author

desk search
close
Latest News
arrow2 Kuwait Times
No Image
Al-Nasr first Arab club to sign Israeli
DUBAI: A handout picture shows Israeli midfielder Dia Saba posing with an official of Emirati club Al-Nasr SC during his official presentation at the club on Sunday. - AFP DUBAI: An Arab club has for the first time signed an Israeli footballer, Diaa Sabia, less than two weeks after the UAE normalized ties with the Jewish state. Sabia, a 27-year-old Israeli Arab attacking midfielder with China's Guangzhou R&F, signed a two-year contract with...
A boy plays with a ball in a building's basement used as a bomb shelter in Nagorny Karabakh's main city of Stepanakert on September 27, 2020. - Fierce fighting between Azerbaijani and Armenian forces raged Monday, claiming a growing number of lives and sparking bellicose rhetoric from regional power Turkey, despite international pleas for a halt in fighting between the longtime enemies. Armenia and Azerbaijan have been locked in a territorial dispute over the ethnic Armenian region of Nagorny Karabakh for decades, with deadly fighting flaring up earlier this year and in 2016. (Photo by Narek Aleksanyan / AFP)
Death toll rises as Karabakh fighting enters second day
STEPANAKERT: A boy plays with a ball in a building's basement used as a bomb shelter in Nagorny Karabakh's main city on Sunday. - AFP YEREVAN: Azerbaijani and Armenian forces battled for a second day yesterday after dozens were killed in an outbreak of heavy fighting that has raised fears of an all-out war between the longtime enemies. Armenia and Azerbaijan have been locked in a territorial dispute over the ethnic Armenian region of Nagorny...
No Image
Photo of the Day
KUWAIT: A worker wearing a facemask stands behind the counter at a restaurant in Mubarakiya Market. - Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat
TOPSHOT - Barcelona's Argentinian forward Lionel Messi (C) runs with the ball during the Spanish league football match FC Barcelona against Villarreal CF at the Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona on September 27, 2020. (Photo by Josep LAGO / AFP)
Barcelona thump Villarreal 4-0
BARCELONA: Barcelona's Argentinean forward Lionel Messi (center) runs with the ball during the Spanish league football match FC Barcelona against Villarreal CF at the Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona on September 27, 2020. - AFP MADRID: Lionel Messi scored in his first game since trying to leave Barcelona as Ronald Koeman began his tenure as coach by overseeing a 4-0 Liga demolition of Villarreal on Sunday. Messi converted from the spot 10 minutes...
No Image
TikTok to keep ticking in US for now
SAN FRANCISCO/BEIJING: A judge late Sunday stopped the US from banning downloads of TikTok, freeing the video snippet-sharing mobile app to keep winning new users here-for now. District Judge Carl Nichols issued a temporary injunction at the request of TikTok, which the White House has called a national security threat, alleging that its Chinese parent firm is tied to Beijing. An order from US President Donald Trump sought to ban new downloads...
No Image
Caught in pandemic's net, fish sellers struggle to stay afloat in India
An estimated 25 million people make a living from fishing and related activities in India, government data states. CHENNAI: In 35 years of selling the village catch, Jennet Cleetus said business has never been so bad for her and other women who make ends meet by hawking seafood along the palm-fringed coast of Kerala in southern India. India - one of the countries worst-hit by COVID-19 - has eased most lockdown restrictions and sought to reopen...
No Image
Air France leads tax pushback in climate vs recovery fight
PARIS/BRUSSELS: Air France-KLM is battling new green taxes on top of the coronavirus crisis - in a test of growing policy tensions between righting Europe's crippled airlines and delivering on climate goals. The Franco-Dutch group, sustained by 10.4 billion euros ($12.2 billion) in state-backed loans, faces higher duties in both home markets as well as EU plans to hike airlines' carbon costs.The struggle unfolding around Air France-KLM is part...
