author

desk search
close
Latest News
arrow2 Kuwait Times
Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson, wearing a face mask or covering due to the COVID-19 pandemic, reacts as he sits with hospital workers during his visit to Royal Berkshire NHS Hospital in Reading, west of London on October 26, 2020, to mark the publication of a new review into hospital food. (Photo by Jeremy Selwyn / POOL / AFP)
Joe Biden no lover of Britain's 'Trump clone' Boris Johnson
READING: Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson reacts as he sits with hospital workers during his visit to Royal Berkshire NHS Hospital to mark the publication of a new review into hospital food. - AFP LONDON: The political bromance between Boris Johnson and Donald Trump leaves Britain and its transatlantic "special relationship" exposed if Joe Biden wins next week, just as the country needs all the friends it can get. The UK is divorcing the...
A couple looks at the skyline of Malaysiaís capital Kuala Lumpur on October 25, 2020. (Photo by Mohd RASFAN / AFP)
Malaysia's leader faces calls to quit after failed bid for emergency rule
KUALA LUMPUR: A couple looks at the skyline of the Malaysian capital on Sunday. - AFP KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin faced calls to resign yesterday as doubts swirled over the support that he commands, after the king rejected his request to declare a state of emergency to fight the coronavirus epidemic. Muhyiddin had requested emergency rule amid a fresh spike in infections in Malaysia and a global pandemic that has...
Syrians take part in the funeral of 10 fighters with the Turkey-backed Faylaq al-Sham rebel faction in Syria, in the northwestern city of Idlib, on October 26, 2020, following their death in a Russian air strike. - Air strikes by Syrian regime ally Russia killed 78 fighters from the turkey-backed Faylaq al-Sham faction when they targeted a training camp in the Jabal Duwayli area in Idlib province, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. (Photo by Mohammed AL-RIFAI / AFP)
Russian strikes kill 78 Turkey-backed rebels
IDLIB: Syrians take part in the funeral of 10 fighters with the Turkey-backed Faylaq al-Sham rebel faction in this northwestern city yesterday following their death in a Russian air strike. - AFP BEIRUT: Air strikes by Damascus regime ally Russia killed 78 Turkey-backed rebels in northwestern Syria yesterday, a monitor said, in the bloodiest surge in violence since a truce almost eight months ago. More than 90 others were wounded when Russian...
Traders shout slogans during a protest following French President Emmanuel Macron's comments of President over the Prophet Mohammed caricatures, in Lahore on October 26, 2020. - Pakistan on October 26 summoned French envoy to register protest over President Emmanuel Macron comments and for re-publishing of caricatures of Prophet Mohammed in a paris based magazine. (Photo by Arif ALI / AFP)
Pakistani leader Khan asks Facebook to ban Islamophobic content
LAHORE: Traders shout slogans during a protest following French President Emmanuel Macron's comments over the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) caricatures yesterday. - AFP ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan called on Facebook to ban Islamophobic content on its platform, warning of a spike in radicalization amongst Muslims, hours after he hit out at the French president for "attacking Islam". Pakistan summoned the French ambassador in Islamabad...
No Image
Anger over Italy's COVID rules; curfews enforced around Europe
TURIN: Taxi drivers stand next to taxis parked on Piazza Castello yesterday during a strike to protest against COVID-19 restrictions. - AFP ROME: Anger was growing in Italy yesterday over harsh new coronavirus restrictions brought in to "save Christmas", while other hard-hit countries enforced curfews in a bid to avoid fresh national lockdowns. Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte's decision to close restaurants and bars from 6:00 pm and shut...
TOPSHOT - An Armenian soldier fires artillery on the front line on October 25, 2020, during the ongoing fighting between Armenian and Azerbaijani forces over the breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh. - The head of a Red Cross mission monitoring the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict called on October 22, 2020 for all parties to stop shelling civilians and respect international law in fighting that has killed nearly 1,000 people. (Photo by ARIS MESSINIS / AFP)
Third attempt at Karabakh ceasefire quickly collapses
An Armenian soldier fires artillery on the frontline on Sunday during ongoing fighting between Armenian and Azerbaijani forces over the breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh. - AFP STEPANAKERT: A third attempt at halting weeks of fighting over Nagorno-Karabakh collapsed quickly yesterday with Armenia and Azerbaijan trading accusations of violating the US-brokered ceasefire within minutes. As fighting over the disputed region enters its second...
