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AL-KARAMAH, Jordan: Jordanian King Abdullah II, accompanied by his son Crown Prince Hussein, stands before laying a wreath during his visit to the war memorial at the site of Al-Karamah in western Jordan, commemorating the 53rd anniversary of the battle between Jordan and Israel. – AFP n
Jordan makes US defense pact public
AL-KARAMAH, Jordan: Jordanian King Abdullah II, accompanied by his son Crown Prince Hussein, stands before laying a wreath during his visit to the war memorial at the site of Al-Karamah in western Jordan, commemorating the 53rd anniversary of the battle between Jordan and Israel. – AFPAMMAN: Jordan on Sunday made public a defense agreement with the United States that allows free entry of US forces, aircraft and vehicles onto the kingdom's...
BAABDA, Lebanon: Lebanese prime minister-designate Saad Hariri holds a press conference from the presidential palace yesterday. - AFP n
Hariri lashes out as wrangling delays govt formation
BAABDA, Lebanon: Lebanese prime minister-designate Saad Hariri holds a press conference from the presidential palace yesterday. - AFPBEIRUT: Lebanon's Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri and President Michel Aoun failed again yesterday to agree on a new government line-up after seven months of deadlock, as the country sinks deeper into economic crisis. "I asked the president to listen to the woes of the people and to give this country its final...
KUWAIT: Photo shows a highway in Kuwait, on March 14, 2021, during a nationwide curfew to curb the rise in coronavirus cases. - Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyatn
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KUWAIT: Photo shows a highway in Kuwait, on March 14, 2021, during a nationwide curfew to curb the rise in coronavirus cases. - Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat
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Kuwait reports 1,330 new COVID-19 cases, 7 deaths
KUWAIT: Kuwait registered 1,330 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number to 220,455, while seven deaths were recorded, putting the total at 1,233, the Ministry of Health announced yesterday. Ministry spokesperson Dr Abdullah Al-Sanad said that the number of people receiving treatment in intensive care reached 246 cases as of yesterday, up from 232 the day before, while there were 14,244 cases receiving necessary...
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8,000 expats left in 3 months
KUWAIT: The Public Authority of Manpower said 8,000 expats left the country during the past three months, while 17,000 residency permits were cancelled because their holders are out of the country. Meanwhile, 199 expats transferred their residency from the government to the private sector since the start of January till March 20, 2021, Al-Qabas Arabic daily reported yesterday quoting authority statistics.In the meantime, 1,048 expats on dependent...
TOKYO: In this picture taken on March 12, 2021 Toshiko Ishii, who runs Andon ryokan, a traditional style Japanese hotel, poses on the rooftop of her hotel in Taito district of Tokyo. - AFPn
Olympics' overseas fan ban hits Japan tourism
TOKYO: In this picture taken on March 12, 2021 Toshiko Ishii, who runs Andon Ryokan, a traditional style Japanese hotel, poses on the rooftop of her hotel in Taito district of Tokyo. - AFPTOKYO: Toshiko Ishii spent $180,000 renovating her traditional Japanese inn in expectation of a flood of tourists for the Tokyo Olympics, but now she won't be hosting a single overseas fan. After Olympics organizers announced a ban on spectators from abroad,...
JEDDAH: A handout picture provided by the Saudi Ministry of Sports on March 18, 2021, shows the circuit design for the Jeddah Street Circuit where the 2021 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix is planned to be held. - AFPn
Hamilton faces serious challenge in pursuit of eighth Formula One title
JEDDAH: A handout picture provided by the Saudi Ministry of Sports on March 18, 2021, shows the circuit design for the Jeddah Street Circuit where the 2021 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix is planned to be held. - AFPLONDON: Lewis Hamilton begins his bid for an unprecedented eighth drivers' world championship next week facing a cluster of challenges to his crown, as Formula One launches its cost-cutting era with a record 23-race global calendar. The...
