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Questions mount over fate of Saudi crew in Yemen jet crash
L JAWF, Yemen: Yemenis gather at the site of the downing of a Saudi Tornado aircraft following an air strike by Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen's northern Al-Jawf province. - AFP RIYADH: The fate of the crew of a Saudi warplane that crashed in Yemen remained uncertain yesterday after Iran-linked Houthi rebels claimed to have shot down the aircraft. The Riyadh-led military coalition fighting the rebels said the two officers ejected from the...
In this photographs taken on February 10, 2020 shows workers removing crabs from a pond at a crab farm in Khulna. - Thousands of tons of Bangladesh crabs earmarked for Chinese dining tables are being left to rot because the coronavirus has halted exports. (Photo by MUNIR UZ ZAMAN / AFP)
Bangladesh's crab farmers feel pinch; virus halts exports
KHULNA: Workers remove crabs from a pond at a crab farm in Khulna. Thousands of tons of Bangladesh crabs earmarked for Chinese dining tables are being left to rot because the coronavirus has halted exports. - AFP DHAKA: Thousands of tons of Bangladesh crabs earmarked for Chinese dining tables are being left to rot because the coronavirus has halted exports. The Bangladesh crab industry-which involves some 500,000 mostly poor farmers-is facing...
This picture taken on February 7, 2020 shows patrons having a drink at a restaurant in the main tourist market in Luang Prabang. - Elephant parks unvisited, curios at markets unsold as tuk-tuks sit idle; the Mekong is absorbing billions of dollars of losses from a collapse in Chinese tourism since the outbreak of the deadly COVID-19 novel coronavirus. (Photo by Aidan JONES / AFP) / TO GO WITH China-Mekong-health-virus-tourism-economy, FOCUS by Aidan JONES and Dene-Hern CHEN
Southeast Asia feels the burn; virus keeps tourists at home
LUANG PRABANG: Patrons have a drink at a restaurant in the main tourist market in Luang Prabang. Elephant parks unvisited, curios at markets unsold as tuk-tuks sit idle; the Mekong is absorbing billions of dollars of losses from a collapse in Chinese tourism since the outbreak of the deadly COVID-19 novel coronavirus. - AFP LUANG PRABANG: Elephant parks unvisited, curios at markets unsold as tuk-tuks sit idle: Southeast Asia is facing billions...
(FILES) In this file photo taken on May 7, 2011 then Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir looks on during a meeting in Khartoum with an Egyptian diplomatic delegation. - Sudan has agreed to hand over ousted autocrat Omar al-Bashir and others to the International Criminal Court for alleged war crimes in Darfur, a top official of the new ruling body said on February 11, 2020. (Photo by Ashraf SHAZLY / AFP)
Darfuris rejoice as Sudan agrees to hand Bashir to ICC
Former Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir NYALA: In Sudan's sprawling Camp Kalma, people who fled the Darfur conflict are overjoyed at a pledge by the country's new authorities to finally deliver ex-president Omar Al-Bashir to the International Criminal Court. Bashir, who was deposed in April 2019 following mass protests, has for the past decade flouted ICC arrest warrants on charges of genocide and war crimes in the ravaged Darfur region of...
(L-R) Qatar's Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, Kuwait's Foreign Minister Sheikh Ahmad Nasser Al-Mohammad Al-Sabah, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu, Oman's Foreign Minister Yusuf bin Alawi bin Abdullah and US Senator Chris Murphy attend a panel discussion during the 56th Munich Security Conference (MSC) in Munich, southern Germany, on February 15, 2020. - The 2020 edition of the Munich Security Conference (MSC) takes place from February 14 to 16, 2020. (Photo by THOMAS KIENZLE / AFP)
Qatar says talks to end Gulf row were suspended in Jan
MUNICH: (From left) Qatar's Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed Al-Thani, Kuwait's Foreign Minister Sheikh Ahmad Nasser Al-Sabah, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu, Oman's Foreign Minister Yusuf bin Alawi and US Senator Chris Murphy attend a panel discussion during the 56th Munich Security Conference (MSC) yesterday. - AFP MUNICH: Qatar's foreign minister said yesterday efforts to resolve a bitter Gulf dispute had not succeeded and were...