No Image
African money transfer firms thrive
Despite predictions of a historic drop in remittances due to a pandemic-induced global economic slump, Africa's money transfer companies have seen a boom. -- Reuters JOHANNESBURG/HARARE: Having fled an economic implosion in his native Zimbabwe, Brighton Takawira was able to support his mother back home with modest earnings from a small perfume business he set up in South Africa. Then the pandemic struck. Borders closed. The buses he had used to...
European Central Bank (ECB) President Christine Lagarde, wearing face mask, attends the 16th Congress of Regions (Congres des Regions) in Saint-Ouen, north of Paris on October 19, 2020. (Photo by GEOFFROY VAN DER HASSELT / AFP)
Pandemic plunges Lagarde into 'intense' first year at ECB
European Central Bank (ECB) President Christine Lagarde, wearing face mask, attends the 16th Congress of Regions (Congres des Regions) in Saint-Ouen, north of Paris. - AFP FRANKFURT: It's been a baptism by fire for Christine Lagarde whose first year as head of the European Central Bank has been dominated by the coronavirus pandemic and the drastic action needed to keep the eurozone economy afloat. The former International Monetary Fund chief,...
Korean Air chairman Cho Won-tae (front) arrives at a funeral hall to attend a mourning ritual for the late Samsung Electronics chairman Lee Kun-Hee at Samsung Medical Center in Seoul on October 26, 2020. (Photo by - / YONHAP / AFP) / - South Korea OUT / REPUBLIC OF KOREA OUT NO ARCHIVES RESTRICTED TO SUBSCRIPTION USE
S Korean tycoons pay tribute to late Samsung chief
SEOUL: Korean Air chairman Cho Won-tae (front) arrives at a funeral hall to attend a mourning ritual for the late Samsung Electronics chairman Lee Kun-Hee at Samsung Medical Center in Seoul yesterday.-AFP SEOUL: South Korea's billionaire business leaders lined up yesterday to pay respects to the late Samsung Electronics chairman Lee Kun-hee, for decades the country's richest and most powerful industrialist. Lee died aged 78 on Sunday, six years...
No Image
Caught by deluges and droughts, India's cities look to become climate smarter
MUMBAI: India's southern city of Hyderabad is known as a high-tech hub - but its infrastructure is looking increasingly dated in an era of strengthening climate change impacts. The city - home to offices of Microsoft and Google - this month saw its heaviest rainfall in a century, which left 70 dead and 5.7 billion rupees ($77 million) in damage to roads and drains, officials said. In many cities in India, which find themselves increasingly...
No Image
Huawei unveils most powerful mate line-up with Mate 40 Series
KUWAIT: Huawei Consumer Business Group (BG) yesterday bolstered its product line-up with the advanced Huawei Mate 40 Series, the latest revolutionary flagship smartphones that empower users to leap further ahead. Showcasing the pinnacle of Huawei technology, the new Series reinforces Huawei's dedication to innovation and its unrelenting determination to create the best Mate ever.The Huawei Mate 40 Series has the Mate Series DNA at its core....
No Image
Health precautions must be respected at electoral locations: Prime Minister
KUWAIT: His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah tours the electoral commission headquarters in Shuwaikh yesterday. - KUNA photos KUWAIT: His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah yesterday called on citizens registering nomination for upcoming elections to abide by precautions against the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). His Highness the Prime Minister, during inspection of the...
arrow
most read
1
A helicopter flied over burning oil fields which were set on fire by Iraqi soldiers before they retreated from Kuwait.
How Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait upended lives of expatriates
2
KUWAIT: Oil wells were set ablaze by Iraqi troops. – KUNA
Kuwait marks 34th invasion anniversary, remembers support
3
(Left) Iranians take part in a funeral procession for late Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran on Aug 1, 2024, ahead of his burial in Qatar. (Right) Hezbollah fighters and mourners carry the casket of slain top commander Fuad Shukr during his funeral in Beirut's southern suburbs on Aug 1, 2024. - AFP photos
Hamas, Hezbollah vow revenge
4
No Image
Being in Kuwait during invasion: Soldier’s sister shares story
5
British Ambassador to the State of Kuwait, Belinda Lewis
British envoy reaffirms UK’s commitment to Kuwait’s security