Former students of the Marangoni Fashion Institute, designer Nora Bourelly (R) poses with friends with her creations in a street outside Valentino's Spring/Summer 2021 women's and men's show, during the Milan Fashion Week on September 27, 2020 in Milan, during the COVID-19 pandemic caused by the novel coronavirus. (Photo by MIGUEL MEDINA / AFP)
Top trends from Milan fashion week
Former students of the Marangoni Fashion Institute, designer Nora Bourelly (right) poses with friends with her creations in a street outside Valentino's Spring/Summer 2021 women's and men's show, during the Milan Fashion Week on Sunday in Milan, during the COVID-19 pandemic caused by the novel coronavirus. - AFP photos Face masks may have been the standout accessory at Milan fashion week, but designers who defied the coronavirus pandemic to put...
No Image
Every cup of Nespresso coffee will be carbon neutral by 2022
KUWAIT: Nespresso today commits that every cup of Nespresso coffee, both for at-home and for professional customers, will be carbon neutral by 2022. This new ambition builds on more than 10 years of work during which Nespresso has reduced its carbon emissions and compensated the remainder through agroforestry."Climate change is a reality, and our future depends on going further and faster on our sustainability commitments. That is why we are...
No Image
Georgian film sweeps San Sebastian festival awards
Georgian director Dea Kulumbegashvili receives the "Concha de Plata" (Silver Shell) to the best director award for the film "Dasatskisi / Begining" during the 68th San Sebastian Film Festival closing ceremony in the northern Spanish Basque city of San Sebastian.-AFP Georgian film "Beginning" dominated awards at Spain's San Sebastian film festival, taking the top Golden shell prize for best movie while Dea Kulumbegashvili won best director for...
PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA - SEPTEMBER 27: Cornerback Cre'von LeBlanc #34 of the Philadelphia Eagles tackles wide receiver A.J. Green #18 of the Cincinnati Bengals after a pass reception at Lincoln Financial Field on September 27, 2020 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Rob Carr/Getty Images/AFP
Bears go to 3-0 as Falcons fold again; Rodgers powers Packers
PHILADELPHIA: Cornerback Cre'von LeBlanc #34 of the Philadelphia Eagles tackles wide receiver AJ Green #18 of the Cincinnati Bengals after a pass reception at Lincoln Financial Field on September 27, 2020. - AFP CHICAGO: Nick Foles came off the bench and tossed three touchdown passes in the fourth quarter to rally the Chicago Bears, who sent the host Atlanta Falcons to another stunning, second-half collapse on Sunday. Foles replaced an...
LAKE BUENA VISTA, FLORIDA - SEPTEMBER 27: The Miami Heat celebrate with the trophy after they are Eastern Finals Champions against the Boston Celtics in Game Six of the Eastern Conference Finals during the 2020 NBA Playoffs at AdventHealth Arena at the ESPN Wide World Of Sports Complex on September 27, 2020 in Lake Buena Vista, Florida. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images/AFPn== FOR NEWSPAPERS, INTERNET, TELCOS & TELEVISION USE ONLY ==
Heat scorch Celtics to reach NBA Finals clash with Lakers
FLORIDA: The Miami Heat celebrate with the trophy after they win the Eastern Finals Champions against the Boston Celtics in Game Six of the Eastern Conference Finals during the 2020 NBA Playoffs on September 27, 2020. - AFP MIAMI: The Miami Heat poured it on in the fourth quarter to beat the Boston Celtics 125-113 on Sunday and book a NBA Finals showdown with the Los Angeles Lakers. The Heat, NBA champions in 2006, 2012 and 2013, reached 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
ADDIS ABABA: Pedestrians walk on the newly built walkway in Addis Ababa. The Ethiopian birr weakened by 28 percent against the dollar this week after the central bank adopted a market-determined foreign exchange rate. – AFP
Ethiopian authorities crack down on price hikes after currency float
3
KUWAIT: Oil wells were set ablaze by Iraqi troops. – KUNA
Kuwait marks 34th invasion anniversary, remembers support
4
(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
5
No Image
Being in Kuwait during invasion: Soldier’s sister shares story