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Defiant Man City to fight 'flawed' European ban
NYON, Switzerland: Manchester City have been banned from European competitions for the next two seasons for "serious financial fair-play breaches", UEFA announced on Friday, with the verdict immediately contested by Pep Guardiola's English champions. City, who were also fined €30 million ($32.5 million), announced they were appealing the suspension to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) "at the earliest opportunity"."Manchester City is...
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Philippine union slams lifting of labor ban to Kuwait
By A Saleh KUWAIT: The Trade Union Congress of the Philippines strongly rejected lifting the ban on sending domestic helpers to Kuwait. TUCP Chairman Raymond Mendoza said that the decision made by Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello and the Department of Labor and Employment's board of directors to lift the ban came hastily and without thinking about its consequences, nor achieving justice for the Filipina maids who had died in Kuwait. Mendoza...
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KRCS shifts attention to poor back home
umanitarian aid distributed for Syrian refugees in Jordan. KUWAIT: National philanthropic associations, namely Kuwait Red Crescent Society (KRCS), have pursued humanitarian activities abroad but some attention has been shifted to aiding cash-strapped families in Kuwait. Heeding His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah's guidelines, more philanthropic tasks were performed last week, coinciding with the State of Kuwait...
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Kuwait Sea Sports Club and UAE's Shariqa sign MoU
By Abdellatif Sharaa KUWAIT: Kuwait Sea Sports Club signed a memo of understanding and cooperation with UAE's Shariqa Sea Sports Club on the sidelines of the World Aquabike Championship "the first round," which concluded late last night at the Marina beach, under the patronage of HH the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, who was represented by Information Minister, State Minister for Youth Affairs Mohammad Al-Jabri.Shariqa...
A waitress robot, named Timea, delivers food to customers at a fast food restaurant in Kabul on February 13, 2020. (Photo by WAKIL KOHSAR / AFP)
Robot waitress serves up smiles at Afghan diner
KABUL: A waitress robot named Timea delivers food to customers at a fast food restaurant on Feb 13, 2020. - AFP KABUL: Afghanistan's first-ever robot waitress glides up to a table of curious diners in central Kabul and presents them with a plate of French fries. "Thank you very much," the machine says in Dari, one of Afghanistan's two main languages. Restaurant manager Mohammad Rafi Shirzad says the humanoid robot, imported from Japan and...
A nearly empty street is seen in Beijing on February 15, 2020. - The death toll from the new coronavirus outbreak jumped past 1,500 in China as France reported the first fatality outside Asia, fuelling global concerns about the epidemic (Photo by NICOLAS ASFOURI / AFP)
A quiet Valentine's Day in China Love in the time of coronavirus
BEIJING: A nearly empty street is seen in Beijing yesterday. The death toll from the new coronavirus outbreak jumped past 1,500 in China as France reported the first fatality outside Asia, fuelling global concerns about the epidemic. - AFP BEIJING: It was supposed to be a whirlwind tour of China for Jiang Lanyi's boyfriend: classical gardens in Suzhou, modern art in Shanghai, ice-skating in central Beijing. Instead, the 24-year-old and her...
Iraqi protesters clash with riot police following an anti-government demonstration in the capital Baghdad's Al-Khilani Square, on February 14, 2020. (Photo by AHMAD AL-RUBAYE / AFP)
Irked US squeezes Iraq with cash delays and short waivers
BAGHDAD: Iraqi protesters clash with riot police following an anti-government demonstration in the capital Baghdad's Al-Khilani Square, on February 14, 2020. - AFP BAGHDAD: Irked by Iraq's close ties to neighboring Iran, Washington has begun following through on threats to squeeze Baghdad's fragile economy with delays to crucial cash deliveries and shortened sanctions waivers. This week, the US granted Iraq last-minute leave to import Iranian...
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KUWAIT CITY: Jassim Al-Awadhi waits at a bus stop as a bus approaches in this file photo.
Disorganized bus network behind lacking transit system
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Kuwait's fencer Yusuf Al-Shamlan
Shamlan leaves Olympic Games
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KUWAIT: Young girls participate in Girl Up Kuwait's first conference which focused on the role of women in Kuwaiti society and politics.
Girl Up Kuwait: Young trailblazers give girls a voice
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Air Force carries out aeromedical evacuation exercise
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Kuwaiti pilots learn to fly Turkish Bayraktar drones