REYKJAVIK, Iceland: Sunday hikers look at the lava flowing from the erupting Fagradalsfjall volcano some 40 km west of the Icelandic capital Reykjavik. - AFPn
Thousands flock to Iceland's erupting volcano
REYKJAVIK, Iceland: Sunday hikers look at the lava flowing from the erupting Fagradalsfjall volcano some 40 km west of the Icelandic capital Reykjavik. - AFPFAGRADALSFJALL, Iceland: Thousands of curious onlookers have flocked to an erupting volcano in Iceland to marvel at the hypnotic display of glowing red lava, the bravest of them grilling hot dogs and marshmallows over the smoldering embers. The eruption of a fissure near Mount...
WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden walk across the South Lawn upon return from Camp David, Maryland, to the White House in Washington, DC.-AFP n
Biden pushes back amid criticism over bungled immigration policy
WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden walk across the South Lawn upon return from Camp David, Maryland, to the White House in Washington, DC.-AFPWASHINGTON: "The border is closed": With those words, a top Biden administration official pushed back Sunday against fast-mounting criticism that it has bungled immigration policy, spurring an influx of migrants in the biggest crisis to emerge under the new president. Homeland...
SYDNEY: A man looks at a road inundated by floodwaters in Richmond suburb yesterday as Sydney braced for its worst flooding in decades after record rainfall caused its largest dam to overflow and as deluges prompted mandatory mass evacuation orders along Australia's east coast. - AFPn
Thousands evacuate as Sydney sees worst floods in decades
SYDNEY: A man looks at a road inundated by floodwaters in Richmond suburb yesterday as Sydney braced for its worst flooding in decades after record rainfall caused its largest dam to overflow and as deluges prompted mandatory mass evacuation orders along Australia's east coast. - AFPSYDNEY: Torrential downpours lashed Australia's east yesterday, forcing thousands to flee the worst flooding in decades and pushing communities already battling...
ISTANBUL: A currency exchange office worker counts Turkish Lira banknotes in front of an electronic panel displaying currency exchange rates at an exchange office in Istanbul. – AFPn
Turkish CB tries to calm market turmoil after top banker sacked
ISTANBUL: A currency exchange office worker counts Turkish Lira banknotes in front of an electronic panel displaying currency exchange rates at an exchange office in Istanbul. – AFPANKARA: Turkish officials yesterday tried to calm the turmoil triggered by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's abrupt decision to sack his reformist central bank chief, insisting they would stick with free market rules. The lira lost as much as 17 percent against the...
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Deliveroo eyes £8.8bn valuation at London float
LONDON: British meal delivery app Deliveroo is aiming for a higher-than-expected valuation of up to £8.8 billion when it launches shortly on the London stock market, the company said yesterday following a pandemic-fuelled boom in demand. The Amazon-backed company, in line with other home-delivery firms, says it has seen demand soar in the past year as locked-down households called in food. The big listing, expected in April, is seen as a major...
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KUWAIT: First Deputy Prime Minister and Interior and Defense Minister Sheikh Fahad Al-Yousef Al-Sabah holds talks with senior defense ministry officials on Aug 7, 2024. - KUNA
Kuwait army alert, govt prepared
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Ahmed Al-Basat celebrating his birthday at the office.
A forgotten courtesy: The silent struggle of Kuwait’s expatriates
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PARIS: Bangladesh's finance pioneer Muhammad Yunus is escorted by French police personnel as he arrives at Roissy-Charles de Gaulle Airport on Aug 7, 2024, enroute to Bangladesh, where he is set to lead a caretaker government. - AFP
Yunus: Get ready to build Bangladesh
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WEYMOUTH: A police officer restrains a protester during a 'Enough is Enough' demonstration called by far-right activists in Weymouth, on the southwest coast of England where the Bibby Stockholm migrant accommodation barge is moored, on August 4, 2024. — AFP
No end in sight for UK riots
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GAZA: In this March 25, 2017 photo, Hamas leaders Yahya Sinwar (right) and Ismail Haniyeh attend the funeral of slain Hamas official Mazen Faqha in Gaza City. - AFP
Hamas names Sinwar new chief