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Kuwait PM chairs Supreme Petroleum Council meeting
KUWAIT: His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah chairs the 123rd meeting of the Supreme Petroleum Council. - KUNA KUWAIT: His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah headed on Sunday the 123rd meeting of the Supreme Petroleum Council at Seif Palace. The meeting discussed the items listed on the council's meeting agenda.Separately, His Highness the Prime received yesterday at Bayan...
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Crown Prince attends KFAS award ceremony, patronized by Amir
KUWAIT: His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah presents an award to a winner during the ceremony. - KUNA photos KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah patronized yesterday the Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences (KFAS) award ceremony, which was attended by His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah on His Highness the Amir's behalf. His...
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Amir sponsors Gulf sea festival's closing ceremony
KUWAIT: Minister of Amiri Diwan Affairs Sheikh Ali Jarrah Al-Sabah and other state officials attend the closing ceremony for the Gulf sea heritage festival. - Amiri Diwan photos KUWAIT: Under the auspices of His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, the closing ceremony for the Gulf sea heritage festival was held late on Sunday to bring down the curtain on the 10th edition of the maritime spectacle. Addressing the ceremony,...
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Program helped detect 4,466 benign tumors
By A Saleh KUWAIT: Head of the Ministry of Health's national program for early detection of colon cancer Dr Fahad Al-Ibrahim said that the program helped detect 4,466 cases with benign tumors, which were successfully removed. Ibrahim added that Jahra Governorate came first in terms of the number of cases diagnosed with benign tumors, followed by the Capital Governorate. "Advanced cases with cancer represented only one percent of the cases...
HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA - FEBRUARY 09: Janelle Mon·e attends the 92nd Annual Academy Awards at Hollywood and Highland on February 09, 2020 in Hollywood, California. Amy Sussman/Getty Images/AFPn== FOR NEWSPAPERS, INTERNET, TELCOS & TELEVISION USE ONLY ==
Oscars red carpet: Soft pink, basic black and some big statements
Janelle Monae Oscars night is the most glamorous in Hollywood, and the best in showbiz did not disappoint with their sartorial choices on Sunday. Pink gowns were a serious trend, along with basic black and statement necklaces. And then of course, there were showstopping fashion moments that don't neatly fit into any category. Here is a look at the highlights from the Oscars red carpet:Pretty in pink Several A-listers went for feminine elegance...
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China president makes rare visit to meet coronavirus patients, medics
BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping wears a protective facemask as a health official checks his body temperature during an inspection of the novel coronavirus pneumonia prevention and control work at the Anhuali Community yesterday. - AFP BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping donned a face mask and had his temperature checked yesterday while visiting medical workers and patients affected by the deadly coronavirus that has killed more than 900...
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Solar Orbiter launches on key mission to reveal Sun's secrets
WASHINGTON: This handout illustration shows the Solar Orbiter. - AFP MIAMI: The US-European Solar Orbiter probe launched Sunday night from Florida on a voyage to deepen our understanding of the Sun and how it shapes the space weather that impacts technology back on Earth. The mission, a collaboration between ESA (the European Space Agency) and NASA, successfully blasted off from the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral at 11:03 pm (0403 GMT...
TOPSHOT - A Syrian rebel fires a rocket on February 9, 2020, from the area of the Idlib countryside towards regime forces positions in the southern countryside of Syria's Aleppo province. (Photo by Omar HAJ KADOUR / AFP)
Syrian regime shelling kills 5 Turkish soldiers in Idlib
IDLIB: A Syrian rebel fires a rocket from the area of the Idlib countryside towards regime forces positions in the southern countryside of Syria's Aleppo province. - AFP QAMINAS, Syria: Syrian regime artillery killed five Turkish soldiers in Idlib yesterday, Turkey's defence ministry said, as the number of people displaced by violence in the region neared 700,000 since December. The barrage also wounded five soldiers in the violence-plagued...
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Taiwan scrambles jets to intercept Chinese planes as tensions spike
IN THE AIR: Photo shows a Taiwanese F-16 fighter jet flying next to a Chinese H-6 bomber (top) in Taiwan's airspace. Taiwan said it scrambled fighter jets yesterday after Chinese military aircraft briefly crossed into its airspace, the first major military provocation since the island's Beijing-wary president was re-elected in a landslide. - AFP TAIPEI: Taiwan's air force scrambled for a second day in a row yesterday to intercept Chinese jets...
Rescuers work on the A2 motorway in Marly, northern France, after a truck was tipped over in the early morning from strong winds brought by storm Ciara on February 10, 2020. - Hundreds of flights and train services were cancelled on February 10 as Storm Ciara sweeps over northwest Europe packing powerful winds, and leaving swatches of Europe without power after unleashing torrential rain and causing flash flooding. (Photo by FRANCOIS LO PRESTI / AFP)
Storm Ciara sows trail of destruction
NORD: Rescuers work on the A2 motorway in Marly, northern France, after a truck was tipped over in the early morning from strong winds brought by storm Ciara yesterday. - AFP LONDON: Storm Ciara caused travel chaos yesterday, severely disrupting commutes and grounding hundreds of flights as swathes of Europe were left without power by torrential rain and winds of up to 180 kilometers per hour that also caused flash flooding and the cancellation...
(FILES) In this file photo taken on August 25, 2016 Chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir, Mehbooba Mufti addresses a joint press conference with Indian home minister Rajnath Singh in Srinagar. - Two former chief ministers of Indian Kashmir held for the past six months have now been booked under a contentious law allowing them to be detained up to two years without charge, police said on February 7. (Photo by SAJJAD HUSSAIN / AFP)
Court told Kashmir leader held for being 'Daddy's girl'
Mehbooba Mufti SRINAGAR: The family of a former Kashmir chief minister went to India's Supreme Court yesterday in a bid to overturn his detention under a law allowing incarceration for up to two years without charge. The case was launched as it was revealed that the police case against Omar Abdullah was mainly that he has used "dirty politics" while another former state leader held under the law was a "daddy's girl".Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti...
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'Parasite' makes Oscars history with stunning best picture win
"Parasite" cast and crew accept the award for Best Picture for "Parasite" during the 92nd Oscars at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, California.-AFP South Korean black comedy "Parasite" made movie history at the Oscars on Sunday, becoming the first non-English-language film to win the best picture award-Hollywood's biggest prize of all. A genre-defying thriller about a poor family infiltrating a wealthy household, "Parasite" won four awards,...
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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