaiti Assistant Foreign Minister for Asian Affairs Ambassador Sameeh Hayat and Indian Minister of State for External Affairs Meenakashi Lekhi discussed, on Wednesday, bilateral relations and ways to enhance them.The meeting was held at the Indian Foreign Ministry's headquarter, where Ambassador Hayat handed Lekhi a written letter from Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Sheikh Salem Abdullah Al-Jaber Al-Sabah addressed to Indian Foreign...
No Image
Kuwait cabinet OKs draft decree for parliament vote due on June 6
Kuwait: The Kuwaiti Cabinet on Wednesday approved a draft decree calling for National Assembly (parliament) elections to take place on Tuesday (June 6, 2023), and sent it to His Highness the Crown Prince.The decision was made during an extraordinary cabinet meeting held at Bayan Palace.The cabinet also decided to suspend work at all ministries and state bodies on the voting day.
A billboard with pictures of Iranian President Ibrahim Raisi (L) and Syrian President Bashar al-Assad stands on the road in Damascus on May 3, 2023.
Iran president arrives in Syria for landmark visit
Damascus: Iran's Ebrahim Raisi arrived in Damascus on Wednesday for the first visit by an Iranian president since Syria's civil war broke out, state media reported.Raisi, joined by a large ministerial delegation for his two-day visit, will hold "extensive political and economic discussions with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad followed by the signing of a number of agreements," Syria's state news agency SANA said.
No Image
FIFA threatens European TV blackout of Women's World Cup
Geneva: FIFA president Gianni Infantino has threatened a television blackout of this year's Women's World Cup in major European countries unless broadcasters improve their offers for rights.Infantino in October criticised broadcasters who he said had offered "100 times less" to screen the Women's World Cup compared to the men's tournament.He went on the attack again on Monday, less than three months before the start of the tournament in Australia...
No Image
Sudan warring parties agree to 7-day truce from May 4
Juba: The warring parties in Sudan have agreed to a seven-day truce starting May 4, in a phone conversation with South Sudan's President Salva Kiir, the foreign ministry in Juba said Tuesday, raising hopes of an end to weeks of bloodshed.Sudan's army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and his deputy turned rival, Mohamed Hamdan Daglo, who commands the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, "have agreed in principle for a seven-day truce from May 4th to...
Foreign Minister receives credentials of the newly appointed Russian Ambassador to Kuwait
Foreign Minister receives credentials of newly appointed Russian Amb.
Kuwait: Foreign Minister Sheikh Salem Abdullah Al-Jaber Al-Sabah received on Tuesday credentials of the newly appointed Russian Ambassador to Kuwait, Vladimir Ziltov. Sheikh Salem expressed best wishes and success to the new ambassador and thrive to bilateral relations between the two countries
arrow
most read
1
OPEC Secretary-General Haitham Al-Ghais.
OPEC to COP29: Oil gift from God
2
DOHA: Kuwait’s Minister of Interior Sheikh Fahad Yusuf Saud Al-Sabah speaks at the 41st meeting of the Interior Ministers of the Gulf Cooperation Council. — KUNA photos
Interior minister calls for uniting GCC security efforts
3
No Image
Committee strips Kuwaiti citizenship of 1,647 individuals
4
Oxford Academy School students pose for a photo with their Kuwait Times copies.
Oxford Academy School students visit Kuwait Times and Kuwait News
5
No Image
Sons of Yusuf: Visionary Kuwaiti brothers revolutionizing Arabian Gulf sound